Charlotte Harbor Chapter

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The Charlotte County Commissioners issued a Proclamation of Surveyor’s Week, from March 16 to March 22 to honor the contribution to society made by Land Surveyors throughout our history. 

Below is documentation of the presentation and pictures of representatives of the Charlotte Harbor Chapter in attendance at the presentation.

The actual Proclamation is shown below. 

The spring is fast approaching and so is our annual Canoe Trip (or drag depending on the weather).  The tentative date for this year’s event in Saturday, 26 April 2008.  Check your calendars and hold this day for the time being. 

Let Derek Miller know of conflicts at the upcoming Tri-Chapter Meeting.  Whether its paddle or drag we had a great time last year, plan on attending.

The Tri-County Meeting is being held on Wednesday March 05, 2008 at St. Andrews South Golf & Country Club located at 1901 Deborah Drive Punta Gorda, Florida 33950
Spouses are welcome. 

Ken will send the minutes out with a reminder a week or so before the meeting, but he needs to notify the restaurant of the numbers of dinners needed.

Cash Bar begins at 6:00 p.m. with Dinner at 7:00 p.m.  Cost of dinner this year will be $25.00
Choices of dinner entrées are as follows:
1)     Sliced Roast Beef
2)     Salmon with Lobster Sauce
3)     Chicken Marsalis
All diners will have tossed salad / rolls / baked potato / mixed vegetables
For desert:     Cheesecake with strawberry topping.
Drinks will be Soda / Tea / Water / Coffee

Make your reservations by no later than noon on February 25, 2007 

Directions:

Take I-75 to Exit 164 (First exit south of the Peace River) exit and head West 3.7 Miles to the light @ Bal Harbor; thence Left 1.0 mile to the 4-way stop @ Aqui Esta, continue straight through the 4-way, 0.2 Miles to Deborah Drive, thence Right – Club house is 200 yards on the left.
 
From US 41 Turn West on Aqui Esta Blvd 1.7 Miles to the 4-way stop @ Bal Harbor, turn left on Bal Harbor, 0.2 Miles to Deborah Drive, thence Right,  the Club house is 200 yards on the left.

An attempted theft of survey instruments has been reported.  The following report was made by John R. Gargis, President of the Space Coast Chapter. 

Yesterday (July 17, 2007) one of my crews was followed by 2 black males in a charcoal color Caravan. My party chief noticed the tail in Palm Bay on US 1 as he was driving north coming back from Vero. My crew proceeded to Coastal Instrument Supply Store in Palm Bay located some what off the beaten path.

The van parked just shy of the Supply Store. My crew exited their truck proceeded into the store in search of a GPS chord well aware of the tail. After the crew entered the store the van pulled into the parking lot of the supply store and aligned their vehicle with our truck and one of the men got out and started to walk to the front door.

At that moment my crew and the owners of Coastal all proceeded to the front door. The man at the van then motioned the other to return to the van and they then pull back out of the parking lot and parked across the street. One of the owners of Coastal then attempted to get the plate of the van by walking to the end of his property and looking at the van however it was parked facing him. At that moment he had an eye to eye encounter with the suspects and they clearly were not alarmed, holding their ground and not speeding away.

The supply store owner then felt it best to return to his shop. My crew finished their business and departed Coastal and once again the van tailed them. At this point my crew chief decided to head for Melbourne Police Head Quarters which is very close to our office. He attempted to slow down and provoke the suspects to pass him so he could get the tag and at that moment they turned around and headed the opposite direction.

These guys were very bold and determined. Lets all keep and eye out for this.

This incident followed by just days when the following was repoerted by Gary Krick, Southeastern Surveying & Mapping Corp:

3 black males in a dark van stole a total station from an Allstate Paving Survey team yesterday. They grabbed it out of the truck and ran while the Team was working 100 feet away in Orlando. This is the 2nd one in 3 days

Today marks the first day of the Charlotte Harbor Chapter of the Florida Surveying and Mapping Society’s presence on the Internet.

The Charlotte Harbor Chapter is part of District 5 which includes the Manasota Chapter and the Collier-Lee Chapter, and meets on the Second Thursday of each month at Luigi’s Italian Restaurant at 3883 Tamiami Trail in Port Charlotte, Florida.

The Chapter’s mailing address is 11440 Metro Parkway, Fort Myers, FL 33966.