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March 2024 Meeting

NORTH COUNTY CIVIL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION

PROMOTING INTEGRITY, GOOD FAITH, JUST AND EQUITABLE PRINCIPLES IN BUSINESS, UNIFORMITY IN PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES, AND REPRESENTING THE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL INTEREST OF CIVIL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS IN CITY AND COUNTY LEGISLATION

  MINUTES OF THE WEDNESDAY March 27, 2024 MEETING: Meeting held at Cocina del Charro, 1020 West San Marcos Blvd, Ste 50, San Marcos, CA   The meeting was called to order by Vice-President Tory Walker Our speaker was Attorney Whitney Hodges, Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Land Use & Environmental Department.  She was introduced by Annie Aguilar, who is a member of our board.  The following items were discussed:

  1. California is in a housing shortage and has been for many years. Our elected officials have been trying to catch up every year but cumulatively the shortage continues to grow. According to the Public Policy Institute of California, a non profit, non partisan think tank, California is facing a $ 3.5 million unit housing deficiency for the current population.
  2. On January 1, 2024, there were 47 new Senate and Assembly bills that became effective. The new bills addressed the following 11 categories:
    1. Streamlining Tools and Housing Production
    1. Adaptive Reuse
    1. Land Use, Planning, and Housing Element
    1. Accessory Dwelling Units
    1. Parking
    1. Housing and Infrastructure
    1. Surplus and Excess Lands
    1. Mitigation and Assessment Fees
    1. CEQA
    1. Homeownership and Tenant Protections
    1. Taxes and Financing
  3. As you can see there is a tremendous effort not only to provide housing but also AFFORDABLE HOUSING. The other issue facing our Cities and Counties is what to do with the homeless people roaming our streets

We certainly did not come up with any solutions but it opened our eyes as to the severity of the situation

OTHER NEWS

  1. The Board of Director’s meeting was held at Broken Yolk Restaurant on Las Posas Road in San Marcos on March 29, 2024.
  2. April’s meeting speaker will be Dallas Sweeney, PLS of the California Board of Registration for Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists.  He will speak to us on will bring his views on the issues facing Surveyors and Engineers.  This meeting will be a joint meeting with the San Diego Chapter of CLSA.

December Meeting

NORTH COUNTY CIVIL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS
ASSOCIATION
PROMOTING INTEGRITY, GOOD FAITH, JUST AND EQUITABLE PRINCIPLES IN BUSINESS, UNIFORMITY IN
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES, AND REPRESENTING THE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL INTEREST OF CIVIL
ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS IN CITY AND COUNTY LEGISLATION
MINUTES OF THE WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 6, 2023 MEETING:

The meeting was called to order by President Gary Wynn at 7:30 PM.
Our Speaker were Jamil Wade and Dave Davis of Chelsea Development Group and they were introduced by Bob Sukup.

  1. Chelsea Investment Corporation is a leader in designing, financing, constructing, and managing high quality affordable
    rental projects in California and beyond. Since their inception in 1984 they have built over 100 affordable communities at a
    cost of over 2 billion dollars.
  2. Jamil is responsible for acquisitions. He handles deal financing, underwriting, feasibility and partners with Dave on the due
    diligence. and obtaining funding from various sources. Dave is their Development Manager. He handles design,
    entitlements, permit processing, construction monitoring, and partners with Jamil on the due diligence as well.
  3. Chelsea Development is a privately held company that partners with not for profit companies on some of their projects.
    Chelsea perform the project construction themselves as the General Contractor.
  4. Many of Chelsea’s projects include joint venturing with a local nonprofit. The nonprofits have access to special low interest
    loans from the State or Federal Government, various grants as well as being able to provide Head Start programs. Financing
    is CRUCIAL in making the projects work. The Head Start programs provide after school tutoring, computer labs, and I
    believe some day care as well.
  5. The rents for the projects differ from area to area. They take the average median income of the area and based on that, there
    is a certain percentage that caps the rent for 1, 2 3 and 4 bedrooms. In renting the units to families, Chelsea has to be very
    careful to check their incomes, make sure there are no additional people moving into the unit and recheck incomes from
    time to time.
  6. Typically they manage the project during it’s life, this includes qualifying renters based on income, collecting rents and
    maintenance. Chelsea also has a comprehensive maintenance schedule to make sure the interiors and exteriors of the
    project are well maintained. This is very important to show the cities how well an affordable housing project can fit into the
    community.
  7. It was a very interesting presentation and may be of use to our developers tasked with burdensome affordable housing
    requirements.
    • OTHER NEWS
  8. The Board of Director’s meeting was held at Broken Yolk Restaurant on Las Posas Road in San Marcos on December 7,
    2023.
  9. Discussions covered sending information to potential new members, a guest speaker about the San Diego Mobility Study,
    the impact SB-9 and SB-10 are having on traffic, Development Feasibility Studies and Health Department Inspector quirks.
  10. The 2024 Brochure of Member firms is out and available for download by interested parties on our website, at
    https://nccelsa.com/, “About” page. Members are also reminded that they can download current meeting fliers on the
    “Association Meeting” page.
  11. Next month’s meeting on January 31, 2024 will feature speaker Jacob Armstrong, the Director of DPLU at the County of
    San Diego.
  12. We are also looking at getting Attorney Whitney Hodges to speak on SB-9 and SB-10 as well as possibly SANDAG and
    Carlsbad’s Traffic Engineer for future meetings.
    ATTENDANCE/MEALS USED: 15-people attended our meeting representing 7-member and 2-guest firms.
    The meeting adjourned at 8:45 PM.
    Bob Sukup, Secretary

September Annual Meeting Minutes

NORTH COUNTY CIVIL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS
ASSOCIATION
PROMOTING INTEGRITY, GOOD FAITH, JUST AND EQUITABLE PRINCIPLES IN BUSINESS, UNIFORMITY IN
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES, AND REPRESENTING THE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL INTEREST OF CIVIL
ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS IN CITY AND COUNTY LEGISLATION
MINUTES OF THE WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 MEETING:
Meeting held at Cocina del Charro, 1020 West San Marcos Blvd, Ste 50, San Marcos, CA

  1. The meeting was called to order by President Doug Logan at 7:20 PM. Our Speaker was Bryan Bradway, the Deputy County Surveyor for San Diego County. and he was introduced by President Doug Logan.
  2. Bryan was appointed to this position after the previous County Surveyor left for the City of San Diego. Since our meeting
    Bryan is the odds on favorite to be selected as the County Surveyor.
  3. Surveying for Capital Improvement Projects for the County are done by private surveying companies.
  4. Bryan oversees the department as well as signing all maps and other documents required by statute.
  5. His office is staffed by very knowledgeable people who can provide help when needed.
  6. SB-9 issues regarding the need for Tentative and Final Maps were also discussed.
  7. Election ballots for the Board of Directors to serve from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024 were counted,
    declared official and the results announced as follows: Gary Wynn of Wynn Engineering, President; Tory Walker of Tory
    R. Walker Engineering, Vice-President; Robert Sukup of The Sea Bright Co., Secretary; and Chuck Iacuaniello of U.C.
    Iacuaniello II, Consulting Engineer, Treasurer. Additionally, Immediate Past-President Doug Logan of Rancho Coastal
    Engineering will also serve on the board.
    OTHER NEWS
  8. The Board of Director’s meeting was held at Broken Yolk Restaurant on Las Posas Road in San Marcos on September 13,
  9. The treasurer reported that dues invoices would be sent out by the end of the month.
  10. Next month’s meeting speaker will be Erica Ryan of the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board.
    ATTENDANCE/MEALS USED: 27-people attended our meeting representing 15-firms.
    The meeting adjourned at 8:45 PM.
    Bob Sukup, Secretary

April Meeting

Our speaker was Natalie King P.E., Senior Registrar, Civil Engineer for the California Board of Registration of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists

  1. She started with a little history about the Board. In March of 1928 the St. Francis Dam in Los Angeles failed and took more
    than 600 lives with it. A big investigation took place and one of the final conclusions was to require Civil Engineers to
    become Licensed and sign and stamp their plans. The Surveyors already had Licensing requirements at the time of the Dam
    failure.
  2. The Board of today is made up of 8 public members and 7 Practitioners (traffic engineers, civil engineers, surveyors, etc.).
  3. All the exams are now administered online and under the auspices of NCEES, except for the PE-Structural.
  4. The PE-Civil exam is now administered year-round.
  5. She spoke about multiple topics such as how the tests are administered, timing of the tests, online testing, the need for written
    contracts, the requirement to file an Organization Record of your business. Requirements to be contained in written
    contracts. The complaints that they receive. Non final plans being designated as such, and a lot more.
  6. Many of their forms are accessible online.
  7. The Professional Board has quarterly Bulletins and Meeting Notes. Natalie encouraged us to become involved with the
    BPELSG Board.
  8. This was a special meeting for our group. We did a big outreach to City Engineers, surveyors, directors, and the likes, within
    San Diego County to attend the meeting. We had a very good attendance of nearly 40 professionals and others.
  9. If you would like a copy of her presentation slides please contact the Secretary.

APRIL MEETING
Our speaker was Natalie King P.E., Senior Registrar, Civil Engineer for the California Board of Registration of Professional
Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists, and she was introduced by Doug Logan. She discussed the following issues:

February Meeting

  • Our Speaker was Attorney Whitney Hodges of SheppardMullins. She spoke to us on recent legislation that affects development.
  • In 2022 the In 2022 the California State Legislature approved the 2022 Housing Legislation Update – Effective January 1, 2023. The legislation was introduced to help provide more housing and more affordable housing in California. The legislation was broken down into 7 different areas, They were California Building Code Revisions,, Streamlining Housing Approvals, Density and Parking, ADU’s, CEQA Litigation, Builders Remedy, and their 2023 forecast. The legislation made some radical modifications to plan processing, zoning changes, additional units on single family lots, eliminating long standing setbacks from property lines, reduced parking, etc.

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