A bill for an ordinance amending the Building and Fire Code of the City and County of Denver. Amends Article II, Chapter 10 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code to adopt the 2018 International Code Council (ICC) construction codes and Denver amendments to those codes as the 2019 Denver Building and Fire Code and adds an optional Denver Green Code. The last regularly scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review period is on 1-6-20. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 12-3-19.
One nay 11 AIS Resolution 1291 has been adopted. All right, Madam Secretary, if you please put the next item on our screens. And Councilman Hines, you had to comment on this one on 1330. Yes, Mr. President, go ahead. Thank you, Mr. President. And this is a comment in the in the. But the purpose is full transparency. So just for what it's worth, next week, unless I hear good reason. Otherwise, I will propose an amendment to 19 Dash 1330. Specifically, I intend to propose a narrow amendment requiring a one hour response time for elevator companies when someone has become trapped in an elevator due to a power or mechanical failure. This is a result of multiple complaints by constituents in districts nine and ten. And I did touch base with Councilman CdeBaca in advance to verify that this is the case. And these two districts of the two districts with the most elevators in the city. As we continue to grow, as the city will continue to need additional elevators that function correctly. And in case you already know, in case excuse me in case you don't already know, Denver fire reports needing to rescue eight people each day in Denver from trapped elevators. Denver Fire also reports that a common report is that the phones in those elevators that are stuck also do not work. Denver excuse me? Denver Airport reports that their minutes contract has a ten minute response time. And and certainly they pay for that response time. But the point is that elevator companies can respond. And, of course, you know, there's a there's a financial component there. But but there's a financial component in any maintenance contract, particularly, or as an example, the maintenance contract that that my HRA has with our elevator company is there's a financial component. So Denver Fire reports that this response time is in line with other industries. So this is not out of out of purpose. And and just part of the reason why I'm making this public today is because we reached out multiple times to the elevator companies. And after this went through Ludy, we reached out and the response was, quote, Due to vacation and travel schedule, I will not be available until January ten. Quote, It is impossible for us to have a dialog with an industry that that cannot be available until after this is passed. So so I'm putting it out here that I'm soliciting input from anyone who thinks that this this amendment is not prudent. The last thing I'd say is that I just I won't go back over this because I already mentioned it in Ludie and committee, but I shared several concerns about. Elevators. Elevator maintenance and the relationship between proper elevator maintenance and having to rescue people from broken elevators. So if you have any concerns or comments or input about elevators or elevator maintenance or any reason why we should not have a one hour response time in line with every other industry, please reach out to the District ten office. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Councilman. Since you called this out, I'm just going to quickly say outside of elevators, there is a lot to be excited about in this code, especially when it comes to the environment and how our buildings are built and what kind of energy they use and what kind of emissions they release. And in addition to that, for the first time ever in Denver, we will have the Denver Green Code, which gets us even closer to where we need to be to be addressing climate change and meeting the science based standards that have been set forward that we need to be meeting as a city lot to be excited about in here, even if we have a few kinks to work out before we get it fully approved. But looking forward to that. All right. Next up, Madam Secretary, I believe we're now on to 1341. And Councilman Ortega, I am correct in remembering that you are the one called out for a vote.