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Surveyor recommending the Board:
1) Approve the Introduction (First Reading of Ordinance XXXX - Survey Monument Preservation Fund and Survey Monument Fee;
2) Amend County Ordinance Sections 120.28.30 - Form and Contents, 120.32.030 - Monument Placement, and 120.52.050 - Non-completion of Monument Placement, to include consistency across ordinances; and
3) Waive full reading of the ordinances, read by title only, and Continue this matter to XXX,XX, 2025 for Final Passage (Second Reading). (Cont. 8/12/25, Item 35)
FUNDING: Applicant Fees.
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DISCUSSION/BACKGROUND
The Surveyor is proposing to establish a Survey Monument Preservation Fund (Fund) to pay the necessary expenses incurred or authorized by the county surveyor in any retracement or reestablishment of survey monuments of major historical land division lines upon which later surveys are based, such as, but not limited to, government section lines, rancho lines, grant lines, rancho section lines, acreage subdivision lot lines, and subdivision boundary lines within the county.
Pursuant to Sections 27584 and 27585 of the California Government Code, for the limited purpose of financing the Fund, the Board may impose a fee not to exceed ten dollars ($10), which shall be charged and collected by the county recorder, over and above any other fees required by law, as a condition precedent to the filing or recording of any grant deed conveying real property.
California statute allows for local jurisdictions to establish monument preservation funds. Throughout the state, counties utilize this fund to ensure that survey monuments are preserved to aid and benefit the public. The El Dorado County Surveyor recommends establishing this fund within our county to assist in the preservation of boundary monuments.
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