MINUTES
MARYLAND BOARD OF ARCHITECTS
DATE October 23, 2013
PLACE: 500 N. Calvert Street 3rd Floor Conference Room
Baltimore, MD 21202
PRESENT: Diane Cho, Chair
Stephen Parker
Gary Ey
Paul Edmeades
Magda Westerhout
ABSENT: Gary Bowden
William Parham
OTHERS PRESENT: Pamela J. Edwards, Executive Director
Terry A White, Administrative Secretary
Milena Trust, Assistant Attorney General
John Corkill, Jr. AIAMD
Janet Morgan, Outreach Coordinator
CALL TO ORDER:
Diane Cho, Chair, called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
Motion(I) was made by Mr. Parker, seconded by Mr. Ey and unanimously carried to approve the September 25, 2013 meeting minutes as submitted.
COMPLAINT COMMITTEE REPORT
The Complaint Committee reported on the status of the following complaints:
14-AR-04 - Closed; Complied
14-AR-05 - Open; No response received, send follow-up letter
14-AR-06 - Closed; Signed consent order, paid fine
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Motion (II) was made by Mr. Edmeades, seconded by Mr. Ey and unanimously carried to accept the report of the Complaint Committee.
APPLICATIONS APPROVED FOR RECIPROCITY
The Board approved the following applications for reciprocal licensing:
Christian J. Arnold 17509 Jerry L. Beattie 17510
David A. Burriss 17511 John C. Carhart 17512
Patrick J. Duffy 17513 Michael T. Gibson 17514
Ashley O. Hernandez 17515 Marc O. Lindvig 17516
Nelson P Lobo 17517 Darryl K. McDonald 17518
Justin A. Mihalik 17519 Mark D. Mucci 17520
Brian H. Neely 17521 Jack D. Patton 17522
Perry M. petrillo 17523 Joseph G. Tattoni 17524
Arvind Tikku 17525 Alan R. Tucker 17526
Daniela H. Voith 17527 Richard S Walker 17528
Charles H. Weiss 17529
APPLICATIONS APPROVED FOR ARCHITECTURAL REGISTRATION EXAM
The Board approved the following applications for the Architectural Registration Examination:
Andrew Bowers Brian T. Dunn
Cory J. Garcell Mark S. Humbert
Joseph J. Kelly Kathleen S. Puls
Katelyn R. Renner Melanie K. Stern
Amanda J. Zellers
APPLICATIONS APPROVED FOR FIRM PERMIT
The Board approved the following applications for the Certificate of Authorization:
McKinley & Associates, Inc. 17504
RS&H Maryland, Inc. 17506
Crary Architects LLC 17530
Design Architive LLC 17531
LK Design Group, Inc. 17532
The Design Collaborative, P.C. 17533 HMD Group PA 17534
Design In vivo, LLC 17535
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APPLICATIONS APPROVED FOR REINSTATEMENT
The Board unanimously approved 13 applications for reinstatement.
DENIALS
Motion (III) was made by Mr. Edmeades, seconded by Ms. Westerhout and unanimously carried to deny one application for incompleteness.
CORRESPONDENCE
The Board received a request for an advisory opinion from Blair Storzer, Esquire, from Washington DC. Ms Storzer represents the members of a limited liability company that provides architectural services, and asked the Board to opine on an issue of interest (financial) transfer.
The subject architect wishes, as part of his general estate planning, to transfer his interest in the LLC to a trust that would become the sole member of the LLC. The architect and his wife are the ole trustees and the architect is currently the sole manager of the LLC.
Ms. Storzer asked the Boards opinion as to whether the transfer of the interest would negate the qualifications of the firm to provide services, according to the Business Occupations & Professions Article § 3-404.
After a brief discussion, the consensus was that the transfer would disqualify the firm from providing services. The architect's spouse is not a licensed architect, engineer or landscape architect, thus would not fulfill statutory requirements for an architectural permit for a firm. Ms. Trust will provide the response to Ms Storzer.
NCARB
New IDP Guidelines
The Board received a Memo dated October 14, 2013 from NCARB denoting the final changes and tweaks to the IDP program.
The Board received the memo for informational purposes only.
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Mutual Recognition Agreement
The consensus of a majority of the Board is that the terms of the Mutual Recognition Agreement with the Canadian architectural community is not categorically equivalent, but the post-licensing requirements seems to level out the education/experience requirements. It was noted that a Canadian architect seeking reciprocity most have an NCARB Council record. Maryland's regulations say that Maryland can accept an NCARB council record.
Motion (IV) was made by Mr. Edmeades, seconded by Mr. Edmeades and carries by a majority of the Board to accept the NCARB Mutual Recognition Agreement with Canada, with one Board member voting against.
HEARING
The Board conducted a hearing to solicit the public opinion regarding the proposed amendment to the licensing fees regulations. The new regulation will raise the fee for the individual license by twelve and one half percent (12.5%) to seventy-six dollar and fifty cents ($76.50).
Although the Board received written comments, both supporting and opposing the change, no one came to speak in person. The unofficial feedback from the AIAMD is the fees are acceptable. The Chair decided to close the hearing at 11:15 am. Final action on the proposed amendment will be taken at the December meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, motion (V) was made by Mr. Bowden, seconded by Mr. Parker and unanimously carried to adjourn the meeting at 11:20 a.m.
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Diane Cho, Chair
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