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Land SurveyorS’ aSSociation of WaShington • Washington State Section of american congreSS on Surveying & mapping

Volume 31 Number 4 Winter 2007

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EvErgrEEn StatESURVEYOR Table of ContentsFrom the President ..............3

From the Editor ....................4

To the Editor .......5–6

Highlights of the LSAW Board of Trustees Meeting November 10, 2007 ................8–10

The 2007 LSAW Fall Seminar (follow up) ..........11

Report to the Survey General of the United States of America ........12–13

The Inland Empire Strikes Back Agenda 16–17

Changes at the Department of Natural Resources Public Land Survey Office ......19

NSPS Report November 2007 ..20

And Much More…

President ......................................... Jim MainPresident Elect .........................Ben PetersenVice President ......................... Scott Thomas

Secretary-Treasurer .. Michael (Mick) Sprouffske, Jr.Past President ....................... Ken SwindmanExecutive Director .....................Anne Koenen

Cascade ColumbiaMurray Groenig ......................................509 949 5797

Inland EmpireTodd Pocock ..........................................509 926 1322

Lower ColumbiaMichael J Gilroy .....................................360 695 1385

North CentralTimothy Hollingsworth ..........................509 682 2266NortheastJohn M. Shackelford ..............................509 925 0941

North OlympicFinis H Brewer .......................................360 732 0311

LSAW Chapters & 2007 PresidentsNorth Puget SoundRoy Earl Morriss ....................................360 862 9408

NorthwestAdam J Nelson .....................................360 671 7387

South CentralAaron Dyck ...........................................509 735 7364

SnohomishChristopher S Royak .............................425 233 3394

South Puget SoundGary Letzring .........................................253 404 0983

SouthwestSteven B Ivey ........................................360 918 5312

Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington (LSAW)

Address all correspondence for LSAW to: Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington 424 205th N.E. • Sammamish, WA 98074-6942

Phone: 425/868-0200 Fax: 425/868-1771 e-mail: [email protected] Homepage: http://www.lsaw.org

Address all material for magazine to: Editor/Publisher: Aaron B. Blaisdell

Evergreen State Surveyor PO Box 110700 • Tacoma, WA 98411

Washington State Section, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (WSS/ACSM)Chairman: .................................................. Gary GervelisVice Chair ...............................................Mike MickiewiczSecretary: ....................................................Hugh Nelson

Treasurer: ................................................... Julie MorlandPast Chair .................................................. David George

Address all correspondence for ASCM to:WSS/ACSM

P.O. Box 372 • Bellevue, WA 98009-0372 • www.wss-acsm.org

LSAW AUXILIARYPresident, Laura Walker ....................... 253-476-2579Vice President, Lucille McGinnis .......... 360-871-3000Secretary, Delores Demeyer ................ 360-354-4455

Treasurer, Maxine Cray......................... 360-675-1196Scholarships, Vicky Thalacker .............. 360-378-4578

Opinions expressed by individual writers are not necessarily endorsed by the officers or board of LSAW, the officers or board of WSS/ACSM, or the editor of this publication. Articles may be reprinted with due credit given to the author unless otherwise indicated at the beginning of the article.

We request all ads and material (graphics, fonts, etc.) be furnished on a CD or emailed in a .doc, .pdf, .eps or .tiff for-mat. We readily process materials created in Adobe Pagemaker, Illustrator, Freehand, Photoshop, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Word.

Advertising PolicyThe magazine is published quarterly by LSAW and accepts advertising. Ads should be page-ready copy for photo-offset printing. The rates are as follows:

Size Yearly Single IssueFull Page ...............$466 Gray Scale, $885 Full Color $148 Gray Scale, $250 Full ColorHalf Page ...............$326 Gray Scale, $620 Full Color $104 Gray Scale, $175 Full ColorQuarter Page .........$163 Gray Scale, $310 Full Color $52 Gray Scale, $88 Full ColorDeadlines for material and advertising are one week after each Board of Trustees (BOT) meeting (see the calendar on back cover for those dates). Running an ad does not imply endorsement of the advertiser by LSAW or ACSM. The editor reserves the right to not accept ads or other material which may be in poor taste or conflict with the policies of LSAW. Courtesy copies are traded with other state and provincial organizations.

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Here are some of the activities currently going on within our organization.

Vic Banks has finalized the materials for use in the in the Student Outreach Program and will soon be shipping these to High School and Junior College career centers statewide. The packet includes a DVD about a career as a Land Surveyor, a career path poster, a list of regional colleges, a list of companies sponsoring job shadowing programs and a list of scholar-ships. All of this in full blown color makes this an attrac-tive marketing package. The original base materials were developed and produced by the California Land Surveyor’s Association and we purchased licensing rights and then made modifications to personalize it from L.S.A.W.

Speaking of Student Out-reach, we have a pilot pro-gram. Dave Bellamy, a sci-ence teacher at Bonney Lake High School, will be starting a Geospatial Technology class where students would learn about surveying principles and techniques, GPS, and remote sensing. This will be the first high school class of its kind in the state and possibly the nation. Dave has attended the C.O.R.S.E. program in New York and through that education has developed this exciting and ground breaking curriculum. This result is more than many of us in L.S.A.W had hoped for. We will be supporting this effort with 35 handheld GPS units. This sup-port is our chance to make a difference and have a direct impact on each student’s edu-cational experience.

We submitted a letter to the Board Of Registration con-cerning the newly adopted en-gineering “Incidental Survey-

From the Presidentby Jim Main, President

ing Practice Policy”. The letter explained our displeasure with this latest action and the far reaching effect it could have beyond the stated intent.

A directive was given to all members not to list LSAW as a peer review body in any land boundary decision making process. All Chapters should have published said directive.

LSAW is submitting proposed verbiage for the existing track location and accompanying right of way maps for any railroad to be abandoned. This “Railroad Abandonment” issue is one being taken on and lead by NSPS and will be presented on a national plat-form. This may be one of the most important public health safety and welfare issues at-tempted in years.

We will be reviewing the pro-posed changes in the new BLM Manual and identifying the possible impact or effect on current methodology.

The 2007 action committees will finalize their work prior to the conference and there

will be a summation of ac-complishment at the general membership meeting.

The upcoming 2008 LSAW\ACSM Conference needs one thing to be a great success. You. Where else can you go that offers such an expansive variety of educational opportu-nities at one time. Great effort has been placed in making this the best conference possible for one reason, You.

There are great things hap-pening in LSAW. We have stepped forward in several areas and are expecting ex-ceptional results. We have had the will and vision to become the organization we thought we could be and the journey is not yet over. We have ex-ceptional people, recourses and leadership within this organization that will keep it strong for years to come. This is my last message as President and I would like to thank you for allowing me this opportunity to serve LSAW as your president this year.

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From the Editorby Aaron Blaisdell, PLS, Editor

As the holidays come and go, I can’t help but wonder if I’ve made a difference at home, at work, within the profession and community over the past year. I’m not sure if it’s the chill in the air or the amount of paperwork from the accountant that makes me think about these things. Maybe it’s a little of both.

There has definitely been a change at home over the past year. My daughter was born on June 28th. Friends had indicated to may wife and I that having one child is great, so two children are that much sweeter. Let’s just say that I have a few words to tell my so-called “friends” that are in-appropriate to publish within this issue. The difference that I’m making in her life happens about every hour when I change her diaper and rock her to sleep. I also change her clothes and make sure that she has plenty of creams, wipes, blankets, hats, etc. whenever we travel. How can a person so small require so much stuff? Maybe that is a question for NASA.

Within my workplace, we’ve made some considerable changes. Some of those changes included employment levels, marketing scope and financial streamlining. My partners and I continue to make improvements in these areas. After all, that is what business is about; change. Certain businesses change quite frequently to meet the demands of the market and their client’s needs. Change is what many of us, I’m sorry to say, resist the most. We find a comfort zone and we dig our heels in. Why? If our client’s demand change and our employees are looking for change, should we not make the leap?

I believe that I’ve made a difference within the profession over the past year. I continue to inform my fellow colleagues by publishing these issues. I’ve created dialogue between licensed and un-licensed professionals. I’ve persuaded members of the LSAW to get involved in their local chapter and state organization.

I also feel that I’ve made a difference within our community. I’ve been involved with builder and developer organizations. I’ve discussed non-survey related issues with city leaders.

I want to introduce you to the 2007 Winter Issue of the Evergreen State Surveyor. It is filled with interesting articles and information from members and non-members. It reflects the differences that people are making at work, within the profession and our community. Some of the differences seem small and others are quite substantial. I challenge you to get involved and make a difference. You may have to change a little; however, it may build a better professional in the end.

Enjoy! Happy New Year


Letters to the EditorDear Mr. Blaisdell,

I read on the technology web site scenta.co.uk that “British psychologists have identified an ‘early warning signal’ in the brain that stops us from repeating the same mistake twice.” I hope that signal kicks in for our Board of Trustees as they analyze what went right and what went wrong in their failure to have their definition of the practice of Land Survey-ing bill enacted into law. After all, this was our first attempt to achieve our strategic goal of attaining “legislative lead-ership.” Next up is the right of entry bill. Let’s hope we have a better process in place next time.

Some might suggest the rea-sons for such legislative fail-ures come down to two: our

enemies ambushed us in front and our friends stabbed us in the back. Fair enough, so how do we prevent the same thing from happening next time. Here are some suggestions:

To keep our enemies from torpedoing our proposals we first make them our allies. Then we advance a proposal that addresses their concerns as well as our own. We make the case to the legislature that our proposal is in the interest of the public. If that case cannot be made we should not propose it at all if we don’t want to lose a measure of respect and influ-ence at the legislature. I under-stand the Trustees have already embarked on this course.

More troubling is how to keep those of us in membership who would sabotage our ef-forts from doing so. It’s an age-old problem and it has been addressed before. How do you achieve unity in political activi-ties? One group proposed by-laws paraphrased here:

1) At Chapter meetings, ev-erybody must be allowed full freedom to express his/her personal opinions and to advo-cate her/his personal views.

2) In public, all members shall refrain from dissent that runs counter to a decision of the Board of Trustees.

3) No member shall propose legislation that runs counter to legislation already proposed by the Board of Trustees.

That group was the Rus-sian Social-Democratic Labor Party. The Menshevik fac-tion proposed the by-laws at the Unity Congress of 1906; Comrade Lenin opposed them as being too draconian (Marx-ists Internet Archive – Lenin: Freedom to Criticise and Unity of Action). Indeed, such mea-sures would be unconstitu-

tional in the U.S. and illegal in Washington.

Dissent must be managed, not stifled. In some more ho-mogenous societies, such as Japan, dissent is managed through peer pressure and consensus building. LSAW is lacking at consensus building. The problem is structural.

Individual members of LSAW have precious little voice or in-fluence in Corporation affairs. Were it not for the provision that 10 members may raise an issue at the Annual Meet-ing we would have no voice as individual members. The only voice we can ever hope for is to be elected as President of our chapter and become a Corporation Trustee. The gov-ernment structure of LSAW is decidedly “top-down.” Top-down government guarantees eventual dissent in the ranks.

I’m not saying the following is what happens in LSAW but it probably happens in similar organizations with similar structures. Once a member is elevated to Trustee he/she is free to go to work on her/his own agenda. The first order of business must be to network amongst the other trustees and form up the cliques and coalitions needed to hatch your cabal and give your ideas legs. The rest depends on your political skills; they got you this far. If this were how the Board of Trustees came to decide on proposed legislation then it would not be surprising that it would fail at the legislature and will fail again.

To ensure something similar does not happen in LSAW we should build accountability into our government structure. Trustees need the flexibility to vote their own consciences but they also should be made to explain their votes and ac-

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Letters to the Editor (continued)tions to their chapters. Each Trustee should be required to report back to his/her respec-tive chapter. It should be in the by-laws of every Chapter.

Before they introduce a bill or speak for the membership the BOT should have the final product ratified by the Chapters if possible. Then, we as members will have the chance to express our opin-ions and know we have been heard. This should be in the Corporation By-Laws. Social awareness then dictates we are unlikely to buck the will of the majority of our peers if we make our case and the vote goes against us, even if we fervently disagree with the outcome. It is only fair to all those who put so much time and effort into drafting the

proposed bills that the BOT get the blessing of the mem-bership before going public with them.

Beyond managing dissent, the BOT would do well to embrace it. Instead of voting the dis-senters into oblivion, why not listen to them and take it as a precursor to the opposition arguments we will surely hear in the public political arena? Address each objection to our proposed bill in the white paper we submit to the legisla-tive committee — be ready, be prepared.

Finally, I urge our organiza-tion to revisit our mission statement. As professionals, our first priority should be the welfare of the public. A more outward looking mission

statement would make that goal more prominent than our present one does. Legislative leadership follows passage of a string of well-regarded bills known to have redounded to public benefit.

Respectfully,

Robert G. Dean, President

(Editor’s Note: Mr. Dean is the president of Dean Surveying, Inc in Vancouver, WA)

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Highlights Of The LSAW Board Of Trustees Meeting November 10, 2007Respectfully submitted by Anne Koenen, Executive Director—LSAW


PRESIdENT’S REPORT

Teachers who were the re-cipients of our original schol-arships for C.O.R.S.E Training (Council on Remote Sensing Education) have convinced their school district to accept a new Geospatial Technology class at Bonney Lake High School. Students will learn about surveying principles and techniques, GPS remote sensing, ArcView, etc. How-ever they lack the funds to purchase GPS units for the class. By MO 07–27 it was moved seconded and passed (MSP) to support this pilot pro-gram and purchase 35 Gar-min eTrex Legend GPS units

for the class (cost approxi-mately $6,000.00). Money to come from unallocated funds. — Pres Main brought up agenda item 6.h at this point. The C.O.R.S.E. program has been renamed TwiST (Teach-ing with Spatial Technology). It is now becoming available at OIT (Oregon Institute of Technology) as well as at the New York college, but there are a couple of problems with the OIT offering. Last year, at the last minute, the course was cancelled because there were not enough registrants. Also, the cost of sending teachers to OIT is not signifi-cantly less than sending them to New York. If, by January 2008, OIT does not have both — 20 teachers confirmed to make the class a “go”, and — confirmed pricing and ex-penses LSAW will send our sponsored teachers to New York in 2008. If OIT does have everything, including sufficient registrants by then, the LSAW Executive Committee will compare prices and venues and then decide which of the schools we’ll send our spon-sored teachers to in 2008. Chapters are asked to find teachers in their area who would like to attend this train-ing (June 2008) and either sponsor said teacher(s) them-selves, or give their names to Vic Banks and donate fund-ing for the training which can then be disseminated through state headquarters. Cost to send teachers for this training is estimated at $1500/each. — Pres. Main told the board that Wetlands Soil Scientists are trying to set up a certifi-cation program through the Department of Licensing. There is a proposed WAC that gives them an accredi-tation. Mick Sprouffske is tracking it with DOL. Anyone with any pertinent informa-

tion should send it to Mick. —President Main empha-sized that Trustees need to be conscientious in let-ting chapter members know al l that LSAW is doing. —He praised South Puget Sound Chapter for “perhaps the best LSAW seminar ever”. Thanks Scott Thomas and the entire seminar committee!

OLd BUSINESS

Incidental Surveying Practice: Pres main distributed copies of the letter he sent to the Board of Registration.

LSAW Personal Information Policy Review: By MO 07–28 it was MSP to approve the new Personal Information Privacy policy as presented in the meet-ing packet, but changing “per-sonal information” in the first line to “contact information.”

NEW BUSINESS

Sept Free Seminar Final Re-port: As published in packet. By MOTION 07–29 it was MSP to henceforth reimburse the host chapter up to $1,000.00 for each year’s for Free Semi-nar costs.

Railroad abandonment monu-mentation issues: Bill Glassey summarized NSPS’s work on this problem. He indicated this sort of effort was quashed in Illinois a few years ago. NSPS has the greatest chance to succeed if we can find a way that won’t cost the RR a great deal of money to accomplish what we need. NSPS is looking for good ideas. Chapters are to bring Bill’s report to their next meeting, inform their members about it, and instruct all to send written comments to Bill Glassey prior to January 15th.


WFPS has also discussed this and is 100% behind the effort. They believe it is important have this in a public record (not archive).

President Main addressed Agenda Item 10— Correspon-dence here as ‘something else to be brought back to the chapters’. Presidents are to be certain they communicate Jim’s October 8, 2007 Letter to All Members (in packet) to their chapters!

Professional Affiliate – Bylaws Regulations proposal (no action until March): Chapters discuss and we’ll vote on the change in March at our conference.

Vote 2008 Executive Officers: Ken Swindaman presented his slate of officers. By MO 07–30 it was MSP to approve the 2008 officers by acclamation. Welcome Bryan Thorp!

Vote Surveyor and Associate of the Year: The vote for As-sociate of the Year originally resulted in a tie and required a run-off vote. Awards will be presented at our Conference.

Highlights (continued)Approve 2008 Budget: By MO 07–31 it was MSP to approve the 2008 budget as submitted and amended at this meeting (adding an additional $500.00 to the Free Seminar budget item).

Volunteer Chapter Hosts for 2009 Seminars/BOT Meet-ings: May Seminar/BOT Mtg NO Chapter August BOT Mtg SW Chapter Sept Free Semi-nar NC Chapter Nov Seminar/BOT Mtg SNO Chapter

TwiST: See paragraph 2 under agenda item 4, President’s report.

ExComm Actions X2007-06 Voted Yes to Approve proto-types of SCORE Brochure and DVD: By MO 07–32 it was MSP to approve ExComm actions.

Exec. Report: In packet. New Members who joined after the meeting packet had been pub-lished are: Dana Joe Hutchin-son and George Drysdale, Members; Phillip Weiler, Sheri Gerritsen, Clinton LeCount, Associates; and Michael Med-ford, Student.

State Conference Committee Financial Report: Conference Report in packet.

Correspondence: See above. This item addressed at the end of agenda item 6.b.

Chapter Reports

Written only. SPS, SW – w/mo-tion request: SW discussed mo 93–22 which requires certificates of attendance for LSAW seminars. Tim Holling-sworth will chair a committee to look at creating a standard-ized certificate/form for all LSAW seminars and classes.

Committee Reports:

ESS – Aaron Blaisdell an-nounced that he will be tak-ing pictures of the new 2008

chapter presidents and trust-ees at the conference for the Evergreen. He will take all the pictures so that they’ll be uniform. Any new officer who will NOT be at the conference must inform Aaron who will then arrange to take those photos prior to the conference. ALSO ESS articles for the upcoming issue are due to Aaron by next week. NSPS is discussing simpli-fying their dues structure. Student Outreach – Vic Banks showed copies of the DVDs and brochures we had made for schools. He will supply each chapter with two copies. Chapters must supply Vic with the name of a chapter contact person for Student Outreach.. Vic and Mick Mickiewicz will see if there is any way to up-date the list of 2-yr schools on http://www.surveypath.org. WFPS: is supporting the New Mexico association in their ef-forts to have NCEES remove “Engineering Surveys” from the Model Law. By MO 07–33 it was MSP that Pres. Main send

a letter supporting this effort to the New Mexico Society with a copy to the Washington State Board of Registration. Action Committees: Pres-ident Main reiterated that each of these committees should have final reports on their accomplishments/results for our Annual Meeting on March 5, 2008 in Spokane Geocaching: Chapter Presi-dents are to appoint a person [and send that name and con-tact information to Jon Mickie-wicz] who will be responsible to set local geocaches at places of interest and to return periodically to replenish infor-mation cards and check on the condition of the cache.

Good of the Order:

At the direction of the Execu-tive Committee, Scott Thomas is working with Jerry Broadus to come up with a plan for Jerry to write a new book which will replace Municipal

LSAW Membership County November 1, 2007DATE MONTH PDMEMS PDASSOC PDSTUDENTS LIFE-VESTED LIFE OTHER Total Paid01-Apr-85 APR 4 Mo after renewal date 355 181 2 0

01-Apr-86 APR 4 Mo after renewal date 304 149 2 0




01-Nov-89 NOV 4 Mo after renewal date 298 166 4 33









01-Nov-98 Nov 4 Mo after renewal date 410 249 20 43

01-Nov-99 NOV 4 Mo after renewal date 413 250 7 38 721

01-Nov-00 NOV 4 Mo after renewal date 421 266 16 43 5 764

01-Nov-01 NOV 4 Mo After renewal date 464 320 9 42 11 858

01-Nov-02 NOV 4 Mo After renewal date 475 280 7 44 13 832




01-Nov-06 Nov 4 Mo after renewal date 536 332 21 41 36 98301-Nov-07 Nov 4 Mo after renewal date 635 492 18 39 47 16 1247

Chap Total PaidCC 32IE 70LC 130NC 50NE 17NO 41NPS 306NW 131OOS 24SC 45SNO 118SPS 184SW 99Totals 1247

Compared with Nov 1 2006 Members up 99 / 536 = up 18.47%Associates up 159 / 332 = up 47.89%

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Report #14. We expect to pay Jerry up front so that LSAW will own the copyright. The book will take at least a year to write. We will come back to the Board for authorization before we finalize any plan.

Pres. Main reported there are indications of problems in the new BLM Manual, which the public has not yet seen. Therefore, Jim is going to write to the PLSO (Profes-sional Land Surveyors Society of Oregon) state president asking that PLSO appoint a delegate to work with Scott Thomas, our LSAW dele-gate, to evaluate the manual. One thing that was surpris-ing is that within BLM sepa-rate conclusions are made at different regions of BLM.

WCCS was included in the manual review and Don Day used to attend those meetings. The manual is in “Inter-agency Review” right now. Af ter that there wi l l be a public comment period. Brianna Buettner, proxy for Aaron Dyck, reported that the Certified Federal Surveyors program (CFedS) folks are also working with the BLM to educate BLM on private surveyor liability. The BLM’s in-house training materials helped create the CFedS educational program. This pro-gram has regular meetings to further present CFedS issues and facilitate a peer network at a similar cadastral educational level. She said BLM policies will likely be conveyed through these meetings..

Josiah “Joe” E. COLCORD, Jr. Josiah “Joe” Colcord passed away at his home Sunday evening, October 21, 2007. Since 1949, Joe has been a professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Washing-ton. Teaching students was something he always really enjoyed. So much so that, af-ter he retired, he still taught a course for the university gratis, entitled “The Heritage of Civil Engineering”. An ac-tive member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Joe was instrumental in getting of-ficial recognition for local and nationwide civil engineering sites. In addition to avidly pur-suing travel and photography, Joe had a life-long interest in birding. This led Joe, in retire-ment, to undertake creating a regional birding guide. Joe enjoyed outings with a birding group through the University of Washington Retirees As-sociation. He coined the name for the group as “The Ancient

Murrelets”. The friendships Joe made during WWII have been renewed annually as a member of the 75th Infantry Division Veterans Association. Even when talking about the War, Joe would put a positive spin on his comments; con-centrating on finding humor even in such dire situations as the trenches of WWII. Joe saw action repeatedly on the European Front, including The Battle of the Bulge. Wounded in action, Joe received the Purple Heart in addition to the Bronze Star and the Silver Star. For gallantry in action, saving two wounded scouts and eliminat-ing two enemy machine gun crews, Joe was awarded the Military Cross by Great Britain. Another retirement project Joe undertook was writing a memoir of his war experi-ences titled: “MOS 1542: Some Reminiscences Of An Infantry Platoon Leader In World War II”. The State of Maine and

the University of Maine have always held a special place in Joe’s heart. After returning from WWII, he finished up his BS in Civil Engineering at the University of Maine and went on to receive a MS in Civil Engineering at the University of Minnesota. In 1949, Joe and his loving wife, Hazel, and their newborn daughter, Kathy, headed west where Joe accepted an assistant profes-sorship at the UW. Joe and Hazel would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniver-sary in December. Joe was 85 years of age at his passing. Joe is survived by his wife, Hazel Colcord of Seattle, and his daughter, Kathy Colcord-Moen and son-in-law, George Moen, both of Bainbridge Island, Washington. In lieu of a memorial, remembrances can be sent to: The Nature Conservancy of Washington, 1917 First Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101.

In Memoriam

Highlights (continued) Who am I?

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For those fortunate enough to have attended the two-day presentation entitled, “Stabil-ity and Bona Fide Rights in the Public Land System,” it was educational and full of surprises in the extreme. We learned many new facets of the workings of the Bureau of Land Management Survey Section.

Jerry Broadus, PLS, ESQ, and Mary Hartel, PLS, Chief Ca-dastral Surveyor, BLM Oregon and Washington, teamed up to present the first day which consisted largely of court cases and other real world examples demonstrating the conflicting elements of stability in the PLSS. Drawing on the material discussed the first day, Mary Hartel presented the second day.

It came as a surprise to many of us to learn of the seeming policy differences within the BLM over the years. In addi-

The 2007 LSAW Fall Seminar (follow up)by Dave Berg, PLS

tion, there exist policy differences today from one BLM district to the next. Most of the differences stem from inter-pretation and ap-proach to prob-lem resolution. Mary presented the situation as it is, and made no excuses for the BLM; she simply relied on historic cases.

Mary presented a problem on the second day ask-ing the one hun-dred-plus group to breakup into smaller groups for the pur-pose of outlining a solution.

All in all, most would agree, it was two days very well spent. Even the hotel food was excellent. The seminar

was put on by the South Puget Sound Chapter with the help of Dave Berg, Scott Thomas, Bill O’Neal, Tom Ginsburg, Jerry Broadus, Mary Hartel, and all those in attendance for helping make the seminar a resounding success.

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Several Years ago I was in a used book store in Seattle and came across a copy of the Manual of Surveying Instructions 1947. As soon as I saw it, I grabbed it and quickly bought it.

When I got home, I started looking through it and discovered a handwritten report in the envelope attached to the back cover. It was a copy of a report to the Survey General of the United States on the layout and progress of the Willamette Meridian. I read it over, put it back in the book, put the book on a bookshelf and forgot all about it.

Recently I was cleaning that same bookshelf and re-discovered the report. This time, I thought it would be good to share it with all of my fellow surveyors. To that end, attached is a copy of the report, hand written just as I found it, for you to enjoy some of the history of surveying in our State.

(“Editor’s Note: The following paragraphs have been transcribed for ease of reading and are unchanged from the 1965 copy of the actual 1851 letter”)

Sir:

In conformity with law and your instructions of the 6th March I have the honor to submit the enclosed report of operations connected with this office up to the present time.

Survey of the Willamette Meridian and Base Line

Upon my arrival in Oregon, but little was known of the topography of the country between the Pacific Coast and the summit of the Cascade Mountains, except in the vicinity of settlements which were confined to the water courses, and principally in the Willamette Valley.

After making a visit to the cascades and exploring the country north of the Columbia River, I determined to commence the survey of the Willamette Meridian at the “Upper Mouth” of the Willamette River, and the Base Line 7 ¾ miles south in order to avoid the Columbia River in extending the base line east to the summit of the Cascade Mountains. The intersection of the Willamette Meridian and Base Line is 3 ½ miles west of the Willamette River.

The contract for the survey of the Base Line and Willamette Meridian north of the Base Line was given to William Ives Esqr.

The contract for the Willamette

Meridian south of the Base Line to the Umpqua Valley was given to James E. Freeman Esq. Both contracts have been completed as far as is practicable and the field notes accepted.

Three-fourths of the Willamette Meridian Line north of the Base Line to Puget Sound passes through a country that is generally rough, bro-ken, and heavily timbered, with the exception of the settlements on the Willamette, Columbia, and Cowlitz Rivers, and a small settlement at Puget Sound, is unclaimed.

The Base Line east of the Meridian to the summit of the Cascade Moun-tains passes over a heavy timbered country, the east 20 miles is quite rough and unsettled. West of the Willamette Meridian along the Base Line the land is mostly occupied for twenty miles, which includes the Tuality Plaines, one of the oldest settlements in the Territory. West of the Tuality Plaines the country is exceedingly rough and heavily timbered- Wm Ives extended the Line 37 miles west of the Meridian, when he was compelled to abandon the line, it being impracticable to extend the line farther towards the Pacific. The country along the Base Line west of the Tuality Plaines is represented as unfit for settlement or cultivation.

The Willamette Meridian south of

the Base Line runs through a fine country principally Timbered and generally settled to the 2nd Stan-dard Parallel (60 miles). For the next 20 miles the surface is very rough, passing over spurs of the Cascade Mountains, to the Calapooya Creek. South of the Calapooya Creek the mountaines were found to be impassible and impracticable to extent the line over them. An offset of 18 miles west was made to avoid them. From the offset the line was extended 54 miles south, where it was found necessary to make another offset of 6 miles west to find a pass though the Calapooya Mountains, which extend from the Cascade Mountains to the Coast Range at the head of the Willamette Valley.

The line was extended from this point 46 ½ miles south to the Umpqua Mountains which form the southern boundary of the Umpqua Valley. Most of the country south of the Calapooya and east of the line that was run, is too rough and broken for settlement, being a part of the Cascade Mountains that bear west towards the Coast, the settled portions of the Willamette and Umpqua Vallies are mostly west of the line that was extended.

System of Survey

Owing to the roughness of the

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country, the thick and heavy timber along the Base and Meridian Lines, the Deputy Surveyors were not able to make the Geodetic Notes as full as was anticipated, before they commenced operations on Line. Still they have been able to locate many points with accuracy, and it is believed sufficient to give a pretty correct profile of the country over which they have passed.

Special instructions have been given to all the Deputy Surveyors who have contracts, to take all possible care in triangulating to all remarkable and distant objects, that are seen from line, also to note particularly the difference of level along the line, in fact to make such observations as will furnish this office with information sufficient to locate all remarkable points and their elevation above tide water.

There is considerable local at-traction found to exist throughout

the whole county, so much that the magnetic needle cannot be depended upon in making the surveys. “Burts improved solar Compass” has been used on all the lines that have been run and are being surveyed, and found to be an admirable instrument, in fact the only one that can be used to advantage in the surveys on this coast.

Owing to the exceeding roughness of the country between the Willa-mette Valley and Pacific Coast the large extent of country occupied by the Coast Mountains which now appear to be unfit for settlement, it seems desirable to extend the standard parallels to the Coast, and from them extend Meridian lines north and south on the west side of the Coast Mountains, so that the townships that border on the coast can be surveyed, thereby avoiding the running of township lines over the mountains that are

unfit for cultivation. It is believed that this system will enable all the country that is desirable for settle-ment on the coast to be surveyed soon, which would otherwise have to be deferred a long time, as it will require a large expenditure of money and time to extend the exterior lines of townships from the Meridian over the Coast Mountains to reach the isolated settlements on the Pacific.

Lands Recommended for Survey (3 paragraphs)

Oregon City Loto 2 paragraphs on survey of “Oregon City Claim”)

List of Accompanying Papers

A. Diagram of Portion of Oregon Territory showing the location of lands proposed to be surveyed

the present fiscal year, also for the fiscal year ending 30th June 1853

B. Tabular statement of Contracts for surveying in Oregon Terri-tory up to 20th October 1851

C. Statement of salary account

D. Receipts & disbursements

E. Copy of estimates for service & surveys for year ending 30th June 1853

F. Copy of letter accompanying (E).

I have the honor to be sirVery Respectfully Your obedient ServantJohn B. PrestonSurveyor General of Oregon

Report to the Survey General (continued)

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Yes, I have been in the profession since the mid-sixties without letup. I have seen a lot of things come and go. This is a Top-50 list of the trivial things I didn’t mind seeing replaced; followed by a list of the more trivial things, in some cases, that most of us welcomed with open arms, never looking back:

1. Steel tape menders; the sleeves containing solder, heated by a match; wonderful in the rain.

2. Chaining pins; coming up with one short at 4:30pm on a rainy Friday.

3. Wood Philly rods in wet weather.

4. Wet leather thongs on the head end of the chain around electric fences.

5. Wet plumb bob strings around the neck.

6. Missing chaining clamps at the dumb-end.

7. Plastic plumb line targets that aren’t plumb.

8. Dirty plumb-bob line in dark, rainy, windy weather.

9. Of course, tracking a plumb-bob string in the hands of a shaky rear chainman or any member of the crew with a brand, new hangover.

10. No. 4 lead on wet paper be-fore Rite-n-Rain

11. Logarithms and slide rules.

12. Fogged up transits.

13. Fogged up party chiefs on Monday mornings.

14. Leaking boots/wet socks the first thing in the morning.

15. Blue keel on rough sawed lath.

16. Blue keel in the rain.

17. Yellow keel anytime.

18. Loose tacks in a vest pocket; no Band-Aids, of course.

19. Hard plastic traffic cones.

20. No cones.

21. Taping down centerline of a four-lane on a Friday.

22. Same as No. 21, but in the rain.

23. Same as the above two, but in the presence of “the yellow peril” (school buses).

24. The old colored flagging that shattered in cold weather.

25. Sixty-pound pre-cast con-crete monuments (some of the more-numb counties still require them).

26. Any crew rig that had more than 250,000 miles.

27. Summer hire-ons having no experience whatsoever (usually the son of the boss’s best friend).

28. Canvas water bags.

29. Wood plugs for iron pipes or electrical conduit as cor-ners.

30. Bucking in on line (aka Wig-gling In) to avoid a calculation with logs.

31. The Azimuth Method for a Solar Observation.

32. Thirty-minute transits that weighed 18 lbs and weren’t that good, pound for pound.

33. The early Japanese Instru-ments that were about as weather proof as a screen door; one popular brand was nicknamed “Sack-a-shit”.

34. 3/8th inch Babbitt chains.

35. Newspaper carrier bags for stake bags.

36. Wet underwear; I mean, it was worse then; honest!

37. Rain gear that admitted the rain through a tear from a fence crossing; duct tape, or MacGyver Tape, not yet on the scene.

38. Traverses that closed 1:10,000 with angular error of 10 sec-onds or more per station.

39. Compass and Transit adjust-ments of any kind as well as people who want to argue about it.

40. Office Suits orchestrating the survey.

41. Office anybody having no field experience.

42. Dumpy Levels on a hot day on new asphalt; or anytime.

43. Zeiss auto-levels on a heavy-equipment construction site.

44. Lenker Rods with a sloppy clamp.

45. Lenker’s on a site with over 10-feet of relief.

46. Old lunch pails and the crap we put in them

47. Lack of portable toilets on a construction site (lack of tall shrubs, etc)

48. The very junior standing on a survey crew on a construc-tion site

49. Hand signals before reliable radios.

50. Curta’s with five-place ta-bles.

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Janet Charles retires Decem-ber 31, 2007, with 32.5 years of State service. She has been with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) since 1981. Janet started with Photo and Map Sales and then trans-ferred to the Public Land Sur-vey Office (PLSO). Janet has been a mainstay in this office. She prides herself in having introduced customer service to the PLSO. She will be join-ing her husband, Mark Foutch, retired Air Force and soon to be retired Mayor of Olympia, in retirement. They have travel plans which include Hawaii, Poland, Germany, Holland and England. It has been a plea-sure for me to both work with her here at DNR and when I worked in the private sector. She will be missed by all.

In November, John Linzee, PLS of Olympia was hired to assume the responsibilities of the Monument Removal program. Ted Smith has taken care of the permits for the program in the past. But the success of this program has increased the workload to where we needed a dedicated person. John will continue our on going efforts towards monument perpetuation.

In August, the PLSO became the host for the Washington Council of County Surveyors Data Warehouse. It has been re-named the Washington State Control Data Ware-house. The database can be accessed on the home page of the Public Land Survey Office, the site address is www.dnr.wa.gov/htdocs/plso. This will remain a free utility to all users.

Jon Purnell, PLS, formerly of Peninsula College in Port Angeles, finished his term as the Education Chair of the

Changes at the Department of Natural Resources Public Land Survey Officeby Mick Sprouffske, PLS—Public Land Survey Office Manager

Survey Advisory Board in July of this year. Jon served on the Board from July of 2002 to July of 2007. He is currently employed with Johnston Land Surveying in Port Angeles.

In September, Department of Natural Resources Com-missioner of Public Lands Doug Sutherland appointed

Peter Hodges, PLS, of Belling-ham Technical College as the new Survey Advisory Board Education Chair. Peter is in his tenth year as the head of the Surveying and Map-ping Program at Bellingham Technical College. The Board members serve five-year terms. Peter’s term will end in July of 2012.

dNR Survey Advisory Board—On behalf of the depart-ment of Natural Resources Commissioner of Public Lands doug Sutherland, Gwen Roy, PLS, of dNR present-ed Jon Purnell an Award of Appreciation for his time and contributions to the Survey Advisory Board.

dNR Survey Advisory Board at the June 2007 Board meeting, from left to right are Mike Mickiewicz, LSAW Liaison; Walter O. dale, Urban Land Surveying Chair; Jon Purnell, Education Chair; Jerry Sims, Government Sur-veying Chair; and Jerry Olson, Multi-discipline Chair.


Ben Petersen and I attended the Fall Meetings in Arlington, VA in late September and early October. This included Lobby day on Capitol Hill, where we met with several of our legisla-tors to discuss issues impor-tant to the survey community. Over 25 participants met with over 40 Members of Congress and discussed a wide variety of issues including a proposed National Surveyors’ Week Resolution, Federal Prison Industries reform legislation, FEMA Flood Map Modern-ization legislation, and Small Business Health Plan legisla-tion. Interestingly, as we were meeting with Members of Congress and discussing the Flood Map Modernization bill, H.R. 3121 and asking them to

vote in favor of it, the bill was being debated and voted upon on the House floor. It subse-quently passed.

LSAW received public ac-knowledgment and a public thank you for our donation to The National Museum of Surveying in Springfield, Il-linois. Of course, chapters and individuals are encouraged to donate also.

Railroad Abandonment—This was a hot button issue some time ago that has gained renewed interest, particu-larly in the western states. Our committee has reformed and is working on draft language and a “white paper”. Prelimi-nary wording is as follows:

The exterior boundary of the Railroad property or right of way to be abandoned shall be located and mapped. Monu-ments, sufficient to accurately reproduce, upon the ground, the exterior boundary of said abandoned property or right of way shall be set using survey grade GPS or other comparable technology and the coordinates put on public record with ties to the State’s plane coordinate system with appropriate railroad station-ing and coordinate metadata supplied.

Please review and comment as desired, prior to January 15th. I will take all written comments to our NSPS com-mittee for consideration. We

NSPS Report November 2007by R. William Glassey, PLS, NSPS Governor

have already received some comments, including one let-ter attesting to the increased cost of a resurvey when this is not done.

dues Structure—We had lengthy discussions in the Western States Governors’ Council regarding revisions to the NSPS dues structure. Two motions were presented to the Board of Governors, though both were defeated. This is an item that obviously needs work, though always extreme-ly difficult. It clearly will not just go away. I personally believe there are too many classes of membership in NSPS, and that all members of each type, regardless of state, should pay the same rate.

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Scott and I attended the WFPS board meeting held Septem-ber 15, in Las Vegas, NV. All states except Arizona were represented.

The September meeting is the fiscal year meeting for WFPS and this one marked the end of my two year term as Chairman. For the follow-ing two years I will be serving as Immediate Past Chair-man, Dick Smith (Montana) takes over as Chairman, Ray Mathe (California) is the new Chairman-Elect and Harold Baldwin (Arizona) will be the Secretary/Treasurer.

The board approved the new budget which includes funding to continue sending a WFPS representative to the NSPS

WFPS Report November 2007by Mike Mickiewicz, PLS—WFPS Immediate Past Chairman

meetings. This position will continue to be held by Ron Whitehead (Utah).

Selected State Report Items are as follows:

California – membership stands at 2403. They reported 179 individuals passing their PLS exam this year (34.5%). They also noted that 11 states have ordered their recruitment video and/or print material.

Colorado – Membership 732.

Hawaii – Membership 190. Their conference (not that anyone here needs an excuse to see blue skies) will be held January 31st – February 1st and the Hilton Haikiki Prince Kuhio hotel.

Idaho – Membership 315. They are working on Right of entry and Responsible Charge legislative amendments.

Montana – Membership 560.

Montana received the NSPS award for largest increase in membership. They also re-ported proctoring the Trig-Star test to 630 students in 22 high schools.

Nevada – In 2010 a 4-year degree will be required for licensure in Nevada.

New Mexico – Membership 186. The New Mexico Asso-ciation along with their Board of Registration is looking into having NCEES remove “En-gineering Surveys” from the

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Oregon – Membership 798. Apparently the student enroll-ment at OIT is slowly increas-ing.

Utah – Membership 460

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It occurred to me after the last survey convention that survey-ors have a hard time defining themselves. If I was asked once, I was asked a dozen times, “Are you a surveyor?” I amused myself by inventing a variety of responses, “Why, do I seem too –smart, -tall, -sophisticated, good looking?

Conversations with my sis-ter surveyors confirmed that these queries were wide-spread among the nearly 1,000 attendees, resulting in mildly irritated to, well, really irritated women surveyors. I tried to distracted myself with the wide variety of topics and training at the conference—and of course, was thrilled with the short lines for the restroom; always a plus. However, the experience did give me pause to ponder. Had I ever felt a part of this profession? And, was it only because of my gender? Admittedly, I have specialized in developing Land Information Systems (LIS) using Geo-graphic Information Systems (GIS) technologies. Not ex-actly a niche that surveyors are willing to claim.

In the last twenty years I have written articles and conducted seminars teaching GIS ana-lysts why they need surveyors and teaching surveyors why they need GIS. The analysts have been interested, the surveyors have been angry. LSAW members have threat-ened to quit their chapter, a chapter in another state threatened to secede from the state organization. I have been name-called, cussed out, and threatened that what I was doing was illegal because I wasn’t a surveyor. I do not understand why a profession can be so angry at someone doing a job none of them want. And yet, when surveyors finally work on one of my projects they are surprised. What I do

is absolutely surveying!

You see, on a typical LIS proj-ect, we retrace cadastral sur-veys and file records of survey. We pour through mountains of deeds, dig through private, Federal, State, County, City, and utility company property records. We track down elu-sive right of way plans. We reconcile the Auditor and Assessor records! We have produced property and right of way maps for Indian reser-vations, Cities, Counties, and major utilities. LIS projects last a few months to several years, and while we can’t resolve every survey problem, we are able to identify most all of them. We work with lawyers, geologists, hydrologists, ar-cheologists, and environmen-talists. And, we include sur-veyors specializing in mineral surveys, geodesy, bathymetry, LiDAR, SARS, Indian lands, farm units, water rights, and riparian boundaries.

An LIS approach to creat-ing the property cadastre is expensive, and considered unnecessary by traditional GIS consultants whose maps I have made a living redoing and replacing. It’s not solely that these maps are more accurate, though they are. Rather, LIS maps purport to meet a known accuracy—ex-cept where specifically noted. Parcels are linked to the in-struments of conveyance that they represent, making them defensible. These maps allow another surveyor using the same cadastral control, and the same documents of record to create the same geometric solution with a high degree of certainty—that’s repeatability.

Some years ago, my team was creating a parcel map for a county in eastern Wash-

ington. A surveyor in another office of the same company called me and explained that he had a project in that same county. He’d been told that I might have some data that would be helpful to his proj-ect. I asked him for the sec-tion, township, range, and objectives for his project. As he explained, I emailed him orthophotos, LiDAR, detailed parcel maps with deed and survey monument attributes. He was astounded. “Where did you get all this,” he asked? “It’s what we do,” I told him.

In most urban areas we now expect this kind of quick ac-cess to a wide variety of data. We’re irritated when we can’t surf it up easily, quickly, and completely. But we are not done by a long shot. Recently, a subconsultant called me regarding another large LIS I had developed. He said, “We are looking at this property data you sent. I’ve looked all over the county’s website and can’t see where you got it.”

“That’s because that county doesn’t have any digital map-ping. We created all the data in the maps from field surveys and property records.”

“But that would take years,” he said incredulously.

“Two and a half years and over 3,000 surveys and record documents,” I told him.

“Well no wonder it’s so good, he said. I wish all the county maps were this good.”

They will be eventually, I thought. That is, if surveyors realize that along with all the many activities we perform—WE MAKE REALLY GOOD MAPS.

Maps are the enduring product

Do Surveyors Define Themselves Too Narrowly?by Karen Zollman, L.S.I.T.


Happy New Year!

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of our professional endeavors. When recorded, they take their place in the public domain, living long past us. They are our legacy; the manifestation of careful measurements, painstaking research, diligent deduction, and artful drafting. They are evidence.

I wonder why, on one hand, surveyors are so willing to narrowly define themselves—while on the other hand des-perately trying to redefine themselves so as to prevent encroachment by other profes-sions. As I look around the City of Seattle, I see engineers, real property agents, environ-mental specialists, and yes, GIS analysts, doing the work of surveyors. While we are quick to object—and rightly

so—I don’t see our profession being interested in (spelled m-a-r-k-e-t-i-n-g) the work these people are doing. Truthfully, we have our hands full keep-ing up with the maintenance and construction of the City’s right-of-ways, park properties, and utility facilities. One could argue that there is enough work for all. Except that those other professions don’t know what surveyors know, and don’t do what surveyors do nearly as well as it needs to be done.

Some years ago I was asked by the survey manager to audit a project that was fum-bling technically and bleeding money. I assembled the proj-ect team in a conference room and we “mapped” the project.

We started by listing the deliv-erable specifications. Next, we listed the record documents and field data sources; de-tailed the methodology needed to reduce, resolve and conflate the data, and document any variations or blunders. The team was astounded. The audit had created a “process” that highlighted the gaps and bottlenecks that were tripping and frustrating their efforts. The project manager was less impressed. “You’ve presented some interesting tools here, but I don’t think you under-stand what we are doing as surveyors.”

That’s where you’re wrong, I countered. You make maps. And that’s what I do VERY well. I make maps—detailed,

defensible, repeatable maps of a known accuracy—based on field surveys and the public record; accessible, integrated, digital maps that link the past to the present; maps of the future.

I am a woman, I make maps, and that’s what this surveyor does. Are you defining yourself too narrowly?

See you at the next confer-ence—I’m the smart, tall, sophisticated, good lookin’ surveyor!

Karen Zollman, L.S.I.T. works for Seattle Public Utilities Sur-vey Section.

She serves as the LIS/GIS chair for LSAW .

Do Surveyors Define Themselves (continued)

On the flip side, I welcome:

1. GPS/RTK/EDMS

2. Total stations

3. Better batteries

4. Reliable trig-levels

5. Professional assistants, of-fice and field.

6. Excellent educational oppor-tunities

7. Educational opportunities be-ing promoted in professional organizations.

8. Rigs with dependable AC and FM.

9. Sharper machetes; well, maybe.

10. Calculators/computers/data collectors

11. Easy Simultaneous Least Squares Adjustments (for those knowing the difference)

12. The elevated standing of the profession (thanks in large part to the LSAW, NSPS, and the attitude of the members)

13. Communication among peers

14. Data Collection standards

15. PC’s, MAC’s and Laptops

16. Software of all kinds

17. Plotters of all kinds, except those still working with pens.

18. Women entering the profes-sion in growing numbers; welcome!

19. Better lunch boxes, and a fine selection in junk-food restau-rants in the urban areas.

20. Supermarkets have clean restrooms, for the most part (may the gods of surveyors smile upon you)

21. Cell phones

22. Better rain gear; now the gear keeps the rain out and your sweat in; nice, huh?

23. Better boots, better waterproof-ing, and better boot dryers.

24. Gortex? Well, let’s go ahead and allow that.

25. Polypropylene socks. My

goodness, yes!

26. Net long johns.

27. Traffic control; stay out of it as much as you can.

28. Bars and plastic caps

29. Pocket calculators

30. Long lasting batteries, and re-buildable by your local battery shop at a very reasonable price.

31. Factor 15/Avon Silicon Glove.

32. Contact lenses, for some

33. The New ACSM; join NSPS to take advantage of this!

34. MapQuest and the ilk

35. Websites in general

36. Magnetic locators

37. Better safety equipment; wit-ness all the pretty vests with all the brilliant colors.

38. Central recording provisions

39. Governments continuing to misunderstand what we do and why.

40. Governments continuing to misunderstand what we can’t do and why.

41. Governments continuing to misunderstand what we will not do and why.

42. Car heaters, AC, and good tires

43. Softer plastic cones

44. Flagging that sticks around for a while (is that good or bad?)

45. Spray paint (I am strictly against the “Pavement Picas-sos” that leave everything but the Lord’s Prayer around a monument, but I do like to leave a trace)

46. Not much need to carry a plumb bob these days

47. The prism pole beats the Philly rod any day

48. Radio communication

49. CAD

50. Curt Sumner, Director of ACSM. All of us have a lot to thank this Virginian for.

They Don’t Make Them (continued)


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The Interurban Trail has a new kiosk at 180th St. in Kent. This is due to the hard work of a Boy Scout.

A kiosk is a wooden structure that the City of Kent will post trail in-formation upon. There is also a space for the public to post informa-tion on as well.

Eliott Dussault is a ju-nior at Kentlake High School and a member of Boy Scout Troop 406. Part of the re-quirements for obtain-ing the rank of Eagle Scout is for the boy to conduct a Leadership Service Project, and building this kiosk fulfilled that portion.

The project included coordina-tion with the City of Kent for planning, locating all under-ground utilities at the site using Call Before You Dig, obtaining approval for the project, col-lecting building materials, and

organizing a work party for two separate days: one to dig and set posts in cement, the other to assemble the wooden kiosk.

Contact personnel for the City of Kent were Victoria An-drews who assigns the project, Garen Lee and Andy Martin were the project construction advisors.

Materials were generously do-nated by TRM Wood Products

Co., McLendon Hardware, Home Depot, and the City of Kent.

Work party crew consisted of Troop 406 members & fam-ily: Everett Sullivan, Addison Dussault, Aaron Kriewald, Andy Heiszler, Dane Hen-dricks, Tim Hanks, Edward Zielinski, Evan Baerny, Greg Dussault, Ed Zielinski (Sr.), Sheri Dussault, Matt Heiszler, Dave Heiszler, Nick Behnen, Colter Brooks, Bryce Sis-son, Mark Behnen, and Eliott Dussault

Eliott and his family frequent the Interurban Trail for nice bike rides. Troop 406 utilizes it for merit badge advancements in Cycling. All of the general public has access to this trail. With the current construction on major freeways, cycling to and from work is a wonder-ful alternative. Eliott’s Eagle Scout project saved the City of Kent 65 hours of labor al-together.

(Editor’s note: Eli’s father is Greg Dussault, a licensed land surveyor and member of the South Puget Sound chapter of the LSAW.)

A Sign of Change— Eagle Scout Projectby Sheri Dussault

Winter 2007 Evergreen State Surveyor 27


FEMA Flood Map Modern-ization Update

The FEMA FloodMap Coali-tion met recently with FEMA staff to go over the progress of the FEMA Map Modernization project. Here are the highlights of the meeting:

Partnerships

FEMA is working with many partners on issues relating to the project. FEMA claims these partnerships make the mapping process better and it needs to build off the partnerships. Among the groups FEMA is partnering with are private sec-tor surveyors and engineers as well as surveyors and engineers in the federal government. It is also working with the USGS to manage and distribute the

ACSM Government Affairs November 2007modernized maps.

New Maps

FEMA noted that the federal government, under the Flood In-surance Reform Act proclaimed that “digital is official” when it comes to the new floodmaps, but there will still be quite a few paper only maps. At this point, half of the nation has updated digital maps that comply with FEMA’s Mapping Information Platform. The standards of the Mapping Information Platform are available online at http://hazards.fema.gov.

By the end of the mapping process, FEMA expects 70% of communities nationwide to have adopted the new maps. FEMA’s measures of suc-cess for the new maps are (1) whether the maps meet FEMA’s standards in the Map-ping Information Platform and (2) Whether the communities adopted the new maps.

Challenges

FEMA noted that there are several challenges that it still faces in the mapping modern-ization process. One of those challenges is the number of NFIP participating com-munities. Many communi-ties choose not to participate in the program for a variety of reasons. Although FEMA would like every community to participate, if a community chooses not to participate, its floodmaps will not be up-dated. Another challenge is coastal flood hazards and areas around levees. Map-ping these areas was not part of FEMA’s original plan, but it has become clear that it is necessary to map these areas. FEMA also recognizes that the mapping process is ongoing and it faces the degradation of flood hazard data.

Future of the Mapping Program

FEMA noted that new maps without follow-up is useless, therefore it is continually using engineering studies and pro-gram management techniques like its draft concept paper to stay up to speed on the map-ping process. FEMA will use a Floodplain Boundary Standard to make sure the map lines are correct and will use new vali-dated or updated engineering to make sure floodplain eleva-tions are accurate.

COFPAES Fall A/E Forum and delegate Meeting

COFPAES held its Fall A/E Forum and Delegate Meeting on October 23 at the Ameri-can Institute of Architects. The morning session consisted of presentations on a variety of subjects. Melody Reis, pro-fessional staff for the House Committee on Small Business spoke about legislation cur-rently in Congress affecting small business. Marvin Miller, CP, PLS, PPS of Aero-Metric, Inc. in Maple Grove, MN spoke about the I-35 Bridge Collapse and the emergency response that occurred after the collapse. Aero-Metric was one of the first A/E firms on the scene after the collapse. Bill Brodt Experi-mental Facilities Engineer from NASA spoke about the build-ingSMARTalliance, National Building Information Model Standard and the Construction Operations Building Informa-tion Exchange (COBIE).

In the afternoon, the COF-PAES Delegates, represen-tatives from the COFPAES member organizations had their meeting. Here are the highlights of that meeting:

COFPAES to testify at House Small Business Commit-tee Hearing. COFPAES has been invited to testify before Congress about procurement issues, particularly the GSA



schedule. As you may know, COFPAES has been working to remove any A/E services, as defined in the Brooks Act and FAR Part 36, from existing GSA Schedules.

USACE Training. COFPAES has been successful in getting a provision in the House and Senate versions of the Water Resources bill to expand the ability of the Corps to provide training and education to the private sector by authorizing the Corps to retain fees col-lected for educational pro-grams. Although President Bush vetoed the legislation, Congress recently voted to override the veto.

design-Build. The Design-Build Industries Association is promoting the idea of revis-ing the current design-build authority. COFPAES Staff has been meeting with DBIA and a proposal is on the table.

A-76 and Outsourcing Provi-sions

A series of amendments have been approved on various appropriations bills, and the Defense Authorization bill, that prevent implementation of the FAIR Act and the Bush Administration’s revision to OMB Circular A-76. These are the tools by which Federal agencies study the outsourc-ing of commercial activities from government employee performance to private sec-tor performance. COFPAES is monitoring the progress of these amendments.

ACSM delegate Rick Allen Elect-ed Chairman of COFPAES

ACSM COFPAES Delegate Rick Allen was elected to the position of Chairman of COFPAES in 2008. Laurence Socci, ACSM Staff to COF-PAES was appointed as the

Secretary for 2008.

Fundraiser for Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)

ACSM recently attended a fund-raiser for Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX). Congressman Ses-sions has long been a strong supporter of A/E related issues, particularly those related to procurement and compliance with the Brooks Act. We had the chance to speak with the Congressman personally about a number of issues affecting the surveying community.

Federal Prison Industries Reform Language in Defense Authorization Bill

There is language in the Na-tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, H.R. 1585, that would make positive changes to the way the Federal government procures services when considering Federal

Prison Industries (FPI) as a mandatory source provider.

Section 824 of the legislation makes positive changes to current law and gives federal managers and their contract-ing officers reasonable tools in dealing with FPI, despite FPI’s continual preferential status as a mandatory source of supply to which Federal agencies must look initially. Under the proposed change, federal buyers will be empowered to conduct market research to determine whether products and services available from private sector suppliers are comparable to what is being of-fered by FPI in terms of quality, price and time of delivery. If a contracting officer determines that a better value can be ob-tained from the private sector, then the purchase must be made using competitive con-tracting procedures.

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