Liaison Division

GENERAL LAND OFFICE

No committee activity this quarter

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)
 

REAL ESTATE

No activity since last report.

If there are any issues or concerns that anyone knows of that needs to be addressed by this committee, please let me know.

I welcome any input and suggestions from past committee members and the general membership. Listed below is the committee charge and various tasks assigned to this committee:

 Committee Charge:

Continue to represent the objectives of TSPS before TAR. Keep TSPS Executive Committee and Board of Directors informed of any actions required by TSPS.  Develop a liaison contact at TAR and hold a minimum of once-a-month discussions concerning TSPS objectives and joint issues.  Coordinate with other TSPS committees, as required by issues of concern.

Tasks:

• Consider expanding this committee to have five Co-Chairs to correspond to the five TSPS chapter areas...See link with TLTA Liaison and five co-chairs;

• Prepare outline for TSPS Speakers at Real Estate meetings;

• Invitation for Real Estate Liaison to have exhibit at TSPS convention;

• Deliver a report at each quarterly board meeting responding to committee charges and task. Discussing actions, no action, problems, contacts made, input or concerns from other organization;

Through out the year develop a short report to be presented and included in the annual business meeting concerning the objects and concerns of this organization;

REAL ESTATE DIVISION TO THE STATE BAR

(See Page 1 of pdf file)
 

REGISTRATION PRACTICES

There has been no activity since the June Board meeting.

TxDOT

Since our last report the Standing Committee on Surveying (SCOS) has held meetings on May 31, 2007 at the Camp Hubbard campus. The following TxDOT representatives were present:

John Wallis, Odessa District; Ivor Walker, Houston District; Jon Cox, Dallas District; Mark Caldwell, Atlanta District; Randall Kercher, Corpus Christi District; Steve Schmidt, ISD Division; Marcy Saenz, Design Division; Dean Wilkerson, ISD Division, Jesse Cooper, Right-of-Way Division; Dan Erwin, Right of Way Division; Darryl Zercher, ISD Division; Judy Skeen (Sponsor) ISD Division and myself.

Committee reports:

Pre-Certification- Jon Cox reported 35 RPLS’s have been certified.

Survey Manual – John Wallis reported that work is progressing on the revision to Section 7 “ROW Mapping Graphic Standards” and talked about a new chapter dealing with construction surveying.

Survey Contract Templates - Ivor Walker reported progress is being made, but contract must be specific as to work effort to be required.

Survey Software Solutions: - Darryl Zercher reported that several different software’s are being evaluated.

Old Business:

The evaluation sheets from the 2007 TxDOT Survey Conference were reviewed and discussed as to ways the 2008 Conference could be improved. Overall the evaluations were very favorable.

Steve Schmidt reported that he is preparing an appendix “C” for the Survey Manual that will show all of the monuments available to be used by TxDOT survey contractors.

New Business:

Dan Erwin gave a report of the new Section 7, with a proposed example to be reviewed by SCOS, that included Level names, the old level number, Descriptions, element weight, line style, element color, text style and text size. Dan also discussed a list of Recommend Electronic Deliverables.

Changes in the Survey Contract NOI by the Consultant Contract Office were discussed.

Respectfully submitted

John F. Pierce, TSPS liaison to TxDOT SCOS

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