2017 Issue

65 Did the City approve the documents that left out the replacement of the street monument? Did the contractor simply forget to perpetuate this corner? Does the City En- gineering staff have adequate knowledge of the facts and a competent evaluation of the subject matter to express a professional opinion with respect to possible boundary conflicts that could happen in the future? Finally, here are some state codes that are applicable – for your own review: 17-23-13.  Setting monuments.  17-23-14.  Disturbed corners -- County surveyor to be notified.  (A person who finds it necessary to disturb any established corner in the improvement of a road, or for any other cause, or finds a monument that needs rehabilitation, shall notify the county surveyor.) 17-23-15.  Removal, destruction, or defacement of mon- uments or corners as misdemeanor ( guilty of a class C misdemeanor - responsible for: the costs of reestablishing the survey monument, corner, or witness corner; and any necessary legal action) 17-23-17.5.  Corner perpetuation and filing (Salt Lake County interprets subdivision and P.I. monument to be an accessory monuments to the public land survey system.) 17-23-19.  County permitted to establish Public Land Corner Preservation Fund … 76-8-415.  Damaging or removing monuments of offi- cial surveys.  (guilty of a class B misdemeanor.) Hope at the end of the tunnel The other night the Syracuse City Engineer came by my house to let me know that he had spoken to his surveyor and the County Surveyor and that they (the City) were in the process of replacing the subdivision street monument in my neighborhood. He also said that there were six other mon- uments that had been destroyed in the same manner in the past couple of years. He indicated that they were working on replacing them also with help from the city's contract surveyor. He wanted me to know that they were working on it but that it would take a little bit of time. Shortly after that, I noticed that straddle nails had been set in the intersection. Now I am waiting for the winter to end so I can watch for the reconstruction of the monument in my intersection. Hope at the end of the tunnel? A friend reminded me of the following: “How will the city know if the monument is correctly replaced? A coordinate? Hand ties? The location of the original monument controls – regardless of a mathematical tie. We (Private and County Surveyors) need to be proactive rather than reactive.” Recycling industrial-related scrap metal is one of the things we do best! www.umw.com | 801.364.5679 Utah Metal Works, Inc.