HomeMy WebLinkAboutCorrespondence from Suzanne Pride to Page Garner and Response Letter August.22, 2008
City of Palm Desert
City Surveyor
73-510 Fred Warning Dr.
Palm Desert, Ca. 92260
R. Page Garner, LS; Senior Engineer/City Surveyor Palm Desert;
Regarding;
Property Line Survey for property wall in question: 46-020--- 46-040 Burroweed Lane,
Palm Desert, Ca. 92260.
Dear Mr. Garner,
Thank you for meeting with me and Kevin Swartz,Assistant Planner yesterday in regards
to the 1st and 2nd Survey submitted by the Fitch Engineering Co.
After hearing Kevin Swartz yesterday, once again confirm the Fitch Engineering Co. has
been known to be unethical in the past and you informing me that the difference between
the 1st Survey and the 2nd Survey is V2 inch, I am requesting that No Recorded
Monuments be put in place by the City of Palm Desert or the Fitch Engineering Co.,
until a second Survey opinion is completed.
Mr. Tioa has failed to comply with Title 8 Chapter 8.70 & 8.70.150 of the Code,by
failing to maintain the structure of{ Golf Cart Barn&Work Shop} in reasonable
consistency and compatibility with the maintenance standards of adjacent properties so as
to interfere with the reasonable enjoyment of my property and to depreciate the aesthetic
value of my property .
I feel I have every right to protect the value of my property with a second Survey opinion
of the property line in question.
Respectfully,
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Suzanne Pride
46-040 Burroweed Lane
Palm Desert, Ca. 92260
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Palm Desert, Ca. 92261
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August 26, 2008
Ms. Suzanne Pride
46-040 Burroweed Lane
Palm Desert, CA 92260
Re: Response to Property Line Survey Letter Dated 8/22/08
Dear Ms. Pride,
I can certainly appreciate your efforts in protecting the value and aesthetics of your
property, but I would like to clarify a statement made in your letter, dated August 22,
2008, in which you state that "After hearing Kevin Swartz yesterday, once again confirm
the Fitch Engineering Company has been known to be unethical in the past..."
Mr. Swartz reports that he never indicated that Fitch Engineering, Inc. was ever
unethical. In fact, Mr. Swartz stated that he has never had any contact or dealings with
Fitch Engineering, Inc. Mr. Swartz had me look at the first Property Line Survey plat
prepared by Fitch Engineering, Inc., and in my opinion the location of the property line in
question shown in his survey could have been better proved out. I also thought that the
survey should have been recorded with the County of Riverside in the form of a Corner
Record or Record of Survey. Although I had expressed my opinion on Fitch's survey, it
is not a function of the City Surveyor, nor the City, to provide information on the location
of side property lines. Additionally, the City does not review Corner Records or Records
of Survey, but the County of Riverside, Transportation Department, Surveyors Office
does review them. The City does, however, provide information on street right of way
lines as there is a public interest there. So we sought a second opinion from the Joint
Professional Practice Committee, which is made up of peers from the Professional Land
Surveyors Community, including the County Surveyors from both Riverside and San
Bernardino. The Committee determined that a Corner Record or Record of Survey
should be filed. Additionally, I had found documentation in the City records that helped
Fitch locate the position of an additional survey monument in Burroweed Lane and
consequently fix the position of the centerline of Burroweed Lane; hence, the reason for
the second survey and the filing of the Corner Record by Fitch Engineering, Inc.
I hope this satisfactorily explains why Fitch Engineering, Inc. filed the second survey in
the form of a Corner Record.
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Should you hay& any further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at
(760) 776-6450.
Sincerely,
R. Page Garner L - C.
Senior Engineer/City Surveyor
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cc: Kevin Swartz, Assistant Planner
Mr. William Fitch, Fitch Engineering, Inc.
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