ePermits Working Group Meeting Friday, April 11, 2014

1. ePermits Working Group Meeting Friday, April 11, 2014

2. Agenda • Opening Remarks • Topics • Board of Engineering update – David Vanlandingham, P.E. • Uniform Application – Sergio Ascunce • Action Items for item 2b above • New business • Next meeting • Adjourn

3. Topics Board of Professional Engineers update on Signed and Sealed Rules by David Vanlandingham, P.E.

4. Sign and Seal Rules for Electronic Documents Digital Sign and Seal Electronic Sign and Seal 3rd PartyAdobe Partner 3rd Party Non-Adobe Partner SHA-1 Report: accommodated by ePermit system • Easy and Portable: automated verification by Adobe • Some level of identity verification • EXPENSIVE $$$ • Manual verification:burdensome and time consuming • Not portable • Some have little to no identify verification • Costs to both engineer and County • Free! • Easy! • Secure! • NOT PAPERLESS 

6. Amendment to Rule 61G15-23.003, FAC • Tightens up digital signature requirements to ensure identity vetting. • For electronic signatures, allows the signed and sealed SHA-1 report to be scanned and sent electronically as long as the original is retained by the engineer for 3 years.

7. Timeline for Amendment to Rule 61G15-23.003, FAC • July 17, 2013: Approved by FBPE Rules Committee • August 7, 2013: Approved by FBPE • September 9, 2013: Published in Florida Administrative Register. No subsequent comments. • December 10, 2013: Effective

8. Topics Uniform Application by Sergio Ascunce, Chairperson of the Building Officials Subcommittee This is the first major deliverable to the Working Group

9. Topics • Building Official’s Subcommittee Tasks • Cloud Server Workflow Interface • Uniform Permit Application • File Naming Convention • Cloud Server Reference Number • Uniform Permit Revision Application • What’s Next

10. Action Items Moving forward with the Uniform Application

11. Set Next Meeting Date Thursday, June 19, 2014

12. Meeting Adjourned