Volume 14 Apri l 2010Issue 4National Surveyors

Week, SR # 36 ............. 1

CALENDAR OFEVENTS....................... 2

MARCH 2010 MEETINGMINUTES........................ 3 PARALLAXCLSAN E W S L E T T E R O F T H E C E N T R A L C O A S T C H A P T E R O F T H E

C A L I F O R N I A L A N D S U R V E Y O R S A S S O C I A T I O N .

The purpose of the Chapter shall be to further the common good of its members in their practice of land surveying, to encourage and maintain high standards of professional ethics and practices, to promote professional uniformity, to foster the public's trust of land surveyors, and to encourage the public's use ofprofessional surveying services.

Wednesday, April 14, 20105:30 - 6:00 PM Social Hour / 6:00 PM Business MeetingAJ Spur's Saloon and Dining Hall, 1760 El Camino Real, Grover Beach, CAChoices: "Santa Fe" Menu; includes bread, soup, salad and non-alcoholic

beveragePrice: $25 includes tax & tipProgram and Guest Speaker:

Mr. John Belsher; Update on Antiquated Subdivisions

Meeting!

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

April 2010 Meeting Notice 1

2010 Chapter Officers 2

Calendar of Events 2

Articles & Links of Interest 3

This Month’s Question & Answer 3

March 2010 Meeting Minutes 3

LS / LSIT Review—Thank You! 6

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Senate Resolution Number 36 introduced by Senator Denham was adopted in the California State Senate on March 25, 2010. The resolution recognized the week of March 21 through March 27, 2010, as National Surveyors Week.Following is the Text of the Resolution:

WHEREAS, There are over 45,000 professional surveyors in the United States, and 3,488 in the State of California; and

WHEREAS, Surveying is the art and science of accurately determining the position of points and the distances between them and is often used toestablish land boundaries for ownership or governmental purposes; and

WHEREAS, Surveying has been an essential element in the development of the human environment since the beginning of recorded history and it is a requirement in the planning and execution of nearly every form of

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National Land Surveyors WeekSenate Resolution # 36

2010Central Coast Chapter

CLSA Officers

PresidentTerri Green805-481-0330gree20@greenlandsurveys.com

Vice PresidentLester Carter805-544-7407lesterc@cannonassoc.com

Secretary / TreasurerIan McClain805-iem@penfieldsmith.com

Chapter RepresentativesRandy EllisonIan McClain

Alternate RepresentativesLinda RichardsonJon McKellar

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Marie Callendar’s, 2131 Price St., Pismo Beach, CASpeakers:

Mr. Ron Truly – Deputy District Director California Small Business AssociationMr. Mike Manchak, SLO Economic Vitality Corporation

JuneFuture of NGS - The new Datum and what it means for you

Open to all federal, state, local and private organizationsWebinarNational Geodetic Survey (NGS) - Calendar of Upcoming Classeshttp://www.ngs.noaa.gov/corbin/calendar.shtml

Calendar of EventsCalendar of EventsAPRIL

6th — LS and LSIT / FLS review classLS: ALTA FEMA; Water BoundariesLSIT: Highway Curves and Astronomy

13th — LS and LSIT / FLS review classLS/LSIT: Open Study/Review

14th — CCC CLSA Business MeetingA.J. Spur's Saloon and Dining Hall, 1760 El Camino Real, Grover Beach, CA 93433 Speaker: Mr. John Belsher; Update on Antiquated Subdivisions

16th — National Land Surveying Exam

17th — Land Surveyor-In-Training/Fundamentals Of Surveying (LSIT/FLS) and State-Specific Land Surveying Exam

http://www.pels.ca.gov/applicants/exam_schedule.shtml

19th through 21st— 16th Annual California GIS Conferencehttp://www.urisa.org/calgis/info/

22nd— Earth Day

24th through 28th— American Congress on Surveying and Mapping and ArizonaProfessional Land Surveyors' 2010 Annual Conference and Technology Exhibition

http://www.acsm.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&PageID=734

MAY8th—Board of Directors Meeting11th and 12th 2010 Federal Geospatial Summit

NOAA Auditorium, Silver Spring, MDhttp://www.ngs.noaa.gov/2010Summit/

12th— CCC CLSA Business Meeting—TRIGSTAR Awards

Art ic les & L inks o f In terest

ASSEMBLY BILL No. 2105

Status: Active

Land use: Subdivision Map Act.

An act to amend Section66424 of the GovernmentCode, relating to land use.

Introduced by AssemblyM e m b e r H a g m a n o nFebruary 18, 2010

Click here for additionalinformation

SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY RECORDER - NEW FEES

On January 1, 2010 the cost for recording the first sheet of DEEDs (or certificates ofcompliance, CCRs, Certificate of Correction, etc) went upfrom the old fee $8.00 to the NEW FEE of $14.00. The cost for second sheet remains the same at $3.00.

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This Month’s Quest ion & Answer

Q: When was the NAD 83(NSRS2007) National Readjustment completed?

A: The readjustment was completed in February 2007. For additional information on NAD 83(NSRS2007):

NGS—NAD 83(NSRS2007) National ReadjustmentClick here for additional information

Within the “Presentation” section of this website there are three presentations all similar in content:

FGCS Workshop Presentation—Feb 2007 League of California Surveyors Organization Presentation—April 2006 American Congress on Surveying and Mapping Conference Presentation St. Louis,Mo. – March 2007

P O B—The GPS Observer: The National Spatial Reference System of 2007 by James P. Reilly, Ph.D.

February 1, 2008 Click here for additional information

Central Coast ChapterMarch 2010 CLSA Meeting Minutes

Date: 03-10-2010 Called to order – 6:07 PM

Attendance: 25

Place: AJ Spurs Saloon and Dining Hall — Santa Maria, CA

1) Call To Order by President, Terri Green

Introductions

2) Guest Speaker: Michael McGee - Lidar

3) Approval of Feb. Meeting Minutes: Motioned Mike Stanton, seconded by Ken Fargen.

4) Officer’s Reports

a. Presidents Report – Terri Green:

i. Held first door prize raffle: Dave Carey won a CLSA cap.

ii. Brought up the plans for Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors to adopt a Construction Stabilization Agreement with SB County Unions.

b. Vice Presidents Report – Les Carter:

i. Current list of upcoming meeting locations, speakers, topics:

1. April: SLO/Five cities, John Belsher

2. May: N. SLO, Ron Truly – Deputy District Director, SBA; MikeManchak – SLO Economic Vitality Commission

3. June: Morro Bay, Robert Reese, Hydrographic Survey Basics

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4. July: No Meeting

5. August: Barbeque

6. September: State President Elect; BLM Rep.

7. Oct: SLO, City, Planned use developments/CondominiumsSpeaker TBD – Attorney…

8. November: Arroyo Grande: Dan Krieger, Historical Review ofSurveying on the Central Coast, contribute any articles to Dan.

9. December: Christmas Party

c. Secretary/Treasurer Report – Ian McClain:

i. Current Rabobank checking account balance as of March 10, 2010 is: $11,238.46.

ii. Current Wells Fargo checking account balance as of December 12, 2009 is: $3,824.79.

5) Committee Reports

a. Standing Committees

i. Education Committee – Tom Mastin: No report.

ii. Membership Committee – Ian McClain:

1. 37 corporate/life members have paid, 52 members total have paid so far.

iii. Professional Practices Committee:

1. Terri Green Will send a letter on behalf of the Chapter to San Luis County Surveyor Dan Manion about overlaid Street monuments.

2. Motion to approve a letter written to Santa Barbara Second District Supervisor Janet Wolf about RS fee increases was made by Ken Fargen, seconded by Jon McKellar. Motion carried. Terri Green to send the letter on behalf of the Chapter.

iv. Publications Committee & Web Site – Rochelle Vierra: No report.

v. Trig Star Committee – George Marchenko: No report.

vi. Workshops/Seminar Committee – Randy Ellison:

1. Randy inquired those present about interest in a potential GPS post processing workshop. Half a dozen members showedinterest.

vii. Bar-B-Que Committee – Ken Fargen: No report.

viii. Nominating Committee – Jon McKellar:

1. Mike Stanton motioned to have Jesse Brady join the PPC,seconded by Terri Green

ix. Christmas Committee – Linda Richardson: No Report

Ad Hoc Committees:

x. GIS Development Committee – Tom Mastin: No Report

xi. County Liaison Committee – Mike Stanton:

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Letter from the Office of the Governor ofCalifornia

On March 21, 2010 a letter from Governor ArnoldSchwarzenegger was sent to the California LandSurveyors Associationregarding National LandSurveyors week.

A copy of the letter can be found on page 7.

2009 Manual ofSurveyingInstructions

CLSA is offeringm e m b e r s asubstantial discount.Orders can be placed online at the CLSAstore or by completing and returning a CLSA publ icat ion orderform.

1. City of San Luis is still pushing monument preservation responsibility onto contractors. Mike urges the chapter to follow up on the previous letter sent by the Chapter to the City addressing our concern. Mike will find the response letter from the City and submit to the Parallax forpublishing.

6) Board of Directors (BOD) report: No report.

7) Old Business:

i. Jon McKellar urged members of the chapter who are able to attend Santa Barbara County Council meetings and express their objections to the Record of Survey Fee increases.

8) New Business:

i. Construction Stabilization Agreement – Santa Barbara County Unions

Ken Fargen provided some background and insight on the issue. Union representation andsupport was strong at a recent County Council meeting, though most private contractors wereunaware and not represented at the meeting. Proposal may exempt our members from bidding on survey jobs for the County if they are not part of a Union.

ii. Jesse Brady spoke about the newly formed LSACTS group. The group is a separate entity from CLSA, made up of LS’s that look towards influencing state legislation related to surveying practices and standards.

Next meeting in San Luis Obispo, location to be determined, on April 14, 2010.

Adjournment – 8:46 PM

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2010 LS & LSIT Review ClassThe Central Coast Chapter is proud to sponsor a Land Surveyor (LS) and Land Surveyor in Training (LSIT) review for 2010.

The review will be of possible test subjects presented by local Land Surveyors. You need not be taking the test to enjoy and learn from the classes.

DATE & TIME Tuesday nights, February 23, 2010 through April 13, 2010 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM.

February 23rd LS/LSIT: Introduction; Test Taking; GPS / GISMarch 2nd LS/LSIT: Photogrammetry; Errors and AnalysisMarch 8th LS/LSIT: Basics in Boundary RetracementMarch 16th LS: Public Lands; Deed Interpretation

LSIT: Survey Math IMarch 23rd LS: Legal Descriptions

LSIT: Survey Math IIMarch 30th LS/LSIT: State Plane CoordinatesApril 6th LS: ALTA FEMA; Water Boundaries

LSIT: Highway Curves and AstronomyApril 13th LS/LSIT: Open Study/Review

LOCATION Conference Room at Caltrans1150 Laurel Lane, Suite 175, San Luis Obispo, CADirections can be found at the following link: http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist05/district_office.htm

COST $30.00 made payable to CLSA Central Coast Chapter. This is to cover the cost of the review materials.

REGISTRATION Registration will be held at the first class. Call Rochelle Vierra at 805-549-3003 and leave a messageindicating LS or LSIT class and a phone number where you can be contacted for more class info.

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Thank You!It was another successfulyear for the Central CoastChapter’s Land Surveyorand Land Surveyor inTraining review. Over 20people signed up andattended the review.

To those that attendedthank you for supporting the review class and bestwishes on your exam.

To those that led theclasses or attended to lendsupport, thank you for thededication of your time andexpertise to lead and/orhelp with the review classes this year:

Jesse BradyTom Mastin

Randy EllisonSam TaylorDan ManionMike Stanton

Randy WoodjackJoe Morris

Joe CardozaBryce Dilger

Jeremy VillegasAlan VolbrechtRobert Reese

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I look forward to workingwith everyone again nextyear.

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WHEREAS, In order to accomplish theirobjective, surveyors use elements ofengineering, physics, mathematics, law,and history; and

WHEREAS, Since the colonial days ofthe United States, surveyors

have been leaders in the community,statesmen, influential citizens, and shapers of cultural standards; and

WHEREAS, Former notable surveyorsinclude George Washington, ThomasJefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Lewis andClark, Daniel Boone, and Henry DavidThoreau, among many others; and

WHEREAS, It was the work of thesurveyor that determined the boundaries of land, the greatest economic asset in thecolonies and territories that became theUnited States, including California; and

WHEREAS, The nature of surveying has changed dramatically over time, as it is nolonger limited to the description andlocation of land boundaries; and

WHEREAS, Hydrographic surveys areimportant to the use of all bodies of water; and

(Continued from page 1) WHEREAS, Engineering surveys areutilized in the study and selection ofengineering construction; and

WHEREAS, Geodetic surveys determine precise global positioning for suchactivities as aircraft and missile navigation; and

WHEREAS, Cartographic surveys areused for mapping and charting, as well asphotogrammetry, the science of usingaerial photographs for measurement andmap production; and

WHEREAS, Many services are nowprovided through the use of sophisticatedsurveying equipment and techniques,including satellite-borne remote sensingdevices and automated positioning,measuring, recording, and plottingequipment; and

WHEREAS, The establishment of theweek of March 21 through March 27, 2010, as National Surveyors Week is a fittingtribute to all surveyors; now, therefore, beit

Resolved by the Senate of the State ofCalifornia, That the Senate recognizes the week of March 21 through March 27, 2010, as National Surveyors Week; and be itfurther

Resolved, That the Secretary of theSenate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.

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