2021 SENSLA UPDATE

November 21, 2020

Dear Surveyor,

The SENLSA board members would like to inform the membership with the current state of events. With concern of everyone's health, we have reluctantly canceled the winter seminar due to progressing COVID-19 cases/conditions. We will be planning for a 2021 year with our typical four seminars with the first to be tentatively planned for the third week in March. We have included a ballot for voting on 2021 board members, a PDH summary certificate for those of you that have been audited and a 2021 membership renewal form.

Please let us know if anyone has any questions or comments.

We want to thank our membership for their participation and look forward to 2021.

Michael Smith

Secretary/Treasurer, SENLSA

PDF of Letter

SENLSA 2020 Summer Seminar

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES - 2020

SUMMER SEMINAR

July 25, 2020
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Pines Country Club
7616 N. 286th St.
Valley, NE 68064

TOPICS
Reviewing PSAN's Draft of the Minimum Standards for Surveys in Nebraska

FEATURING
Fred Franklin, PLS-525
Alpha Land Surveying & Mapping



SCHEDULE
8:00 - Registration
8:25 - President’s Welcome
8:30-9:25 - Session Begins
9:25-9:35 - Break - Refreshments
9:35-10:25 - Session Continues
10:25-10:35 - Break - Refreshments
10:35-11:25 - Session Continues
11:25-11:35 - Break - Refreshments
11:35 -12:30 - Session Continues
12:30-12:45 - Business Meeting


BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA
1. Minutes
2. Treasurer’s Report
3. Old Business
4. New Business
5. Adjourn



SPEAKER

Fred Franklin, PLS-525
Alpha Land Surveying & Mapping

Fred Franklin was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1965, and started his Surveying career in Lakeland, FL
By 1989, Fred had started his own subcontracting Land Surveying crew, and it ran until 1991 when he moved to Nebraska and worked for Olsson Associates as a Survey Manager at their South Sioux City office until 1993.
In 1992, he obtained his SIT and then passed his LS in South Dakota in the Fall of 1992. He earned his Nebraska license in Nebraska in 1995. Fred worked as the Supervisor of Crews at Siouxland Engineering from 1993 till January of 1996. He then started his own company, Alpha Land Surveying & Mapping, in January of 1996 until the present day, celebrating 24 years in business.
A PSAN member for 25 years, Fred served as the Education Chairman from 1997 to 2006. Fred has also served as the Burt County Surveyor since 1999 as well as the County Surveyor for up to five Counties (Cuming, Thurston, Dixon, Dakota, and Burt) at one time. In this role as County Surveyor, he had done extensive Section marker replacements and Missouri River boundaries in Northeast Nebraska.

SENLSA OFFICERS

President:
William Knight LS566 - 2020

President-Elect:
Jon Carrell LS693 - 2020

Past President:
Steve Cobb LS412 - 2020

Secretary/Tresurer:
Mike Smith LS565 - 2019-2020

Board Members:

Jeremy Bender LS 691 - 2020-2021
Brian Haverkamp LS 787 - 2020-2021
Evan Jasnowski LS 776 - 2019-2020
Michael Caniglia LS 644 - 2019-2020

PSAN Representative:
Denny Whitfield LS449 - 2020

SENLSA 2020 Spring Seminar

CANCELED DUE TO COVID19 RESTRICTIONS

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES - 2020

SPRING SEMINAR

March 21, 2020
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM


Mahoney State Park
28500 West Park Highway
Ashland, NE 68003


TOPICS
Railroad Surveying

FEATURING
Charlie Tucker, LS
Project Manager Farnsworth Group, Inc.



SCHEDULE
8:00 - Registration
8:25 - President’s Welcome
8:30-9:25 - Session Begins
9:25-9:35 - Break - Refreshments
9:35-10:25 - Session Continues
10:25-10:35 - Break - Refreshments
10:35-11:25 - Session Continues
11:25-11:35 - Break - Refreshments
11:35 -12:30 - Session Continues
12:30-12:45 - Business Meeting


BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA
1. Minutes
2. Treasurer’s Report
3. Old Business
4. New Business
5. Adjourn



SPEAKER

Charlie Tucker, LS
Project Manager Farnsworth Group, Inc.

Mr. Tucker is a highly skilled railroad surveyor and project manager, possessing 37 years of experience in and around the railroad industry. He is considered an expert on railroad surveying and records – expertise he honed during his 15 years working for Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. He is well-versed in the needs of small, large, and industrial-scale railroads. While working for ATSF, Charlie held a variety of positions that provided him with an intimate working knowledge of the industry. He served as engineer aide, survey technician, field engineer, office engineer, assistant roadmaster, roadmaster, and tunnel construction roadmaster. Charlie is exceptionally skilled in the surveying, design, layout, and construction of infrastructure and public works around operating railroads. Since leaving the railroad in 1996, he has been with FARNSWORTH GROUP, Inc. as a railroad project manager in many diverse projects across the country, including functioning as an acting Chief Engineer for multiple shortline railroad start-ups.

He recently served as the sub-committee chairman for the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association’s (AREMA) Pipeline and Utility Crossing Committee I (“Roadway”/ SC-5), which writes and updates the railway industry’s suggested standards. Also, Charlie serves on AREMA Committee 18, “Shortline & Light Density Railroads,” where he is currently the committee secretary. He teaches classes nationwide to professional engineers and surveyors on railroad design fundamentals and has served as an expert witness in numerous railroad-related lawsuits.


SENLSA OFFICERS

President:
William Knight LS566 - 2020

President-Elect:
Jon Carrell LS693 - 2020

Past President:
Steve Cobb LS412 - 2020

Secretary/Tresurer:
Mike Smith LS565 - 2019-2020

Board Members:

Jeremy Bender LS 691 - 2020-2021
Brian Haverkamp LS 787 - 2020-2021
Evan Jasnowski LS 776 - 2019-2020
Michael Caniglia LS 644 - 2019-2020

PSAN Representative:
Denny Whitfield LS449 - 2020

SENLSA 2019 Winter Seminar

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES - 2019

WINTER SEMINAR

December 14, 2019
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Lincoln Firefighters Reception Hall
241 Victory Lane
Lincoln, NE


TOPICS
Floodplain Management
Flood Mitigation

Featuring:
Chuck Chase, CFM
Floodplain Outreach Coordinator
Nebraska Department of Natural Resources

Bryan Christopherson, CFM
Flood Mitigation Specialist/CFM Floodproofing.com

SCHEDULE
8:00 - Registration
8:25 - President’s Welcome
8:30-9:25 - Session Begins
9:25-9:35 - Break - Refreshments
9:35-10:25 - Session Continues
10:25-10:35 - Break - Refreshments
10:35-11:25 - Session Continues
11:25-11:35 - Break - Refreshments
11:35 -12:30 - Session Continues
12:30-12:45 - Business Meeting


BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA
1. Minutes
2. Treasurer’s Report
3. Old Business 
4. New Business
5. Adjourn



SPEAKERS

Chuck Chase, CFM
Floodplain Outreach Coordinator Nebraska Department of Natural Resources

Chuck Chase is the Floodplain Outreach Coordinator  for the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources and a Certified Floodplain Manager. Chuck presents training and outreach programs helping local communities implement the National Flood Insurance Program. Chuck is a retired Coast Guard Chief and formerly an Exercise Training Officer for the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency. He is on the Professional Development Committee for the Nebraska Floodplain and Stormwater Manager’s Association. Chuck has a BS in Education (go Peru Bobcats), an MS in Quality Systems Management, and is a member of the State of Nebraska Speakers Bureau. Chuck enjoys meeting new people and getting to know their communities.

Bryan Christopherson, CFM 
Flood Mitigation Specialist/CFM Floodproofing.com

Bryan is a Flood Mitigation Specialist/CFM for Floodproofing.com. His territory includes the Midwest. During his time at Floodproofing.com, he meets with Architects, Surveyors, Engineers, Building Officials, Floodplain  Managers, Real Estate Agents, and Homeowners to Educate them on proper floodplain design, the construction aspect as well as how all this impacts the cost of the Flood Insurance Premium. He has been involved in the Construction Industry for about ten years. During that time, he was involved in Foundation Repair and Concrete Settlement Repair and Residential Flood Mitigation as well as Sea Wall Repair. Bryan resides in Clinton, Iowa, with his wife, Lori, and two sons, Cole and Cayden and Sampson, their St Bernard.

SENLSA OFFICERS

President: 
Steve Cobb LS412 - 2019

President-Elect:
William Knight LS566 - 2019

Past President:
Denny Whitfield LS449 - 2019

Secretary/Tresurer:
Mike Smith LS565 - 2019-2020

Board Members:
Jamie Blodgett LS610 - 2018-2019
Jon Carrell LS693 - 2018-2019
Michael Caniglia LS644 - 2019-2020
Evan Jasnowski LS776 - 2019-2020

PSAN Representative:

Denny Whitfield LS449 - 2019

SENLSA Fall 2019 Seminar

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES - 2019

FALL SEMINAR

November 2, 2019
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Round the Bend Steakouse
Ballroom (West Entrance)
30801 East Park Highway
Ashland, NE


TOPICS

Section Subdivision, Corner Computation, LLC Certificates
Spiral Curves, Code of Practice

Featuring:

Casey Sherlock
Nebraska RLS

Section Subdivision, Corner Computation, LLC Certificates

Michael Sizer
Nebraksa RLS

Spiral Curves

Dennis Whitfield
Nebraska PE, RLS
President SENLSA

Code of Practice

SCHEDULE

8:00 - Registration
8:25 - President’s Welcome
8:30-9:25 - Session Begins
9:25-9:35 - Break - Refreshments
9:35-10:25 - Session Continues
10:25-10:35 - Break - Refreshments
10:35-11:25 - Session Continues
11:25-11:35 - Break - Refreshments
11:35 -12:30 - Session Continues
12:30-12:45 - Business Meeting


BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA

1. Minutes
2. Treasurer’s Report
3. Old Business 
4. New Business
5. Adjourn



SPEAKERS

Casey Sherlock
State Surveyor

Casey Sherlock is currently a resident of Lincoln,
Nebraska. Casey earned a Bachelor of Science Degree with
a comprehensive major in Mathematics from Chadron State
College in 1999. He was Elected Hall County Surveyor for
three consecutive 4-year terms of office beginning in 2005.
Casey was appointed by the Nebraska Board of Educational
Lands and Funds as Nebraska’s eighth State Surveyor on
January 1, 2018, and serves as Ex-officio Secretary of the
Nebraska Board of Examiners for Land Surveyors.


Michael SizerNebraksa RLS
Northstar Land Surveying

Michael graduated with an AAS in Civil Engineering
Technology from Iowa Western Community College in
Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1975 and has worked in surveying
since 1974 and surveying education since 1990 in the
Omaha/Council Bluffs area. He started teaching surveying
part-time at Iowa Western in 1990 and teaching full-time
in 2000 until the program was ended in 2010. He taught at
Southeast Community College in Milford in 2016 and half a
year in 2017. He has owned Northstar Land Surveying since
1993 and was registered in Nebraska in 1987 and Iowa in
1988. He is semi-retired.


Dennis Whitfield
Nebraska PE,RLS
President SENLSA

Member, Nebraska Board of Examiners for Land Surveyors
and Owner, DWS Land Surveying and Construction Management.

SENLSA OFFICERS

President: 
Steve Cobb LS412 - 2019

President-Elect:
William Knight LS566 - 2019

Past President:
Denny Whitfield LS449 - 2019

Secretary/Tresurer:
Mike Smith LS565 - 2019-2020

Board Members:
Jamie Blodgett LS610 - 2018-2019
Jon Carrell LS693 - 2018-2019
Michael Caniglia LS644 - 2019-2020
Evan Jasnowski LS776 - 2019-2020

PSAN Representative:

Denny Whitfield LS449 - 2019

SENLSA Summer 2019 Seminar

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES - 2019

SUMMER SEMINAR

June 15, 2019
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Chalco Hills Recreation Area
Papio Missouri River NRD
8901 S. 154th St.
Omaha, NE


TOPICS

Understanding GPS Datums & NGS Tools

Featuring:
David Zenk PE LS

Geodesist, National Geodetic Survey
Northern Plains Regional Adviser MN, ND, SD, NE, IA

SCHEDULE

8:00 - Registration
8:25 - President’s Welcome
8:30-9:25 - Session Begins
9:25-9:35 - Break - Refreshments
9:35-10:25 - Session Continues
10:25-10:35 - Break - Refreshments
10:35-11:25 - Session Continues
11:25-11:35 - Break - Refreshments
11:35 -12:30 - Session Continues
12:30-12:45 - Business Meeting


BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA

1. Minutes
2. Treasurer’s Report
3. Old Business 
4. New Business
5. Adjourn



SPEAKERS

David  Zenk PE LS

David Zenk is a Geodesist with the National Geodetic Survey, serving as Regional Geodetic Adviser for the Northern Plains Region (MN, ND, SD, IA, NE). He holds Bachelor of Science Degrees in Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and a Master’s Degree in Land Surveying from Oregon State University. He has served as adjunct faculty at the University of Minnesota Geography Department and at Saint Cloud State University Geography Department. He is a past Chair of the Minnesota GIS/LIS Consortium. He is currently serving as Editor of the MSPS “Minnesota Surveyor” magazine. He is licensed as a Registered Land Surveyor and Professional Engineer in the State of Minnesota.

Mr. Zenk will update the group on GEOID18, Use of NGS Tools, the new datum for 2022, and details on the new datum and how to work within it, including implications for the role of CORS and GPS. This will be a first look at the future datum and the NGS vision for implementation.



SENLSA OFFICERS

President: 
Steve Cobb LS412 - 2019

President-Elect:
William Knight LS566 - 2019

Past President:
Denny Whitfield LS449 - 2019

Secretary/Tresurer:
Mike Smith LS565 - 2019-2020

Board Members:
Jamie Blodgett LS610 - 2018-2019
Jon Carrell LS693 - 2018-2019
Michael Caniglia LS644 - 2019-2020
Evan Jasnowski LS776 - 2019-2020

PSAN Representative:

Denny Whitfield LS449 - 2019

SENLSA Spring 2019 Seminar

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES - 2019

SPRING SEMINAR

March 16, 2019
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Mahoney State Park
Peter Kiewit Lodge
Nebraska Room


TOPICS

Environmental & Regulatory Overview of Land Use
Rules and Regs Impacting Development

Featuring:

James E. Lang
Attorney, Managing Member, Lang Law LLC

Benjamin E. Busboom
Attorney, Baird Holm Law Firm

David C. Levy
Attorney, Partner, Baird Holm Law Firm

SCHEDULE

8:00 - Registration
8:25 - President’s Welcome
8:30-9:25 - Session Begins
9:25-9:35 - Break - Refreshments
9:35-10:25 - Session Continues
10:25-10:35 - Break - Refreshments
10:35-11:25 - Session Continues
11:25-11:35 - Break - Refreshments
11:35 -12:30 - Session Continues
12:30-12:45 - Business Meeting


BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA

1. Minutes
2. Treasurer’s Report
3. Old Business 
4. New Business
5. Adjourn



SPEAKERS

James E. Lang
Attorney, Managing Member, Lang Law LLC

James E. Lang focuses his practice on land use law, zoning,
real estate and commercial law. He represents clients in all
aspects of real estate law, including property acquisition
and disposition, land use, development and redevelopment,
leasing and real estate finance and entity structuring.
Mr. Lang’s clients consist of real estate developers and
redevelopers in the Omaha metropolitan area. Mr. Lang
has lectured on real estate related matters at seminars and
workshops in the Omaha metropolitan area. He is admitted
to practice law in the State and Federal courts of Nebraska
and Iowa and is a member the Nebraska State and Iowa
State Bar Associations. Mr. Lang received his B.S. degree
from the University of Nebraska and his J.D. degree from
Creighton University.

Benjamin E. Busboom
Attorney, Baird Holm Law Firm

Ben Busboom specializes in environmental and energy
matters. Ben’s legal and technical tenure within the
environmental and energy industries enables him to provide
a level of service unique to both Nebraska and the Midwest.
Prior to moving back to his home state of Nebraska and
joining Baird Holm, Ben worked for a Fortune 500 energy
company, an international engineering firm, and an AmLaw
200 law firm’s national energy and environmental practice
group. Ben’s individual legal work has been repeatedly
recognized by Super Lawyers who named him a 2018 Great
Plains Rising Star and a 2017 Missouri & Kansas Rising Star
in the field of Energy and Natural Resource Law.
Ben regularly provides counsel on matters pertaining to:
permitting and compliance; oil and gas; renewable energy;
environmental risks and liabilities; natural resource use
and acquisition; land use; and dispute resolution (both
administrative and civil).
In addition to his Juris Doctorate, Ben holds three
Graduate Certificates from the Washburn University Schoolof Law in the fields of: Oil and Gas Law; Natural Resource
Law; and Business and Transactional Law (earned with
distinction) and Ben currently serves as Secretary/Treasurer
of the Natural Resources and Environmental Law Section
of the Nebraska State Bar Association and is a frequent
speaker and subject matter expert on topics relating to
environmental law, energy law, oil and gas law, mineral law,
and natural resource law.

David C. Levy
Attorney, Partner, Baird Holm Law Firm

David Levy represents clients in zoning, land use, energy,
environmental and general real estate matters. He Chairs
the firm’s Real Estate, Municipal Law and Government Affairs
practices.
David is a registered lobbyist in the State of Nebraska.  In
2014, David successfully concluded a multi-year effort to
pass a 20% state tax credit for the rehabilitation of historic
buildings. In 2016, David played a central role in legislation
that significantly streamlined the regulatory process for wind
and solar energy generation facilities. In 2018, David helped
lead an ultimately successful effort to overhaul and improve
the tax-increment financing statutes.
David has served as an Adjunct Professor in Land Use
Law at the University of San Francisco School of Law, and
has taught legal writing at Creighton University School of
Law. Since 2011, David has been selected by his peers for
inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of Land
Use & Zoning Law.  He is civically active in Omaha and
greater Nebraska, and he serves on numerous boards and
committees, frequently in a leadership role.
David is an alumnus of the University of California,
Berkeley. He is a native of Lincoln, Nebraska.



SENLSA OFFICERS

President: 
Steve Cobb LS412 - 2019

President-Elect:
William Knight LS566 - 2019

Past President:
Denny Whitfield LS449 - 2019

Secretary/Tresurer:
Mike Smith LS565 - 2019-2020

Board Members:
Jamie Blodgett LS610 - 2018-2019
Jon Carrell LS693 - 2018-2019
Michael Caniglia LS644 - 2019-2020
Evan Jasnowski LS776 - 2019-2020

PSAN Representative:

Jon Carrell LS693 - 2018