Resume

Ernest D. Rowley, PLS, CFedS

FORMAL EDUCATION:

  • URISA Address Certified for E911 IS/GIS Implementation, 2000
  • Utah State Office of the AGRC, ESRI GIS Software, 1997     
  • Leica GPS Technologies (GPS surveying technologies), 1996
  • Utah Valley Community College (now UVU) Computer Aided Drafting (CAD), 1991
  • West Central Valley Technical College, Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) 1987
  • Snow College, Advanced Surveying, 1983
  • Utah Valley Technical College (now UVU) AAS degree in Drafting and Design Tech., 1982
  • Millard High School Graduated 1976


CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION:

UAC Conventions & Conferences:

  • Recorder's Real Estate Law, 2008 thru 2014
  • Mineral Right Searches in public records, 2009
  • Records Preservation & Disaster Recovery, 2009
  • Subdivision & annexation law changes for recorders
  • Prescriptive right of way for surveys
  • Records Research, Wills Probates and Trusts, 2007
  • Section Corner Restoration & Public Land Surveying

NBI Seminars:

  • Boundary Survey Issues, 1993
  • Boundary Recognition & Remediation, 1993     
  • Boundary Law in Utah, 1990 & 1991
  • Boundary Disputes in Utah, 1992

 
LORMAN Education Seminars:

  • Water Rights Sales and Transfers, Lorman, 2011     
  • Law of Easements, Lorman, 2009
HALFMOON LLC, Seminars:

  • Utah Real Estate Titles and Title Insurance, 2000


UCLS Conventions:

  • Title and the Land Surveyor, Paul Newton, Backman Title, 2014
  • Aerial Photography and New Technology, 2013
  • Railroads & the Deposition, 2013
  • Public Land Survey System, 2012
  • Title Companies and Land Surveyors, Metro Title, 2012
  • UCLS Annual Conference, 2012
  • Attorney & Surveyor, Deed Construction, 2011
  • Law of Easements, Surveyor Evidence and Procedure, 2010
  • Urban & Townsite Restoration - Corner Evidence, 2008
  • Public Records (Lammert Veenstra), 2008
  • Legal Topics for Land Surveyors, 2005
  • Standards of Practice, 2003
  • Dependent Resurvey of the Rectangular System, 2003
  • Professional Liability Risk, 2003
  • Research and Retracement on Public Lands, 1992
  • Proration vs. Calibration, 1992


AMUW Conference:

  • Property rights, Retracement, Liability, Land Surveyor in Court, Railroad Right of way surveys, Double monumentation, 2009

2002 Tri-State Conference:

  • Dealing with Evidence & Forensic Techniques in Land Research
  • Water Boundaries for Surveyors
  • Quasi-Legal Interpretation (Lost v. Obliterated - Deed Ambiguities)
  • Rural and Urban Surveys

UAC Conferences:

  • Section Corner Restoration & Public Land Surveying, 2007
  • Research of Records, 2007
  • Prescriptive rights of way, 2008
  • Subdivision & Annexation changes, 2008
  • Records Preservation & Disaster Recovery, 2009
  • Mineral Right Searches, Leases, 2009


2004 CLSA/NALS Conference:

  • Walking the Footsteps (of the prior surveyor)
  • The Modern Digital Cadastre as the Basis for Land Tenure
  • Quasi-Judicial Function of Surveyors


2008 ACSM-MARLS-UCLS-WFPS Conference:

  • Property Rights and the Land Surveyor
  • Retracement and the 1973 Federal Manual of Surveying Instructions
  • Engineer and Land Surveyor Liability
  • The Land Surveyor in Court
  • Railroad rights of way
  • Double Monumentation - Physical and Inferred
  • Survey Corners - Evidence and Technology


CFedS Continuing Education:

  • Special Boundary Problems I, 2013
  • Monumentation and the Corner Record, 2013


PUBLICATIONS:

  • The center of the Section: A question of Identification and Location, by Ernest D. Rowley, PLS
  • U.S. Foot v. International Foot: An Opinion, by Ernest D. Rowley, PLS
  • Physical and Written Ownership, Utah ForeSites 2014, by Ernest D. Rowley, PLS, CFedS
  • Web Content for Weber County Surveyor's Office Frequently Asked Questions.


LICENSES - CERTIFICATIONS:
Licenses Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) since:

  • April 1989 - Utah License
  • May 1993 - Nevada License
  • April 2001 - Illinois License
  • October 2011 - Certified Federal Surveyor (CFedS)
  • November 2011 - UCAR Certified County Recorder


PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Utah Association of Counties (UAC):

  • Member UAC Board of Directors 2008 to 2013
  • Member Intergovernmental Relations Committee 2008-2010
  • Active member of UAC Legislative Committee
  • Member UAC Surveyors 1995 to present


Utah Association of County Recorders (UACR):

  • Member UACR 2007 to present
  • Legislative committee member 2007 to present
  • Nomination Committee and Certification committee 2009
  • UCAR Secretary/Treasurer 2009
  • UCAR Vice President 2010
  • UCAR President 2011
  • UCAR Past President 2012
  • Chair Cadastral Mapping Committee & Instructor, 2010 to present.


Utah Council of Land Surveyors (UCLS):

  • Member 1989 to present
  • State Board member from 1998 to 2005 & 2012 to 2014
  • UCLS State Chair Elect 2012
  • UCLS President 2013
  • UCLS Past President 2014
  • Legislative committee 1990 - 1993, 1999 - 2000, 2009 to present
  • Education Committee 1998 - 1999
  • Public Relations committee 1999 - 2000
  • Convention Committee member 2000, Chair Convention Committee 2005

   
UCLS Salt Lake Chapter:

  • Secretary 1992, Vice President 1993, Secretary/Treasurer 1995

UCLS Golden Spike Chapter:

  • Secretary/Treasurer 1996 - 1997, President 1998 - 2000, 2002, Chapter Board Representative 2001, 2003 - 2004


AWARDS:

  • UCLS Surveyor of the Year 2005
  • UCAS Outstanding County Surveyor 2009
  • UCAR Outstanding County Recorder 2011


APPOINTMENTS:

  • Utah State Records Committee, Appointed by Governor Gary Herbert as the Political Subdivision Elected Official member, August 2010 to Present
  • Weber County Boundary Commission, Appointed by Weber County Commission, 2006 to present


SEMINARS & COUSES TAUGHT:

  • Class: Various presentations at UCLS meetings on Utah State Code and Law of Surveying
  • Class: The Center of Section, 2003 UAC Surveyor Fall Conference
  • Seminar: Deposition and the Surveyor, UCLS State Conference 2005
  • Class: Restoration of Lost and Obliterated Corners, UAC Surveyors 2006
  • Seminar: History of Utah Roads and Highways, UAC Surveyors 2008
  • Seminar: History of Utah Roads and Highways, UAC Recorders 2009
  • Class: History of Surveying presentation at Freemont High School, 2010
  • Presentation: Utah Land Title Association (ULTA), Tax Sales and Remainder Parcels, 2014


WORK EXPERIENCE:

  • 1/1/2007 - Present: Elected Weber County Recorder/Surveyor Office
  • 1/17/1997 - Present: Adjunct Professor Salt Lake Community College
  • 3/14/2006 - 12/31/2006: Appointed Weber County Surveyor
  • 4/17/1995 - 12/31/2006: Chief Deputy Weber County Surveyor
  • 2/28/1994 - 4/15/1995: Knox and Associates
  • 8/22/1983 - 2/28/1994: Sunrise Engineering, Inc.
  • 2/1982 - 9/1982: Alta Steel
  • 8/1981 - 6/1983: Utah Technical College Drafting Department





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