OTHERS PRESENT: Steve Long, Executive Director

MINUTES

MARYLAND BOARD OF ARCHITECTS

DATE:

PLACE:

PRESENT:

April 27, 2016

500 N. Calvert Street
3rd Floor Conference Room
Baltimore, MD 21202

Diane Cho, Chair
Gary Ey
Paul Edmeades
Cynthia Shonaiya
Magda Westerhout
Stephanie Hopkins
Kevin Sneed

OTHERS PRESENT: Steve Long, Executive Director

James Baseman, Assistant Executive Director

Milena Trust, Assistant Attorney General

Iris Beasley, Board Administrator

Janet Morgan, Web Content

John C. Corkill, AIAMD

Andrew Tepper

CALL TO ORDER

Diane Cho, Chair, called the meeting to order at 10:16 a.m.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

Motion (I) was made by Magda Westerhout, seconded by Paul Edmeades

and unanimously carried to approve the March 23,2016 meeting minutes with minor

corrections.

COMPLAINT COMMITTEE REPORT

The Complaint Committee / reported on the status of the following complaints:
15-AR-01 / Open / offer consent order 1,500.00 fine
16-AR-04 / Open / offer consent order 75.00fine
16-AR-05 / Open / resend letter certified mail
16-AR-06 / Open / 2 years suspension
16-AR-07 / Closed
16-AR-10 / Open / reply to response
16-AR-13 / Open / pre-charge

16-AR-14 Open waiting for response

16-AR-15 Open offer consent order

16-AR-16 Open investigating

Motion (II) was made by Paul Edmeades, seconded by Stephanie Hopkins and unanimously carried to accept the Complaint Committee report.

Motion (III) was made by Gary Ey, seconded by Magda Westerhout and unanimously carried by the Board to go into Executive Session at 10:25 a.m., 3rd Floor Conference room, 500 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21220. This session is permitted to be closed pursuant to State Government Article, Title §10-508(a)(7).Upon completion of the session, the Board reconvened its public meeting at 10:55 a.m.

APPLICATIONS FOR ARCHITECT REGISTRATION EXAMINATION

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

Nan Yu Ina Kovacheva

Estefania Vasquez Jason Fawcett

David Ensor Michelle Hasson

Emily Warren Matthew Doeller

Eric Michael Brown Emily Lodato

Joshua Arcurio Erin Purcell

A motion (III) was made by Diane Cho, seconded by Magda Westerhout and unanimously carried to approve 12 ARE candidates. Four candidates were tabled for discussion for May’s board meeting and two were denied.

APPLICATIONS APPROVED FOR FIRM PERMIT

The Board approved the following application for Certificate of Authorization: Mathew V. Piotrowski, Architects lie

APPLICATIONS APPROVED FOR REINSTATEMENT

The Board approved two applications for reinstatement.

OLD BUSINESS

Diane Cho requested that the Board clarify how A.R. E candidates with foreign degrees should be evaluated. This discussion generated from last month’s meeting where an A.R.E. candidate was denied because of the evaluation of his foreign degree.

The Board decided that candidates had two choices:

1)  Go through the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) and have their degree evaluated by the Education Evaluation Services for Architects (EESA) process.

2)  Not have their degree evaluated, and apply under Md. Code Ann., Bus. Occ. And Prof. §3- 303(c)(2) with a non-National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) degree and substitute work experience according to the Board's education/experience matrix.

NEW BUSINESS

The Board welcomed Kevin Sneed as its newest member. Kevin Sneed is a Partner and Senior Director of Architecture for OTJ Architects, in Washington, DC. He is a registered architect, a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) and the International Interior Design Association (IIDA). He has over 28 years experience in architecture, interiors and the construction industry. He has earned his LEED AP (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) accreditation for Building Design and Construction (BD+C) as well as the Construction Specification Institute (CSI) Construction Documents Technologist certification (CDT).

Kevin Sneed heads his office’s quality assurance/quality control program, which sets the standards of his office’s construction document and construction administration process. He is also an active participant in their marketing and business development for his firm. He is also part of his office “green initiative” in coordinating the design, details and LEED process for sustainable projects in the firm.

Kevin Sneed has presented numerous presentations & workshops for the architecture & interior design industry on building codes, mechanical, plumbing, & electrical issues and standard procedures regarding construction administration.

Kevin Sneed was the past chair and current committee member of the American Institute of Architects Interior Architecture Knowledge Community (IAKC) which provides leadership and expertise to practitioners of the interior architecture and design industry. He is currently on the George Washington University Advisory Board for their Interior Architecture & Design Programs where he provides real world experience while promoting program initiatives, long.

There will be a luncheon in June to honor the Board’s previous member Stephen Parker. Mr. Parker had been a member of the Board for 17 years.

Two committees were updated Cynthia Shonaiya and Gary Ey will head the Complaint Committee and Magda Westerhout and Stephanie Hopkins will head Course Approval Committee.

Paul Emeades reported on the "NCARB Region 2 Educator and Practitioner Symposium." The symposium was organized by Region 2 for the benefit, communication and understanding between the educators, practitioners and regulators, in Region 2 which includes New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, D.C., Virginia and West Virginia. Some of the topics that were discussed were what architectural education process for licensure looks like in the future, the responsibility to educate students on state licensing and regulation, and changes needed to make the profession stronger.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT

Steve Long reported that the new website for the Architect’s Board was up and running. There are no longer paper applications which will save time and cut cost to the applicants.

June 15-18 Steve Long, Milena Trust, Gary Ey, and Paul Edmeades will attend NCARB’s Annual Business Meeting in Seattle, Washington

BOARD COUNSEL’S REPORT

Milena Trust briefed the Board on the NC Dental Board decision, the bill did not

pass.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

Motion (IV) was made by Diana Cho, seconded by Gary Ey and unanimously carried by the Board to go into Executive Session at 11:35 a.m., 3rd Floor Conference room, 500 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21220. This session is permitted to be closed pursuant to State Government Article, Title §10-508(a)(7). Upon completion of the session, the Board reconvened its public meeting at 11:40 a.m.

ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business, motion (V) was made by Paul Edmeades, seconded by Stephanie Hopkins and unanimously carried to adjourn the meeting at 11:30 a.m.

Minutes Approved

With Corrections

Without Corrections

Signature on file

Diane Cho, Chairperson Date:5/25/16