Pub. 14 2019 Issue 1

9 Issue 1 2019 / UCLS Foresights www.ucls.org I t has been a little while since I have been able to get a report put together for the goings on with the Chapter, but I have vowed to do better. It has been a quiet year so far with meetings, but they have been productive. We met in April and Devron Anderson presented the New State law about Monument preservation: it was a good topic with lots of information on the number of monuments that might be disturbed each year due to construction activities. We also learned about the efforts Weber County and others are taking to preserve the monuments. If you would like to knowmore or have Devron give a presentation, please contact him at the Weber County Surveyor’s Office. May was the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinen - tal Railroad. We had an informal event scheduled to coincide with the anniver- sary. While I was unable to attend, the feedback I heard from those who could indicate that it was quite an event. If you are interested, I understand there is still time to commemorate the event this year at the Golden Spike National Historic Site. For more information go to https://www. nps.gov/gosp/index.htm. Our last meeting was in June, where we had Brent Bateman from the State Ombudsman’s Office talk to us about Parcel Line Adjustments vs. Amended Plats, Q2 vs Hughes and Anderson vs. Fautin. Much debate was had and overall it was a good meeting. One item that I took away from the discussion was that there is still some ambiguity with how we are to fully help the public to perfect their unwritten title rights based on these court cases. This is something to think about more as we continue to move forward. The chapter is working hard behind the scenes, helping to put an exhibit together for the Surveyors Historical Society Rendezvous in September, at the Utah Railroad Museum in Union Station in Ogden. There will be more to come on that in the SHS followup. For now, stay hydrated, watch out for traffic and avoid those nasty pincushion corners we all find from time to time. t Golden Spike Chapter Report By Andy Hubbard, PLS, Golden Spike Chapter President