P - CLSA

Orange County C.C.C.E.L.S.
Submitted by Paul Cuomo with
the permission of Kevin McHugh
PURPOSE:
The Professional Liaison Committee
was formulated as the result of a
suggestion from a group of concerned
individuals and businessmen in
the civil engineering and land
surveying professions as members
of two Orange County professional
associations, the CCCELS and the
CLSA.
The overall objective was stated
as, ' 'an interest in obtaining a
meeting of the minds between
private practice and pubUc agency
on improving the development process
in Orange County."
PROGRESS:
With the cooperation of Carl
Nelson, Director of PubUc Works,
the concept was established and the
first meeting was held on August
20, 1981, where Bob Bein was appointed
Chairman, a statement of
objectives and procedures was
developed, and the nature of items
in the development process requiring
conunittee consideration was
established. It was determined that
the Committee was not estabUshed
as a "griping session" for private
practice, but rather an opportunity
for both private practice and
governmental agencies to review
the development process and concentrate
on methods to streamline
and improve the procedures of the
system.
An energetic proposal of agenda
items was slated for initial discussion,
as follows:
1. Current items being considered
by Standard Plans Committee, Jim
Williams, Orange County.
2. Status of Subdivision Manual
-Floyd McLellan, Orange County.
3. County Pohcy on Monumentation-Gary
Shelton, Orange County.
4. A/E Contracts - Anti-recruitment
policy.
5. GSA Proposal - Profession
m
liabiUty insurance.
6. Status of development processing
center ("one-stop-shop").
7. Processing items, work
slowdown, map check fees, amount
of map checking required.
8. Processing landscape plans.
9. Grading certification - 3 man
survey crew; post occupancy problems,
relationship between
geologist and landscape architect.
From August 1981 to October
1984, the above-mentioned items,
and many others, were brought to
the PLC, and sub-committees composed
of both private practice and
governmental agency personnel,
were appointed to review the details
of the matter and report back to the
Committee with recommendations
for procedures and/or poUcies. Both
private practice and goverrunental
agency committees brought their
arguments to the Committee and
cooperated fully with each other in
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