ePermits Working Group Meeting
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Agenda
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Welcome
Mission and Goals of the Working Group
Discuss New Business
Presentations
Subcommittee Status Reports and Goals
Working Group Action Items
Next Meeting – Thursday, October 3, 2013, 2:30pm at
Government Center West (GCW)
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Armando Linares, Deputy Director
Environmental Protection and Growth Management Department
Mission and Goals of the Working Group:
What is the mission?
Electronically process all permits in Broward County from initial application
submission to final permit issuance using a unified web interface.
Goals
• ePermits solution to a fragmented permitting system
• Holistic, collaborative approach (policies, procedures, statues, and codes)
• Improve processes resolving industry issues while making processes
electronic
• Includes signed and sealed plans
• Single, universal permit application
• Need for cultural change to accompany technical change
• Improved regulatory oversight through enhanced coordination
Discuss New Business
1. Design Professional Representation
a) Propose representation on the
Construction Industry Subcommittee
2. New Marketing subcommittee
a) Website
b) Outreach
3. Consensus on building permits as the first
goal for ePermits
4. Selecting alternate subcommittee chairs
Presentations:
1.eInspections – Gabbie Drice
2.eDevelopment – Thuy Turner
Subcommittee Status Reports and Goals
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Cities Subcommittee – Chair, Sergio Ascunce
Industry Subcommittee – Chair, John Siegle
IT Subcommittee – Chair, Kuntal Choksi for Carlos Alvarado
GIS Subcommittee – Chair, Tom Dobbs for Vicki Morrow
ePermits Working Group Committees
Cities Subcommittee Mission and Goals:
Chair – Sergio Ascunce
Administrative Lead – Thuy Turner
Technical Support – Dan O’Linn
Goals
• Master application
• Permitting Agency Advocacy
• ePermits Advocacy
Industry Subcommittee Mission and Goals:
Chair – John Siegle
Administrative Lead – Hip Cruz
Administrative Assistance - Andrea
Rulka
What is the mission?
Obtain contractors and ePermits advocacy by recognizing the
importance of ePermits to the Construction Industry and defining
Contractor ePermits requirements
Goals
• Contractor Advocacy
• ePermit Adovcacy
IT Subcommittee Mission and Goals:
Chair – Carlos Alvarado
Administrative Lead – Linda Loiodice
Administrative Assistance – Cindy Brown
What is the mission?
Define the IT architecture, infrastructure and components required to
develop, integrate and support ePermits
• Make recommendations to ePermits Working Group
• Respond to inquiries from the ePermits Working Group
• Define ongoing support structure
Goals
• Provide architecture for online application
• Provide architecture for Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) interface
• Provide architecture for status board
• Recommend hardware
• ePermits Advocacy
IT ePermit Interface:
1. Customer uploads permit application from kiosk or workstation
An online web interface will be developed that will allow applicant to:
• Enter the permitting application information (name, address, etc.)
• Upload plans and documents
• Generate the SHA-1 signature file required for signing and sealing
2. ePermit Cloud stores uploaded application
Permitting application information and uploaded plans will be stored in a central repository
• Permitting agencies will be able to access the information and plans through the web interface
3. Permitting agencies will receive confirmation that customer application was uploaded for review
The online web interface will send an e-mail to the permitting agency
4. Real time status board updates customer with relevant information
APIs will be developed that will interface the Central ePermits interface with existing Permitting agency systems
• Relevant statuses will be defined by various Subcommittees, as part of the process
5. Customer and permitting agencies have unlimited access to document 24/7 – connection between all ePermit
elements
The underlying infrastructure (servers, network, database, security) will be highly reliable and have enough capacity to
support a 24/7 operation
6. Customer will be able to upload revised plans and additional information to the original permit application
GIS Subcommittee Mission and Goals:
Chair – Vicki Morrow
Technical Support – Leigh Ammon
Administrative Assistance – Yvonne Campbell
Goals
• Build GIS ePermits core – archive and retrieval
• Recommend hardware/software
• ePermits Advocacy
Working Group Action Items
1. Sign and Seal
a) Professional Engineers
b) Architects
2. Marketing and funding for ePermits
3. Workers Compensation
4. Notice of Commencement
Next Meeting
Thursday, October 3, 2013 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Government Center West
Hearing GCW Hearing Room
Meeting Adjourned
Thank you for your participation in
the creation of ePermits!