The Building Standards Appeals Board held a regular meeting on August 25, 2026, at Fresno City Hall. The board addressed two progress hearings on code enforcement cases and received a workshop on Robert's Rules of Order. All votes were unanimous. Note: The minutes provided for this meeting are dated August 18, 2026, creating a date discrepancy; the meeting date used here follows the provided instruction.
VIII-A: Progress Hearing – 3436 N Virginia Lane (Case E25-13830)
VIII-B: Progress Hearing – 1347 E. Shields Ave. (Case E25-16660)
VIII-C: Workshop – Robert’s Rules of Order
Note: The official minutes list the meeting date as August 18, 2026, while the summary instruction specified August 25, 2026. This discrepancy is recorded here for clarity.
All right, this one. Okay. Good afternoon, everybody. We will call this meeting to order. And uh staff, uh, please uh call the role. Board member Field. Here. Board member Ransom. Board Member Mears. Vice Chair Vincent. Present. Chair Golek. Present. Okay, I'm going to explain to you the procedures and um and how we go about with this meeting. So for each matter considered by the board, there will be first a staff presentation. Followed by the presentation of the project applicant. Then discussions by the board. Both staff and applicants will have the right for rebuttal presentation prior to closing the public hearing. And the speaker should be completing the testimony by the time the red light comes on. With a final bell indicating the time has expired. Any testimonies uh that references race, religion, ethnicity, economic status, national origin, or any other classification protected under the state or federal law. Is it a in a derogatory manner shall be deemed irrelevant and will not be considered by the board in making its determination? In accordance with the section 11, Article 2, the appellant and the department will have each 10 minutes to present their position. The department shall present first, then the appellant will present. Each party will then have three minutes for rebuttal. The department will present its rebuttal, and then the appellant may present its rebuttal. After the rebuttal, board members may ask questions of either party. The board will then close the hearing and discuss the appeal and deliberate on the appropriate action. Now uh we will proceed with the approval of the agenda. Are there any changes to the agenda? No. Board members, are there any proposed changes to the agenda? Move to approve the agenda is published. Move to approve the agenda. Uh do we have a second? Second. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Okay, the motion has passed. Uh okay, now we'll move on to the consent calendar. On the consent calendar, we have um approval of the August 4th building standards. Is there a motion to approve the consent can calendar? Motion. Yeah, motion to approve. Second. Second. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed.