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CALIFORNIA LAND SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION 526 South E Street – Santa Rosa, CA 95404

Telephone: 707.578.6016 FAX: 707.578.4406

MINUTES CLSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING held November 3, 2012 at the Holiday Inn Oakland Airport in Oakland, CA. CALL TO ORDER President Frank Lehmann called the Board of Directors meeting to order at 9:30 AM. ROLL CALL Officers Frank Lehmann, President Rolland VanDeValk, Secretary Jay Seymour, Treasurer Bill Hofferber, Immediate Past President Dorothy Calegari, Executive Director John Wilusz, Cal Surveyor Editor Directors Bakersfield Chapter Ron Nelms Cascade Chapter Les Gross Central Coast Chapter Linda Richardson Central Valley Chapter Jon Scarpa Keith Spencer Channel Islands Chapter Debbie Naves (Alternate) Jim Pilarski Desert Chapter Doug Redlin East Bay Chapter Gwen Gee (Alternate) Steve Martin Gold Country Marc VanZuuk Humboldt Chapter Dave Crivelli (Alternate) Lake/Mendocino Chapter Steve Farr (Alternate) Los Angeles Chapter Camden Cabrinha Mark Danielson Steve Hughey Mark Price Steve Steinhoff Diane Wells Northern Counties Chapter Roger Hanlin Orange County Chapter Tony Cuomo Glen Lake (Alternate) Tom Propst Josh Tatman Dave Woolley (Alternate) Riverside/San Bernardino Chapter Ryan Hunsicker (Alternate) Ryan Versteeg Pete Wiseman Sacramento Chapter Tim Case Jill VanHouten Ian Wilson

San Diego Chapter Anne Hoppe Gary Mellom San Joaquin Valley Chapter Kevin Nehring Santa Clara/San Mateo Chapter Paul Lamoreaux Sonoma County Chapter Mike Ford Absent Keith Vincent, Marin Chapter Chris Bateman, Monterey Bay Chapter Richard James, Mother Lode Chapter CSU Fresno Student Chapter Santiago Canyon College Student Chapter Cal Poly Pomona Student Chapter Guests Mike Butcher, Legislative Committee Chair & Past President Janine Hampton, East Bay Chapter Jim Herrick, Education Foundation Chair & Past President Kurt Hoehn, Past President Annette Lockhart, GIS Committee Chair Michael McGee, CSRC Liaison & Past President Rob McMillan, Education Committee Chair Robert Reese, Professional Practice Committee Chair & Past President Aaron Smith, WFPS Delegate & Past President AundreaTirapelle, TrigStar Chair PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE President Frank Lehmann led the Board of Directors in the Pledge of Allegiance. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MOVED by Marc VanZuuk and SECONDED to approve the July 2012 minutes as distributed. MOTION CARRIED. PRESIDENT’S REPORT Report included in agenda. President Frank Lehmann commended the Education Foundation for establishing the CSU Fresno Endowment Fund and raising $80,000. Frank reported on the resignation of President-Elect Tom Taylor. In response to the resignation, Frank charged the Past President’s Advisory Council with putting forth a recommendation for nomination. MOVED by Keith Spencer and SECONDED to accept the resignation of Tom Taylor. MOTION CARRIED. The rules were suspended to take the Past President’s Advisory Council report out of order. MOVED by Tony Cuomo and SECONDED to nominate Mike Butcher for position President-Elect. MOTION CARRIED. With no additional nominations from the floor, Mike Butcher was unanimously elected to the position of President-Elect which will succeed to 2013 President.

TREASURER’S REPORT Treasurer Jay Seymour reported on the CLSA financial reports, as included in the agenda. Jay reported that there are a few budgets that have exceeded, or are projected to exceed, their budget and requested the Board approve budget increases as follows:

- Add $1500 to net copier (increased cost for copier supplies) - Add $1000 to Executive Committee (additional meeting for strategic plan development) - Add $1500 to Legislative Committee (additional meeting to develop request for LCO) - Add $1500 to Membership Marketing (purchase of padfolios) - Add $300 to NCEES-POLC (increase to send Pat Tami to meeting) - Add $500 to Right-of-Entry (cover reprint of tri-fold)

MOVED by Keith Spencer and SECONDED to approve the budget, adjustments as outlined by Treasurer Jay Seymour and accept the financial reports as included in the agenda. MOTION CARRIED. Jay reviewed the 2013 proposed budget, as included in the agenda and recommended the following changes:

- Increase Board Director Travel to $28,000 to cover additional Directors and increased cost of transportation

- Increase Immediate Past President to $2,500 to cover increased travel costs - Increase Legislative Committee to $6500 to cover holding additional meeting and increased

cost of transportation - Increase Public Awareness to $2500 to cover purchase of logo highlighters for use in career

days, school presentations, geocache, etc. Tony Cuomo discussed the Central Office budget and indicated he would like to see more detail regarding what is included in the Central Office budget. Frank reported that the Central Office budget covers all overhead for CLSA. This includes management fees, office space, printing, postage, phones, website hosting, etc. As the Executive Committee serves as the Budget and Finance Committee, Frank reported researching other land surveying association expenses related to management fees and reported that CLSA’s Central Office budget is extremely low. MOVED by Tony Cuomo and SECONDED to break out the Central Office budget in the financial reports to show two lines, management fee and expenses. MOTION CARRIED. Jay reported that the NCEES-POLC report included a request to sponsor an event at the 2013 Western Zone meeting which will be held in California. In the past, when NCEES has held meetings in California, CLSA has sponsored a break, provided Delegate gifts and hosted a dinner. Marc VanZuuk reported that NCEES has an extremely large budget and should not need sponsorship. MOVED by Pete Wiseman and SECONDED to decline to sponsor an NCEES event. MOTION CARRIED. Dave Woolley requested discussion regarding the Center of Population budget. Secretary Rolland VanDeValk reported that the Center of Population is determined every 10 years based on the census. As part of a public awareness campaign, CLSA works with NGS, NOAA, CSRC and the local community to set a Center of Population monument. The Board of Directors has previously approved a budget of $5,000 for a Center of Population monument and public outreach campaign. The event was postponed to coincide with the Shafter Centennial Celebration which will provide more exposure for CLSA. MOVED by Keith Spencer and SECONDED to approve the $5000 Center of Population budget. MOTION CARRIED.

Aundrea Tirapelle, TrigStar Chair requested an increase in budget to provide Chapters with a subsidy for their TrigStar programs and provide an award for the winning teacher. Aundrea provided a breakdown of the budget request (attached). MOVED by Keith Spencer and SECONDED to increase the TrigStar budget to $6300 as outlined in the TrigStar report. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED by Mike Ford and SECONDED to provide a trophy to the winning high school each year instead of using a traveling trophy. MOTION CARRIED. Frank Lehmann reported that there is a cost of approximately $37 per person for lunches at the Board of Directors meeting. MOVED by Ian Wilson and SECONDED to approve the $12,000 budget to continue the lunches at the Board of Directors meetings. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED by Tony Cuomo and SECONDED to approve the budget as amended. MOTION CARRIED. 2013 approved budget attached IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT’S REPORT Report included in agenda. Immediate Past President Bill Hofferber reported participating in CLSA public awareness activity laying out soccer fields for American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO). EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT Report included in agenda. Executive Director Dorothy Calegari reminded Chapters that leadership rosters were due September 30th. There are several Chapters that have not submitted their rosters which are needed to develop the 2013 Who’s Who, update the database and email groups. The CLSA-NALS Conference will be held March 23-27, 2013 at the Silver Legacy in Reno, Nevada. The Exhibitor’s Prospectus and Sponsorship application has been released and online registration is open. The deadline for submitting nominations for CLSA awards is December 31st. You are encouraged to nominate your Chapter for recognition. Dorothy reported that the CLSA-CSRC Workshop was a great success with over 100 in attendance at each location. Special thank you to the CSRC speakers: Michael McGee, Dave Olander, Art Andrew, Yehuda Bock and Rich Maher. Dorothy reported that CLSA is using social media more extensively to disseminate information more efficiently. If you have not already done so, you are encouraged to connect with CLSA via LinkedIn and Facebook. Central Office Report Crissy Willson reported that a new feature has been added to the CLSA website allowing members to submit application for the CLSA Professional Development Program (PDP) online. It is hoped that this added efficiency will help to increase the number of members participating in the PDP. Crissy reported that the LS Instructional DVDs are now available for purchase through the CLSA Store. These will be a great resources for those studying for the exam and will be an added benefit for

CLSA Associate members. Special thanks to the LS Review speakers at the 2012 CLSA-NALS Conference for allowing their sessions to be videotaped. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT Secretary Rolland VanDeValk reported Executive Committee reviewed a posting on the CLSA website soliciting content for a magazine. Although no one has a problem with a new surveying magazine being launched, since CLSA publishes their own magazine it seemed inappropriate to allow this solicitation on the CLSA website. The Executive Committee discussed the possibility of developing a policy for the Discussion Board. Ian Wilson indicated that the new magazine, published by CLSA Member Landon Blake, will not compete with the Cal Surveyor and we should not censor the Discussion Board. MOVED by Dave Woolley and SECONDED to direct President Frank Lehmann to write a letter to Landon Blake requesting more information regarding his magazine and determine if CLSA can be of assistance and suggest that he may also want to consider contributing to the Cal Surveyor. MOTION FAILED. MOVED by Keith Spencer and SECONDED to authorize himself to discuss with Landon Blake his magazine and invite him to speak to the Board if necessary. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED by Tony Cuomo and SECONDED to direct the Policy and Procedure Committee to develop a Discussion Board policy and submit to the Board for review. MOTION CARRIED. Rolland reported that the Policy and Procedure Committee has submitted their recommended bylaws amendments to the Executive Committee for review. The Executive Committee will review and submit to the Board of Directors for review by mid-December. The proposed bylaw amendments will be on the February agenda for Board action. The amendments that are approved by the Board will then go to the Corporate members for final approval. Rolland reported that Cal Poly Pomona has submitted a request for a donation to help sponsor their concrete canoe. The Executive Committee took no action on this request and makes no recommendation to the Board. It was reported that the concrete canoe is sponsored by ASCE. No action taken. Rolland reported that the Education Foundation Bud Uzes Memorial Scholarship exceeded its donations last year by $500. The Executive Committee discussed donating $500 from the proceeds of Chaining the Land (authored by Bud Uzes) to cover the overage. This would be a one-time donation since, moving forward, the Northern Counties Chapter has agreed to sponsor the Bud Uzes Memorial Scholarship. MOVED by Keith Spencer and SECONDED to donate $500 to the Bud Uzes Memorial Scholarship from the sales of Chaining the Land. MOTION CARRIED. Rolland reported receiving an application from East Los Angeles College requesting a Student Chapter Charter. The application was received after the agenda was issued so it will be placed on the February agenda. Cursory review indicates that the college has met all the requirements and the bylaws will be submitted to the Linda Richardson, Bylaws Chair for review. Rolland reported that the Sacramento Chapter has requested an Officer attend their Holiday Party to present to Larry Fenske the Life Membership certificate which was approved by the Board in July. President-Elect Mike Butcher will attend and make the presentation. Robert Reese suggested that CLSA consider developing a series of How-to videos that could be posted on YouTube and the CLSA website.

MOVED by Debbie Naves and SECONDED to direct the Public Awareness Committee to explore costs, logistics and potential subjects for how-to videos for both surveyors and the public. MOTION CARRIED. Potential Topics to Benefit Members:

- How to preserve a survey monument - Solar azimuth - Increment boring into trees

Potential Topics to Benefit the Public and Create Public Awareness:

- What is a survey monument and why should it be preserved - How to consult a land surveyor - Why/when do you need a survey

Rolland reported that Executive Committee has received indication from a number of Directors that there is disappointment regarding the fact that the rescission letter from Dave Woolley did not meet the requirements set forth by the Board of Directors. The letter did not meet the timeline, was not addressed to the proper person, and further disparaged CLSA. MOVED by Steve Martin and SECONDED to disregard the letter from Dave Woolley and drop the issue. MOTION CARRIED. Rolland reported that the Executive Committee received a number of calls regarding the statements made by Tony Cuomo at a seminar. Concern was expressed that Tony misrepresented and portrayed CLSA negatively in an inappropriate forum. Bill Hofferber reported that the Executive Committee will no longer try to resolve conduct issues, instead all conduct issues will be brought directly to the Board as they occur. MOVED by Dave Woolley and SECONDED to take no action and drop the issue of Tony Cuomo’s conduct. MOTION CARRIED. BYLAWS Linda Richardson, Bylaws Committee Chair, reported that Chapters should wait until after the CLSA bylaw amendments have been adopted before making any changes to Chapter bylaws. Linda will review the East Los Angeles College proposed student Chapter bylaws. Linda reported Tom Propst is the newest member of the Bylaws Committee. POLICY & PROCEDURE COMMITTEE Jay Seymour, Policy and Procedure Committee Chair, reported that the committee met for two days in Bakersfield and collaborated with the Bylaws Committee to develop the proposed amendments. The amendments will be on the February agenda for Board action and Board-approved amendments will then go to the Corporate members for final approval. NOMINATING COMMITTEE Report included in agenda. EDUCATION COMMITTEE Rob McMillan, Education Committee Chair, reported the Committee is working to update the list of colleges/universities that offer land surveying courses.

EDUCATION FOUNDATION Report included in agenda. Jim Herrick, Education Foundation Chair reported that the CSU Fresno Endowment Fund has been established and has already raised approximately $80,000 which will be matched by the Lyles Foundation. CLSA Education Foundation will continue to accept donations and will match chapter donations up to a maximum of $500. Remember, all donations made through the Education Foundation are charitable donations and tax deductible to the full extent of the law. Jim reported that the Education Foundation will sponsor a Bowling Tournament Fundraiser in conjunction with the CLSA-NALS Conference. This is a fun event that helps raise money for scholarships and has become a highlight of the Conference. Chapters are encouraged to get a team together. The Education Foundation is also looking for donations for the live and silent auctions. If you have an item to donate, but do not plan to attend the Conference, please contact the Central Office to arrange for transportation of your item to the Confernece. MOVED by Marc VanZuuk and SECONDED to accept the Education Foundation financial statements, as included in the agenda. MOTION CARRIED. WORKSHOP COMMITTEE CLSA held a successful workshop in conjunction with CSRC. CSRC will receive 25% of the net proceeds of the workshop. The next webinar is scheduled for November 14th Webinar with BPELSG on Monument Conservation. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES Report included in agenda. GIS COMMITTEE Report included in agenda. Annette Lockhart, GIS Committee Chair reported on CLSA’s participation in the ESRI Conference. A series of articles were published in the current issue of the Cal Surveyor. PUBLIC AWARENESS Report included in agenda. Frank Lehmann, Public Awareness Committee Chair reported that, as approved by the Board, he will move forward to purchase logo highlighters for use at outreach events. The Committee will also look into the development of How-to videos as directed by the Board. Frank requested anyone interested in serving on the Committee to send him an email. LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE Report include in agenda and supplemental report distributed. (Attached) Mike Butcher, Legislative Committee Chair, reported that, per the Board’s directive, the Legislative Committee has requested a Legislative Council Opinion (LCO) regarding 8771 and monument conservation. The request has been submitted and it is hoped that an opinion will be received by the end of the year. The Legislative Committee recommends not moving forward proposed legislation on 8771 until after the opinion is received. Mike reported that a sub-committee was formed to research the proposed unrecorded map legislation. The sub-committee and the Legislative Committee are not recommending no action at this time but will maintain the information provided.

MOVED by Mike Ford and SECONDED to redistribute the proposed unrecorded map legislation to the Board for consideration. MOTION CARRIED. Mike reported on the proposed legislation, as included in the supplemental report. (Attached) Proposed Legislation - Protected Titles (6732 and 8751) MOVED by Keith Spencer and SECONDED to approve the proposed legislation to 6732. MOTION CARRIED MOVED by Tony Cuomo and SECONDED to approve the proposed legislation to 8751. MOTION CARRIED. Proposed Legislation - Monument Marking (8772) MOVED by Keith Spencer and SECONDED to approve the concept of requiring tag number to be included on public agency monuments and direct the Legislative Committee to move forward with drafting language. MOTION CARRIED. Proposed Legislation - Monument Preservation MOVED by Keith Spencer and SECONDED to direct the Legislative Committee to move forward with proposed legislation removing the grant deed exception from the Monument Preservation legislation. MOTION CARRIED. Proposed Legislation - Lower Population Criteria (27585) MOVED by Tony Cuomo and SECONDED to direct the Legislative Committee to research the genesis of the 1.5 million population criteria and determine the amount of money this represents and report back to the Board. MOTION CARRIED. PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE COMMITTEE (PPC) Report distributed. (Attached) Robert Reese, Professional Practice Committee Chair, reported on the actions of the PPC over the last quarter. This included assisting CalGEo with information regarding formation of a PPC and providing advice to the San Joaquin Valley Chapter regarding a local issue. Robert reported there are several Chapters that have not completed the PPC survey and requested the survey be completed as soon as possible. BPELSG LIAISON Report distributed. (Attached) Roger Hanlin, BPELSG Liaison, reported that BPELSG is discussing the use of organizational records. BPELSG would like to obtain statutory authorization to pursue those without an organizational chart. Frank Demling has resigned from the LSTAC and a position is now open and available. The public notice for fingerprint requirement has been posted on the BPELSG website. Public comment must be received by December 11th. NCEES-POLC LIAISON Report included in agenda. WFPS DELEGATE Report included in agenda.

CALTRANS LIAISON Rob McMillan provided a brief verbal report on the activities of CalTrans. Paul Fredrickson is now acting chief of survey. Scott Martin and Bob McKenzie are both now working at headquarters. CSRC LIAISON Report distributed. (Attached) Michael McGee reported that Marti Ikehara, NGS Geodetic Advisor, will be retiring and there is no plan yet to find a replacement. There is discussion of creating a regional position and having Bill Stone serve as advisor for California, Nevada, and New Mexico. Michael McGee to draft a letter and forward to the Executive Committee, indicating CLSA recommends that NGS continue to support a Geodetic Advisor in California. ACEC LIAISON Jay Seymour, ACEC Liaison reported that there were no meetings in the last quarter and thus, no report. MONUMENT CONSERVATION COMMITTEE Report included in agenda. Anne Hoppe, Monument Conservation Committee Chair, reported that she will be meeting with the Central Office to develop a monument conservation page on the CLSA website. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Report included is agenda. MOVED by Gary Mellom and SECONDED to approve the retired membership application for Jack Hill. MOTION CARRIED. NSPS GOVERNOR Report distributed. (Attached) NSPS continues to promote 100% mandatory membership in NSPS by state association members. Matt Vernon and Carl CdeBaca are in the process of developing a webinar to provided information about NSPS benefits to CLSA members. The Executive Committee previously requested a list of CLSA members that are NSPS members. The list has not been received so a follow up email will be sent. Requiring membership in NSPS will require a dues increase and a bylaw amendment. TRIGSTAR Report distributed. (Attached) Aundrea Tirapelle, TrigStar Chair, will meet with Central Office this month to develop additional website resources. CAL SURVEYOR John Wilusz, Cal Surveyor Editor reported that the Fall Issue has been published and should be arriving in your mailbox. In addition, the Cal Surveyor is archived on the CLSA website as a searchable PDF.

CHAPTER REPORTS Bakersfield Report distributed. (Attached) Membership: 20 July Meeting: CLSA Update – Tom Taylor, CLSA President-Elect August Meeting: General business meeting September Meeting: General business meeting Cascade Report included in agenda. Membership: 11 July Meeting: General business meeting August Meeting: General business meeting September Meeting: General business meeting Central Coast Report received after meeting. (Attached) Membership: 55 August Meeting: Annual BBQ September Meeting: Certificates of Compliance – George Marchanko, PLS October Meeting: Joint meeting with Women in Construction Central Valley Report included in agenda. Membership: 42 June Meeting: CLSA Update – Tom Taylor, CLSA President-Elect July Meeting: San Joaquin County Digital Filing – Landon Blake, PLS August Meeting: NGS Update – Marti Ikehara September Meeting: CSU Fresno Endowment – Keith Spencer, PLS Channel Islands Report distributed. (Attached) Membership: 39 July Meeting: NGS Update – Marti Ikehara September Meeting: 3D Scanning – Gilbert Suarez The Channel Islands Chapter co-sponsored a LS Application Seminar with Los Angeles Chapter and Riverside-San Bernardino Chapter. Desert Report distributed. (Attached) Membership: 19 July Meeting: What is Happening With LiDAR Today – Derek Hood, PLS August Meeting: State of San Bernardino County – Tom Herrin, County Surveyor September Meeting: Monumentation of Easements – Dave Woolley, PLS October Meeting: Finding a County Surveyor – Bill Brunet, Imperial County Director of Public Works

East Bay Report included in agenda. Membership: 82 July Meeting: Vendor Night August Meeting: Surveyors and GIS – Annette Lockhart, PLS September Meeting: Laser Scanning – Sean Finn Gold Country Report included in agenda. Membership: 12 July Meeting: Fremont’s Cannon – John Wilusz, PLS August Meeting: General business meeting Humboldt Report included in agenda. Membership: 16 July Meeting: General business meeting August Meeting: CLSA Update – Tom Taylor, CLSA President-Elect September Meeting: General business meeting The Humboldt Chapter sponsored a successful workshop and thanked Michael McGee and Marti Ikehara for their presentation. The Humboldt Chapter is actively scanning unrecorded maps and filing with County. Lake Mendocino Report included in agenda. Membership: 10 August Meeting: Annual BBQ The Lake/Mendocino Chapter holds four meetings a year. Los Angeles Report distributed. (Attached) Membership: 203 July Meeting: CLSA Update – Tom Taylor, CLSA President-Elect August Meeting: Cal Poly Pomona – Dr. Francelina Neto September Meeting: Flood Insurance Program – Solomon Miranada, CA. Dept. of Water Resources Marin No report. Monterey Bay No report.

Northern Counties Report distributed. (Attached) Membership: 25 June Meeting: Annual Picnic July Meeting: Occupational Analysis – BPELSG Speakers: Ric Moore, Ray Mathe, Nancy Eissler August Meeting: General business meeting The Northern Counties Chapter Conference is scheduled for February 22nd and will be focused on GPS with speakers Don D’Onofiro and Marti Ikehara. The Chapter is looking for a third speaker and Michael McGee was recommended. Orange County Report included in agenda. Membership: 139 July Meeting: Annual Pool Tournament August Meeting: Silent Auction Night September Meeting: Records of Survey – Dave Woolley, PLS Riverside/San Bernardino Report included in agenda. Membership: 125 June Meeting: Angels Game & BBQ July Meeting: County Issues – Ken Teich & Tom Herrin, County Surveyors August Meeting: NGS Update – Monument Conservation – Anne Hoppe, PLS September Meeting: LiDAR – Derek Hood, PLS The Riverside/San Bernardino Chapter Initial Point Fundraiser raised $1300. Sacramento Report distributed. (Attached) Membership: 124 August Meeting: Fremont’s Cannon – John Wilusz, PLS September Meeting: Vendor Night October Meeting: El Dorado County – Rich Briner, County Surveyor LS Review Sessions begin December 13th. The Sacrament Chapter, with support from Central Valley Chapter, provided lunches for examinees. San Diego Report distributed. (Attached) Membership: 116 July Meeting: Padres Game & BBQ August Meeting: County Flood Control – Gitanjali Shinde September Meeting: Sierra Club v County of Napa – Mike Durkee, Esq. The San Diego Chapter LS Review Sessions will begin soon. Details will be posted on the website.

San Joaquin Valley Report distributed. (Attached) Membership: 39 July Meeting: BPELSG – Ric Moore and Ray Mathe August Meeting: General business meeting September Meeting: General business meeting Santa Clara/San Mateo No report. The Santa Clara/San Mateo Chapter held a GIS Workshop GIS and are forming a Professional Practice Committee. Sonoma County Report included in agenda. Membership: 57 July Meeting: General business meeting August Meeting: CLSA Update – Tom Taylor, CLSA President-Elect September Meeting: BPELSG – Ric Moore, Ray Mathe, Nancy Eissler NEXT MEETING February 2, 2013 April 27, 2013 July 27, 2013 November 2, 2013 ADJOURNED President Frank Lehmann adjourned the meeting at 4:15 PM.

DRAFT PROPOSED 2013 BUDGET

Board Adopted

2012 Budget

Actual

(Through Sept. 30)

Proposed

2012-13 Budget

Ordinary Income/Expense

Income

Interest & Investment 3,500.00 2,269.73 2,800.00

Membership Dues 235,000.00 246,323.90 240,000.00

Miscellaneous Income 500.00 1,482.55 1,000.00

Total Income 239,000.00 250,076.18 243,800.00

Expense

Monument Conservation Committee 2,000.00 1,799.31 2,000.00

ACEC of CA Liaison 100.00 100.00

Advanced Technologies Committee 100.00 100.00

Awards 500.00 791.03 500.00

Board of Directors 12,000.00 9,280.93 12,000.00

Board of Registration Liaison 1,000.00 100.00

Board Director Travel 25,000.00 15,355.54 28,000.00

Bond ($400,000) 750.00 750.00

ByLaws Committee 100.00 100.00

C.S.R.C. 500.00 100.00

CalTrans Liaison 100.00 100.00

CEAC Liaison 500.00 100.00

Center of Population 5,000.00 5,000.00

Central Office

Central Office 131,500.00 85,240.51 125,000.00

Website Development/Maintenance 5,500.00 2,303.88 5,000.00

CLSA NEWS 500.00 307.20 500.00

CLSA Officers

President 2,500.00 2,407.88 2,500.00

President-Elect 5,500.00 3,478.48 7,000.00

Secretary 500.00 260.05 1,200.00

Treasurer 2,000.00 900.71 1,000.00

Immediate Past President 1,000.00 1,107.78 2,500.00

Education Committee 100.00 100.00

Education Foundation 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00

Executive Committee 5,000.00 4,555.95 5,000.00

Executive Director 46,000.00 34,855.71 46,000.00

Fees & Taxes

Bank Chgs & Discount Fees 5,000.00 2,611.45 2,800.00

Taxes & Fees 600.00 560.00 600.00

GIS Committee 2,500.00 2,282.51 3,300.00

Insurance (Liability) 3,500.00 1,617.00 3,500.00

Legal Representation 5,000.00 5,000.00

Legislative Committee

Legislative Committee 5,000.00 4,885.01 6,500.00

Legislative Advocate 42,000.00 31,683.08 42,000.00

DRAFT PROPOSED 2013 BUDGET

Board Adopted

2012 Budget

Actual

(Through Sept. 30)

Proposed

2012-13 Budget

Membership Committee 200.00 613.67 750.00

Membership Marketing 5,000.00 3,852.57 4,000.00

NCEES/POLC 3,500.00 3,489.90 3,500.00

Nominating Committee 100.00 21.13 100.00

NSPS 3,000.00 865.15 2,000.00

OIT Liaison 500.00 323.01 350.00

Past President's Council 500.00 274.40 500.00

Policy & Procedure Ad Hoc Comm. 3,000.00 2,602.16 500.00

Professional Practices Comm. 500.00 26.56 100.00

Public Awareness Campaigns 1,300.00 1,567.75 2,500.00

Public Awareness Committee 100.00 100.00

Recruitment Campaign 750.00 1,731.73 1,000.00

Scholarships 5,500.00 5,500.00 5,500.00

Scouting Merit Badge 250.00 100.00

Trig*Star 2,500.00 2,048.49 6,300.00

TwiST 0.00 2,000.00

W.F.P.S. 4,500.00 1,406.82 2,500.00

Total Expense 344,550.00 232,607.35 342,250.00

Net Ordinary Income -105,550.00 17,468.83 -98,450.00

Other Income/Expense

LS Review DVDs 0.00 -2,191.53 500.00

Net CLSA-NALS Conference 15,000.00 48,143.56 25,000.00

Professional Development 100.00 23.30 0.00

Net CLSA Copier -1,500.00 -2,705.92 -2,800.00

Net Publications 8,000.00 3,314.28 5,000.00

Net Cal Surveyor Magazine -20,000.00 -8,831.51 -12,000.00

Net Workshops 1,000.00 19,138.30 10,000.00

Other Net Income 0.00 1,500.00 1,000.00

Total Other Income 2,600.00 58,390.48 26,700.00

Net Income -102,950.00 75,859.31 -71,750.00

CALIFORNIA LAND SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE

SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

Leg Comm Report 2012-Q4 supp.doc

COMMITTEE MEMBERS Michael Butcher (Chairman), John Canas, Timothy Case, Tony Cuomo, Harold Davis, Jim Drenon, Mike Emmons, Bill Hofferber, Greg Hopkins, Anne Hoppe, Jerry Hovell, Chuck Karayan, Paul Lamoreux, Ron Nelms, Evan Page, Jay Seymour, Jeff Steffan, Steve Steinhoff, Pat Tami, Rolland

VanDeValk, Marc Van Zuuk, Ian Wilson, Dave Woolley.

COMMITTEE MEETING The Legislative Committee met on October 27, 2012 at the office of RBF in Sacramento, to finalize a letter requesting a Legislative Counsel Opinion relative to 8771(b) and to draft proposed language to be introduced for the 2013 Legislative session.

Legislative Counsel Opinion (LCO) Request – Monument Conservation – From the July CLSA Board of Directors meeting, the Legislative Committee was charged with the following:

“Direct the Legislative Committee to seek an Attorney General or Legislative Counsel Opinion regarding questions concerning §8771 and that the request be made prior to the next Board meeting.”

Ian Wilson and Chuck Karayan provided suggested draft language for the Legislative Counsel Opinion request. The draft language was posted on the Legislative Committee Discussion Board for review and comment. The Legislative Committee further discussed and revised the request at the meeting. Legislative Advocate Ralph Simoni to coordinate with Senator Evans’ office to request the opinion. The committee agreed that until the opinion is received, actual language will not be distributed beyond the Legislative Committee.

Business And Professions Code 8771 (b) - After a brief discussion, it was concluded that any proposed rewrite of 8771(b) would be premature until after the Legislative Counsel opinion is received.

Unrecorded map legislation - The Committee received a report from Mike Ford regarding the unrecorded map legislation. The Legislative Committee will not be putting forward unrecorded map legislation at this time. We will keep the information on file so that if the Board of Directors wishes to pursue the legislation in the future the information will be available.

Anti-moonlighting legislation - Dave Woolley indicated that ACEC is moving legislation forward. It was noted that there may be unintended consequences to this legislation and we should look at it closely. Ralph Simoni to obtain the proposed legislation from ACEC for CLSA review.

Additional Protected Titles – B&P 6732 And 8751. The proposed legislation for protecting the title of County Surveyor and City Surveyor was reviewed and revised. In addition, we will contact CEAC regarding protecting the title of City Engineer and County Engineer. (See proposed language under action items)




Marking of monuments – B&P 8772 Ralph Simoni indicated that ACEC is intending to move forward with legislation. The CLSA Board has not reviewed the proposal and has not charged the Legislative Committee with reviewing the proposal. Motion carried that the Legislative Committee Chair provides the proposal, with language revised during the Legislative Committee meeting, to the CLSA Board of Directors for their review and direction. (See proposed language under action items) NEW BUSINESS Chuck would like to see a record of survey require a narrative like the Oregon revised statutes. Motion carried that the Legislative Committee Chair bring forward to the Board of Directors for review and direction, the suggestion to remove the grant deed exemption from the Monument Preservation Fund, Government Code 27585 (a) Motion carried that the Legislative Committee Chair bring forward to the Board of Directors for review and direction, the suggestion to lower the population criteria within the Monument Preservation Fund, Government Code 27585 (b). COMMITTEE MEETINGS 2013 Tentative meetings scheduled for January 12th (if an LCO is received), April 6th, July 13th, and September 21st in Sacramento.

ACTION ITEM REQUEST 1. The Legislative Committee requests that the Board of Directors approve the proposed

revision to sections 8751 of the Business and Professions Code related to additional protected titles.

8751. No person shall represent himself or herself as, or use the title of, or any abbreviation or combination of the words in the title of, professional land surveyor, licensed land surveyor, land surveyor, land survey engineer, survey engineer, county surveyor, city surveyor, geodetic engineer, geomatics engineer, or geometronic engineer unless he or she is the holder of a valid, unsuspended, and unrevoked license under this chapter

2. The Legislative Committee requests that the Board of Directors approve the proposed

amendments to sections 6732 of the Business and Professions Code related to additional protected titles.

6732. It is unlawful for anyone other than a professional engineer licensed under this chapter to stamp or seal any plans, specifications, plats, reports, or other documents with the seal or stamp of a professional engineer, or in any manner, use the title “professional engineer,” “licensed engineer,” “registered engineer,” “consulting engineer,” ”city engineer,” “county engineer,” or any of the following branch titles: “agricultural engineer,” “chemical engineer,” “civil engineer,” “control system engineer,” “electrical engineer,” “fire protection engineer,” “industrial engineer,” “mechanical engineer,” “metallurgical engineer,” “nuclear engineer,” “petroleum engineer,” or “traffic




engineer,” or any combination of these words and phrases or abbreviations thereof unless licensed under this chapter.

3. The Legislative Committee requests that the Board of Directors consider/approve the proposed revision to sections 8772 of the Business and Professions Code related to monument marking.

8772 - Any monument set by a licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer to mark or reference a point on a property or land line shall be permanently and visibly marked or tagged with the certificate number of the surveyor or civil engineer setting it, each number to be preceded by the letters “L.S.” or “R.C.E.,” respectively, as the case may be.or and, if the monument is set by a public agency, it shall also be marked with the name of the agency and the political subdivision it serves. Nothing in this section shall prevent the inclusion of other information on the tag which will assist in the tracing or location of the survey records which relate to the tagged monument.

Respectfully submitted, Michael S. Butcher, PLS Committee Chairman

CALIFORNIA LAND SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION CENTRAL OFFICE: P.O. BOX 9098 • SANTA ROSA, CA 95405-1098

PHONE: (707) 578-6016 FAX: (707) 578-4406 [email protected]

LIAISON REPORT

BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, LAND SURVEYORS & GEOLOGISTS

P.O.BOX B • 1204 E STREET • MARYSVILLE, CA 95901 • PHONE: (530) 742-6485 FAX: (530) 742-5639

Date: September 23, 2012 To: Board of Directors, California Land Surveyors Association Subject: Report of BPELSG Actions First quarter 2012 From: Roger K. Hanlin, PLS, BPELSG Liaison

I am pleased to provide the following report to the Board of Directors and membership of the California

Land Surveyors Association (CLSA) on the actions of the Board of Registration for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists (BPELSG) during the regularly scheduled meetings throughout the year and to provide a brief overview of its history, political structure, operation, and philosophy. The original Board of Registration for Civil Engineers began under the authority of the California Legislature and was created in 1929 to regulate the practice of civil engineering. A few years later, in 1933 the California Legislature abolished the office of Surveyor General and enacted the Land Surveyors Act to regulate the practice of land surveying. These duties were added to the responsibilities of the Board and as the years progressed, the responsibilities of the Board expanded to include all the additional branches of engineering regulated today and in 2009, legislation was enacted that eliminated the Board for Geologists and Geophysicists and transferred all of the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction to regulate the practices of geology and geophysics to the Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. Effective January 1, 2011, the name of the Board was changed to the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists. Members of the Board are appointed under the authority of the California Business and Professions Code 6710, 6711, 6712 and 6713. The code requires eight members of the general public, of which, six are appointed by the Governor, one appointed by the Senate Rules Committee and one appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly. The remaining members are required to be licensed professionals of BPELSG as a land surveyor, civil engineer, mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, structural engineer, and geologist or geophysicist and one representing any of the other branches of engineering. Furthermore, one of the licensed professionals is designated to be from a state agency and one from a local public agency to ensure diversity. The philosophy or mission statement of the Board is clear and considers its duties paramount to safeguard the life, health, property and welfare of the public in the regulation of the practice of land surveying, engineering, geology and geophysics. These responsibilities are accomplished through licensing qualified applicants, keeping pace with contemporary issues and technology, establishing regulations and codes of conduct, enforcement and providing current public information. Listed below is the tentative schedule of the remaining public meeting dates and locations for 2012.

• October 11 and 12, 2012 12501 E Imperial Highway Contractors State License Board Norwalk, CA 90650

• December 13 and 14, 2012 2335 Capitol Oaks Drive Third Floor Conference Room Sacramento, CA 95833

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Report to CLSA Board of Directors Legislative Committee Division Coordinator September 23, 2012 Page 2 of 5


BOARD MEETING OF THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2012

I attended the May teleconference meeting of 2012 of the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists held in the third floor meeting room at 2535 Capitol Oaks Drive, Suite 300, Sacramento, California on Thursday, August 30, 2012. Presented below are the highlights of interest for the subject meeting. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by the morning of August 30, 2012 and commenced with a roll call to establish a quorum. A quorum was acknowledged so the meeting commenced at 9:03 AM. PUBLIC COMMENT The Board received correspondence from Mr. William Johns requesting assistance from the Board to amend the regulation pertaining to work experience required to sit for the principals and practice exam for the professional engineering exam. The request is to change the qualifying experience to be counted concurrently during education instead of post graduation. CERTIFICATES OF AUTHORIZATION FOR BUSINESSES (Land Surveying, engineering, geophysical, and geology) The Board entered into an extended discussion about creating a requirement for businesses to obtain a “Certificate of Authorization” to practice in California. Board Comments: Although the organizational record is required in California, there is currently no consequence for not having one and violators are simply told to get one filed. Pat Tami: Most States require a business operating in their jurisdiction to obtain a certificate of

authorization. It will put more teeth to the organizational record requirement. Nancy Eissler: This would be good for the Board to have more authority on businesses. Ric Moore: Asked would the certificate list all licensees or just those in responsible charge? Ric directed the

Board staff to look into the requirements of other states. Gary Duke, Board Legal Counsel:

Currently the Board has no jurisdiction over businesses only licensees. The Board would need statutory authority to change the regulation.

Mike Modugno, PE (Board member): In the electrical and mechanical engineering discipline this is a large gaping hole. Paul Wilburn, PE (Board President): This is certainly a good idea for staff to look into the subject. EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT

A. LEGISLATION 1a. The Board discussed legislation for 2011-2012. (Legislation details are available on board website under the heading “meeting materials” on website) Presented below are the highlights:



AB1588 Bill to provide waivers for professional license renewal and continuing education requirements for military reservists called to active duty. Board Position: Support. Board comment: Bill was amended 8/22/12 and has gone to the Governor for approval. AB1750 Rainwater Capture Act of 2012. This bill would authorize residential, commercial, and governmental land owners to install, maintain, and operate rain barrel systems that comply with specified requirements. Board Position: Watch Board comment: Bill has gone to the Governor for approval. AB1904 Professions and vocations: military spouses: expedited licensure. This bill would require the Board within DCA to expedite the license process for an applicant holding a license in another jurisdiction and is married to or in a legal union with an active military member assigned to California. Board Position: Watch. Board comment: Bill has gone to the Governor for approval. AB2570 Licensees: settlement agreements. The bill would prohibit a licensee regulated by DCA from including a provision in legal settlement agreements to prohibit the other party from contacting, cooperating, or filing a complaint with the Board or withdrawing a complaint. Board Position: Support. Board comment: Bill has gone to the Governor for approval.

SB 975 This is a follow up bill that has been recently introduced to add Section 101.2 to the Business & Professions Code relating to professions and vocations regulatory authority. Board Position: Changed to oppose Board comments:

DCA opposes this bill. Too late to amend now since the last amendment was 8/22/12. The bill would create an unknown workload for Board hearings.

SB 1061 This bill is the same as SB 692 from last year. Joint rule cannot submit same bill in a two year session. Board comment: Bill is dead SB 11576 Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. This is an omnibus bill to amend Sections 8741, 8762, and 8773 of the LS Act. This bill among other things revises the exemption from taking the LSIT to post 1982 civil engineers and expands the definition of the word “establish” when filing a record of survey to include “location, relocation, reestablishment or retracement”. Board Position: Support. Board comment: Billwas amended 7/2/12 passed Senate and Assembly Committees to be heard on the Assembly floor and is headed back to the Senate.

B. STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE C. The Board monitors the goals and objectives accomplished by staff as part of an adopted Strategic Plan.

Listed below are the completed objectives under each goal. (See the Strategic Plan on the Board website

2011-2014 Strategic Plan)

Goal 1:

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Citation process Improvement Increase staff Submit request for Geologist Registrar to DCA Develop online address change

Goal 2: Received fingerprint authority via legislation Approved new fee structure for PELS & GEO Eliminate Temporary Authorizations (B&P Section 670) Eliminate appeals of national exams (Effective 6/18/12) Qualification for GIT applicants added to statutes Goal 3: CBT exams scheduled for October 2012 Monitor exam sites & begin CBT administration Engage NCEES in administration of national exams Begin NCEES administration 2012/2013 Goal 4: Hired Executive Officer 7/1/11 Seek hiring freeze exemptions – freeze lifted BCP to hire fingerprint staff approved

D. PERSONNEL Budget required Board to layoff 3 staff. Two staff members were allowed to remain through March 2013 on a temporary basis. Engineer Registrar will be retiring and will be interviewing for replacement.

ENFORCEMENT Enforcement manager, Nancy Eissler presented the Board with various formats of enforcement statistics to illustrate the progress of current complaint workload. The Board engaged in extended discussion with regard to the statistics in an attempt to assist to improve the process. After the discussion there was an informative and lengthy presentation of how the complaint process moves through the system. OUTREACH

A. Executive Officer, Ric Moore reported that unnecessary travel would not be approved and Board is waiting for articles from volunteers to publish the next Board Bulletin.

B. Board staff reported that many regulations are involved in setting up Facebook and Twitter accounts for public agencies but should have the accounts in place by the next Board meeting. Board staff also reported that they are compiling a database of all colleges and universities that offer a curriculum of engineering, surveying, and geology to reach out to students, educators, and potential licensees.

LIAISON REPORTS

A. ABSOG – Annual meeting in the fall ain Nebrasks but cannot be funded. B. ABET – Trying to schedule. C. NCEES – NCEES had their annual meeting and nothing was enacted that would affect California.

NCEES has also administered 3 exams and the pass rates have increased compared to pass rates



under California administration. California has test writers and graders involved and they are pleased with the NCEES exams.

Board comments: Next year, 2013, California is hosting the Western Zone NCEES meeting in San Francisco and would like to see a large group of people representing California to show commitment. The dates will be April 18 through 20, 2013. California Board will do a presentation at the 2013 meeting and will be putting together a budget over the next two months. Additional information and current updates to specific items, amended schedules, and agenda materials are available on the BPELSG website http://www.pels.ca.gov. BOARD POSTS AND SERVICES WANTED SECTION:

• NOTICED AUGUST 24, 2012 - BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, LAND SURVEYORS, AND GEOLOGISTS BOARD MEETING MATERIALS

• NOTICED AUGUST 17, 2012 - BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, LAND SURVEYORS, AND GEOLOGISTS BOARD MEETING AGENDA

• ANNOUNCED MAY 31, 2012 - RELEASE OF THE APRIL 2012 ENGINEERING AND LAND SURVEYING EXAMINATION RESULTS

• POSTED MAY 3, 2012 - APRIL 2013 INDUSTRIAL EXAM ADMINISTRATION

• ANNOUNCED MAY 3, 2012 - INFORMATION REGARDING RENEWAL FEES

• ANNOUNCED MAY 2, 2012 - INFORMATION REGARDING NEW APPLICATION AND EXAMINATION FEES

THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 11 and 12, 2012 AT THE CONTRACTORS STATE LICENSING BOARD AT 12501 E. IMPERIAL HIGHWAY, NORWALK, CALIFORNIA. This report represents the highlights of the August 30, 201 meeting of the Board of Registration for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists. Respectfully Submitted, Roger K. Hanlin P.L.S. 5912 BPELSG Liaison, CLSA

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President Kristie Achee

Chapter Representative Ron Nelms

Alternate Representative Randy Smith

Secretary-Treasurer Aaron Byrd _____________________________________________________

2012 Officers 2012 Committee Chairs President Education Committee Kristie Achee, P.L.S. Tim Mack, L.S.I.T. (661) 616-2600 (w) (661) 399-9006 (w) Secretary/Treasurer Professional Practice Committee Aaron G. Byrd, P.L.S. Ron Nelms, P.L.S. (661) 323-4600 (w) (661) 399-9006 (w)

Representative Monument Preservation Committee Ron Nelms, P.L.S. Rolland Van de Valk, P.L.S. (661) 399-9006 (w) (661) 327-0362 (w) Representative- Alternate Future Seminar Committee Randy Smith, R.E., P.L.S. Randy Smith, R.E., P.L.S. (661) 862-5089 (w) (661) 862-5089 (w) By-Laws Committee Tim Mack, L.S.I.T. (661) 399-9006 (w) Scholarship Committee Tim Mack, L.S.I.T. (661) 399-9006 (w) Membership Membership Number of Category Members Corporate 12 Associate 4 Other 4 Student 0 Total 20

CALIFORNIA LAND SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION BAKERSFIELD CHAPTER – P.O. Box 13182 Bakersfield, CA 93389

CALIFORNIA LAND SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 9098 Santa Rosa CA 95405-1098

Telephone (707) 578-6016 Fax (707) 578-4406

CSRC LIASION REPORT October 2012 The California Spatial Reference Center’s (CSRC) http://csrc.ucsd.edu/ mandate is to:

Provide the necessary space-based geodetic services to ensure the availability of accurate, consistent, and real-time spatial referencing data in California, including its coastal waters, waterways, and islands.

Monitor temporal changes in geodetic coordinates due to tectonic motion, volcanic deformation, land subsidence, landslides, and infrastructure motions (dams, levees, bridges, other structures).

Maintain the legal spatial reference system for California (see Public resources Code) This report covers the semi-annual meeting of the CSRC Coordinating Council at the California Spatial Reference Center at SCRIPPS San Diego October 25, 2012. CLSA has two seats on the Coordinating Council of which one is presently filled. CSRC: Yehuda Bock, Director reported on coordinates among other things. CSRC has

published CSRS NAD83(2007) Epoch 2011.00 coordinates for 830 CGPS stations in California and border areas of neighboring states. The NAD83(NSRS2007) Epoch 2011.00 Epoch and their associated ITRF2005 coordinates can be accessed at http://csrc.ucsd.edu/input/csrc/csrsEpoch2011.00.xls. It is to be noted that the CSRC NAD83 (2007) Epoch 2011.00 Adjustment is similar and differs by one year from the NGS NAD83 (2011) Epoch 2010.00 Adjustment of the CORS and passive monuments in the NSRS. There are plans to compute ITRF2008 coordinates to develop NAD83(2011) coordinates on the CGPS stations consistent with the NGS NAD83(2011) coordinates.

CRTN (California Real Time Network): A one day “California Real Time Network

Workshop” was presented by the CSRC and CLSA at Ontario September 28 and at Sacramento October 5 with about 230 total in attendance. Workshop Handouts can be found at http://csrc.ucsd.edu/general/presentations.html. Presently there are 830 CGPS Stations (similar to CORS) of which over 300 are streaming Real Time Data at 1 Hz over the Internet. The CRTN server has been streaming NAD83(2007) Epoch 2011.00 coordinates since June 2011. Presently, a single baseline solution is available to any user for free (via NTRIP account) and the implementation of a more precise network solution is being investigated. For users that are interested in additional NTRIP accounts, they can donate as a Contributing member at $1000 annual fee per NTRIP account or as a CRTN Consortium member at a $15,000 annual fee that grants them access to any 20 CGPS stations or 20 NTRIP accounts. The CRTN and information about how to sign up for a single user access can be viewed at http://sopac.ucsd.edu/projects/realtime. I have used CRTN and can say this about that "whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever you are doing, a PRC certified NAD83 coordinate is just a Wi-Fi away".

SECTOR: A utility available at http://sopac.ucsd.edu/processing/coordinates/sector has been updated. This utility is used to determine the coordinates of a CGPS station in NAD83(2007) or WGS84/ITRF08 on any day of the year. The proper Input Parameters are

CALIFORNIA LAND SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 9098 Santa Rosa CA 95405-1098

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Source: Combination and Type: Filtered. A CGPS station coordinate may vary slightly from the published list for the Epoch 2011.00 due to the continuous integration of new data.

NGS: Gilbert Mitchel and Marti Ikehara attended on behalf of Renee Shields, Geodesist and Height Modernization Manager for the NGS who participated via phone conferencing. They reported the NGS 2008-2018 Ten Year Plan will be updated to a new Ten Year Plan in 2013. The NGS published the new NAD83, (2011) Epoch 2010.00 Epoch Adjustment on the passive monuments in the NSRS in July 2012 following on the adjustment and publication of the CORS in September 2011. This adjustment supersedes the previous 2007 national adjustment. The latest geoid model Geoid 2012 was released in July and re-released as Geoid2012A in September. The Grav-D Program to facilitate the replacement of NAVD88 is moving along and will take ten years to complete. This will be one of the most significant innovations in vertical datums to come along in many years. See http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/GRAV-D/news.shtml#28. California will lose its NGS Geodetic Advisor Marti Ikehara who is retiring March 31, 2013. California will probably be taken in by a regional advisor that includes California and Nevada. If California surveyors prefer to keep a sole state advisor, a writing campaign would have to be mounted to attempt to influence the NGS’s decision.

UNAVCO: Chris Walls reported on a diversity of projects across the planet. For more information go to http://www.unavco.org/highlights. The PBO Network is supporting access to 348 Real Time Stations with over 100 in California which are included in the CRTN Network. For information http://pbo.unavco.org/data/gps/realtime

USGS: Dan Determan, Geodesist stated 84 out of 104 stations in Southern California and 8 stations out of Menlo Park stream real time data. Some of these stations are included in CRTN. The following links were provided http://www.earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/gps, http://www.scign.org/realtime, http://escweb.wr.usgs.gov/share/highrate-gps

Officers & Budget: CSRC Executive Committee: Art Andrew, Chair; Dan Gilleland, Vice Chair; Rich Maher, Secretary; Bill Hofferber, Treasurer; Armand Marois, Brian Wiseman, Larry Gill; Dave Olander; Non-Elected: Dr. Yehuda Bock, Director; Marti Ikehara; Adrian “Dick” Davis; Dr. John Orcutt; Dr. Guy Masters. Maria Turingan, the Executive Secretary stated the FY13 Budget for CSRC is $66K mostly provided by CRTN subscriptions. Last year’s Budget was $90k. The CSRC continues to be in a financial crisis and we do what we can to help preserve this important resource for the survey community and the people of California.

The Coordinating Council meeting is expected to be in May 2013 in Northern CA or at San Diego. Contact Maria Turingan at [email protected] to be put on the mailing list.

Respectfully Submitted by: Michael McGee,PLS CSRC Liaison to the CLSA Board of Directors

CALIFORNIA LAND SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION CENTRAL OFFICE: P.O. BOX 9098 � SANTA ROSA, CA 95405-1098

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(Sacramento); F. Lehmann (Cascade); F. Walter (Mother Lode); P. Cook (Channel Islands); S. Englert (San Diego); R. Nelms (Bakersfield); K. Spencer (Central Valley)

ex officio members: D. Calegari (CLSA Ex.Dir.); F. Lehmann (CLSA President); A. Hoppe (MCC Chair); TBD (Leg. Division Chair)

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Committee Report:Committee Report:Committee Report:Committee Report: This committee communicated through emails and the PPC page on the CLSA website this past quarter.

• Two items were undertaken this past quarter: 1 Communication with personnel from CalGEO (California Geotechnical Engineering Association). This chair was directed to discuss the CLSA PPC structure with CalGEO as that organization was considering

formation of a PPC to deal with statewide issue of mandatory reporting of judgements equal to or greater than $50,000, not unlike PLSA §8777(a)(3).

Other matters were discussed, including the Association PPC and the chapter PPC structure, something CalGEO does not have.

Memo dated August 31, 2012 is attached. 2 This chair was requested to respond to an inquiry made by San Joaquin Valley Chapter, regarding Madera

County record of survey fees and the method by which these fees are implemented and by whom they are collected.

This chair responded with a memorandum that was distributed to the committee for review and recently sent to San Joaquin Valley Chapter, suggesting that this issue is a local one and should be dealt with by the local chapter PPC, which that chapter now has in place. There were other concerns by the chapter regarding conflict of interest for which their PPC Guidelines made provision.

Memo dated October 23, 2012, is attached.

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FROM:FROM:FROM:FROM: Robert J. Reese, TO:TO:TO:TO: Mr. Rick Keene, CalGEO DATE:DATE:DATE:DATE: 08.31.2012 SUBJECT:SUBJECT:SUBJECT:SUBJECT: CLSA PPC structure CC:CC:CC:CC: Dorothy Calegari, Ex.Dir CLSA; Frank Lehmann, Pres. CLSA; Ric Moore, BPELSG MEMO:MEMO:MEMO:MEMO: Mr. Keene –

Thank you for the opportunity to talk to you and Messrs. Kominsky and Lokteff on 08.17.2012 about CLSA and its Professional Practice Committee (PPC) structure.

To recap some of the points of our discussion: RE: CLSA ORGANIZATION CLSA has a differrent organizational structure than CalGEO. Membership classifications are primarily for licensed

individuals, with other classifications available for non-licensed surveyors, firms, sustaining members, etc., whereas CalGEO membership is comprised of corporate entities. Ms. Calegari at CLSA Central Office can provide answers to questions related to membership.

CLSA also has 21 local chapters with membership of the local chapter separate from association membership. Since the practice of land surveying is parochial in nature, most PPC issues are dealt with at a chapter level.

I understand that CalGEO is a statewide association with no chapter level structure, and less members than CLSA. However, the CLSA PPC model may be adaptable to some of the issues a nascent CalGEO PPC might face.

RE: ASSOCIATION PPC The association level PPC is comprised of nearly a dozen members from all over the state. The following is the mission

statement of the association level PPC. Committee Mission Statement:Committee Mission Statement:Committee Mission Statement:Committee Mission Statement: The mission statement of the CLSA Professional Practice Committee is: TTTTo encourage o encourage o encourage o encourage and facilitate local chapter Pand facilitate local chapter Pand facilitate local chapter Pand facilitate local chapter Professional rofessional rofessional rofessional PPPPractice ractice ractice ractice CCCCommitteeommitteeommitteeommittee formation;formation;formation;formation; TTTTo address statewide issues and to encourage local Po address statewide issues and to encourage local Po address statewide issues and to encourage local Po address statewide issues and to encourage local Professional rofessional rofessional rofessional PPPPractice ractice ractice ractice CCCCommitteeommitteeommitteeommittees to deal with s to deal with s to deal with s to deal with

local issues;local issues;local issues;local issues; TTTTo act as resource on statewide professional practice issues with the CLSo act as resource on statewide professional practice issues with the CLSo act as resource on statewide professional practice issues with the CLSo act as resource on statewide professional practice issues with the CLSA Board of DirectorsA Board of DirectorsA Board of DirectorsA Board of Directors;;;; TTTTo act as liaison with other organizations o act as liaison with other organizations o act as liaison with other organizations o act as liaison with other organizations regarding professional practice in land surveyingregarding professional practice in land surveyingregarding professional practice in land surveyingregarding professional practice in land surveying....

The association PPC does not deal with specific PPC matters directly, but facilitates the local chapter PPCs in their business. It does, though, deal with statewide issues that come before it from time to time.

RE: CHAPTER PPC The chapter level PPCs have widely varying structures and rules of engagement. I will forward a compilation of the

guidelines, bylaws, etc gathered biennially from the local chapters for your review, so you can see how some choose to operate.

It has been the general philosophy for PPCs to deal with objective matters under the Professional Land Surveyor Act (PLSA) rather than subjective matters – that is, matters that are clear violations of the requirements of the PLSA (failure to file documentation, failure to proper monumentation, unlicensed practice, etc.) rather than matters of opinion (survey control, deed interpretations, etc.).

The complaints, or questions, come from a variety of sources. My experience has been that most of the matters brought before a local PPC come from local land surveyors, who have an appropriate eye for practice violations.

RE: CLSA PPC OUTREACH The association PPC has produced some materials that have been a benefit to the local PPC and chapters. One of these items was informational materials regarding the Land Surveyor’s Right of Entry, a right provided

statutorily but one that comes with a professional responsibility. Another item we created was a handout regarding monumentation conservation, a statewide issue. These

informational type handouts could parallel an informational program by a CalGEO PPC regarding the statutory reporting of judgements $50K or more against a CalGEO member firm.

Memorandum Mr. Rick Keene, CalGEO August 31, 2012 Page 2 of 2

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These services from our association PPC, while not dealing directly with local issues, have been well-received by local PPC as assistance with their local efforts.

RE: CIVIL ACTIONS > $50k We talked about the focus of a CalGEO PPC being the reporting requirement of judgments greater than $50K, and

the sometimes expeditious settling by an insurance company for sums greater than the threshold amount, without any regard to culpability or malpractice.

At the time of our teleconference, I was uncertain where the reporting requirements for judgements greater than $50K were in the Professional Land Surveyors Act. After review, I find the same threshold as the reporting requirements as you indicated apply to Geotechnical Engineers in Business & Professsions Code 8776(a)(3). While the reporting requirements appear to be the same as you described for Geotechnical Engineers, there is no express requirement in the statute for the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors & Geologists (BPELSG) to treat it as a formal complaint.

In my experience as PPC chair, at the association and chapter level, I am not aware of an incident where a judgement against a land surveyor of this type had to be reported. Perhaps the difference may be the level of liability for land surveying projects compared with that of geotechnical engineering. I can see the possibility of your groups’s exposure to higher liability issues.

If nothing else, an informational handout would be of use to CalGEO’s membership for awareness and understanding of this possible situation.

Again thanks for the opportunity to discuss how CLSA approaches PPC matters. I hope you can extract some helpful

points as CalGEO moves forward with its PPC formation. It sounds like a CalGEO PPC could expedite the BPELSG workload for statutorily required reporting.

Robert J. Reese Robert J. Reese, LS, 2012 PPC Chair


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FROM:FROM:FROM:FROM: Robert J. Reese, LS, CLSA PPC 2012 Chairman TO:TO:TO:TO: Kevin Nehring, LS, SJVC 2012 President; Jason Camit, LS, SJVC 2012 PPC Chairman DATE:DATE:DATE:DATE: 10.23.12 SUBJECT:SUBJECT:SUBJECT:SUBJECT: Madera County Record of Survey Fees CC:CC:CC:CC: CLSA PPC; Frank Lehmann, CLSA 2012 President; Dorothy Calegari, CLSA Exec. Director MEMO:MEMO:MEMO:MEMO:

Thank you both for taking the opportunity to talk to me several weeks back about the Record of Survey fees imposed by Madera County, and the objections being raised within the San Joaquin Valley Chapter (SJVC) of CLSA.

BACKGROUNDBACKGROUNDBACKGROUNDBACKGROUND Let me recap the main points of our discussion to make sure I have a grasp on the issues.

• Madera County imposed a $291 fee for Record of Survey (RS) “review” upon submittal of an RS. Prior to this, Madera County had no fees for RS checking.

• The fee is imposed by, or is collected by, the Road Department and not the County Surveyor, or the Engineering Department.

• The Engineering Department, the Planning Department and the Road Department, among others, are departments under the Madera County’s Resource Management Agency (RMA).

• The current Madera County fee schedule, through a link on the County website titled “Madera County Road Department Fee Schedule” http://www.madera-county.com/index.php/driveway-approaches?download=800:2009-rd-dept-fees and dated July 1, 2009, lists a “Record of Survey” fee of $302 under the Department Fees

category.

• The County Surveyor responsibilities are performed under outside contract to Mr. David McGlassen, LS, who has indicated he feels the fee is being levied correctly. Madera County has no County Surveyor position.

• SJVC members from a local engineering company initially raised a complaint early in 2011 regarding how and through which department the fee is imposed. The fee itself is not really an issue.

• In July of 2012, SJVC sent a letter to the Madera County RMA requesting, inter alia, that the fee be discontinued until it is approved through the Engineering Department explicitly for RS checking as provided under PLSA 8766.5.

• At the time this issue was first raised, SJVC had not yet formed an operational Professional Practices Committee (PPC). However, since then, SJVC has, in fact, formed a PPC along with adopted Guidelines.

• One of the SJVC PPC members is currently employed with the local engineering company that originally brought up the complaint.

SJVC REQUESTSJVC REQUESTSJVC REQUESTSJVC REQUEST

The SJVC has requested that the Association PPC review this issue and possibly step in to help resolve the matter. Also, our discussion covered what measures may be taken to interdict the distraction this issue consumes at chapter meetings. Finally, the chapter has concern that there may be a conflict of interest for the member of the SJVC PPC who is also employed by the firm who first raised the issue.

http://www.madera-county.com/index.php/driveway-approaches?download=800:2009-rd-dept-feess

CLSA PPC MEMORANDUM Messrs Nehring, Camit October 23, 2012 Page 2 of 2

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PPC RESPONSEPPC RESPONSEPPC RESPONSEPPC RESPONSE RE: ASSOCIATION PPC INVOLVEMENT

As I indicated in our discussion, it is the Association PPC’s position that such matters are local in nature and are best dealt with by a local PPC. It is this very reason that the Association PPC’s mission is to provide assistance for the formation of chapter PPCs to be able to handle such local matters, as presented in the preamble to the quarterly reports to the CLSA Board of Directors, to wit:

Committee Mission Statement:Committee Mission Statement:Committee Mission Statement:Committee Mission Statement: The mission statement of the CLSA Professional Practice Committee is: To encourage and facilitate local chapter Professional Practice Committee formation;To encourage and facilitate local chapter Professional Practice Committee formation;To encourage and facilitate local chapter Professional Practice Committee formation;To encourage and facilitate local chapter Professional Practice Committee formation; To address statewide issues and to encourage local ProfTo address statewide issues and to encourage local ProfTo address statewide issues and to encourage local ProfTo address statewide issues and to encourage local Professional Practice Committees to deal with essional Practice Committees to deal with essional Practice Committees to deal with essional Practice Committees to deal with

local issues;local issues;local issues;local issues; To act as resource on statewide professional practice issues with the CLSA Board of Directors;To act as resource on statewide professional practice issues with the CLSA Board of Directors;To act as resource on statewide professional practice issues with the CLSA Board of Directors;To act as resource on statewide professional practice issues with the CLSA Board of Directors; To act as liaison with other organizations regarding professional practice in land surveying.To act as liaison with other organizations regarding professional practice in land surveying.To act as liaison with other organizations regarding professional practice in land surveying.To act as liaison with other organizations regarding professional practice in land surveying.

If the Association PPC were to provide the heavy lifting for any and all chapter PPC matters, it would not take long for

this endeavor to eclipse daily responsibilities of the committee members. The preamble notwithstanding, the Association PPC can certainly offer suggestions about courses of action for the

local chapter to pursue. Among those, the chapter could research Madera County’s process for fee determination and see if it complies with

statute or as prescribed by ordinance. If not, the SJVC PPC could contact County Counsel about any inappropriateness as a next step.

Also, appearance at a Board of Supervisor’s meeting could initiate a review process by county staff about the appropriateness of the Road Department being the fee recipient. Or the chapter could meet with one of the supervisors to discuss the issue. It is possible that the County’s departmental taxonomy might actually allow such a fee to be collected by the Road Department under the RMA, which is also responsible for the Engineering Department.

It is interesting to note that the PLSA §8766.5 states that “...the county surveyor [emphasis added] may charge a reasonable fee...” Under what authority the reassignment for the fee is made can only be answered by Madera County.

RE: CHAPTER DISCHARGE OF ISSUE

Now that the SJVC has a fully operational PPC, the matter should be passed to the committee to consider. The dialogue between a local CLSA chapter committee and the County would be less emotionally charged. Until the PPC has come to a timely resolution, the matter ought not to be entertained during chapter business.

RE: CONFLICT OF INTEREST

I reviewed the guidelines for the SJVC PPC – thank you for providing them. In it, Section 3 fully deals with exactly this situation: “...A Committee member shall remove his or herself from decision making process of the Committee if a complaint or action involves them in any way [emphasis added].” The PPC member who has an involvement should provide information only.

Finally, as we discussed, if you find that there is a unequivocal failure by the County to abide by statutory

requirements or the fee determination and assessment process is not as prescribed by duly enacted ordinance, I suggest that you request assistance from CLSA to see if this is a state-wide problem, which could place it under the purview of this or other Association committees.

Please keep me apprised of your chapter’s progress on this matter. I am interested in chapter PPCs being successful.

Robert J. Reese Robert J. Reese, LS, 2012 PPC Chair

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES COMMITTEE


PHONE: (707) 678-6016 FAX: (707) 578-4406

FROM: Robert Reese, Chairman, Professional Practices Committee TO: Chapter Presidents, PPC Chairmen & Representatives DATE: January, 2012 RE: Chapter Level Professional Practice Committees

Your Association’s Professional Practices Committee (PPC) is updating information about the

present implementation of PPCs at the Chapter level. Please fill out and return by mail, fax or email to the Central Office at your earliest opportunity. Thank you in advance for your effort in response. CHAPTER NAME: 1.

� YES � NO 2. Does your Chapter have a PPC? (If NO, please skip to Question 10 ) If your chapter DOES have a PPC - � YES � NO 3. Is your PPC a joint committee? 4. If “YES”, with whom? 5. Approximately how many professional practice issues have your

Chapter PPC considered in the last year? 6. Approximately how many professional practice issues have your

Chapter PPC considered in the last FIVE years? � YES � NO 7. Does your Chapter have formalized PPC guidelines or rules? � YES � NO 8. If your Chapter PPC does have formalized guidelines or rules, can they

be made available in written form to the Association PPC? ��If “YES”, please forward a copy to Central Office. Thank you! � YES � NO 9. If your Chapter PPC does NOT have formalized guidelines, rules, or

bylaws, would your PPC be interested in reviewing ones from other Chapters?

If your chapter does NOT have a PPC - � YES � NO 10. Have professional practice issues been raised within the last year? � YES � NO 11. Have professional practice issues been raised within the last FIVE

years? � YES � NO 12. Since your Chapter does NOT have a PPC, would your Chapter be

interested in forming one? � YES � NO 13. Has your Chapter not formed a PPC because it feels that PPC actions

by fellow surveyors may be counter productive to survey business and/or practice in your area?

� YES � NO 14. Would your Chapter be interested in a presentation on PPC issues at one of your chapter meetings?

Comments or Questions

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QUARTERLY REPORT TO THE BOARD

DATE: November 2011

TO: C.L.S.A. Board of Directors

FROM: Aundrea L. Tirapelle & Greg Sebourn State Coordinator

RE: 2012/2013 TRIG-STAR PROGRAM

CURRENT CHAPTER COORDINATORS:

Sherry Toutges, Caltrans- “Adopt A School” Sherry Toutges, Sacramento Chapter

Tim Rayburn, Riverside/San Bernardino Chapter George Marchenko, Central Coast Chapter

Jerald Miller, Sonoma Chapter Armand Marois, San Diego Chapter

Jon Hose, Gold Country Chapter

Now is the time to get your Trig-Star Action Plan together the upcoming Trig-Star Competition!

Trig-Star packages due by: Friday May 3rd, 2013 to be counted in the 2012/2013 Competition. The following items must be submitted to the coordinator:

1st Place Winners’ Test and cover sheets for all participating students

An official Trig-Star Contest Report for EACH participating school

(NO OTHER DOCUMENTATION WILL BE ACEPTED)

Please note that if you submit electrically you must accompany a list of high

schools in an additional email to confirm receipt of files. The awards/ given this year will be:

1st place - $1,000.00 + Trophy for their High School to be passed around to each school for years to come. (And a chance to win nationally)

2nd place - $500.00

Teacher Prize - $500.00 (IF APPROVED BY BOARD)

$4,000.00 (not to exceed) in local funds divided by HS participation – See below for details. (IF APPROVED BY BOARD)

In an effort to be green and save on funds packages will be sent by request only. Please contact CLSA or myself directly for any information that might be needed. I ask that all the Chapter Representatives to please discuss with their members about participating in this year’s Trig-Star program, if they aren’t already involved. Please contact me with any questions on how to get started or if you would like me to speak at your chapter personally, I’m always available. Currently you can find the following information on the CLSA Website under: http://californiasurveyors.org/files/trigstarcoor.html

Action Items:

Have CLSA pay the 2012/2013 State fee for a Trig-Star site license. (I believe this was done)

To add an additional $500.00 prize for the teacher of the State winning student. Due to CLSA’s tax exemption status this prize could either be in check or gift card format, per CLSA’s direction.

To aid the existing chapters and help inspire others chapters to participate, I ask the board to approve a motion to allocate $4,000 (not to exceed) in local Trig-Star funds. This money would be divided by the number of participating high schools for the year. Each Chapter would be required to fulfill the paperwork requirements requested by CLSA.

See the attached breakdown of requested budget increase. Sincerely, Aundrea L. Tirapelle State Trig-Star Coordinator

http://californiasurveyors.org/files/trigstarcoor.html

DETAILS AMOUNT NOTES

1st Place Prize - Student (Prize $) $ 1,000.00 Check

HS - Plaque to have new plate added each

year with new winner information added $ 300.00

Not to Exceed (includes shipping to school

& 1st found engraving)

2nd Place Prize - Student (Prize $) $ 500.00 Check

Teacher Prize $ 500.00 Gift Card or Check? - Depending on our Tax

Exemption status requirements

Subsidized funds for CLSA Chapters to

help with local Trig-Star costs (IE: prize

money, materials, flyers, etc.)

$ 4,000.00

Maximum amount to be divided by the

number of participating HS's for that year

and given back to chapters who fill out a

CLSA Trig-Star request form.

TOTAL TRIG-STAR BUDGET REQUEST $ 6,300.00

2012 / 2013 Proposed Trig-Star Budget

CALIFORNIA LAND SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION CENTRAL OFFICE: P.O. BOX 9098 SANTA ROSA, CA 95405-1098

PHONE: (707) 578-6016 FAX: (707) 578-4406

[email protected]

OIT Liaison Report To: CLSA Board of Directors From: Michael D. Pulley, OIT Lia ison Date: October 31, 2012 Subject: Industrial Advisory Committee Committee Members present: Jim Griffis (retired from David Evans Associates OR), Brian Thorpe (County of

Benton WA), Bob Neathamer (Neathamer Surveying OR), Sue Newstetter (Eastern Oregon Professional Services OR), Ken Swindaman (APEX Engineering WA), Jack Walker (OIT Geomatics Department Chair), Tim Kent

(Clark College WA), Pat Gaylord (Harper Houf Peterson Rigellis OR), Dave Clark (US Fish & Wildlife), Aaron Graham (OR BLM), Michael Pulley

Faculty Members present: Mason Marker, Mitch Duryea, John Ritter

OIT Staff present for portion of meeting: Charlie Jones (Dean of College of Engineering, Technology and Management), Brad Burda (Provost, Vice President for Academic Affairs), Chris Maples (OIT President)

The OIT Industrial Advisory Committee met in Klamath Falls, OR on the OIT campus on 9/29/2012. Highlights of the meeting are as follows:

• ESRI Conference: Ritter attended the ESRI Users Conference in San

Diego and was highlighted as one of “10 Faces of ESRI”, with a giant

portrait in the main hall. Great feedback was received on the possible GIS Masters program and much interest in possible online offerings. The Geomatics Dept, Natural Science and Resource Dept, and US Fish and

Wildlife jointly sponsored the $3500 booth fee. • Distance Education: Boundary Law 1 is being debugged this term and

should be online by winter term. 70% of the GIS Intro class has been prepped, and ESRI is willing to distribute student software. Field components of online Geomatics offerings will likely be at the Wilsonville

campus. • Grants: Grant discussion centered on possible funding for student travel.

A budget will be developed for student travel and coordination between

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PLSO and OIT will occur with the new PLSO Foundation and the OIT Development Office. $5000 is still needed to fund the Geomatics

scholarship to get to the $30,000 total endowment. The OIT Alumni Association is attempting to create a “Kickstart” like organization which will

fund student projects through “micro-grants”. • Geomatics Newsletter: The outline and form has been developed,

Duryea has the OIT Foundation and Development Office willing to do the

“grunt work”. The first edition should go out 4 weeks into the term, with recipients to be those on the Alumni email list.

• Laser Scanner: Griffis had dinner at the Leica Hexagon conference with

Ken Mooyman and Chuck Coiner, then met with Mooyman, Coiner, Kent,

the OIT Development office, and John Cliff from Leica sales at the Wilsonville campus tour. Documents are being prepared for an agreement with Leica and OIT that will go beyond just the scanner and will

be circulated to committee members for review. • Recruiting: OIT is seeing an increase in applicants from California

because of the tuition increases and program limits at CA schools. Enrollment looks to be around 65 students in the program, with 12 expected to graduate this year and a number of good new students

coming into the program. • PLSS Review Class: NCEES PLS exam had only 600 people pass

nationwide. The PLSS is a major area where examinees fail. For now, the BLM-OIT workshop will be 11/16/2012 at the Monarch with 2 concurrent sessions, a professional review for the exam and an advanced

case study led by Graham. • President Maples: Maples discussed the new “Oregon Tech” branding.

His talk then turned to the new Oregon Education Investment Board which will determine how money is divided between Oregon schools, K-12,

Community Colleges, and State Universities. PSU and OU get individual boards. OSU will likely control the new Board. The Oregon University System performs in the middle of national rankings, with funding in the

bottom 5. OIT jumped rankings in US News and World Report to 6 th in the country excepting private and military schools, from 65th to 31st overall.

OIT has made undergraduate education its emphasis. • Wilsonville: Maples said the target was 1000 students by 2017 which will

be reached much earlier. An adjacent “cold shell” building is available for

$12 million. Kent has been hired as a 0.33 FTE director. No programs will be offered fall term, winter term will see GIS 316 and Kent teaching

Boundary Law 1, spring term will see Construction Surveying. Next year Junior and Senior level classes will be added. Anonymous donors and the BLM are possible sources for equipment funding. Walker is looking for

help in finding adjunct faculty for classes including the PLSS class in the fall. The Wilsonville Open House was held on 10/17/2012.

• TwiST: No TwiST program happened last year after a number of

WestFed members failed to enroll their 2 teachers as expected, including CLSA. The NCEES funding will roll over into this year, with $25,000

available as a match for teacher expenses (NCEES to match state society rebate of expenses). The program will be Clark College this year.

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• NSPS: The assimilation of ACSM into NSPS has been completed. PLSO

has adopted the 100% membership requirement—members will pay

separate checks to PLSO and NSPS. LSAW has also adopted the 100% membership, which is paid as one check. At this time, Montana,

Wisconsin, Florida, Minnesota, Texas and Arizona have also adopted the 100% membership requirement. The Governors may soon be gone, with leadership ceded to the Board of Directors. Neathamer has an article in

the Oregon Surveyor regarding this issue. • Curriculum Changes: The program is adding a second course in

photogrammetry which will include lidar. An additional relational database class is being added to the GIS major. The Surveying minor has been

approved, mainly for Civil Engineering students. The GIS masters program will be considered this year, as some of the roadblocks have gone away. Lake County has talked about possible funding for OIT for

assistance with development of a GIS database. • ABET Accreditation: Walker has been chosen as a subject matter

accreditor for the CSU Fresno Geomatics program. • Chair: Neathamer is finding conflicts with his role as an NSPS Governor.

Griffis agreed to take on the Chairmanship and was elected by unanimous

vote. The next meeting will be held 1/22/2013 at the Wilsonville campus, the day before the PLSO conference begins. The PLSO conference will be 1/23/2013 through 1/25/2013 at the Salem Conference Center in Salem, OR.

My term on the OIT Industrial Advisory Committee ends in 2013. If any other

CLSA member is interested in the Liaison position, please contact me.

Respectfully submitted,

Michael Pulley, PLS Points West Surveying [email protected]

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NSPS Area 9 Director

Fall 2012 Report to the California Land Surveyors Association

Board of Directors

The National Society of Professional Surveyors held the 2012 fall meetings in Gaithersburg, Maryland, on September 26th thru the 30th. As usual the fall meetings were held in conjunction with our annual Lobby Day event. The lobby/strategy meeting was held on the 26th and Lobby Day was held on the 27th. We had about 25 participants this year and approximately 160 legislators’ offices were visited. This event is organized by the Government Affairs Committee and is just one of the many critical functions that this committee performs on behalf of all surveyors in the United States, whether members or not. Friday the 28th was the day when all the various committees meet. The two most significant meetings held that day were the Government Affairs committee meeting and the Membership committee meeting. The Government Affairs Committee or GAC, is chaired by John Matonich, former president of NSPS. This committee handles many important issues on behalf of NSPS. They are involved in scrutinizing pending legislation for possible impact on the profession, promoting legislation on our behalf, and working with Congress and a variety of federal agencies to forward our cause. They are assisting NGS in getting funding for various survey projects. They are participating with FEMA in moving their data into the 21st century. They are working to ensure that professional surveyors are included when Congress creates new committees of geospatial practitioners. They were instrumental in providing Congress with background information on GPS during the recent LightSquared battle, which by the way is not over yet. (The day after Lobby day we were notified by a congressional staffer we had visited the day before, that LightSquared has re-submitted their application to the FCC.) GAC members also address any and all reported violations of the Brooks act by federal agencies or violations of the many mini-Brooks acts by State or local agencies. They have a sterling record in this regard. The Membership committee meeting was very interesting. Last year the NSPS Board of Governors and Board of Directors unanimously made a decision to create a new class of affiliation for states and other organizations. This class is generally referred to as the 100% membership category and the gist of it is that if a state or other affiliate decides to join at the 100% membership level, the dues for individual members will be $40 rather than the current dues of $225 and any such state will receive a seat on the board of directors. All membership benefits of NSPS are then extended to all regular members of that state. Because of the interest

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generated by this proposal, there were some 35 individuals in the membership meeting and the focus of the meeting was on getting a better understanding of the mechanics of the proposal and in discussing the fact that more states were joining up right away than had originally been anticipated. As of the fall NSPS meeting, Tennessee and Virginia have signed their MOU’s and are on board for 2013. Alaska and Maine were already on board, having been the only two states previously signed up at the 100% level. Massachusetts, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin have approved joining 100% but have not yet delivered their MOU’s. Florida, Minnesota, North Carolina, Arizona, Missouri and Iowa expect to approve joining at 100% in the coming weeks. There is even talk that Texas is moving forward quickly. Fully 30% of the states were able to move forward and join NSPS in this new affiliate category in the first six months of its existence. This bodes well for all involved. I will come back to this point in a minute but first let me finish my overview of the fall meetings. Saturday the 29th was given over to the Board of Governors meeting. The meeting started with reports by the officers and certain committee chairs, if their committee work was of unusual significance. Also the liaisons to Professional Surveyors Canada and NGS gave reports. Of particular interest to the CLSA board, The Treasurer’s report indicated that NSPS has developed a nearly balanced budget for 2013, only one year after being upside down by $200K. We have embraced unprecedented levels of austerity including trimming a staff position at the central office. Old business was discussed and closed and new business, in the form of various motions from the governors, was introduced. The governors were broken out into task committees and the motions were debated and in some cases revised. They were then brought back to the full board for voting. There were none with any degree of controversy – I will outline these motions in the discussion of the Board of Directors meeting following. Sunday the 30th was the Board of Directors meeting, which concludes the fall meetings. The motions brought forward from the Board of Governors included a motion to create a ‘student’ class of membership for NSPS at a rate of $10 per year which passed; a motion to revise the draft MOU for the 100% affiliate program to accommodate student members, which passed; a motion to create an Education Strategic Plan, passed but amended to be an Education Plan to be part of the existing overall NSPS Strategic Plan; a motion to work with AAGS to research building a digital library of old survey publications and related materials – which passed and an ad hoc committee was created and tasked with pursuing this goal; and a motion to mandate that an NSPS business meeting be held in a ‘western’ state, no less frequently than once every two years. This motion was defeated but it did lead to much time being spent discussing how to make sure that the western states are adequately represented in our semi-annual meetings. The only opposition to the motion was in that it would be tough to make such a commitment with so much of our future plans and resources being up in the air right now. We would like to get to the point where at least one meeting every two years takes place in the west and will certainly keep that in mind while we schedule future meetings. We also voted on several bylaw changes necessary to allow for individual states to sit on the BOD once they have joined under the new 100% classification. Finally, we spent over an hour on the topic of how the NSPS can communicate better with its members, with the public and with other interested parties. We are

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in the early stages of finding a consultant to help us with communications efforts, via social media and other strategies. This will become more critical as time goes on. Now – back to the topic of the new 100% membership proposal. Clearly, it is of utmost importance that our profession retain a national presence to counter threats to it such as LightSquared. NSPS represents all surveyors at NCEES, ABET and FIG and it is critical to retain those positions, especially since there are other organizations who would step in and take them over should we falter. It is NSPS that develop the new ALTA standards, and NSPS that administers the TrigStar and the CST programs. We already punch above our weight, as Obama says, with respect to our lobbying efforts. Imagine a day when we can go to Capitol Hill and say we represent some 25-30,000 professional surveyors belonging to all fifty states. That’s what this is all about, developing a true national organization representing all surveyors in the US. The cost to accomplish this is $40 per member, a minimal sum no matter how you look at it: eleven cents a day, Seventy-seven cents a week, three dollars and thirty-three cents a month. We’re talking two tickets to a first-run movie plus popcorn and sodas or the cost of a couple cases of a decent micro-brew over the course of a year. You simply can’t use the $40 as an excuse not to support this program, especially since it’s been years since CLSA raised its rates. As noted earlier in this report, some 30% of states have already decided to come on board and as momentum increases, I predict we will be above 50% by this 2014. Why be on the outside when you can join up, display the national leadership that California is known for and help make the national organization what you want it to be? If you somehow still do not fully grasp the importance of NSPS and CLSA joining it as a 100% affiliate member, please contact your governor, Matt Vernon and me for a more detailed exposition. I believe that CLSA absolutely needs to get behind this proposal and as soon as possible. I would like to see strong consensus or better yet, unanimity at the board of directors for this program and then an effort to educate our membership as to the importance of doing this. Respectfully submitted, October 12, 2012 Carl C.de Baca NSPS Area 9 Director

President Kristie Achee

Chapter Representative Ron Nelms

Alternate Representative Randy Smith

Secretary-Treasurer Aaron Byrd _____________________________________________________

2012 Officers 2012 Committee Chairs President Education Committee Kristie Achee, P.L.S. Tim Mack, L.S.I.T. (661) 616-2600 (w) (661) 399-9006 (w) Secretary/Treasurer Professional Practice Committee Aaron G. Byrd, P.L.S. Ron Nelms, P.L.S. (661) 323-4600 (w) (661) 399-9006 (w)

Representative Monument Preservation Committee Ron Nelms, P.L.S. Rolland Van de Valk, P.L.S. (661) 399-9006 (w) (661) 327-0362 (w) Representative- Alternate Future Seminar Committee Randy Smith, R.E., P.L.S. Randy Smith, R.E., P.L.S. (661) 862-5089 (w) (661) 862-5089 (w) By-Laws Committee Tim Mack, L.S.I.T. (661) 399-9006 (w) Scholarship Committee Tim Mack, L.S.I.T. (661) 399-9006 (w) Membership Membership Number of Category Members Corporate 12 Associate 4 Other 4 Student 0 Total 20

CALIFORNIA LAND SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION BAKERSFIELD CHAPTER – P.O. Box 13182 Bakersfield, CA 93389

Chapter Meetings

July 2012 - Meeting held at Casa Munoz in Bakersfield, CA Attendance: 10 members, 1 Guest Speaker Happenings: General business meeting. Tom Taylor spoke regarding CLSA organization and his vision for the upcoming year.

Aug 2012 – Meeting held at Casa Munoz in Bakersfield, CA Attendance: 9 members Happenings: General business meeting.

Sept 2012 - Meeting held at Casa Munoz in Bakersfield, CA

Attendance: 8 members Happenings: General business meeting.

Upcoming Meetings and Events None.

CALIFORNIA LAND SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION CENTAL COAST CHAPTER THIRD QUARTER REPORT 2012

September 30, 2012

Jonathan Walsh PLS Sec/Tres 4650 Viscano Ave.

Atascadero, CA 93422 CHAPTER WEBSITE:

http://members.impulse.net/~cccclsa/

OFFICERS

President Ian McLain [email protected]

Vice President George Marchanko [email protected] [email protected] Secretary / Treasurer Jonathan Walsh [email protected] [email protected] (805) 712-7433 Chapter Representatives Linda Richardson [email protected] Alternate Representatives Jonathan Walsh [email protected] [email protected] COMMITTEE CHAIRS Professional Liaison Committee; Victor Rasgado, Chair, [email protected] Chapter Representatives, Linda Richardson [email protected], Jonathan Walsh, Alternate, [email protected], [email protected] Professional Practices Committee; Linda Richardson, [email protected] Education Committee; Tom Mastin, [email protected] Membership Committee; Jonathan Walsh, [email protected], [email protected]

MEMBERSHIP

Membership Category

Number of Members

Corporate 39

CE Corporate

0

Associate 1

Affiliate 1

Student 0

Life 5

Honorary 0

Sustaining 0

Totals 55

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CHAPTER MEETINGS

July 2012 No Meeting August 25, 2012 CCC CLSA Annual Summer BBQ Cuesta Park San Luis Obispo Ken Fargen, PLS, and Family and Fargen Surveys employees once again put on the best TriTip and Chicken BBQ this side of Santa Maria! Paul Baragona, of Golden State Aerials, ran the Annual Horseshoe Tournament and again fun was had by all. The prizes were awesome this year, many generous vendors, wine makers, surveyors, jewelers, and members. September 11, 2012 Monthly Business Meeting F. McLintocks, Shell Beach Donations to California State University Fresno were our big topic of the night at this meeting. Moreover, after a good discussion, we made our Donations. George Marchanko, PLS, of The Wallace Group, talks about Certificates of Compliance. He discusses the History and importance of Certificates. The County of Tahama Lawsuit was mentioned as well as the Williamson Act. It was an interesting topic of discussion for the local members OUTREACH N/A UPCOMING MEETINGS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

October meeting is scheduled as a joint meeting with the National Association of Woman

in Construction. This will be at the Santa Maria Inn, Santa Maria on October 16, 2012

CHAPTER POSITION ON STATE ISSUES N/A ACTION REQUESTS N/A Respectfully submitted, Jonathan J. Walsh PLS CCC CLSA Sec/Tres 2012

CALIFORNIA LAND SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION CHANNEL ISLANDS CHAPTER

P. O. Box 6572, Ventura, CA 93006 www.clsa-ci.org

2012 Third Quarter Report Page 1 of 2

2012 OFFICERS President: Steve Opdahl, PLS 805-495-6438, [email protected] Vice President: Bill Hurdle, PLS 805-633-2273, [email protected]: Daniel Walsh, PLS, PE 805-654-2942, [email protected]: Gene Rosecrans, PLS (818) 269-7445, [email protected] Chapter Rep: Marta Alvarez, PLS, PE 805-650-6995, [email protected] Chapter Rep: Jim Pilarski, PLS 805-522-1900, [email protected] Immediate Past Pres: Daniel Walsh, PLS, PE 805-654-2942, [email protected] Chapter Rep: Frank Maxim PLS, 805-654-7751, [email protected] Alternate Chapter Rep: Debbie Naves, PLS, 805-522-1900, [email protected] COMMITTEE CHAIRS Education – Chair: Debbie Naves, PLS Newsletter Editor – Steve Opdahl, PLS Professional Practices – Chair: Gene Rosecrans, PLS Scouting Merit Badge – Chair: Marta Alvarez, PLS, PE Scholarship – Chair: Kurt Lehnhardt, PLS

PLS MEMBERSHIP Membership Category

Number of Members

Corporate 35Associate 3Affiliate 0Student 1Life 0Totals 39

July 19, 2012 – General Meeting• Location: Marie Callender’s - Ventura, CA • Marti Ikehara with the National Geodetic Survey spoke to us on NGS procedures. Having just

spent two days re-measuring the base line along the North edge of the Camarillo Airport in Ventura County, Marti gave an informative talk to those who could not necessarily participate in the measurements.

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September 20, 2012 – General Meeting

• Our September meeting was held in Santa Barbara at Cody’s Café. Officers and chapter representatives for 2013 were elected. The following members will serve the Channel Islands Chapter next year:President - Steve Opdahl, PLS

Vice President - Bill Hurdle, PLS Secretary – Shant (Shawn) Ohannessian PLS Treasurer - Dan Walsh, PLS Chapter Rep – Kurt Lehnhardt, PLS will serve the first year of a two year term Chapter Rep - Marta Alvarez, PLS will serve the second year of a two-year term Alternate Chapter Rep - Frank Maxim, PLS

Alternate Chapter Rep - Debbie Naves, PLS Alternate Chapter Rep – Matt Vernon Alternate Chapter Rep – Michael McGee Our guest speaker was Gilbert Suarez with Fugro who gave us an excellent presentation on 3D

scanning, above and below the water surface, through out the world. Our chapter voted and approved donating $2,000.00 to the CSU Fresno Endowment Fund.

September 22 Seminar Channel Islands, LA and RSB Chapters sponsored a LS Application Seminar at Metropolitan Water District Headquarters in Los Angeles. The speakers were Ric Moore and Ray Mathe from BPELSG; 20 attendees learned about preparing applications, details of engagements, reference requirements and the new CBT (computer based testing) process. There was no charge for attendance and lunch was provided. OUTREACH COMMITTEE Our Chapter has worked to support the Survey Education Program at the College of the Canyons (COC), Santa Clarita. Two chapter members attend semi-annual meetings of the COC Surveyor Advisory Board (a group of licensed professionals providing guidance support to the college program.) Our chapter has also provided scholarships to students over the last several years.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

• The Education Committee is working on a LS/LSIT review course for next year. UPCOMING MEETINGS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The Education Committee is working with LA Chapter to bring a seminar to our area on Friday, November 2. Dennis Mouland, of Witness Tree Consulting, will discuss and provide information about the new 2009 BLM Manual and related items. The seminar will be located at the College of the Canyons University Center in Santa Clarita. A flyer has been prepared..

Respectfully submitted, Steve Opdahl, PLS CLSA Channel Islands Chapter, 2012 President

CALIFORNIA LAND SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION DESERT CHAPTER

P.O. Box 2826, Palm Desert, CA 92261-2826

OFFICERS

President: Benjamin Egan – [email protected] President-Elect: Dave Turner – [email protected] Treasurer: Christopher Alberts – [email protected] Secretary: Mike Spurkosky – [email protected] Chapter Representative: Doug Redlin – [email protected] COMMITTEE CHAIRS Joint Professional Practice Committee Members: Page Garner Chris Alberts

MEMBERSHIP

Membership Category

Number of Members

Corporate 13

CE Corporate

Associate 3

Affiliate 1

Student

Life 1

Honorary

Sustaining 1

Totals 19

CHAPTER MEETINGS

July 25, 2012

Topic: What is happening with LiDAR today Speaker: Derek Hood, Inland Aerial

Attendance: 10 Derek gave a presentation on the latest in LiDAR technology and where the mobile airborne scanning industry is heading. He presented recent project examples where the accuracy results of the LiDAR topo, when augmented with aerial photogrammetrics, can achieve 1 contour mapping. Photogrammetrics is almost a must for ground truthing. He talked about the standards for various types of scanning: fixed wing for large scale LiDAR & helicopter LiDAR for denser point clouds, common uses are for power lines and corridors. August 22, 2012

Topic: State of the County of San Bernardino’s Survey Department Speaker: Tom Herrin, San Bernardino County Surveyor

Attendance: 14 Tom gave a “State of the County of San Bernardino’s Survey Department” presentation and update. He noted that there are no longer fees for online mapping research and obtaining record maps. He showed graphics on how the map checking numbers grew through the boom and plummeted when the market crash hit. They’re seeing small signs of an increased number of maps being submitted. September 19, 2012

Topic: Monumentation of Easements Speaker: Dave Woolley, Dave Woolley & Assoc.

Attendance: 13 Dave gave a presentation on the Monumentation of Easements as real property. He also presented information on the filing of Record of Surveys when establishing easement locations. October 24, 2012

Topic: Finding a County Surveyor Speaker: Bill Brunet, Imperial County Director of Public Works

Attendance: 10 Bill gave a history of the County Surveyor position for Imperial County and spoke about his trials & tribulations of finding a replacement for Joan Carr. Bill ran down the list of duties, structure and size of the Survey Division, benefits and

possible starting salary. He also spoke about some of the candidates he’s interviewed and the challenges of dealing with their Human Resources and classifying the position properly. OUTREACH & UPDATES A membership push is on & the membership committee is encouraged that membership can be increased for 2012. Focus has been placed on reaching out to local surveyors as well as public agency officials that are not currently involved with CLSA. Draft “Membership Recruitment” letter was distributed to the Board for review & comments. UPCOMING MEETINGS & ANNOUNCEMENTS December 5th – Speaker TBD January – Speaker & location TBD February – Speaker & location TBD

CALIFORNIA LAND SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION

LOS ANGELES CHAPTER October 1, 2012

Third Quarterly Report

Membership 2012: Corporate: 137 Associate 45 Affiliate 14 Student 7 Total: 203 Chapter Meetings: July 12th @ Taix French Restaurant

Speaker: Mr. Tom Taylor – President elect State CLSA Topic: Introduction and input meeting for state issues Attention: 35 Sponsor: Absolute Accuracy Meeting notes: Tom provided the group with his back round and the meeting consisted of

an open forum. Discussions were primarily centered on monument preservation and what can be done locally and at state levels.

August 2nd @ Taix French Restaurant

Speaker: Dr. Francelina A. Neto – Professor at Cal-Poly State University, Pomona Topic: Geospatial program at Cal Poly Pomona – how does it fit with industry and world

demand in the area of surveying engineering. Attendance: 29 Sponsor: Leica Geosystems

September 6th @ Steer & Stein - Palmdale

Speaker: Mr. Solomon Miranada – California Department of Water Resources Topic: National Flood Insurance Program Attendance: 22 Sponsor: Absolute Accuracy Meeting notes; Mr. Miranda provided a wealth of information including examples of flood

certificate examples, accepted methods for deriving BFE's using Google earth tools, tutorial on how to navigate the FEMA website, discussion on the rating system for governmental agencies who comply with the pre and post flood certificate program.

Upcoming Meetings and Announcements: Chapter Meeting October 4th @ CoCo's -Santa Clarita Speaker: Mr. David Biswanger – Polaris Consulting Topic: Land movement – David will share information gathered in pursuing his thesis on the subject. Sponsor: Lewis & Lewis

1125 E. Broadway, #96 Glendale, CA 91205-1315

2012 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Officers: In memory of: David Hobbs / President Theresa Strazzella / President-Elect City of Los Angeles (Retired) [email protected] 818.398.5182 Erik Bowers / Secretary Jack Little Company [email protected] 818.342.3277 Robert "Buck" Rogers / Treasurer B & E Engineers [email protected] 818.237.0054 State Directors: Stephen Hughey Land Surveying [email protected] 818.203.7538 Mark Price City of Glendale [email protected] 661.433.7062 Mark Danielson / Past-President Danielson Surveying [email protected] 818.362.8886 Diane Wells Cal Trans [email protected] 213.897.1766 Steve Steinhoff County of Los Angeles [email protected] 626.458.7000 Camden Cabrinha Cabrinha, Hearn & Associates [email protected] 626.795.6926 Committee Chairpersons: Diane Wells / Education Cal Trans [email protected] 213.897.1766 Mark Price / Local Agency Liaison City of Glendale [email protected] 661.433.7062 Paula Lindhout / Membership / RSVP Danielson Surveying [email protected] 818.362.8886 Steve Steinhoff / Newsletter and Government Liaison County of Los Angeles [email protected] 626.458.7000 John Ostly / PPC John P Ostly Surveying [email protected] 818.566.9883 Michael Libott / Public Outreach Liaison Horizon Surveys [email protected] 818.558.5610 Allan Ng / Website Cal Poly Dept of Civil Engineering [email protected] 909.869.4612

NORTHERN COUNTIES CHAPTER REPORT CALIFORNIA LAND SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION

CENTRAL OFFICE: P.O. BOX 9098 • SANTA ROSA, CA 95405-1098

PHONE: (707) 578-6016 FAX: (707) 578-4406 [email protected]

2012 Chapter Officers: President: Donald L. Solheim Vice President: Richard R. Roper Secretary/ Treasurer: James M. Herrick Chapter Representative: Roger K. Hanlin Alternate Representative: Mark R. Herrick


September 22, 2012 Ms. Dorothy Calegari Executive Director, CLSA P.O. Box 9098 Santa Rosa, CA 95405 Re: Northern Counties Chapter Quarterly Report (Third quarter, 2012) Ms. Calegari: I am pleased to provide this report to the central office on behalf of the Northern Counties Chapter of the California Land Surveyors Association. Presented below is an overview of the current chapter organization and quarterly activities occurring during the third quarter of 2012. As part of the California Land Surveyors Association, the Northern Counties Chapter has prepared the following report to inform the central office and fellow chapters of our current officers, committee chairs, membership distribution, chapter-meeting descriptions, outreach efforts, special events, and announcements. It is through this communication, association and education that CLSA members can provide an exceptional service to the public as well as develop personally and professionally. CHAPTER OFFICERS The current officers for 2012 are listed below: President: Donald L. Solheim, PLS Vice President: Richard R. Roper, PLS Secretary / Treasurer: James M. Herrick, PLS Chapter Representative: Roger K. Hanlin, PLS Alternative Representative: Mark R. Herrick, PLS COMMITTEE CHAIRS Listed below are the Northern Counties Chapter committees on file for 2012 as formed by the membership along with the committee Chairman, and contact information:

Report to Central Office Dorothy Calegari September 22, 2012 Page 2 of 4


COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN CONTACT

• Professional Practices John Christofferson [email protected]

• Conference Committee Mark Herrick [email protected]

• Nomination Committee Roger Hanlin/Gary Lippincott [email protected]

• Education Jim Herrick/ Roger Hanlin [email protected]

• Legislative John Christofferson [email protected]

• TRIGSTAR Needs to be filled MEMBERSHIP Listed below, is the information representing the current distribution of the Northern Counties Chapter 2012 membership:

Membership Number of Category Members

• Corporate 20

• CE Corporate None

• Associate 3

• Affiliate None • Student None

• Life 2

• Honorary None

• Sustaining None

• Total 25 CHAPTER MEETINGS (Third quarter 2012) JUNE 2012 The June meeting was held on Saturday June 23, 2012 at the Northern Counties annual picnic located in Hammon Grove Park in the foothills along State Highway 20 east of Marysville, California. The event was attended by approximately (35) members, family and friends connected with the Northern Counties, Gold Country and Sacramento chapters of CLSA The goal of the day was to enjoy an afternoon of beautiful weather, incredible food and light conversation. The weather was cooperative again this year and temperatures were below normal which made the event even more pleasurable. The festivities began with introductions and a couple of brief announcements by Gary Lippincott including the introduction of special guests Dorothy Calegari, CLSA Executive Officer and CLSA Executive staff Crissy Willson. The rest of the afternoon was full of good conversation with surveyors and their families and enjoying some of the best barbequed steaks and an abundance of appetizers, salads and deserts. Thank you to all who attended with a big THANK YOU to Picnic Organizer, Committee Chairman, and Chef, Gary Lippincott (CLSA President 1997). JULY 2012 The July chapter meeting was held Thursday, May 31, 2012 at Marcello’s Italian Restaurant in Yuba City, California. The scheduled speakers were from BPELSG. Three (3) members and ten





(10) guests attended the meeting which began at 6:30 PM with introductions. The first order of business was approval of the May minutes and current treasurer’s report. Listed below are highlights of the business conducted:

• Moved by Roger Hanlin and seconded approval of the minutes for the May 31 meeting. Motion carried

• Moved by Roger Hanlin and seconded for approval of the Treasures Report Motion carried

• Jim Herrick reported that the 2013 chapter conference will be February 22 or March 1. Chairman Mark Herrick will call a meeting in approximately two weeks to finalize the speakers.

• There was no Professional Practices Committee report. President Don Solheim reported that there had been no activity in this area

• Education Committee Chairman Jim Herrick ask the chapter about what scholarships it will fund for 2013. Roger Hanlin made a motion that we rename one of our Roy Minnick memorial scholarships to the Bud Uzes Memorial scholarship and that each scholarship be for the amount of $1000.00. Motion carried. Jim also reported that the MOU with Fresno state had verbal approval with final documents to be signed in the next couple of weeks. Jim also briefly explained the purpose and process of the MOU.

• The nomination committee presented the following slate: President – Mark R. Herrick PLS Vice President – Roger Hanlin PLS Secretary/Treasurer – Richard Roper PLS Chapter Representative – James M. Herrick PLS Alternate Chapter representative – Donald Solheim PLS

Our Speakers for the evening were Ric Moore, Raymond Mathe and Nancy Eissler all from the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists. They spoke about the new Occupational Analysis and the role it plays in the exam content. In 2012 24% passed the exam. The test is all multiple choice with no cut scores given out or appeals granted. In 2013 the NCEES exam will become closed book. They discussed Monument Conservation efforts and reported that there has only been one complaint filed relating to this in the last year. They also reported that they are working on education in this area with several people. The renewal fee will be dropped from the current $125.00 to $115.00. They reported that Pat Tami has been reappointed to the Board of registration to serve a term until June 30, 2014. They all handed out very pertinent information and answered all questions ask. A big thank you to Mr. Moore, Mr. Mathe, and Ms. Eissler for giving of the time to attend our chapter meeting. AUGUST 2012 The August chapter meeting was held Thursday, August 30, 2012 at The Italian Cottage Restaurant in Chico, California. The meeting was planned as business only and no speakers were scheduled. Eight (8) members and seven (7) guests attended the meeting which began at 7:00 PM after dinner with introductions. Listed below are highlights of the business conducted:

• Moved by Roger Hanlin and seconded approval of the minutes for the July 26 meeting. Motion carried

• Moved by Roger Hanlin and seconded for approval of the Treasures Report Motion carried

• Mark Herrick reported that the 2013 chapter conference will be February 22 at the Gold Country Casino. Topic will be GPS Technologies from the beginning to now.

• John Christofferson reported that there have not been any complaints filed with the Professional Practices Committee.



• Education Committee Chairman Jim Herrick reported that the Fresno MOU had been signed by all parties and that we are now in the fund raising stage. Jim briefly explained the need and explained some of the salient points of the MOU. Jim urged everyone to donate to this cause.

• No legislative committee report, position is still opened. John Christofferson has indicated a desire to fill this position. Jim Herrick to contact the Central Office to verify if there is room on the current committee for John.

• The nomination committee presented the following slate: Central Office has notified us that we have qualified for one additional representative. President – Mark R. Herrick PLS Vice President – Roger Hanlin PLS Secretary/Treasurer – Richard Roper PLS Chapter Representatives – James M. Herrick PLS Donald Solheim PLS Alternate Chapter Representative – John Christofferson PLS Motion for approval of slate, motion carried

• Jim Herrick volunteered to look into a couple of potential projects to be done under the Butte County Monument Preservation Fund and then get together with Butte County regarding this. John Christofferson also pointed out the possibility of some city projects.

• September meeting will be in Yuba City with the Mount Diablo Historical Society.

The October Meeting will be in Oroville, California with Chuck Karayan scheduled as speaker. No meeting in November because of the Thanksgiving holiday and our Christmas party/ chapter meeting is scheduled in Chico, California on December 13

, 2012.

OUTREACH The Northern Counties outreach is represented by the membership throughout the year in northern California providing an annual conference (see above 2012 conference) in the northern counties area, an annual picnic, college scholarships, and various community service opportunities. This report represents the organization, business, and activities conducted for the third quarter of 2012 on behalf of the Northern Counties Chapter. Respectfully Submitted, Roger K. Hanlin PLS 5912 Northern Counties Chapter Representative

CALIFORNIA LAND SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION SAN DIEGO CHAPTER

5519 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, Mail Box 261, San Diego, CA 92117 www.sd-surveyors.org

2012 3rd Quarter report

OFFICERS

President Blake Torgersen, PLS 858-259-8212 x114 Vice President Paul E.Goebel, P.L.S. 760-722-3495 Treasurer Tony Nothdurft, PLS 858-414-5941 Secretary Steven Heise, PLS 619-218-4520 Imm. Past Pres. Justin Pallamary, PLS 858-717-6112 Representative David Paul Johnson, PLS 760-310-5054 Representative Pat McMichael, PLS 619-291-0707 Representative Anne Hoppe, PLS 858-627-3225 Representative Gary Hus, PLS 619-229-0301 Representative Gary Mellom, PLS 760-519-4279 Alt. Representative Lonnie Cyr, PLS 858-614-5000 Alt. Representative Jack F. Roth II, PLS 858-576-9200 Alt. Representative Casey Lynch, PLS 619-871-4504 Alt. Representative Dave Ambler 619-697-9234 Alt. Representative Andy Karydes 760-753-5255

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Education Committee David Johnson, PLS 760-310-5054 -- LS Review Jack Gechter, PLS 619 852-5440 -- Educ. Fnd./Scholarship Dave Ambler, PLS 619-697-9234 -- Golf Tournament David Johnson, PLS 760-310-5054 -- Community College Liaison John Butcher, PLS 619-980-8408 -- Workshop Committee Membership Committee Justin Pallamary, PLS 858-717-6112 Legislative Committee Anne Hoppe, PLS 858-627-3225 JPPC Mike Butcher, PLS 619-532-1961 Website Committee Jack Gechter, PLS 619-852-5440 Nominating Committee Andy Karydes, PLS 760-753-5525 GIS Committee Karen Koklich, PLS 619 688-6608 Bylaws Committee Dave Viera, PLS 619-328-9177 Newsletter Committee Casey Lynch,PLS 619-871-4504 Datum Committee Paul Goebel 760-722-3495 Private Records Steering Committee – Karen Koklich 619-688-6608

MEMBERSHIP

Membership Category

Number of Members

Corporate 79

Associate 31

Students 4

Affiliates 2

Totals 116

CHAPTER MEETINGS

July 2012 CLSA General Meeting Minutes

Meeting not held in lieu of Padre Game

This month, the San Diego Chapter hosted our annual Padres Game & Barbecue event at Petco

Park as the Padres took on the Astros. James Yaccino once again served his famous Texas style

BBQ prior to the game and sold his personal BBQ Sauce to raise funds for the Chapter. He

prepared brisket, chicken and the famous Texas sausage. Beverages and the Tunes were provided

by Jack Gechter.

Tailgate Party & BBQ – 5:00 - 6:30 pm

Game (Padres vs. Astros) – 7:05 pm start time

The fun started at 5:00pm and after imbibing in the libations provided by Jack the stories ran

wild with over 30 members in attendance along with their guest fans. By 7:00 the excitement of

the game drew us in the Padres treated us to a rare 8-4 victory to bring their season wins to 38

with 55 losses, it was great evening.

August 2012 CLSA General Meeting Minutes August 15, 2012

Best Western Seven Seas - Lord Jim Room

Blake opened the meeting with a welcome and dinner was served.

Paul introduced Gitanjali Shinde San Diego County Flood Control Engineering

Gitanjali discussed the functions of the County Flood Control Engineering Section and explained how they serve the public.

The recent concerns brought about by the updates to the FIRM Maps by FEMA were discussed and the County Flood Control Engineering Department has a person that will assist with any questions in this regard. Door Prizes were given out An open discussion by the membership about monument preservation, the State Board Director's Meeting with it's closed sessions, the minutes from these meetings and even recent Turko File Reports, went around the room. Further information from the State Directors Meeting will be brought to next month’s meeting. All those in attendance were involved in these discussions. The meeting was closed, Blake MOTIONED, to dismiss the meeting THE MOTION was SECONDED, and we were DISMISSED at 8:30pm

September 2012 CLSA General Meeting Minutes September 19, 2012

Meeting held at Best Western Seven Seas, Mission Valley

Blake Torgersen opened the meeting at 7:00pm with a call to Dinner. 7:18pm Blake briefly reviewed the executive board meeting held earlier and the highlights: * The upcoming Joint Meeting with the Orange County CLSA Chapter

* The pending move of the SD County Surveyors Office

* The endowment for the Professor at Fresno

* The Golf Tournament

* The November meeting will be on the 2nd Thursday of the month to move it away from

Thanksgiving

* The Nominations for next year’s board were read in. A MOTION for the Floor to approve the slate as presented was given The MOTION was SECONDED and PASSED Anne Hoppe gave an update of upcoming educational events and explained that the details will be posted to the Chapter website. At 7:35pm Paul Goebal introduced the guest speaker Michael Durkee the topic was:

Court of Appeal of California case, Sierra Club v. County of Napa

Mike Durkee is an Attorney at Law at Wactor & Wick LLP. Mike is an expert on land use in California and provides seminars on the Subdivision Map Act and CEQA that are well known to Land Surveyors and other land experts. Door prizes were awarded throughout the evening.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:00pm

CALIFORNIA LAND SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION San Joaquin Valley Chapter

c/o McPheeters & Associates, Inc 1486 Tollhouse Road, Suite #107

Clovis, Ca. 93611 www.sjvclsa.org

OFFICERS

• President: Kevin Nehring, PLS • Vice President: Katrina Olsen, PLS • Treasurer: Tiffany Tatum • Secretary: Travis Bohan, PLS • Chapter Representative: Kevin Nehring, PLS

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

• Bylaws Committee: Kevin Nehring, PLS • Education Committee: Fareed Nader, PLS • Legislative Committee: Augie Ramirez, PLS & Kevin Nehring, PLS • Nominating Committee: Everyone • GIS Committee: None • Workshop Committee: Travis Bohan, PLS • Scholarship Committee: Kevin Nehring, PLS • Website / Newsletter Comm.: Kevin Nehring, PLS • Student Committee: Travis Bohan, PLS • Membership Committee: Katrina Olsen, PLS / Jason Camit, PLS • Professional Practices: Jason Camit, PLS • Boy Scout Merit Badge: Kevin Nehring, PLS

MEMBERSHIP

Membership Category

Number of Members

Regular 22

Associate 2

Affiliate 7

Student 8

Sustaining 0

Totals 39

CHAPTER MEETINGS

July 2012

• Speakers: Ric Moore and Ray Mathe of the California Department of Consumer Affairs. August 2012

• General business meeting. • Nominations were held for 2013 Chapter Officers.

September 2012

• General business meeting. • 2013 Chapter Officers were announced

o President: Kevin Nehring, PLS o Vice President: Travis Bohan, PLS o Secretary: Anne Smoke, PLS o Treasurer: Jason Camit, PLS

Announcements:

• Prevailing wage increase for Fresno & Madera Counties as of Aug. 22, 2012. Party Chief went from $17.00 to $37.19 plus benefits for an total hourly rate of $61.69. More info at http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/PWD/index.htm

• Chair Jim Herrick reported that the CLSA Education Foundation has finalized a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with CSU Fresno for an endowment that will fund a Geomatics program professor.

• The CLSA Education Foundation is accepting donations for the CSU Fresno Endowment. Donations received by Sept. 24th will receive dollar-for-dollar matching funds from the Lyles Foundation. In addition, the CLSA Education Foundation will provide up to $500 in matching funds for donations received by CLSA Chapters. Contact Crissy Willson with the CLSA State Office at 707-578-6016 or [email protected] to donate or for more info.

Speaker:

• Speaker: Roxanne Greenwood, Executive Director of the Central California Builders Exchange

• Topic: ACE Mentor Program

OUTREACH None. UPCOMING MEETINGS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• July 17, 2012 - SJV-CLSA Chapter meeting - Speakers: Ric Moore and Ray Mathe of the California Department of Consumer Affairs

• August 21, 2012 - SJV-CLSA Chapter meeting - Nominations for 2013 Chapter Officers and General Chapter Business

• September 18, 2012 - SJV-CLSA Chapter meeting • For more detailed event information, visit the Chapter calendar at:

http://www.sjvclsa.org/Calendar.htm CHAPTER POSITION ON STATE ISSUES None. ACTION REQUESTS None.

October 13, 2012

To:

Michael Butcher, L.S.

Chairman CLSA Legislative Committee

RE: Unfiled Maps legislative proposal

On September 22nd

the Legislative Committee requested a report from the Sonoma County

Chapter Unfiled Maps Committee on the status of unfiled records in Sonoma County. Frankly, I

don’t see the relevance of how we in Sonoma County or how any other county manages

historical survey records. However, in response to the Legislative Committee’s request there are

seven active Engineering and Land Surveying firms and two private parties located in Sonoma

County that maintain a total of 19 unfiled records collections from retired or deceased

surveyors. There is also one records collection donated to the Sonoma County Library. A

majority of these firms and private parties do not charge for records research except for basic

copy fees. Once discovered and upon request many of the unfiled maps and records obtained

and used by local surveyors are shared freely between firms in an effort to best serve the public’s

interest. There are other historical records that were recently donated to and are currently

maintained and managed by the Sonoma County Chapter of CLSA. The Chapter charges $50 for

CLSA members and $150 for non-members to access to those records.

The more important issue with regards to the proposed change to Section 8764 of the PLS Act is

the recognition that Government Code Section 6250-6270, aka The California Public Records

Act (CPRA), classifies the records the proposed legislation addresses as public. The goal to

change Section 8764, simply stated, is to inform and educate surveyors, both public and private,

on the current law governing un-filed documents submitted to the county surveyors. The

majority of county surveyor’s offices in California, for differing reasons, are not following the

law as prescribed in the CPRA. Current practice in most counties is that the un-filed documents

covered by the CPRA are not available to the public because the county surveyor is not keeping

copies of that information. The only way to get copies is with the cooperation of the person or

company who owns or controls those records, which can be difficult, if not impossible, to obtain.

The CPRA was enacted in 1968 and revised in 2004. The first section of the CPRA states in

clear, concise terms what is considered a public record;

Section 6250 “In enacting this chapter, the Legislature, mindful of the right of individuals to

privacy, finds and declares that access to information concerning the conduct of the people's

business is a fundamental and necessary right of every person in this state”.

The CPRA defines public records pertaining to the public’s business in Section 6252(e) ;

(e) "Public records" includes any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the

public's business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of

physical form or characteristics. "Public records" in the custody of, or maintained by, the

Governor's office means any writing prepared on or after January 6, 1975.

The CPRA defines “writings” in Section 6252(g);

(g) "Writing" means any handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing,

photocopying, transmitting by electronic mail or facsimile, and every other means of recording

upon any tangible thing any form of communication or representation, including letters, words,

pictures, sounds, or symbols, or combinations thereof, and any record thereby created,

regardless of the manner in which the record has been stored.

RECORD OF SURVEY MAPS ARE THE PUBLIC’S BUSINESS. Under the provisions of the

CPRA submitting un-filed documents to the county surveyor for review with a Record of Survey

enters those documents into the public record. Section 6253 of the CPRA mandates that copies

of those unrecorded documents be made available to the public upon request.

The stated goal of CLSA in the Strategic Plan under General Objective #1 Professional Practice,

Item 4c –“inform and educate land surveyors on the importance of adhering to laws and

generally accepted land surveying practices.” The revision to Section 8764 will inform and

educate current and future land surveyors to the existence of the CPRA and how it affects the

land surveying profession. If the PLS Act had been revised when the CPRA was signed into law

in 1968 (44 years ago) we wouldn't have all the confusion, misinformation and acrimony we

have today about the disposition of un-filed documents submitted to the county surveyors.

In the report to the Leg Committee the Un-filed Maps Subcommittee suggested that public

agencies be educated on the value of un-filed documents. Adding the CPRA reference to Section

8764 accomplishes that task. Moreover, the proposed change to 8764 does not place additional

obligations on the on the county surveyors that aren’t already required by the CPRA.

Furthermore, the proposed language has the additional benefit of allowing the county surveyors

the option of filing the un-filed documents with the record map instead of keeping copies in the

County Surveyor office.

The proposed revision to Section 8764 makes a direct link to the CPRA and eliminates any

question or confusion about what is and isn’t considered a public record. The importance of

making that connection can’t be overstated. Prior to this discussion on the proposed revision to

8764 very few surveyors, public and private, were aware of the CPRA requirement regarding the

un-filed documents. For the benefit and education of all surveyors it's imperative that the PLS

Act makes reference to the CPRA.

The question of copyrights the un-filed documents may enjoy was also mentioned by the sub-

committee. Are the documents copy righted and would the rights of the owner/custodian of

these documents be infringed upon if 8764 is revised? The CPRA classifies these documents as

public. The maps we file for record in the recorder’s office are public. Both enjoy copy right

protection under certain conditions. It would be unusual for the public records in the county

surveyor’s office to enjoy a greater copy right protection than the public records in the recorder’s

office.

The Leg Committee also broached the idea to open the Monument Preservation Fund to allow

each county to purchase, store, index and make available the historical records of past surveyors.

That’s a noble suggestion, but it doesn’t remedy the problem. The records of past surveyors is

not the only source of un-filed documents the proposed change to Section 8764 addresses. The

goal is not to put every old survey map, sketch and field note, etc into the public record. That’s

an impossible task. The goal is to make the un-filed documents submitted to the county

surveyor’s office available to the public as required by the CPRA.

Respectfully submitted,

Michael E. Ford, PLS

Chairman Sonoma County Chapter Unrecorded Maps Committee