MISSOURI STATE LAND SURVEY AUTHORITY
Minutes of Meeting
November 30, 1971
The meeting of the State Land Survey Authority on November 30, 1971, was held in Jefferson City in the State Highway Commission Building. Chairman Daniel Kennedy presided, and Authority members James Anderson, Richard Barr, and Willard Eckhardt were present. Robert E. Myers, State Land Surveyor, also was present, and Arthur W. Jacobs, Chief of Administrative Services, was present during much of the meeting.
1. From 9:00 to 9:45 a.m., the proposed 1972-73 budget, capital improvements request, and emergency request were discussed. The group reassembled in the Capitol Building. The Senate Appropriations Committee reached the State Land Survey Authority at 11:00 a.m., and the hearing continued until 12:00 noon. Mr. Kennedy introduced Messrs. Anderson, Barr, and Eckhardt, and the budget presentations were made by Mr. Myers and Mr. Jacobs. In connection with the emergency request for R&R, there was discussion of a hearing by the Fiscal Affairs Committee with reference to a transfer of funds within the 1971-72 budget.
2. The meeting was resumed at 1:25 p.m. in the State Highway Commission Building.
3. The Minutes of the November 11, 1971, meeting were approved without additions or corrections.
4. The employment of Dr. Glendon Stevens of UMR on a part-time basis was approved. He will be paid $6.25 per hour, or at his UMR salary rate, whichever is less, and the amount of time devoted to Survey Authority work will be consistent with UMR policies on outside consultation by a full-time faculty member. Dr. Stevens will review the existing literature on positional tolerances, and make an analysis and recommendation as to whether it would be productive to write procedures for practicing surveyors.
5. Mr. Myers reported that consultation under the Microtek contract will begin on December 1.
6. Mr. Myers reported that the search and evaluation of the five control stations under the Bangert & Kaller contract had been completed at a total cost of $400. Mr. Myers proposed an expenditure of an additional $800 for further work of this type in the St. Louis area. This was not approved at this time. Mr. Myers is to talk with the National Geodetic Survey, local officials in the St. Louis area, private surveyors, etc., with regard to a master plan for a complete evaluation of stations in the St. Louis area, for implementation as funds are available. The Authority will take action as appropriate when Mr. Myers makes a report and recommendations.
7. The Authority reviewed the work under the George N. Tex consulting contract dated November 22, 1971, having to do with modifying the one-half mile distance limitation specified in RSMo 60.640. The Authority approved the substance of the specifications and standards, subject to some editorial work and rewriting to clarify parts and to remove ambiguities. The modification will be limited to "Earth City" rather than applying to "Class C-1". In view of the fact that the State Land Survey Authority does not have the power to make this modification until RSMo 60.460 is amended, the statement of specifications and standards for modification shall include at the beginning the substance of the following statement: "The specifications and standards stated below upon which modification of the one-half mile distance is conditioned, pursuant to RSMo 60.460, were approved by the State Land Survey Authority on November 30, 1971, and shall be effective as soon as RSMo 60.460 is amended to name the State Land Survey Authority as a duly authorized state agency."
8. The fee schedule as proposed by Mr. Myers for copies, prints, etc. was approved, subject to minor editorial changes, and after deleting the line regarding charges for drafting work.
9. Mr. Myers reported that the printing and postage cost of a four page newsletter with a distribution of 2,200 would be slightly more than $300, and the publication of the newsletter was authorized. The Authority will determine later the frequency of publication. Authority members went over extensive copy prepared by Mr. Myers, and various suggestions were made.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:50 p.m.
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Transcribed by Steven E. Weible
