Page 10 - Builder Brief September 2022 Issue

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
DON’T MISS UPCOMING SALES AND CODE TRAININGS AND KEY MEETINGS WITH CITY OFFICIALS
Fall is here and school has started. We are all working to get back into the routine.... if there is such a thing! Nothing is routine at your Association! Your leadership and staff teams are working very hard to keep up with what is happening on the local, state, and national levels. Our goal is to bring you and your team members great education, events, and meetings and to plug you into what is going on in the cities we build, develop, remodel and work in. I want to share a few education and training initiatives with you that you will not want to miss!
City of San Antonio 2021 Code Training Classes
The City of San Antonio will be adopting the 2021 Building Codes that will go into effect on January 1st, 2023. There are several changes to all the code bodies and local amendments have been added too. Join us for five code classes held over a working lunch in the GSABA Ballroom from11:30amto1:30pm. Youcanfindthedatesfortheseimportant classes on page15 of this issue of the Builder Brief.
These classes will be taught by members of the City of San Antonio’s Development Services Department team and held over lunch from 11:30am to 1:30pm- a hearty lunch will be served. Lunch cost per GSABA Members is $15 and reservations required! You can find a link to register for each class and pay at www.sabuilders.com. Partnership opportunities are available, please call Haley King at 210-696-3800.
City of Cibolo Zoom Meetings Scheduled for 2nd Thursday at 2pm with City Manager and DSD Team
Your Government Affairs Leadership Team led by Shad Schmid, Tim Pruski, Joe Leos, Liz Richter, Paul Powell, and many others have made great strides with the City of Cibolo over the past four years.
GSABA leaders and I met with the City Manager, the new Development Services Director Ismael Segovia, and BJ Bealor with BB Inspections on August 3rd to discuss the City’s hiring of BB Inspections to handle all residential permitting and inspections. City Manager Wayne Reed asked us last year to give him one year to effect change within the city and he was a man of his word.
To continue building our relationship, the City Manager proposed we meet bi-monthly by Zoom starting on Thursday, November 10th at 2pm. If you are building, remodeling, working, or developing in the City of Cibolo and would like to be part of these calls, please email me at KSutterfield@ sabuilders.com so that we may turn your email into the City of Cibolo to include with the invitation for our monthly meetings.
City of Seguin Breakfast Meeting Scheduled for at GSABA
We have held two very productive meetings with Steve Parker, Seguin 10 SEPTEMBER 2022 | GREATER SAN ANTONIO BUILDERS ASSOCIATION
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City Manager and Rick Cortes, Asst. City Manager on June 8th, and August 23rd to discuss the extreme delays in obtaining building permits. They have had severe issues with their new software program, and they are working to get them corrected. We have been discussing proposed changes to the Uniform Development Code to include 10’ perimeter fences around residential communities, water supply issues, development, and platting issues just to name a few. The new Chief Building Official was hired in the Spring and there have been changes made to allow the City Staff to concentrate on inputting residential permits. The city was in favor of master permits at our last meeting and GSABA will be working with the city on a pilot program in the very near future.
If you would like to attend the next Seguin breakfast meeting, please email me at KSutterfield@sabuilders.com. There is no cost for the breakfast, but reservations are required.
Sales and Marketing Breakfasts with Dr. Debora Trimpe
If you haven’t heard Dr. Debora Trimpe with Prime Performance Strategies speak before, you won’t want to miss Staying Sane and Successful in an Unpredictable Market that will be held on Wednesday, September 21st at 8:30am. Her second class is Core Strategies for Guaranteed Sales Success and will be held on Tuesday, October 11th at 8:30am. Breakfast will be served starting at 8:00am and Deb will speak from 8:30am am to10:00am. The cost for this breakfast meeting is $15 for members. You can make your reservations online at www.sabuilders. com. Partnership opportunities are available, please call Haley King at 210-696-3800.
Thank you for being a member of GSABA. We hope to see you at one of our upcoming events.