Maryland Board of Architects s8

MARYLAND BOARD OF ARCHITECTS MINUTES

DATE: July 27, 2005

PLACE: 500 N. Calvert Street 2nd Floor Conference Room Baltimore, MD 21202

PRESENT: Stephen Parker, Chairman Donald Ratcliffe Diane Cho Gary Bowden Gary Ey Juan Torrico

ABSENT: R. Glen Stephens

OTHERS PRESENT: Thomas L. Woods, Executive Director Melina Trust, Assistant Attorney General Terry A. White, Executive Secretary John Corkill, MSAIA

CALL TO ORDER:

Chairman Parker called the meeting to order at 9:35 a.m.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

Motion (I) was made by Mr. Ratcliffe seconded by Ms. Cho, and unanimously carried to approve the Minutes of June 15, 2005, meeting.

APPLICATIONS APPROVED FOR RECIPROCITY

The Board approved the following applications for reciprocity:

Kevin A. Hayes 14249 Thomas R. Doughty 14274 Thomas D. Luckett 14276 Jeffrey K. Brown 14277 Lloyd Fruchtman 14286 Alfred A. Lindsay 14280 John D. Casey 14289 Thomas R. Adams 14295 Richard J. Bencivenga 14296 Olasunkanmi A. Dada 14297 Ronit Z. Eisenbach 14298 Michael Farwell 14299 Robert M. Doornbos 14300 John P. Fickel 14301 Jonathan E. Gronning 14302 Steven W. Hurt 14303 John C. Komisin 14304 Randall P. Kurzman 14305 Mark A. Larson 14306 David K. Lohrentz 14307 Joseph M. Martinolich 14308 James W. Sherrer 14398 Maryland Board of Architects July 27, 2005 Page 2

Matthew C. Silas 14310 Deborah H. Smith 14311 Joseph S. Tarella 14312 Keith A. Vanderbilt 14313 R. Randall Vosbeck 14314 Dale D. Wenkus 14315 Robert H. Ward 14316 Alois W. Weidenmulller 14317 Adam B. Wisler 14318 David H. Wulff 14320 Mark R. Yoo 14320

APPLICATIONS APPROVED FOR ARCHITECTURAL REGISTRATION EXAM

The Board approved the following applications for the Architectural Registration Examination:

William H. Cawood Rose Chow Guclu Durosoy Fan Ling Thomas H. Holdsworth William B. LeRoy David P. Mogensen Stacey Kalina Phillips Stewart D. Smith

APPLICATIONS APPROVED FOR FIRM PERMIT:

The Board approved the following applications for firm permit:

Re:Vision Architecture, PC 14131 CTA Inc. 14255 HCP Architects, LLP 14258 Willard Architects, L.L.C. 14278 Interior Architects, P.C. 14279 Cianfichi & Scholl Architectural Associates, LLC 14290 Lessard Group, Inc. 14291 Lessard Commercial, Inc. 14294 Lessard Urban, Inc. 14292

APPLICATIONS APPROVED FOR REINSTATEMENT

The Board unanimously approved 7 applications for Reinstatement.

COMPLAINT COMMITTEE

The Complaint Committee reported on the status of these complaints:

05-AR-01 - Referred to the Office of Administrative Hearings 05-AR-03 - Open 05-AR-06 - Referred to the Office of Administrative Hearings 05-AR-07 - Closed 05-AR-08 - Closed 05-AR-09 - Sent to AAG’s for Pre-charge Review Maryland Board of Architects July 27, 2005 Page 3

05-AR-10 - Closed; Sent warning letter 05-AR-11 - Open 05-AR-13 - Sent to AAG’s for Pre-charge Review

Motion (II) was made by Mr. Bowden, seconded by Mr. Ratcliffe and unanimously carried to accept the report and recommendations of the Complaint Committee.

CORRESPONDENCE

Reciprocal Continuing Education Agreement with Alabama

The Board received a letter dated July 7, 2005 from Cynthia Gainey, Executive Director of the Alabama Board for Registration of Architects. Ms Gainey asked the Board to consider a reciprocal agreement for continuing education reporting between the two states.

After a brief discussion, The Board asked it’s Counsel to inform Alabama that this Board cannot enter into this agreement as its’ requirements do not comply with Maryland’s.

NEW BUSINESS

NCARB Annual Meeting Report

Chairman Parker attended the NCARB Annual Meeting, held in June in Florida. He reported that voting on the resolutions went as the Board expected, including the dues increase proposal, which failed. The highlight for this Board was the appointment of Andrew Prescott, past Board member as Director of Region II Chairman Parker was elected Secretary for the region.

Chairman Parker also informed the Board that at the Region II meeting to be held in September, in the DC area, a “new member” orientation would be conducted. He encourages any interested member to attend. A full overview of the organization will be covered. As always, the Chairman encourages participation in NCARB committees.

CEU Review Committee Appointment

Mr. Parker volunteered to fill this vacancy left by Mr. Prescott. He will join Gary Bowden in the review and approval process for Continuing Education providers. Maryland Board of Architects July 27, 2005 Page 4

Leadership Recognition

Chairman Parker would like to recognize the outstanding leadership and dedication to the state by Mr. Daniel Bennett, Jr., previous chairman of this Board. The chairman asked that Mr. Bennett be invited to the next meeting to receive the recognition he deserves.

ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business, motion (III) was made by Mr. Ratcliffe, seconded by Mr. Torrico and unanimously carried to adjourn the meeting at 10:30 a.m.

With Corrections

Without Corrections

Stephen Parker, Chairman

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