Amended in Assembly March 20, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

House Resolution No. 34

Introduced by Assembly Member Melendez

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Morrell, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A. Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, and Yamada)

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March 5, 2014

House Resolution No. 34—Relative to National Surveyors Week.

WHEREAS, There are over 45,000 professional surveyors in
the United States, and 3,488 in the State of California; and

WHEREAS, Surveying is the art and science of accurately
determining the position of points and the distances between them
and is often used to establish land boundaries for ownership or
governmental purposes; and

WHEREAS, Surveying has been an essential element in the
development of the human environment since the beginning of
recorded history, and it is a requirement in the planning and
execution of nearly every form of construction with its most
familiar modern uses in the fields of transportation, building and
construction, communications, mapping, and the definition of legal
boundaries for land ownership; and

WHEREAS, In order to accomplish their objective, surveyors
use elements of engineering, physics, mathematics, law, and
history; and

WHEREAS, Since the colonial days of the United States,
surveyors have been leaders in the community, statesmen,
influential citizens, and shapers of cultural standards; and

WHEREAS, Former notable surveyors include George
Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Meriwether
Lewis and William Clark, Daniel Boone, and Henry David
Thoreau, among many others; and

WHEREAS, It was the work of the surveyor that determined
the boundaries of land, the greatest economic asset in the colonies
and territories that became the United States, including California;
and

WHEREAS, The nature of surveying has changed dramatically
over time, as it is no longer limited to the description and location
of land boundaries; and

WHEREAS, Hydrographic surveys are important to the use of
all bodies of water; and

WHEREAS, Engineering surveys are utilized in the study and
selection of engineering construction; and

WHEREAS, Geodetic surveys determine precise global
positioning for activities such as aircraft and missile navigation;
and

WHEREAS, Cartographic surveys are used for mapping and
charting, as well as photogrammetry, the science of using aerial
photographs for measurement and map production; and

WHEREAS, Many services are now provided through the use
of sophisticated surveying equipment and techniques, including
satellite-borne remote sensing devices and automated positioning,
measuring, recording, and plotting equipment; and

WHEREAS, The establishment of the week of March 16 to
March 22, inclusive, 2014, as National Surveyors Week is a fitting
tribute to all surveyors; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the
Assembly recognizes the week of March 16 to March 22, inclusive,
2014, as National Surveyors Week; and be it further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies
of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.