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BUILDING DIRECTOR ADAMS THEN DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD THE <br />AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION WORK BEING PERFORMED BY OWNER -BUILDERS. HE <br />NOTED THAT LEGITIMATE CONTRACTORS HAVE ASKED HIM WHY THEY ARE REQUESTED <br />TO TAKE A STATE EXAMINATION TO BE LICENSED, WHEN THERE ARE MEN IN THE <br />COUNTY OPERATING FROM THE BACK OF THEIR TRUCKS WITHOUT ANY PROPER <br />LICENSE, BECAUSE THE OWNER COMES IN STATING THAT HE IS DOING THE WORK <br />HIMSELF AND THEN HIRES UNLICENSED CONTRACTORS TO DO THE WORK FOR HIM, <br />MR. ADAMS STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE COUNTY ATTORNEY <br />LOOK INTO A METHOD OF REQUIRING ANY APPLICANT FILING AN AFFIDAVIT THAT. <br />HE IS THE CONTRACTOR OF RECORD TO ALSO PRODUCE AN AFFIDAVIT SHOWING THAT <br />HE IS PROVIDING WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION FOR ANY PEOPLE ON THE JOB. MR. <br />ADAMS FELT THIS MIGHT BE A DETERRENT TO ALLOWING THESE PEOPLE TO RUN THEIR <br />JOBS AND SECURE THEIR MATERIALS WITHOUT BEING QUALIFIED OR PROPERLY <br />LICENSED. HE NOTED THAT THE STATE FURNISHED THEySTANDARDS, WE DID NOT, <br />AND THE LAW IS BEING CIRCUMVENTED. MR. ADAMS NOTED THAT ON THE AFFIDAVIT <br />THEY REQUIRE TO BE SIGNED, THE OWNER STATES THAT HE ALONE SHALL ACT AS <br />THE CONTRACTOR ON ALL PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION. <br />MR. ADAMS FURTHER NOTED THAT IN ALL THE TRADES, THERE ARE <br />VEHICLES OPERATING WITH NO MARKING ON THEM AT ALL,.AND MANY OPERATIONS <br />ARE BEING "BOOT -LEGGED" AS THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT CANNOT TELL WHO IS <br />WORKING A JOB AND WHETHER HE IS LICENSED OR NOT. HE INFORMED THE BOARD <br />THAT.IN DADE COUNTY, CONTRACTORS ARE GIVEN A PERMANENT NUMBER WHICH HAS <br />TO BE ON ALL THEIR VEHICLES AND SUGGESTED THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER RE- <br />QUIRING ALL LICENSED CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS TO CARRY SUCH A <br />NUMBER ON THEIR EQUIPMENT. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED WHAT WILL THIS DO TO.THE PERSON WHO <br />SINCERELY WANTS TO DO A SMALL JOB BY HIMSELF? <br />MR. ADAMS STATED THAT HE HAS MANY AN OWNER WHO COMES IN AND <br />WANTS TO DO SOME WIRING FOR HIMSELF, BUT MANY DO THIS AND THEN HIRE <br />SOMEONE ELSE TO DO IT. WE, THEREFORE, NEED SOME WAY TO CHECK ON WHETHER <br />HE IS ACTUALLY QUALIFIED TO DO THIS WORK. MR. ADAMS ESTIMATED THAT 95% <br />OF THE CONSTRUCTION BOOM WE HAVE IN THIS AREA IN THE SINGLE AND DUPLEX <br />FAMILY OCCUPANCY HOUSE IS BEING DONE BY OWNER -BUILDERS AND NOT BY <br />LEGITIMATE CONTRACTORS SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE LEARNED A WAY TO <br />CIRCUMVENT THE LAW. HE STATED THAT HE IS VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE AS A <br />RESULT OF THIS, HIS DEPARTMENT OFTEN HAS TO GO BACK TO THE SAME JOB <br />TWO AND THREE TIMES TO COMPLETE AN INSPECTION. <br />. <br />JUN 221977 <br />50 <br />