Pub. 14 2019 Issue 1

25 Issue 1 2019 / UCLS Foresights www.ucls.org COLORADO (PLSC) Roger Nelson and Todd Beers – Colorado AES Board is in the process of transferring the responsibility for approving SI exam candidate applications to NCEES. There will be emergency meetings over the next few weeks about the subject. The PLSC is attending the meetings and participat - ing in the discussions. HAWAII (HLSA) Meyer Cummins – Current membership is 88. HLSA worked with its members and crafted a bill, SB 898, to amend the current Land Court Deregistration Legislation and require land owners seeking deregistration to submit a file plan and regular system description of the deregistered parcels as part of the dereg - istration process. HLSA is also working on a new bill to address the lack of a statute of limitations for land surveyors in Hawaii. MONTANA (MARLS) Dick Smith and Russ Kluesner – Current membership is 427. MARLS is continuing efforts to update their Standards of Practice Manual. Work is in progress for a 2020 update to the MSSLR to include new legislation from the most recent legislative session. MARLS is looking into offering both the LSI and CST exams on-site at the 2020 Conference to be held in Great Falls, February 19-21, 2020. NEVADA (NALS) Nancy Almanzan and Matt Gingerich – Current membership is 256. NALS recently held a strategic planning session which yielded six initiatives and several proposed bylaw changes. The initiatives are: 1) Recruit leaders at the chapter and state level; 2) Support the four year degree pro - gram; 3) Increase outreach and workforce development; 4) Representation; 5) Communications; 6) Develop benefits for unlicensed members. NALS board approved the formation of a Nevada Young Surveyors Network. They will be charged with identifying the young surveyors within the state and recruiting them to the YSN. The YSN will assist NALS in out - reach and develop programs. Nevada passed a resolution in support of the requirement for the four year degree require - ment for land surveyors. WFPS Delegates discussed a similar resolution and are working on a draft resolution for approval at the September meeting. NEW MEXICO (NMPS) Allen Grace – Current membership is 230. New Mexico has a very active Young Surveyors Group and they are working with NMPS on high school outreach, including a sandbox, scanning and drones. Legislation has been passed to allow the Board of Registration to develop a scholarship program, which includes outreach projects as well as providing scholarship funds (up to $100,000 annually) to engineering and surveying students. UTAH (UCLS) Mike Nadeau – Current membership is 399. The Surveyors Historical Society Rendezvous was in Salt Lake City September 18-21, 2019. UCLS currently supports TrigStar, the CST program and the boy scout merit badge programs. UCLS is working with a county in southern Utah that is requiring surveyors to show the entirety of a subdivision plat even if only amending one or two lots in the subdivision. WASHINGTON (LSAW) Ben Petersen and Jeff Lynch – Current membership is 790. House Bill 1176 signed by the Governor May 21st separates the professional licensing Board from the general Dept. of Licensing and gives them control over their own finances. The survey map recording fee is increasing by $4.50 to $187.50 per survey map. New prevailing wage rates took effect in March 2019, in 26 out of 39 counties, increasing construction surveyor wages to $132,620/yr. for party chiefs, $130,437/yr. for instrument persons and $122,574/yr. for Chainman. The union rate automatically becomes the prevail - ing wage rate in those 26 counties and is slated to increase by $3/hr. in March 2020 and another $3/hr. in March 2021. WYOMING (PLSW) Mark Corbridge – Current membership is 262. PLSW is working with the GIS Community on a possible joint conference in 2020. County clerks in Wyoming are no longer required to keep track books and are moving towards electronic only information. The University of Wyoming has a minor in land surveying as well as a land surveying certificate program. PLSW is working with the board of registration and the University of Wyoming on an outreach program to ele- mentary through high school students. WFPS OFFICERS 2019-2021 The following board members ascended or were elected as officers for the 2019-2021WFPS term. They will be installed at the meeting on September 14, 2019 in Reno, Nevada. Mike Nadeau (Utah) – Chair Ben Peterson (Washington) – Chair-Elect Mark Corbridge (Wyoming) – Secretary/Treasurer Matt Gingerich (Nevada) – Immediate Past Chair WFPS FOUNDATION The WFPS Disaster Relief and Scholarship fund has been estab - lished through the NSPS Education Foundation. Donations are now being accepted. The criteria and application information have been sent to all state associations and can be found on the WFPS website. Urgent assistance is needed for land sur - veyors who have been affected by the California wildfires. The WFPS Foundation has awarded relief funds to California survey - or after their home and all belongings were lost in the recent California wildfires. Donations can be made mailed to WFPS: 526 South E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95404. https://www.nsps.us.com/donations/donate.asp?id=18191