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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>FYI:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 color=navy face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:navy'>Bryan P.
Holland</span></font></b></strong><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Century Gothic"><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=3
  color=navy face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
  "Century Gothic";color:navy'>4970 City Hall Blvd.</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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  color=navy face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
  "Century Gothic";color:navy'>North Port</span></font></st1:City><font
 color=navy face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic";
 color:navy'>, <st1:State w:st="on">Florida</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">34286</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:navy'>(941) 429-7053</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-family:"Century Gothic"'>bholland@cityofnorthport.com</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Codes and
Standards [mailto:codes@floridabiulding.org] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, July 19, 2010 3:51
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Bryan Holland<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> SURVEY OF THE <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">FLORIDA</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
 w:st="on">BUILDING</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> CODE SYSTEM</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p><b><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
Garamond;font-weight:bold'>SURVEY OF THE <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
 w:st="on">FLORIDA</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">BUILDING</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
CODE SYSTEM</span></font></b><font face="Tms Rmn"><span style='font-family:
"Tms Rmn"'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p><b><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Garamond;font-weight:bold'>Triennial Report to the Legislature. </span></font></b><font
face=Garamond><span style='font-family:Garamond'>Florida Statute, Chapter
553.77(1)(b), requires the Commission to make a continual study of the Florida Building
Code and related laws and on a triennial basis report findings and
recommendations to the Legislature for provisions of law that should be
changed. The Commission conducted the first assessment in 2005, and this year
(2010) the Commission will again solicit stakeholder input in the form of an
on-line survey, and at the October 2010 Commission meeting consider and develop
a package of recommendations for enhancements to the Florida Building Code
System. The Commission&#8217;s recommendations will be a major component of
their Report to the 2011 Legislature.</span></font><font face="Tms Rmn"><span
style='font-family:"Tms Rmn"'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p><b><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Garamond;font-weight:bold'>Stakeholder Input Survey.</span></font></b><font
face=Garamond><span style='font-family:Garamond'> Please download and read the
overview of the five key components of the Florida Building Code System and
related programs, and then complete the on-line survey and provide your
assessment of how well the Florida Building Code System is functioning and to
what extent the goals of the system have been achieved. You will be asked to
evaluate the System as a whole as well as each of the components independently.</span></font><font
face="Tms Rmn"><span style='font-family:"Tms Rmn"'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p><b><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Garamond;font-weight:bold'>The address for the System Overview and on-line
survey is:</span></font></b><font face="Tms Rmn"><span style='font-family:"Tms Rmn"'>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p><u><font size=3 color=blue face="Tms Rmn"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Tms Rmn";color:blue'>http://consensus.fsu.edu/fbc-system-survey/index.html</span></font></u><font
face="Tms Rmn"><span style='font-family:"Tms Rmn"'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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