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MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 92214 September 24, 1992
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
RICHARD G. SKARRITT, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: CLERK/REGISTER OF DEEDS - OAKLAND COUNTY MONUMENTATION
AND REMONUMENTATION PLAN (REVISED)
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the State Survey and Remonumentation Act, Act 345 of the
Public Acts of 1990, requires all counties to establish and submit a model
plan for the monumentation and remonumentation of property controlling
corners; and
WHEREAS the Board of Commissioners has previously approved a county
model plan on December 12, 1991; and
WHEREAS the Michigan State Survey and Remonumentation Commission has
subsequently made minor changes to the state model plan; and
WHEREAS the Attorney General for the State of Michigan has determined
a county representative who is a remonumentation surveyor cannot be the
grant administrator; and
WHEREAS Thomas M. Smith has been appointed the county representative
for the county plan and may be a remonumentation surveyor and therefore
cannot be the grant administrator.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners approves the attached revised county model plan for the
monumentation and remonumentation of property controlling corners and
authorizes the Register of Deeds to submit the plan to the Michigan State
Survey and Remonumentation Commission.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that implementation of the county
remonumentation plan shall not occur until state grant funding has been
provided.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners appoint Lynn D. Allen, Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds,
as the grant administrator of the county plan.
Mr. Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move
the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
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COUNTY PLAN
MONUMENTATION AND REMONUMENTATION PLAN FOR
OAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN
Prepared for the Implementation of Act 345 of 1990
Approved:
OAKLAND COUNTY
, 1992
, Board of County Commissioners
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Topic Page Number
Title Page
Table of Contents ii
I. Introduction - The Reason for this Plan 1
Definitions 2
Plan Objectives 4
IV. Grant Administration 5
V. Plan Execution 6
VI. Work Program 8
VII. Perpetual Monument Maintenance Program 9
VIII. Geodetic Densification and Maintenance Program 9
IX. Amending the Plan 10
X. Severability 10
XI. - Annual Funding Availability 10
Appendices
A. Items Eligible for Grant Funds 11
B. Procedure for Ratification of Corner Position 12
C. Minimum Standards for Monumentation . . . . 13
D. Minimum Standards for Corner Witnessing . . 13
E. Research Sources 14
This topic (*) is highly recommended, but is not
required for approval by the State Survey and
Remonumentation Commission.
I. INTRODUCTION -- THE REASON FOR THIS PLAN
The adoption by the Board of County Commissioners of a "County
Monumentation and Remonumentation Plan" is a requirement of Act 345
of the Public Acts of 1990. When the State Legislature was
considering the adoption of Senate Bill 380 (which became Public
Act 345), the following "Supporting Argument" was presented by
nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its delibera-
tions:
Implementing the county monumentation program would mark
the first time in 175 years that a concerted effort was
made to do this critically needed job. Since the 1850s,
there has been no statewide effort to validate corners,
even though surveyors' tools have advanced from a 33-foot
chain and a compass to a technological arsenal that
includes a device that gives automatic measurements of
angles between corners, and instruments that bounce a
signal off a satellite to determine the exact longitude
and latitude of a given point. Orderly, concistent
remonumentation with standardized markers would assist in
the documentation and planning of roads and utilities,
the (location) of public and private property, the
settlement of ownership claims and disputes, and the
provision of a central data base containing information
on counties and townships throughout the State. Comple-
tion of the remonumentation system in a county would
•'-enable the county to implement a, computerized mapping
system that would include the precise location of roads,
utilities, and property lines; the corners would serve as
the foundation for such a map. Further, the remonument-
ing on a county-wide basis would be more economical than
contracting out a few corners at a time, and individual
surveys would be less expensive if surveyors could rely
on monumented corners.
The County must adopt a County Plan which must be approved by the
State Survey and Remonumentation Commission in order to be eligible
for state grants for monumentation and remonumentation. The Model
County Plan prepared and adopted by the State Commission pursuant
to Section 8(1) of Public Act 345 may be adopted as is by a county
or, if necessary, with changes appropriate for that county. The
grants are made available from funds that the County must send to
the state regularly, beginning in January of 1991. The companion
Act 346, of the Public Acts of 1990, (Senate Bill 381) provides for
the collection of funds by each County's Register of Deeds.
II. DEFINITIONS
The following words or phrases as used in this plan are either
contained in Act 345, of the Public Acts of 1990, or are necessary
for its administration:
A) Act -- means Act 345, of the Public Acts of 1990, the State
Survey and Remonumentation Act, being Sections 54.261 to 54.279 of
the Michigan Compiled Laws.
B) Commission -- means the State Survey and Remonumentation
Commission created under Act 345 of the Public Acts of 1990.
C) Corner -- means a public land survey corner or a property
controlling corner.
D) County Grant Administrator -- means a person appointed by the
County Board of Commissioners as the individual responsible for
completing and submitting the annual Application for a Survey and
Monumentation Grant to the State of Michigan, and the ariministering
of the approved annual grant. The County Grant Administrator's
duties are those set forth herein.
E) County Representative -- means (1) the County Surveyor, whether
elected or appointed, pursuant to Section 95 of Chapter 14 of the
Revised Statutes of 1846, being Section 54.95 of the Michigan
Compiled Laws; or (2) the Licensed Surveyor appointed by the County
Board of Commissioners if the county does not have a County
Surveyor. The County Representative shall perform any duties
assigned by law and other duties described herein.
F) Locate -- means to recover an existing corner which conforms to
the minimum standards specified herein.
G) Lost Corner -- means a previously established corner whose
position cannot be recovered beyond reasonable doubt, either from
traces of the original general land office marker or its accesso-
ries or from acceptable evidence or testimony that bears upon the
original position, and whose location can be restored only by
reference to one or more interdependent corners.
H) Marker -- means the physical object which occupies the location
of a public land survey corner, a property-controlling corner, or
a horizontal or vertical control station.
I) Monument -- means to install a marker which meets or exceeds
minimum standards as specified herein.
J) Monumentation Surveyor -- means the Surveyor who is awarded a
contract to (a) perform research for and monument or remonument
markers or (b) establish horizontal and/or vertical control
markers.
DEFINITIONS (continued)
K) Obliterated Corner -- means a previously established corner
which has no remaining traces of the marker or its accessories, but
its position has been perpetuated or its position may be recovered
beyond reasonable doubt by the acts and testimony of the interested
landowners, competent surveyors, or other qualified local authori-
ties or witnesses, or by some acceptable record evidence.
L) Open Meetings Act -- means Act 267 of the Public Acts of 1976,
as amended, being Sections 15.261 to 15.275 of Michigan Compiled
Laws.
M) Peer Group -- means not less than three non-associated
Surveyors appointed by the County Representative. One member of
the Peer Group shall be the County Representative, who shall act as
chair.
N) Property-controlling Corner -- means a Public Land Survey
corner or any property corner which does not lie on a property line
of the property in question, but which controls the location of 1
or more of the property corners of the property in question.
.0) Public Land Survey Corner -- means any corner actually
established and monumented in an original survey or resurvey used
as a basis of legal description for issuing a patent for the land
to a private person from the United States government.
P) Remonument -- means to install a marker where: 1) the existing
marker does not meet minimum standards as specified; 2) the
existing marker is in danger of becoming "lost" or "obliterated;"
or 3) the corner has been "lost" or "obliterated."
Q) Surveyor -- means a Land Surveyor licensed under Article 20 of
the Occupational Code, Act 299 of the Public Acts of 1980, being
'Sections 339.20001 to 339.2014 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
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III. PLAN OBJECTIVES
A) Provide for the location, monumentation and/or remonumentation
of corners on a maximum 20-year planned timetable.
B) Create a system for the research of the history of all corners
and horizontal and vertical control markers.
C) Create and maintain a repository for all records pertaining to
Public Land Surveys.
D) Provide for a "perpetual maintenance program" for all corners
and horizontal and vertical control markers.
E) Provide for the location of, and a data base for, horizontal
and vertical control markers.
F) Coordinate with adjoining counties for the monumentation of
all county line corners.
G) Annually determine monumentation requirements for which a
grant application will be submitted for state approval.
H) Provide a uniform filing and database system, for the indexing of all
of the records generated by this plan.
IV. GRANT ADMINISTRATION
For the purpose of implementation of this Act, the County Board of
Commissioners must appoint a County Grant Administrator. The
county shall also appoint a County Representative* if the county
has abolished the position of County Surveyor in accordance with
law.
The County Grant Administrator's duties include:
A) Submitting annually a grant application and supporting
documents to the Commission by December 31st.
B) Selecting Monumentation Surveyors in compliance with Qualifi-
cation-Based Selection (QBS) as set forth in House Concurrent
Resolution 206 (June, 1987).
C) Submitting proposed County/Monumentation-Surveyor Contracts to
the Board of County Commissioners for its approval and its
authorization for execution. Government agencies shall not be
precluded from participation from this plan.
D) Recommending payment to the Monunentation Surveyor as provided
by the contract.
E) Submitting other documentation as required by the Commission.
F) Pursuant to Section V, Subsection F, recommend payment to the
remonumentation staff.
* NOTE: IF THE SURVEYOR ACTING AS THE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE IS
NOT A MONUMENTATION SURVEYOR, THAT PERSON MAY ALSO BE THE
COUNTY GRANT ADMINISTRATOR.
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V. PLAN EXECUTION
In addition to any duties assigned by law, the County Representa-
tive shall establish requirements and procedures to implement the
following:
A) Research the history of corners and horizontal and vertical
control stations.
B) Field verify whether corners are "Existent," "Lost" or
"Obliterated."
C) Set a marker at all corners, following the Peer Group's
ratification. The location of said corners shall be estab-
lished in accordance with the procedures set forth in the
"Manual of Instructions for the Survey of Public Lands of the
United States," 1973, prepared by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment of the United States Department of Interior (Technical
Bulletin 6, or subsequent editions).
D) Recover all existing horizontal and vertical control stations.
The County Representative shall also be responsible for:
A) Establishing, scheduling meetings of, and chairing a Peer
Group which will meet and act as advisors for ratification of
corner locations. These meetings shall be in compliance with
the Open Meetings Act.
B) Creating and maintaining a filing system for each corner,
which contains all survey information compiled.
C) Submitting documentation to the County Grant Administrator as
required for the annual Application for Monumentation Grant
which includes, but is not limited to, the following:
1) For the current-year projects, a description of the work
area completed, the work area projected to be completed
by December 31st, and the work area remaining to be
completed.
A general work-progress report for all previously-awarded
contracts.
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PLAN EXECUTION (continued)
3) The Work Program for the following year. The Work
Program will indicate (a) the area where the Public Land
Survey corners and Property-controlling corners are
proposed to be monumented and/or remonumented within the
next contract year; (b) the area where the Public Land
Survey corners and Property-controlling corners are to be
researched in the next contract year; (c) the area where
horizontal and vertical control stations are to be
researched and located; and (d) the area where horizontal
and vertical coordinates are to be established.
D) Creating and maintaining a filing system for horizontal and
vertical geodetic monumentation information obtained from
National Geodetic Survey, United States Geological Survey and
other sources.
E) Coordinating the densification of horizontal and vertical
geodetic monumentation with the Commission's Geodetic Advisor.
F) Creating a remonumentation staff, at his/her option, for the purpose
of, implementation of any parts of this plan and requirements of
Act 345 of the Public Acts of 1990.
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VI. WORK PROGRAM
To meet the objectives of the Act, all work shall be performed in
the following manner:
A. Research: A minimum number of corner locations shall be
researched each year so as to complete the monumentation
program within 20 years. Copies of all research information
shall be available to the public. The County may charge a
reasonable fee for such copies.
No marker shall be considered a part of the plan until the
research for its location has been performed and the location
has been ratified by the Peer Group.
B. Monumentation: Annually locate and monument or remonument a
minimum number of corners so as to complete the program within
20 years.
The corners proposed to be monumented shall be specified as
part of the annual grant application. An annual grant may
include some unspecified corners in danger of becoming "lost"
or "obliterated."
For corners monumented under the Act, the Monumentation
Surveyor shall furnish the County Representative two copies of
a completed and recorded Land Corner Recordation Certificate,
as required by Act 74 of the Public Acts of 1970, as amended,
being Sections 54.201 to 54.214 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
The County Representative shall forward one copy to the County
Grant Administrator to be forwarded to the Commission with the
work progress reports, as required by the Commission.
Any surveyor may submit a corner location to the County
Representative for Peer Group review.
When filed with the County Representative, all information is
considered filed with and available to the Commission. The
county agrees to maintain these records and to provide copies
of any records requested by the Commission at no charge.
VII. PERPETUAL MONUMENT MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
When all corners have been monumented as specified under this Act,
a "Perpetual Monument Maintenance Program" shall begin. Each year
thereafter, a minimum of 1/20th of the corners shall be checked
and, if necessary, remonumented. The specific corners or specific
region to be checked shall be a part of the annual grant applica-
tion.
VIII. GEODETIC DENSIFICATION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
The County Representative shall research an entire county for
existence of NGS/CGS (National Geodetic Survey/Coast and Geodetic
Survey) and other important horizontal and vertical control
stations. Thereafter, a thorough field search shall be made for
each control station identified by the research. A report of the
status of each station shall be prepared using the NOAA/NGS
"DDPROC" (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National
Geodetic Survey Descriptive Data Processing System) method. The
report shall be filed with the County Representative, the Commis-
sion, and the NGS Geodetic Advisor for submission to NGS (National
Geodetic Survey). The County Representative shall provide for the
preservation and maintenance of all geodetic markers in the county.
When deemed timely by the County Representative, a Monumentation
Surveyor shall be engaged to determine "NAD 83" (North American
Datum of 1983), three-dimensional coordinates in accordance with
Act '9 of the Public Acts of 1964, as amended by Act 154 of the
Public Acts of 1988, being Sections 54.231 to 54,239 of the
Michigan Compiled Laws, on corners or other monumented points
approved by the Commission. All work for NGS control densification
and inclusion into the National Geodetic Reference System (NGRS)
shall meet or exceed the positional accuracy and marker require-
ments of Group C; Order 2; 20 PPM according to the FGCC standards
entitled "Geometric Geodetic Accuracy Standards and Specifications
for using GPS Relative Positioning Techniques" for GPS (Global
Positioning Systems) or Second-Order Class 1-1:50,000 minimum
distance accuracy for all other measurement systems according to
FGCC manual entitled "Standards and Specifications for Geodetic
Control Networks." The NGVD 1929 (National Geodetic Vertical Datum
of 1929) datum will be used until such time as the new NAVD 1988
(North American Vertical Datum of 1988) vertical adjustment is
completed.
Essentially, only the base network markers meeting the necessary
requirements may become part of the NGRS and the corner markers
will be positioned to a minimum of Third Order Class I horizontal
control network standards or Group C, Order 3-100 PPM for GPS
according to the FGCC standards and specifications.
The specific stations or specific region to be included in the work
program shall be a part of the annual grant application.
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IX. AMENDING THE PLAN
This plan may be amended subject to:
A) Approval by the Board of County Commissioners.
B) Approval by the Commission.
X. SEVERABILITY
If any section or provision of this plan for any reason conflicts
with present or future Legislative Acts or Administrative Rules,
that section shall be invalid, but such invalidation shall not
affect the remaining provisions of this plan.
XI. ANNUAL FUNDING AVAILABILITY
Work programs specified in Sections VI, VII and VIII shall be
adjusted depending upon the actual annual grant and other funds
available.
APPENDIX A -- ITEMS ELIGIBLE FOR GRANT FUNDS
Items eligible for Grant Funds include the following:
1. Corner research expenses.
2. Time spent in developing corner-location documentation,
including time spent to research existing records, summarize
the evidence found, prepare drawings when necessary, and
prepare a final report. Information to be shown on the above-
noted drawing may include traverse information and useful
physical features (e.g., lines of occupation, roadways,
fences, etc.).
3. Time spent in presenting corner locations to the Peer Group
for ratification.
4. Field time spent to set and witness markers, including field-
traversing time, if necessary.
5. Such other items as may be specified in the grant application
and approved by the Commission.
6. Compensation to the county representative and members of the
remonumentaton staff.
APPENDIX B -- PROCEDURE FOR RATIFICATION OF A CORNER POSITION
When a Monumentation Surveyor desires the ratification of a corner-
position, he/she shall make a written request for same to the
County Representative, accompanied by the corner-position documen-
tation. Not later than 28 calendar days after said request, the
County Representative shall call and chair a meeting, noticed in
compliance with the Open Meetings Act, of a Peer Group to review
the corner-position documentation furnished.
At least ten days prior to the meeting, the County Representative
shall give notice of the meeting to the Peer Group, each Monumenta-
tion Surveyor whose corner-position documentation will be reviewed,
and any surveyor who has set a ccrner different from the position
being considered. All corner-position documentation will be
reviewed by the Peer Group. Minutes shall be taken which shall
become the official record when approved by the Peer Group.
After the Peer Group's ratification, the Monumentation Surveyor
shall install the appropriate corner marker and cap and shall file
a Land Corner Recordation Certificate as required by Act 74 of the
Public Acts of 1970, as amended, being Sections 54.201 to 54.214 of
the Michigan Compiled Laws. Two copies of said Certificate shall
be furnished to the County Representative.
APPENDIX C -- MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR MONUMENTATION
The permanent marker set at the location of the corner shall be set
in conformance with Act 74, of the Public Acts of 1970, as amended,
being Sections 54.201 to 54.214 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
The county shall adopt standardized markers and/or caps to be
utilized when remonumentation is necessary.
APPENDIX D -- MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CORNER WITNESSING
All corners shall be witnessed in accordance with Act 74, of the
Public Acts of 1970, as amended, and the published rules promulgat-
ed by the State Board of Land Surveyors under Act 299 of the Public
Acts of 1980, as amended, being Sections 339.2001 to 339.2014 of
the Michigan Compiled Laws.
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APPENDIX E -- RESEARCH & RECONNAISSANCE
I. RESEARCH SOURCES AND ANALYSIS
By thoroughly examining and using the following list of sources for
survey information, the prudent surveyor can be confident that the
corner has been properly located:
A. General Land Office (GLO) Survey: including Original,
Dependent, Independent, or Omitted lands (notes, plats, and
special instructions).
If these records are not available in the county offices, they
may be obtained from the Michigan Department of Natural
Resources, the National or State Archives, or the Eastern
Regional Office of the Bureau of Land Management.
TYPE OF INFORMATION
SOURCES USUALLY AVAILABLE
B. County Records:
County Surveyor
County Register of Deeds
County Road Commission
or Dept. of Public Works
County Drain Commissioner
or Dept. of Public Works
Land Corner Recordation Cer-
tificates, public and private .
land surveys and notes
Land Corner Recordation Cer-
tificates, land surveys, sub-
division plats, condominium
subdivisions and other records
Highway location surveys, GLO
corner ties, highway ease-
ments, township road orders
and other records
County and township drain
records, unrecorded maps, and
other records
Clerk of Court Court records .
Abstract Office/Title Abstract records, survey maps,
Company tract maps
Local Assessor Conveyances, survey maps, tax
maps and descriptions
Adjoining-County Offices
or local Departments of
Public Works
County line records, county
line roads
TYPE OF INFORMATION
SOURCES USUALLY AVAILABLE
C. Municipal Records: Board meeting minutes, ceme-
tery records, township road
and drain descriptions and
maps, engineer, clerk, zoning
administrator, utility and
public works departments
D. Other Agencies:
I. State
2. Federal
Department of Management and
Budget-Bureau of Facilities,
Department of Transportation,
Department of Natural •
Resources, universities and
historical collections, State
Archives, State Library
Bureau of Land Management,
Fish & Wildlife Service, Soil
Conservation Service, U.S.
Corps of Engineers, Civilian
Conservation Corps, Coast
Guard, National Parks Service,
U.S. Forest Service, Federal
Aviation Administration,
Federal Communications Com-
mission, National Geodetic
Survey, U.S. Geological Sur-
vey, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, International Great
Lakes Survey, Defense Mapping
Agency
3; Adjoining States Bordering State survey records
(Indiana/Ohio/Wisconsin)
E. Other Sources: Private surveyors' and engin-
eers' records, utility compa-
nies, forest product com-
panies, mining companies, land
agencies, railroad companies,
abstractors, lending institu-
tions, historical societies,
oil and gas companies,
American Land Title Associ-
ation surveys
F. Other Maps and Plats
Plat books of ownership (Index
to County Atlases & Plats)
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TYPE OF INFORMATION
SOURCES USUALLY AVAILABLE
G. Aerial Photos U.S. Soil Conservation Serv-
ice, U.S. Agriculture Stabili-
zation & Conservation Service,
Department of Natural Resour-
ces, Michigan Department of
Transportation, aerial mapping
companies,and/or other
agencies previously listed
H. For Property Owner & Resident Interviews:
1. Develop an interview form. The form should include space
for the date, interviewer's name, and the name, state-
ment, and signature of the person interviewed.
2. The interviewer should determine the credibility of the
person interviewed and make a statement on the interview
form.
3. The interviewer should attempt to obtain an affidavit
when important parole evidence is used to determine the
position of a corner.
ANALYSIS:
A. Develop a checklist to ensure that all possible sources of
information have been investigated (see example attached).
B. Review, when necessary, all maps, plats, and aerial photos
with the Public Land Survey (PLS) notes to correlate physical
calls such as streams, lakes, swamps, etc., with distances on
the maps, plats and photos.
C. Review, when necessary, subsequent surveys to correlate with
the PLS and other later surveys.
II. RECONNAISSANCE (FIELD)
A. All record data related to established monuments, accessories,
and calls to natural features should be reviewed to locate and
define the area of search. Thereafter, a reconnaissance of
the area, using the record-research data or PLS methods, is
necessary to narrow the area of search and explore the area
for evidence. Then, rake a survey to locate existing monu-
ments, occupation lines, possible corner locations, and
natural feature calls from PLS field notes.
B. A licensed surveyor experienced in land corner search, should
make the field search or valuable evidence may be overlooked
or destroyed.
C. The field search should be made at a time of year when
conditions are most suitable for uncovering evidence. This
may depend on the terrain, vegetation, or seasonal ground
cover.
D. The record evidence of the monument to be located will suggest
the type of search equipment to be used during the field
search. The following list should be considered when prepar-
ing for the search:
1. Metal locator -- for recovery of metallic monuments.
2. Hand tools (picks, shovel, etc.) -- where monumentation
is expected within a small area or near the surface.
3. Mechanical equipment (backhoe or jackhammer) -- for
excavation in large, deep, or difficult search areas.
The surveyor's judgement will control the depth and extent of
the excavation. For reference purposes (for future surveys),
provide an excavation report describing the extent and the
location of the excavation. This may. eliminate duplicate
excavation efforts.
E. In areas where the only information available is the original
General Land Office survey data or where it is difficult to
narrow down a corner search area, it may be advantageous to
perform a corner search after a random traverse line has been
surveyed along the section lines between known corners. The
original line calls and corner locations can be calculated and
field located from the random traverse, thus narrowing down
the search area and maximizing the effort spent on the actual
field search for original survey evidence and/or subsequent
survey corner evidence.
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CORNER MONUMENTATION
FIELD MONUMENTATION
A. Type of Marker
A durable and easily identifiable marker locateable with a
magnetic locator should be placed at the position of each
remonumented corner, if possible. Each county will standard-
ize the markers placed within its boundaries. Each marker
will be stamped or engraved to identify it, have a centering
mark to define the exact location of the corner, and be
stamped with the license number of the surveyor responsible
for its placement.
B. Inplace Markers
A existing in-place, non-ferrous marker shall be replaced with
a standard county marker.
SETTING OF MARKER
The marker should be placed carefully to minimize any future
movement of the marker. Reference markers should be placed where
corner positions are in unstable or inaccessible locations. It is
always necessary to consider what future uses may be made of the
'marker location.
NUMBER OF WITNESSES
Each marker should have a minimum of four (4) witnesses to
substantial objects.
LAND CORNER RECORDATION CERTIFICATE
A Land Corner Recordation Certificate shall be prepared and filed
or each corner monumented or remonumented. This certificate shall
be a complete document relating to the location, monumentation,
perpetuation and history of a corner in accordance with Act 74,
P.A. 1970, as amended.
HORIZONTAL CONTROL
The ultimate goal of the remonumentation program is the remonumentation
of every corner in the State of Michigan, which may include the
determination of "NAD 83" (North American Datum of 1983) three-dimen-
sional coordinates on these remonumented corners. The task of remonu-
mentation will frequently involve horizontal traverse work between
existing corners to enable the restoration of lost and/or obliterated
corners. In order to maximize the remonumentation efforts this traverse
work should be performed to the minimum accuracy standard allowable to
meet the requirements of Act 9, Public Acts of 1964, as amended, by Act
154, Public Acts of 1988 being Sections 54.231 to 54.239 of the Michigan
Compiled Laws, i.e., FGCC, Third Order Class I for Horizontal Control.
It should be stressed that the recommended survey control system does
not propose to promote the State Plane Coordinate system at the expense
of adequate monumentation, perpetuation and recordation of corners.
Instedd, the system seeks to remonument the corners and to erect new
accesories to these corners in accordance with sound land surveying
procedures while at the same time applying all of the advantages of the
State Plane Coordinate system. In counties where extensive traverse
work will be required it will be advantageous to be on the State Plane
Coordinate System right from the beginning of the remonumentation
project.
There are several publications that can be obtained from the National
Geodetic Survey that can assist in understanding State Plane Coordinates
and implementing these types of survey traverses:
1. Understanding State Plane Coordinate Systems by Joseph F.
Dracup
2. Fundamentals of the State Plane Coordinate Systems by Joseph
F. Dracup
3. FGCC, Standards and Specifications for Geodetic 'Control
Networks
4. FGCC, Geometric Geodetic Accuracy Standards and Specifications
for Using GPS Relative Positioning Techniques
These publications, along with the horizontal and vertical geodetic
control data for the county, can be obtained from:
NGS Information Center
N/CG 174, Room 26
Rockwall Building
Rockville, Maryland 20852
(301) 443-8631
ADDRESSES FOR RESEARCH SOURCES
ACSM
American Congress on Surveying
and Maping
5410 Grosvenor Lane
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Cadastral Survey
Eastern States Office
350 S. Pickett Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22304
Civilian Conservation Corps
[This agency became the Works
Progress Administration in 1935,
then the Works Projects Adminis-
tration in 1939, then Consolidated
Federal Works Administration in
1942. It was abolished in 1949
and its services were transferred
to the General Services Adminis-
tration.]
Defense Mapping Agency
8613 Lee Highway
Fairfax, Virginia 22031-2137
Federal Communications Commission
1919 "M" Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
International Great Lakes Survey
[This organization no longer
exists. Its work was split in half
between NOAA and the Corps of
Engineers. The data on buoys and
level gauges went to NOS, the
benchmarks for vertical control on
the Great Lakes went to the
Geodetic Survey, the analytical
work went to the Corps.]
Interstate Commerce Commission
12th St. & Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20423
Michigan Department of Management
and Budget
Bureau of Facilities
Stevens T. Mason Building
530 W. Allegan
P.O. Box 30026
Lansing, Michigan 48909
Michigan Department of Natural
Resources
Geological Survey Division/
Lands Division
735 E. Hazel
P.O. Box 30028
Lansing, Michigan 48909
Michigan Department of State
Bureau of History
Archives Section
717 W. Allegan
Lansing, Michigan 48918-1800
Michigan Department of State
Michigan State Library
717 W. Allegan
Lansing, Michigan 48918-1800
Michigan Department of
Transportation
Transportation Building
425 W. Ottawa
P.O. Box 30050
Lansing, Michigan 48909
U.S. Department of Interior
National Parks Service
1849 C Street, N.W., Room 3104
Washington, D.C. 20240
National Archives & Records
Service
General Services Administration
Washington, D.C. 20408
National Ocean Service
Universal Building South
1825 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20235
Office of Coast & Geodetic Survey
Washington Science Center
Building 1
6001 Executive Boulevard
Rockville, Maryland 20852
U.S. Agriculture Stabilization
& Conservation Service
1405 S. Harrison Road
East Lansing, Michigan 48823
-20-
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
North Central Division
P.O. Box 1027
Detroit, Michigan 48231-1027
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
20 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Casimir Pulaski Building
Washington, D.C. 20314
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Forest Service
1407 S. Harrison Road
East Lansing, Michigan 48823
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
1405 S. Harrison Road
East Lansing, Michigan 48823
U.S. Department of Commerce
14th St. & Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20230
U.S. Department of Commerce
NOS/National Geodetic Survey
National Oceanic & Atmospheric
Administration
11400 Rockville Pike
Rockville, Maryland 20852
U.S. Department of Interior
Main Building
1849 C Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20240
U.S. Department of Interior
Bureau of Indian Affairs
1849 C Street, N.W., Room 4160
Washington, D.C. 20240
U.S. Department of Interior
Bureau of Land Management
1849 C Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20240
U.S. Department of Interior
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
1405 S. Harrison Road
East Lansing, Michigan 48823
U.S. Department of Interior
U.S. Geological Survey
6520 Mercantile Way
Lansing, Michigan
U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Highway Administration
211 Federal Building
Lansing, Michigan 48933
U.S. Government Printing Office
Superintendent of Documents
Division of Public Documents
Washington, D.C. 20402
-21- Rev. 3/25/92
' Resolution # 92214 September 24, 1992 .
Moved by Skarritt supported by Millard the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Jensen, Johnson, Krause, Law, McConnell, McCulloch, Millard, Oaks,
Obrecht, Olsen, Palmer, Pappageorge, Pernick, Price, Schmid, Serra, Skarritt,
Wolf, Aaron, Bishop, Caddell, Crake, Ferrens, Gosling, Huntoon. (25)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing
resolution is a true and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County
.Board of Commissioners on September 24, 1992
with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County
of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 24th . day an September
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