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PARALLAX CLSA

NEWSLETTER OF THE CENTRAL COAST CHAPTER OF THE CALIFORNIA LAND SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION.

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

History of the San Luis Obispo County Public Works Department 1850 to 2009 By Glen Priddy, RCE, LS

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Deputy Director of Public Works/County Surveyor (Retired)

PART TWO – ORGANIZATION & MAJOR PROJECTS Succession of Management Since 1974 DEPARTMENT HEAD County Engineer George Protopapas 1970 - 1991 Clint Milne 1991-1995 Tim Nanson 1995-2000 Glen Priddy (acting) - 2000 – 3 mo

Christmas Potluck Notice

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2010 Chapter Officers

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Calendar of Events

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Articles & Links of Interest

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Thank You—Hospice

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November 2010 Meeting Minutes

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CLSA/NALS Conference 2011

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Thursday, December 16, 2010 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM Social Hour —Eat around 7:00 PM San Luis Yacht Club at the Pier in Avila Beach, CA Dinner: $10.00—Please bring your favorite Dish. CLSA will provide two drink tickets for each dinner purchase. After that they buy drinks from the Yacht Club. CLSA will also provide turkey, ham, beans, coffee, rolls and butter RSVP: If you have any questions please call Linda Richardson, Christmas Committee Chairperson at 772-4579.

Calendar of Events December 16th — Central Coast Chapter of CLSA—Christmas Party Potluck Thursday, December 16, 2010 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM Social Hour —Eat around 7:00 PM Location: San Luis Yacht Club at the Pier in Avila Beach, CA Sponsor: Bill Dyer (Thanks Bill) Price: $10.00 Please bring your favorite Dish CLSA will provide two drink tickets for each dinner purchase. After that they buy drinks from the Yacht Club. CLSA will provide turkey, ham, beans, coffee, rolls and butter. RSVP: If you have any questions please call Linda Richardson, Christmas Committee Chairperson at 772-4579. We will have a raffle for door prizes again. See y’all there—Thanks, Linda

2010 Central Coast Chapter CLSA Officers President Terri Green 805-481-0330 [email protected] Vice President Lester Carter 805-544-7407 [email protected] Secretary / Treasurer Ian McClain [email protected] Chapter Representatives Randy Ellison Ian McClain Alternate Representatives Linda Richardson Jon McKellar

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Central Coast Chapter November 2010 CLSA Meeting Minutes Date: 11-10-2010

Called to order – 6:06 PM

Attendance: 22 Place: AJ Spurs, Arroyo Grande

Links of Interest

1) Call To Order by President, Terri Green

Certified Federal Surveyors Program (CFedS). http://www.cfeds.org/

Introductions 2) Guest Speaker: Dan Krieger, Cal Poly Professor Emeritus Professor Krieger gave a detailed history of the Cadastral Land systems that defined the California and San Luis Obispo County from the time of Spanish rule to its annexation as a territory of the U.S. and eventual State.

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3) Approval of Meeting Minutes: Rochelle Vierra Motions to approve, Dave Carey Seconds, motion carries. (Continued on page 4)

Become A Chapter Volunteer! There are many opportunities to offer help within the Chapter, become a: Officer Representative Lead a review class Help organize a chapter event / fundraiser Write an article for Parallax and so much more…. If you are interested in volunteering please contact a chapter officer or representative. BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS—http://www.pels.ca.gov/

CLSA/NALS Conference 2011 March 5-9 2011 Bally's Las Vegas, NV 28 HOURS CONTINUING EDUCATION AVAILABLE! FEATURED SPEAKERS INCLUDE: - Knud Hermansen - Gary Kent - Dave Morlan - John Matonich - Steve Parrish CONFERENCE WILL ALSO INCLUDE: - Exhibits - Survey Olympics - Scholarship Auction - Student Competition - Outta Control Comedy Magic Show - Bowling Tournament - Hoover Dam Tour

November Meeting Minutes (Continued from page 3)

4) Officer’s Reports a. Presidents Report – Terri Green: i.

Nomination requirements for the Central Coast Schoolarship are too stringent, the Education committee may want to revise them to make them more accessible to candidates and submit to the Education Foundation.

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Terri has renewed the P.O. Box and will hand the keys over to the new officers for 2011.

b. Vice Presidents Report – Les Carter: No report. c.

Secretary/Treasurer Report – Ian McClain: i.

A check for a $50 donation in memory of Kieth Forsberg was sent to the SLO Hospice; they have sent back a thank you card and notified the family.

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Wells Fargo account has been closed; the balance of $3,740.10 has been deposited to the Rabobank checking account. This final balance is $84.69 less than the balance from March, the only statement I have from this year. At some point Wells Fargo converted the account to a Money Market account that has monthly fees.

iii. Current Rabobank checking account balance as of Monday, November 8 was: $14,836.33. iv. At the chapters request I have looked into interest checking accounts and found the following for an account of our size (>$10,000): 1. Wells Fargo offers 0.1% 2. Rabobank offers 0.1% 3. Chase offers 0.15% We could be subject to minimum balance fees and penalties with these accounts. I do not believe it is worth the chapter’s time to convert the checking account to a high interest account at this time. 5) Committee Reports

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a. Standing Committees i.

Education Committee – Tom Mastin: No report.

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Membership Committee – Ian McClain: No report.

iii. Professional Practices Committee – Terri Green: Leonard Lenger reports on an issue with a Morro Bay Survey, a map has been filed with the County. Terri Reports that work on uncovering paved over monuments in Arroyo Grande continues. iv. Publications Committee & Web Site – Rochelle Vierra: Rochelle will publish the Thank You card from the SLO Hospice received by the chapter and a Thank You letter from one of this year’s scholarship recipients. v.

Trig Star Committee – George Marchenko: (Continued on page 8)

California Land Surveyors Association — www.californiasurveyors.org

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Here is a link to the Caltrans A&E contracts web site: http://caltrans-opac.ca.gov/aeinfo.htm

CLSA Professional Development Program This is a voluntary program intended to encourage and support the continued professional growth and competency of land surveyors and recognize their continuing education activities. To learn more about this program visit the California Land Surveyors Association website.

The web site has a "A & E Look Ahead Report" listing potential new contracts, including the three Caltrans Central Region Surveys contracts, but does not show advertising dates. The web site also lists contracts currently being advertised. Consultants can get on a mailing list so they will receive notice when a contract is advertised. The last I heard about our three contracts is they might be advertised as early as December but probably early next year. I think filing dates are a month after advertising dates and interviews are probably a month after filing deadlines. There are three proposed contracts for work in Caltrans Districts 5 (San Luis Obispo), Districts 6 & 9 (Fresno & Bishop), and District 10 (Stockton). The current listing for the "OnCall" survey services is: District Temporary Contract Solicitation Term ID (Estimated (Estimated Advertise- # of Years) ment Date

Type of Work

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06NEW6/10Surveys

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D6 & D9 On-call Surveys Contract

$3,000,000

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D5 On-call Surveys $3,000,000 Contract

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$3,000,000

Information submitted by: Bob Fredricks

Central Coast Chapter CLSA — http://members.impulse.net/~cccclsa/index.htm

History of the San Luis Obispo County Public Works Department 1850 to 2009 - Part 2 (Continued from page 1)

Construction Division Tony Boyd Charlie Moore Dave Flynn Dave O’Halloran

Public Work Director Glen Priddy 2001(acting) Director of Public Works and Transportation Noel King – 2001-2008 Paavo Ogren - 2008-

Traffic/Transportation John Wallo Dave Flynn Frank Honeycut

Deputy Department Head

Ward Phelps – Field ? to 1983? Clint Milne – Office 1972 - 1991 Glen Priddy – Engineering/Operations 1991 - 2009 Hydraulics/Utilities Noel King – Administration 1991 - 2001 Hydraulic Operations Paavo Ogren – Administration 2001 – 2008 Ed McDonald –1973?? - 1978 Dave Flynn – Capital Projects 2008 Hal Wilkinson – 1978 - 1987 Glen Priddy – 1987 – 1991 Tony Boyd – 1991 – 2001? DIVISION HEADS

Development Services Office Engineer Allan Campbell 1973? – 1978 John Wallace 1978 – 1984 Glen Priddy 1984 – 1987 Jim Granflaten 1987 – 1996 Development Services Engineer Richard Marshall 1996 – 2008 Glenn Marshall 2008 –

Road Maintenance

Hydraulic Planning Wally Burt (E5) – ?? -1978 Dan Markoff(E5) - 1979 Van Laurn (E4) – 1979 – 1980 Paul Borberg (E4) – 1981 Glen Priddy (E4) – 1982 – 1984 George Gibson (E4)(E5) -Planning – 1984 - 2001 Utilities Manager Christine Ferrara - 2001 – 2005? Dean Benedix – 2005 – Present

Road Maintenance Superintendent Loran Ballagh ???? – 1980? Finance Dan Beck For short periods of time I think both Charlie Moore and Mike Goodwin Cliff Howe Randy Ghezzi

Design Division

Lee Kirby Guy Pruitt Noel King Paavo Ogren Will Clemens

Major Projects - Successful Sewer Projects

Charlie Moore ??-1978 Ed McDonald 1978-1979 Stan Saude 1979 – 2001 George Gibson 2001-2008 Jeff Werst 2008-

In the early 1970’s the County did several projects on behalf of other agencies: Arroyo Grande Sewer – In about 1972 our department administered the construction of the sewer system in a portion of the City of Arroyo Grande. (Continued on page 7)

Sacramento Chapter of CLSA — http://sac-surveyors.org/

History of the San Luis Obispo County Public Works Department 1850 to 2009—Part 2 (Continued from page 6)

Cambria Sewer – Between 1971 and 1979 our department administered the construction of the sewer collection system for the town of Cambria. The sewer system was constructed in several phases. The first phase, starting in 1971 included the collection system in the Park Hill, Happy Hill, and East and West Village portions of town; as well as the first treatment plant. Phase 1 was completed before I started work in 1974. Hal Wilkinson was the RE on Phase one. There were problems with the project including the contractor going bankrupt during construction. The County did not operate the Phase one system when it was completed. I believe it was operated by the Cambria County Water District which was an independent Special District and also operated the water system. Phase 2 included the construction of the Lodge Hill collection system. This was about 45 miles of pipe and several lift stations of various sizes. I started working on this project as a chainman on the survey crew in October of 1976. The construction surveying was done by a county crew lead by a contract employee. The crew consisted of the party chief, Larry Ellithorpe, Jon Jones, and me. Soon after the project started, the party chief (who held both civil and surveying licenses) decided that he was being asked to do more that just survey. There were numerous errors on the plans that required on-the-spot re-designs. He was getting paid E3 salary and he thought he should be getting paid as an E4 because the re-designs required professional engineering. One Friday afternoon he had a meeting with Ward Phelps, Deputy County Engineer, and asked for more money. Apparently Ward did not agree because I never saw the party chief again. The next Monday morning I was told that I was the new party chief. I lead the survey crew and did any necessary plan revisions. I was a Senior Engineering Aide at the time so the project saved a bunch of money by giving me the party chief job. At the time my qualifying professional credits included: a very recent BS degree in Industrial Engineering; an EIT certificate; about six months, mostly as a chainman, on the survey crew; and, a course in surveying at Cuesta College taught by Steve Frank’s father, with substitution help from Steve. Dan Beck was the Resident Engineer on Cambria Phase 2 construction project. Cliff Howe was the office man. The contractor was SullyMiller. Steve Frank was hired first as a temporary hire, I think, and then got on permanent as a Senior Engineering Aide. Steve was a construction inspector and coordinated the location of the laterals to the lots. The project started in fall 1976 and was complete sometime in 1979. I worked on it from start to finish. I started with the survey crew at first we worked hard just to stay ahead of the construction crews. But, we got ahead and finished the surveying well before the project ended. After the surveying was done I worked as an inspector and as the soils tech doing compaction tests. In the winter of 1978 there were major rainstorms that damaged some of the pipes that were under construction. The county was declared a disaster area and my job was to coordinate the Federal Storm Damage claim process for the project. When the sewer system was complete, it was turned over to the Cambria Community Services District.

To be continued in the January 2011 Issue……..

NOAA—National Geodetic Survey — http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/

November Meeting Minutes (Continued from page 4)

Will begin preparations for next year’s TrigStar competition. vi. Workshops/Seminar Committee – Randy Ellison: No Report. vii. Bar-B-Que Committee – Ken Fargen: No Report. viii. Nominating Committee – Jon McKellar: No Report. b. Christmas Committee – Linda Richardson: Christmas Party Pot-luck will be December 16 at the San Luis Yacht Club. Cost is $10 and raffle tickets for door prizes will be available. c.

Ad Hoc Committees: i.

GIS Development Committee – Tom Mastin: No report.

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SLO County Liaison Committee – Mike Stanton: No report.

iii. SB County Liaison Committee – Jim Wilson: No report. 6) Board of Directors (BOD) report: Ian McClain – No action items, but the following items may be of interest to the chapter: a) The Board has adopted a new financial request form (page 25 of the agenda) for any new budget items to be placed on the agenda. The form must be received by July 31st to be included in the next years proposed budget. b) The 2011 CLSA/NALS conference will be held at Bally's in Las Vegas on March 5-9. c) BORPELS is seeking expertise in developing new tests/standards. d) Any applicants to the LS exam must obtain a NCEES ID #, whether they are taking both the national portion of the exam or just the state specific. This number is required for entrance to the exam site. e) CSRC is still in danger of shutting down due to lack of budget for next year. They are planning to post a 2011 epoch. NGS plans to update to 2010.00. f)

CLSA provided input to Stanislaus County regarding their consolidated Public Works Director / County Surveyor position. It remains to be seen if the position will create a conflict with state laws. The board asked local chapters to provide feedback regarding the local county laws regulating the position of county surveyor. San Luis Obispo County codes require that the County Surveyor hold a License to practice surveying.

g) ALTA/ACSM has completed a new 2010 standard to be released soon. These standards are a complete rewrite and deserve a thorough review. This may be something the chapter could pursue in the form of a seminar. h) The Board voted to allocate $4,000 in the 2011 budget for supporting Trig Star programs in local chapters, to be distributed on a per student proration. i)

A CLSA Safety Meetings Guide is available on the website.

j)

Orange Co. PPC Monitors street improvement jobs up for bid for monument preservation purposes. This approach was suggested to other chapters who are concerned about monument preservation.

k) 2011 Board meetings are scheduled for February 5, April 30, July 30 and November 5. 7) Old Business: NA 8) New Business: a) Robert Reese request photos of monuments. b) Doug Rion reports that the San Luis Obispo County Surveyor’s section of the Public Works website now has Survey Maps available for download at no cost! Check it out:http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/PW/County_Surveyor/ Maps_and_Plan_Index.htm c) Raffle door prize: Gerry Carey won two bottle of wine. Next meeting: January, to be determined. Adjournment – 8:30 pm

American Congress on Surveying & Mapping — http://www.acsm.net/

The San Luis Obispo County Surveyor’s Office announces that scanned images of Recorded Maps are now available via the Map Index on the County Surveyor’s web page at http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/PW/County_Surveyor/Maps_and_Plan_Index.htm An index search can be filtered by Map Type, Surveyor Name, Map Number, Book/Page, Grid Index, etc. The search results may be sorted by clicking on the column heading of your choice. The associated images can be retrieved by clicking on the numbered link(s) within the left most column. Please refer to the special instructions link for retrieving sheets of multipage maps filed since mid-year 2002. Questions, comments and suggestions are welcome, please contact: Doug Rion, Deputy County Surveyor 781-5265 [email protected]

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