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October 2011 Volume 17 Issue 10

CALIFORNIA LAND SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION, SAN DIEGO CHAPTER 5519 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, Mail Box 261, San Diego, California 92117

www.sd-surveyors.org

General Meeting Announcement 2

Executive Board Meeting 3-4

Golf Photos! 6-7

Educational News 8 Advertisements 9 LSR Announcement 11

Seminar Announcement 5

Inside this issue:

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Board Members Present: Justin Pallamary, President Anne Hoppe, Representative Blake Torgersen, Vice President Andy Karydes, Representative Tony Nothdurft, Secretary Dave Ambler, Representative Casey Lynch, Immediate Past President Other Committee Members Present: Steve Heise Jack Gechter Justin Pallamary opened the meeting at 4:50. Presidents Report – Justin

2012 Chapter Officers and Board members elected by the Chapter. President Blake Torgersen Vice President Paul Goebel Treasurer Tony Nothdurft Secretary Steven Heise Representative Gary Hus 2nd term Representative Pat McMichael 2nd term Representative Anne Hoppe Representative Dave Ambler Representative David Paul Johnson Alt. Representative Casey Lynch Alt. Representative Jack Roth Alt. Representative Loni Cyr The Secretary will convey the results to the State Association.

Vice Presidents Report – Blake Marti Ikehara NGS has had to cancel this year. October’s meeting, Scott Noya, (attorney in a Coronado tidelands boundary case) at Best Western. November’s meeting, TBA, at Phil’s BBQ Requests Chapter members to submit topics or speakers of interest for future meetings.

Treasurer’s Report – Paul (Not in Attendance)

General Fund $ N/A, Education Fund $ N/A, Local Education Fund $1374.50 Reported to secretary that an evaluation of our financial balances and trends show that our recovery plan is working and we

are heading towards financial stability.

Secretary’s Report – Tony Quarterly Report has been sent to State CLSA Newly licensed Land Surveyors have been invited to our next Chapter meeting. Another Candidate from San Diego has

passed on appeal and will also be invited. This brings the total of successful Candidates in our area to 6.

Education Committee – David Johnson LS Review Class Subcommittee – Jack Gechter

Sign ups for next year already coming in. Pricing will be the same. Finalized schedule and payment options being worked out. Notice will be sent to ACEC, (old CELSOC) for outreach and possible students Location already reserved with Caltrans. Workshop Committee – Don Woolley Railroad Retracement workshop. Investigation shows he does a longer seminar not a workshop, He needs at least 3

months notice and his charges are expensive, therefore not able to coordinate with his scheduled seminar in Phoenix. Board is willing to revisit to put on a seminar at a later date.

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING September 28, 2011

Meeting held at Burkett & Wong – 3434 4th Avenue SD, CA 92103


Education Foundation \ Scholarship Subcommittee – Dave Ambler

A discussion on the dollar amounts to commit this year to the Foundation Scholarships, “Curt Brown, Dana Seguin and Vance Breshears,” was held. A Motion to set the amounts at $2000, $1000 and $1000 respectively for a com-mitment of $4000 to be sent for scholarships to the CLSA Foundation out of the education fund and transfer the difference from last years commitment of $750 from the Education fund to the Local Education fund to support lo-cal community colleges was made and seconded. Motion Passed. The Secretary will send the commitment to the Foundation.

Community College Report – John Butcher .No Report

Ad Hoc Committee – Junior College Programs– David Johnson Next meeting with Cuyamaca is this fall.

Annual Golf Tournament Subcommittee – David Johnson Course change (Pulled together in 8 days!)was due to Meadow lake having conflict with a casino night Huge Success, 70 + Golfers. Consensus from golfers is that Vineyards is a better venue! Less than $600 Total expenses, Only a few outstanding receipts need to be collected. Estimates that we clear $2000 after expenses for Education Fund.

Nominating Committee – Pat McMichael, Andy Karydes Slate is set. Great Job!

GIS Committee – Karen Koklich, Jimmy Elmore GIS Study Group met 9/17/2011 and will be meeting once a month for the following 5 months. Class size is currently

around a dozen with room for more signups. See Website for details. Private Records Steering Committee – Casey Lynch, Karen Koklich

No update. Ad-Hoc Committee (Borpels) Approximate Corner Letter – Casey Lynch

No updates. Membership Committee – Blake Torgersen, Dave Ambler, Karen Koklich

The Secretary, Tony will now handle all mass emails and newsletter deliveries to the Chapter. Working to send out invoices earlier and discussion on whether to send invoices by regular mail is necessary for some

members. Legislative Committee – Anne Hoppe

Next meeting October 15, 2011. Bylaws Committee –Dave Viera, Blake Torgersen

Bylaws are posted on website. Joint Professional Practices Committee – Mike Butcher

A few new cases. Website Committee – Jack Gechter

Pay system tracking and Golf tournament tracking has been developed and work excellent. Minutes of last State Board meeting can be accessed on the Chapter website

Datum Committee- Paul Goebel, Mike Pallamary No Report.

Newsletter Committee – Casey Lynch Need materials weekend before send out.

Chapter Representatives Report – Lightsquared has gone national.

New Business .Jack Gechter would like to see a change in the 2010 BPELS Guide to Engineers and Land Surveyors for City and County

Officials. Says guide is missing language that requires survey documents be checked by or under the supervision of a licensed Land Surveyor per the LS Act the same as it is in the Engineering section where it spells out that Engineering plans or documents must be checked by a registered Engineer. He invites Chapter members to read the Guide on the BPELS website and view or support his discussion in the Land Surveyors Forum of the State CLSA Website.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:14 pm

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING continued


Land in California: The Story of Mission Lands, Ranchos, Squatters, Mining Claims, Railroad Grants, Land Scrip Homesteads (Chronicles of California) By W.W. Robinson Amazon Price: $22.50

Book of the Month


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Golf Tournament Photos!!

Pacific Land Seminars LS and LSIT review seminars, advanced survey topics and various Surveying seminars such as Land Description Fundamentals, Advanced Land Descriptions, Fundamentals Of The U.S.P.L.S.S., Ad-vanced Problems In The U.S.P.L.S.S, Boundary Control, Boundary Law. Lot Line Adjustments / Lot Line Agree-ments, Legal Research, Water Boundaries, Easements And Reversions, Resolving Conflicts Of Evidence, The Sur-veyor In Court, A.L.T.A. Surveys, Subdivision Mapping, Entitlements, Condominium Plans, G.P.S. Surveys, Photo-grammetry For The Surveyor, Basic Geodesy, State Plane Coordinate Systems, Error Theory & Measurement Analysis, Ethics And Standard Of care. Excellent source for Surveying publications. WWW.PACIFICLAND.COM [email protected] http://www.pcpressinc.com 562/431-1656 Subdivision Map Act Class – A One Day Seminar: San Diego Nov.10 2011, Burbank Oct. 27 2011. Latest land use law news alerts. www.landusenavigators.com Webinars: Introduction to California Subdivision Law. Current Issues in Development Impact Fees. A Primer on Land Surveys. A Primer on Right-of-Way. Conservation Easement Tax Incentives. Regulations Zoning Variances: Nonconforming Uses and Structures. Air Rights in Development: Current Trends and Legal Concerns. FEMA's Critical Flood Plain Regulation. Construct ion Contract Bid Errors. Construct ion Joint Ventures: Benef i ts and Pi t fa l ls . Contractor 's Di lemma of Deal ing With Bad Plans and Specs. Pros and Cons of Cost-Plus vs. Fixed Pr ice Contracts. The Construct ion Bidding Process. Understanding the Federal Construct ion Bidding Process. Understanding the Development Approval Process. Design Professionals ' Exposure for Design Errors and Omissions. L iabi l i ty Issues for Design Professionals . ALTA Pol icy, Endorsements and Transact ion Strategies with Ti t le Insurance. Cur ing Ti t le Except ions. Current Issues in Real Estate Ti t le and Ti t le Insurance. Inf i l l Devel-opment Fundamentals . Discounts for mult ip le registrat ions. www.lorman.com (866) 352-9539. Trimble SurveySense webinars www.trimble.com/surveysense Autodesk webinars: Part 1: 3D Laser Scanning Technology Overview. Part 2: Road & Highway Corridor Study. Part 3: Improving Road & Highway Design Workflows. http://offers.autodesk.com/10/171025/email/may_fup.php Basics In 3D Laser Scanning http://www.faro.com/site/resources/details/752 Applying 3D Laser Scanning To Bim (Building Information Modeling) http://www.faro.com/site/resources/details/905 Cuyamaca College - Cuyamaca College offers an Associate of Science in Surveying that includes courses in Plane Surveying and Advanced Surveying, using equipment used in the field today, Survey Drafting Technology, and Boundary Control and Legal Principles. Other requirements for the degree include Engineering Graphics, Trigo-nometry, Introductory Physics, and courses to fulfill general education. Instructors are all practicing and licensed professionals. For additional information please contact Dr. Cyrus Saghafi at [email protected] or 619-660-4243. College of the Canyons - Associate in Science Degree and Certificate of Achievement: Land Surveying. Contact www.canyons.edu or 661-362-3300. Geospatial Analysis and Technology – Seminars, courses and software training. www.UCRExtension.net/geo 951-827-4105. CSU Fresno Geomatics Engineering Dept. Contact www.csufresno.edu/geomatics/ for program and on-line courses. CSU Pomona Surveying Program http://www.csupomona.edu/%7Ece_surv/surveng/index.html Santiago Canyon College Surveying and Mapping Program Associate degree and LSIT review certificate. http://www.sccollege.edu/Departments/CareerEd/Survey/Pages/SurveyDegreePrograms.aspx Rio Hondo College Surveying Mapping & Drawing Certificate of Achievement. GIS program. http://www.riohondo.edu/ Sacramento City College http://www.scc.losrios.edu/ GIS Certification – thru URISA http://www.gisci.org/

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES PAGE 8 SURVEY NOTE S OCTOBER 2011

Local Employment Opportunities


Snipes-Dye Associates has an opening for a Land Survey Manager at our office in La Mesa, Califor-nia for work in Public Works and Private Land development. The candidate will be responsible for man-agement of the survey department including supervision of office and field personnel, boundary resolu-tion, topographic mapping, construction staking, map preparation, and business development. Business Development will include marketing and proposal preparation. California Registration with proficiency in AutoCAD, COGO, and GPS is required. Necessary experience includes ten years in boundary survey, preparation of ALTA Surveys, legal descriptions, plats, Records of Surveys, Corner Records, Parcel Maps, Final Maps, and topographic surveys. Send resume to [email protected]

Burkett & Wong Engineers is seeking to fill a challenging opportunity for a self motivated, energetic, analytical, highly competent, customer-focused Survey Party Chief. The ideal candidate will possess at least 7 years of field experience, possession of a valid California LSIT certificate and a valid California Driver’s License. Candidate must be able to display a solid understanding of project budget require-ments, as well as time management skills and superior management skills of other field crew members and overall work products. Send Resume to [email protected]

CLSA San Diego Survey Student Stipends The Stipend program’s goals are to: provide funding for local students taking college level survey related classes. They will receive $100 for an A, $75 for a B, $50 for a C. It will be limited to one survey class per stu-dent per semester. The Class must have been com-pleted within the last 6 months. Applicants must be cur-rent members of the San Diego Chapter of CLSA. Li-censed Land Surveyors are ineligible. All applications are subject to approval by the executive board. Appli-cants need to mail in a copy of their grade (of a survey-ing class) to: CLSA San Diego, 5519 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. Mail Box 261, San Diego, California 92117.

Newsletter Members can only receive newsletters via email.

Request an email copy only: [email protected]

Notices, original articles and other relevant information are encouraged for publication in the newsletter. There are many interesting and pertinent articles in other publi-cations. Mention of articles is encouraged, but please provide your remarks, summary in a Word doc format and a link to the article, rather than copying the whole article. PDF or JPEG format sized to approx 300 KB or less is best for graphics. Large reference files may have to be forwarded separately. Newsletter is distributed by the first Wed of the month. Send items to Casey Lynch at [email protected] by the last Saturday of the month.

Information in this newsletter is not necessarily en-dorsed by CLSA or CLSA San Diego.

* New Lower Advertising Rates Ending April 2011 * Advertising policy approved by the Board:

The new rates are: 1) full page one time in newsletter $80.00. One year paid in advance $650.00. 2.) ½ page one time in newsletter $55.00. One year paid in ad-vance $400.00. 3) Business card size ad one year in newsletter $80.00. 4) Employment offers by a member free for 1 month, extended if needed. 5) One time use of front page in newsletter $50.00 in addition to ad cost. Contact Newsletter Editor Casey Lynch [email protected] for newsletter advertising. 5) Web-site banner $100.00. Other Web-site advertising charges to be de-termined. For web-site advertising contact Website Coordinator:

Jack Gechter-PLS [email protected]

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CLSA, along with other surveying associations and representatives of a wide variety of other industries, has joined the Coalition to Save Our GPS. The Coalition was formed to resolve a serious threat to the reliability and viability of the Global Positioning System (GPS). To safeguard GPS, the Coalition seeks a number of remedies from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which recently granted a waiver to a company called LightSquared that allows them to repurpose the satellite spectrum immediately neighboring that of the GPS. LightSquared plans to transmit ground-based radio signals that would be one billion or more times more powerful as received on earth than GPS's low-powered satellite-based signals, potentially causing severe interference impacting


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