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OFFICERS 2012
President David E. Woolley, PLS (714) 734-8462 dwoolley@dwoolley.com Vice-President Greg Sebourn, PLS (714) 777-8877 x. 115 gregsebourn@johnson-frank.com Treasurer Tom Propst, PLS, CFedS (949) 689-6088 tom@tompropst.com Secretary Joshua Tatman, PLS, CFedS (714) 967-0808 Joshua.Tatman@ocpw.ocgov.com Imm. Past President Tony Cuomo, PLS (714) 777-8877 x.139 tonycuomo@johnson-frank.com OC Chapter Directors Tony Cuomo Peter Fitzpatrick Chapter Reps Tony Cuomo (714) 777-8877 x 139 Peter Fitzpatrick (714) 751-7373 Tom Propst (949) 689-6088 Greg Sebourn (714 ) 777-8877 x. 115 Joshua Tatman (714) 967-0808
IN THIS ISSUE
ANGEL NIGHT & 13TH ANNUAL JOEY TRAPS TRI TIP BBQ TAILGATE PARTY......... 1 PRESIDENTS LETTER ................................................................................................................... 2 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES ........................................................................ 5 ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER SCHEDULE OF 2012 MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES ......................................................................................................................................... 6 EDITORS CORNER ......................................................................................................................... 7 ANNOUNCEMENTS: ........................................................................................................................ 8 CALTRANS DISTRICT 12 PROFESSIOANL LIAISON COMMITTEE REPORT .......... 10 CLASSIFIED ADS ............................................................................................................................ 15 SUSTAINING MEMBER ADVERTISEMENTS ......................................................................... 16
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Membership Alan Frank Education Lisa Gaston J.P.P.C. Roger Frank Newsletter Editor Richard Lopez Trig-Star / Scouting MB Greg Sebourn Legislative Dave Woolley
FRIDAY NIGHT JUNE 22, 2012 LOS ANGELES ANGELS vs. LOS ANGELES DODGERS
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TIME: Tailgate Party approximately 5:30 PM / Game Time 7:05 PM Cost: $30.00 per Ticket Includes Ticket and all-you-can-eat / drink BBQ (Tri-tip, Chicken, Hot dogs, peanuts). -ORWe are also offering Tailgate only for $15.00 per person. You must pay in advance so we know how much food/drink to purchase. Send checks payable to OC CLSA to Joe Padilla at: JP Surveying, Inc. 703 E. Cumberland Road Orange, CA 92865 To reserve your tickets call or e-mail Joe Padilla at (714) 875-8079, jpadillapls@yahoo.com Tickets will be distributed when payment is received. This event sells out every year, dont be left out and get your order & payment in early!!!!
DONT MISS THE BATTLE FOR BRAGGING RIGHTS BETWEEN THE CROSS TOWN RIVALS!
PRESIDENTS LETTER
Greetings Members,
has not been very kind to our sector, and you have the following chain of events: The event costs more for the chapter to put on; The event is attended by fewer and fewer people each year; Less and less 'revenue' (profit) is being generated; Operating capitol and Scholarships are reduced.
In lieu of our usual Presidents message, please find a letter from our Past President, Tony Cuomo, regarding issues that impact the chapter. Fellow Members, At our last Orange County Chapter Board of Directors meeting, we discussed various issues that your leaders require your input on. I am sending you this communication for two main reasons: We, the Board, need the input of as many Chapter Members as possible; We also need your valuable input QUICKLY.
The three issues at hand are: 1. The upcoming Scholarship Auction, scheduled for this August; 2. The upcoming Casino scheduled for this December; Night,
3. The adoption / rejection of a proposed 'Director's Oath of Office' which, if adopted, would be administered to the State Board of Directors; AUCTION NIGHT As you are all well aware, our annual Auction Night has traditionally as a main-stay in filling our chapter account with monies that we in turn use as operating capitol and to give out in the form of scholarships later in the year. Up until recent years, the event was hosted at the Santa Ana offices of First American Title. Due to recent regulatory issues, they have not been able to provide that sponsorship, which has added additional 'cost' to the chapter to put on the event. Add to that the unavoidable fact that the economy
We would greatly like to turn this trend around, and we need your assistance. We would like you consider the following concepts, and hopefully a few of you can commit to helping out in our quest. Obviously, we cannot do much about the economy, but we believe that we can boost attendance, and the subsequent amount of money that is raised at the event by doing two main things. One is by providing a wider range of items for the event, items that would appeal not only to the surveyor's, but to the wives, partners, and families of the chapter members. By doing so, we believe that the second goal can also be achieved, that being to get more people to actually attend the event. In order to do so, we need your help. We are casting the net in order to get some new ideas and some valuable input as to how to accomplish the first goal. We came up with some ideas at our last board meeting, which include: Donating personal broader appeal o Personally baskets items with a
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Vacation rentals Hosting in-home events, i.e. "Summer BBQ Event" for 4, "Golf Day" for 4, etc
Donating items with special appeal to the wives o Let's face it a majority of the membership is comprised of men. If we can offer more items that would appeal to the wives, partners, or girlfriends of the members, we may be able to get a few more of those individuals to attend
alternatives. This event, held in December, has always been a very social event, so if you have any fun alternatives that might cost less, please let us know. Again, I'll provide reply instructions at the end of this communication. DIRECTOR'S OATH OF OFFICE At the February meeting of the State Board of Director's, held in Oakland, the Executive Committee attempted to administer a 'Director's Oath of Office' to the Board of Director's, then ask that the oath be ratified by the State Board of Director's. Those of us from the O.C. Chapter abstained from that vote, and then raised the issue that we, the State Board of Director's, should not ratify something that had not been properly presented, discussed, debated, vetted, and adopted through the means of proper parlimentary procedure. Virtually all that occurs at this meeting is subject to Robert's Rules of Parlimentary Procedure, yet the oath was, somehow, thought to be exempt. In advance of the April meeting, the oath was shortened, and an explanation was provided by the Executive Committee (see attached) as to why the oath seems to be of some importance. They have attempted to institute an oath in order to further clarify the distinction between 'Director' and 'Representative', a distinction that many Directors believe needs no further clarification. In any event, a revised oath (as presented on the attachment) was proposed at the April meeting for ratification. There was discussion regarding the pro's and con's of this particular oath, or of any oath at all. Despite the effective deliberative process that ensued, we, your Representatives, did not believe, as Director's, that there was compelling argument either way presented on the floor that day. So, we, your Representatives, moved to table the vote on adopting the oath, pending running that concept by you, the General Members. Attached is the 'DRAFT Director's
Hitting up local or regional merchants for donations o Often, all it takes is a phone call or a personal visit to a local merchant to solicit gift cards, certificates, or actual merchandise. I will be preparing a generic solicitation letter on the chapter letterhead that you can use to validate your request.
In order for this year's auction to succeed, we are going to step up our game, and not reley on the same 30 or so attendees to donate items, then in turn, to purchase each others items. We need fresh ideas that can generate a new level of offerings, and hopefully attract more participants. Please let me know your thoughts on these issues. I'll give you specific reply instructions later on in this communication. CASINO NIGHT Another popular event is what has come to be called our 'Annual Casino Night', and again, due to the cost of holding this event, and the declining attendance, we are looking for your input and assistance. In recent years, this event has lost money the costs to throw this holiday party are around $2,500. We are looking to you, the general membership, to advise us as to whether or not we should even continue this event, or to provide us with some ideas that might serve as suitable
Oath of Office' in question. We are not looking for you to suggest revisions or amendments to the oath itself. We are, though, keenly interested in whether or not you believe that this is even a necessity. REPLY INSTRUCTIONS Your input on these three issues is important and critical to the future workings of both your chapter and to the State Board of Director's as well. Please reply in a timely manner, as all of these issues have time deadlines attached to them. We would like to see your replies no later than Wednesday, May 30th. This will give us, the O.C. Board of Directors, the time necessary to act responsibly and responsively on the suggestions, input, and advice that you provide. In order to best accommodate your replies, please follow these simple instructions: Reply directly to this e-mail DO NOT revise the 'Subject' line of your reply Into the Text portion of your e-mail, create the following three 'headings'
If you do have a question regarding the oath, please forward that to me I will do my utmost best to answer the question, or forward it onto someone who can, if needed.
On behalf of Dave, Greg, Tom, and Josh, I would like to thank you in advance for your support on these three critical issues. Your Representatives want to know what you have to say about the issues that directly affect our local chapter, and about the issues that affect CLSA as a whole. Please, don't forget to reply by the 30th. I'm looking forward to reading what you have to say!!!! Sincerely, Tony Cuomo, PLS 6042 Immediate Past President
Education Report: (Lisa Gaston) No Report Legislative Report: (Dave Woolley) No Report Trig Star and Scouting Merit Badge: (Greg Sebourn) Orange County will NOT be having a big Trig Star event this year. Instead we will have several (3 to 4) small events at specific high schools. Newsletter: (Rich Lopez) No Report Activities: (Joe Padilla) Tickets have been purchased for the Angels vs. Dodges game on June 22nd. Prices are $15.00 for food at the tailgate and $30.00 for food and a ticket to the game. JP Surveying (Joe Padilla) to sponsor this months meeting (tentatively next Tuesday night) JPPC: (Roger Frank) Held meeting on March 14th at Fuscoe. Lengthy discussion on whether original monuments hold, even when set it error by the original surveyor. Chapter Reps Report: (Joshua Tatman) State Board Meeting this month April 28th, 2012. The following people will be attending: o Peter Fitzpatrick o Tony Cuomo o Dave Woolley o Tom Propst o Joshua Tatman Caltrans Liaison: (Don Mertens) Freeway Fatality - A Caltrans contract worker reported to be the son of motorcycle racer Bruce Penhall was killed on April 4th when he was struck by a drunk driver who drove through
construction barricades on the westbound Route 10 Freeway in Baldwin Park. Division of Highway T-shirts and Coffee Mugs are on sale! Buy now and support scholarships for the up and coming surveyors of tomorrow!!! See Announcements below for more details.
Website: (Dave Woolley) No Report SCC-CLSA Liaison: (Tiffany Padilla) Held LSIT/FS review by Don Mertens, Ed Capalaran and Tom Propst at Santiago College on 4/7/12. 20+ students attended. Discussing possible options on when to have next meeting. New Business Next board meeting at D. Woolley & Associates in Tustin, May 8, 2012; 5:30 p.m.
Did you know that the films were released at three-year intervals all in May?
Who would ever think that the epic space opera film would create such a worldwide pop culture phenomenon that would last for generations? Star Wars was created by George Lucas and was originally released on May 25, 1977 by 20th Century Fox. I still remember the day my brother took me to the Fountain Valley drive-in to watch the movie. It was the biggest blockbuster film, with the best effects by far, that I have ever witnessed. Star Wars was the first film in a series that was followed by two sequels, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. Sixteen years after Return of the Jedi was released, the first of a new prequel trilogy of films, Episode 1: The Phantom Menace was released on May 19, 1999. Again the three films, Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, Episode 2: Attack of the Clones, and Episode 3: The Revenge of the Sith, were released at 3 year intervals, with the final film released on May 19, 2005.
Heres a great fact, the Star Wars films have totaled $4.49 billion dollars, which makes it the third highest grossing film series behind Harry Potter and James Bond films. Harry Potter, come on, really?
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this little snippet on the third largest grossing film series and one of my favorite sagas. Until next time, be healthy and happy. Rich Lopez Witness Corner Editor CLSA Orange County Chapter rjlopez@fuscoe.com
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Be sure to check out the Classified Ads this month. Robert Wada & Associates, Inc. are having a liquidation sale of their survey equipment. If you are looking to add to your arsenal of equipment or are looking for some rare antiques, give Robert Wada a call.
Fund-raising efforts for the scholarship take on two forms. First, individual districts hold their own fund-raising efforts. The second form of fund-raising is from a yearly, statewide Division of Highways T-shirt sale. This years T-shirt sale will take place in all districts during April. Coffee cups and Tshirts in a selection of colors, including white, grey, safety green, blue, and pink will be available to purchase. All items are embossed with the old Division of Highways emblem. T-shirts range in size from small to XXL. All T-shirts have a breast pocket and are available in short or long sleeves. Both have a large Division of Highways emblem on the back and a small emblem on the front pocket.
People interested in purchasing items should call their district contact listed below: District 12: Colin Smythe, District Surveys Office (949) 756-4917
CALTRANS DISTRICT 12 - PROFESSIONAL LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES March 27, 2012 The Caltrans District 12 Professional Liaison Committee convened at 9:30 AM, Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at the Caltrans District 12 Transportation Management Center (TMC) in Irvine, California. 1. Introductions, Public Comments Guests All meeting attendees introduced themselves. Please refer to the last page of these minutes for a list of meeting attendees. Caltrans Report
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Capital Programs Adnan Maiah (Acting Deputy Director, Capital Programs) o Staffing: D12 Deputy of Planning Ryan Chamberlin was promoted to Program Management in Sacramento. Ahmed Abou Abdou will be acting Deputy of Planning until a replacement is named. D8 Director Raymond Wolfe was named the new Chief Executive of SANBAG. Syed Raza will be the Acting Director until a replacement is named. D5 Director Richard Krumholz will be retiring. Caltrans HQ Chief of Programming will be the Acting Director of D5 until a replacement is named.
o SHOPP and STIP: The 2012 SHOPP will be adopted March 28, 2012 and the STIP will be adopted on March 29 2012. $150 million dollars in programming capacity is added by SHOPP for Orange County. $200 million will be added on the regional STIP. $165 million will go to 3 HOV projects along the I-5. The STIP will also include funding for aux lanes in the City Of Irvine, and convert remaining limited access HOV lanes to continuous access lanes in areas where there are no existing projects already in progress. o CFD Projects: On track to be delivered. o ARRA Projects: Completed except for the SR-22/I-405 west county connector. Six other projects have been completed including the SR-91 project from SR-241 to SR-71. o CMIA Projects: All under construction. The I-5/SR-74 project was added. There is pressure from the CTC to have all projects under construction by December 2012. This deadline can only be
changed by voters. The I-5/SR-74 project is slated for construction in June. The critical path for the project includes R/W acquisition from several gas stations. The acquisitions are close to complete. Bid savings of approximately $50 million from CMIA projects may be awarded by the CTC to other projects in D12. o Beach Blvd R/W Relinquishment in Buena Park: The city wanted to make improvements to Beach Blvd that are not standard within Caltrans. The CTC will approve the relinquishment on March 28, 2012. The zero cost relinquishment relieves D12 of maintenance and liability obligations. o Caltrans Operations Review: The Department has initiated a statewide review of the department operation in search of potential efficiencies. A conclusion will be announced in a few weeks. o Inspection Services Contract: The District has advertised a new contract for a consultant to provide construction inspection services. The end date is April 11th. The budget is $3 million over 3 years. o Caltrans/OCTA partnering meeting: Held to discuss ways to streamline and improve processes between the two agencies to advance the highway system in Orange County. Pavement conditions are good but capacity issues can be addressed. The meeting has helped to improve communication between the departments.
Planning Ahmed Abou Abdou o Park and Ride Cost Benefit Study: The Park and Ride Cost Benefit study has commenced and the first meeting will be March 29, 2012. The study has a target completion of February 2013. o HOV Study: The study will coordinate the HOT and HOV lane policy study with Headquarters Traffic Operations. The vendor was selected. o CSMP Update: Work on the SR-55 CSMP micro simulation modeling is ongoing. Work on the I-5 and SR-55 CSMP is scheduled to finish this year by June 30, 2012. o Conventional Highway Vehicle Detection Pilot: The Conventional Highway Vehicle Detection Pilot will also be through the CMAS Process. Planning is evaluating the RFO. o SPR Funds: The Department is shortlisted for SPR funds for three studies under the ITS Master Plan Go Green initiative. If approved for funding the studies will go through the CMAS process in Fall, 2012. o TCRs: Will be complete for SR-1, SR-73, and SR-261 this fiscal year.
o PID Oversight: PID oversight requires for partners to forward any cooperative agreements for Caltrans Oversight.
Construction Saeid Asgari (Acting Deputy Director, Capital Programs) o Department Challenges: The shortage of staff with many ongoing projects continues to be a challenge with respect to construction activities. The Department is embarking on a rotational program to bring some staff back to construction. o SR-91 (SR-55 to SR-241) Project: This is an A+B contract. Construction activities have been moving forward day and night to meet deadlines. o SR-22/SR-605/SR-405 Project: Should have the 7th Street Bridge functional by April 17th. o CEMM: Saeid has implemented CEMM (Construction Engineering Manpower Management) within all construction activities to ensure all seniors are equally utilized, and help manage the heavy work load.
Traffic Operations Gary Slater o Staff: Caltrans Chief of Traffic Operations, Robert Copp, is retiring in December 2012. He is putting together an organization plan to help improve efficiency of Operations. The District has decided to rotate and reorganize the operations division. Seniors have been rotated between TMP, Ramp metering, Permits, and TMC groups. o Adopt-A-Ramp Program: This program has been initiated.
Design Chief Frank Lin o ADA Compliance: $1 billion in spending over 30 years to fix ADA facilities. An independent consultant conducted an audit and inspection of Districts 6, 7, 8, and 11. The report was released a month ago. It indicated many locations that have non standard features. Location and process for mitigation was cited in the report. Moving forward, districts are to standardize all ADA facilities that are included in highway projects. o ADA Tolerance: The standard slope of 8.33% in the ADA guidelines must be strictly followed in construction. A slope of 8.5% will be cited as a non standard feature.
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Staff Update: Three critical positions are still vacant: Two project managers and one program manager. The positions should be filled within a month. Construction Management RFP: A CM RFP for the last grade separation of the Orangethorpe Corridor Grade Separations at the Lakeview Avenue Crossing will be released in June. SR-91 CM: Consultants were selected. OCTA Board M2020 Workshop on February 27th: Discussed M2020. The concept would advance the majority of the freeway program up into the next 10 years via major financing as opposed to the current pay as you go process. Between February 27th and July, there will be many more committee discussions and outreach to key stakeholders about M2020. The next major OCTA Board decision will be made in July. I-405 project PMCM: The current express lanes alternative for the I-405 project is expected to cost 1.7 billion, and is currently underfunded. The Board will make a decision on how to meet the funding needs. In late June the Board will make a decision on the locally preferred alternative and the PMCM team for design-build. I-405 Upcoming Committee Decisions: Two significant committee decisions will be made for the I-405 project in April. Finance and Administration Committee will meet on April 11th. Findings from the financial and delivery advisor will be presented. Regional Planning and Highways will have an action for the committee to receive and file the financial information, and direct staff to investigate legislative authority for design-build on April 16th. An OCTA Board discussion will occur on April 23, 2012. These key meetings will give an indication for the next steps of the project. I-405 R/W Services RFP: Will follow after the PMCM RFP. David Lowe is the acting Chief Engineer. TCA is moving forward with the extension of the SR-241 South to the vicinity of Cow Camp Road. No Report
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Focus Session C C Jerry Champa HQ Division of Traffic Operations, Liaison Engineer Managed Lane Traffic Safety Analysis The Caltrans Traffic Operations Policy Directive on Managed Lanes will be included with the minutes. The next PLC meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 242/243 of the Caltrans District 12 TMC in Irvine, California.
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Respectfully submitted,
Meeting Attendance
Nat Adam Saeid Asgari John Boslet Bo Burick Rose Casey Macie Cleary Robert Delagado Nicole Ihlenfeld David Lew Frank Lin Anna Luo Adnan Maiah Joshua McNeill Lisa Ramsey Camilo Rocha Jeff Shaw Rajesh Soneja Ken Steele Steven Tayanipour Lee Haber Tim Byrne A.B. Fakhouri Jose Hernandez Bryan Sorensen Gary Slater Victor Lopez Joe Harake Ahmed Abou-Abdou Ferdinand Agbayani
CLASSIFIED ADS NOTE: Classified Advertising Policy The Orange County Chapters advertisements are $50 per quarter, text only, full page width, limited to approximately 3 inches in height, using 12 point font. The ads will not only appear in the newsletter, but on the Orange County Chapters website as well. To place or renew a classified advertisement, contact Richard Lopez at (949) 474-1960 x4377 or at richard@fuscoe.com
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