Escondido Sunrise Rotary; “The Role of the State Division of Architecture; Ensuring Building Safety”… November 14, 2019
President Brian led the meeting…
We honored our flag and our nation with the pledge led by Past President, Dave Herbert…
An invocation was offered by Past President, Jack Anderson…
Visitors and Guests:
No visitors today; however Past Presidents Alan Miller and Scott Putnicki were back from travels and fun away from ‘home’… Welcome Back!!
Birthdays:
November 14: Past President Alan Miller
17: Doug Shultz
18: John Schwab
Anniversaries:
None this week…
Rotary Anniversaries:
November 19: Mike Morasco, 3 years
Past President Dave Herbert; 22 years… Great to be seeing with you all these years Dave!!
Dates to Remember:
Past President Rich Aeling briefs Sunrise Rotarians on upcoming events…
November 23: Tijuana House Build; with Project Mercy, this is a project that really brings a great benefit to a family in one day… The Saturday project will begin with car-pooling from Cocina early in the AM…
December 4: Rotary 5340 Golf League at the RB Inn; shotgun start at 1PM… Sign up with Past President Scott Putnicki or Chris Miller
7: Bikes for Kids; bike build project at Aelott Air Conditioning… Members can contribute to purchase additional bikes at $70.00 each. Contact Rich Aeling or Treasurer Bob Burson, and you will be billed for the donation…
January 11: A Saturday Night with the San Diego Gulls; tix are $80 for the on-ice suite… Get your tix from Past President Rich Aeling… only a few tickets remain unsold.
Announcements:
Past President Scott Putnicki shared information from the Escondido Education Foundation… Our program two weeks ago…
Scott shared that the Foundation will be distributing $40,000 in grants in early December to teachers and schools in the Elementary District… Scott also shared that Past President Barry Baker has recently joined the Foundation Board…
President Brian shared information on the recent Board meeting, specifically discussing the change of ‘management and investing’ for our Scholarship Fund… We will be moving our funds to the Donor Advised Fund of the Rotary Foundation…
Grape Day 5K Event; Financial Outcome… President Brian shared the details on our fundraising efforts as part of the Grape Day 5K… The total is still pending the donation from Supervisor Gaspar…
Rotarians Having Fun and Rotary Events and High Fives:
Past President Mike Dunlap enjoyed two weeks in Cabo San Lucas… He and his bride, Nancy, generously brought a gift back to the President… A slightly used stir-stick from a very flavorful margarita…
Past President Scott and Pam Putnicki were away on a short trip to Maui… Two weeks in paradise… Scott drank all of his gifts for Brian…
Scott did announce that his son, CJ (a former RYLA Alumni Leader) has recently been named Operations Chief for the Karl Strauss Brewery in San Diego… CJ was recently in Virginia and Atlanta building micro breweries… Welcome Home CJ… Could be a future Rotary Program Scott…
John Schwab announced the upcoming support for the Salvation Army, ringing the bell over Christmas at Major Market… We will be working on two Saturdays, November 30 and December 14… Sign up for a time with John…
Program:
President Elect Chris Miller introduced Craig Rush as our Program Speaker. Craig is the Director of the San Diego Office of the State of California Division of Architecture. His office is responsible for approving designs and inspecting all school construction in San Diego and Imperial Counties…
The Office oversees all K-12 school construction as well as community college buildings and other State of California Essential Services buildings. The Essential Service designation is reflective of buildings designed to withstand certain seismic loads… And, those buildings must be available to serve as shelters and operating centers when major events occur… They also ensure that accessibility codes are properly in force for public buildings…
Craig Rush speaking to Sunrise Rotarians…
Craig shared that much of the code compliance that his team and others throughout the state enforce stemmed from the Long Beach earthquake in 1933. That was the year that the legislature approved the ‘Field Act’ which dictates design controls for school and state buildings.
The San Diego office of the Division of State Architecture oversees about $12 Billion in construction projects annually… Their role is to approve design, provide inspection controls, and ensure that buildings are completed as designed…
The Office focuses on Structural Safety, Fire and Life Safety and Accessibility…They pride themselves on working with the public agency projects they oversee in a manner that is Efficient, Timely, Consistent and Collaborative as they work with a wide variety of client agencies in this region… President Elect Chris Miller works closely with Craig and his team as Palomar College continues implementing projects funded by their bond measure…
Craig Rush pictured with President Brian and President Elect Chris…
Next Week’s Program:
Samantha Holt, Executive Director at the Armed Services YMCA, Camp Pendleton.
OpportunityDrawing:
Grand Prize: $266…Father Bill Dopp..had the winning ticket… Not so lucky Bill, thanks for leaving the pot to grow for another meeting…
Lunch Money: $12… Craig Rush, our guest speaker… It was made perfectly clear, that this was not a bribe to a State official…
