Agenda

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021
 11:00 am – 4:00 pm CDT (including a 30-min break)

Presented by
Wendy Lathrop, PLS, CFM

Agenda:
What is a “Railroad” by Law? (and why does it matter?)
Highway or utility – public rights and railroad responsibilities
The effects of railroads on development of the US
The evolution of the regulatory framework affecting railroads in the US

Railroad Records and Regulation
Finding information about physical, legal, and historical railroad aspects
The birth of Rails to Trails
Railroad abandonment
What “abandonment” means, physically and legally
The process for abandonment

Examining the Extent, Type, Location and Time/Duration of Railroad Rights
Deciphering if railroads acquired ownership or easement or other rights
The extent of railroad rights, and significance to landowners and railroads
Shared uses of the railroad corridor
Decisions relating to Rails to Trails conversions

 

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Credits

Land Surveyors:
4.0 PDHs
(FL, MO, and TN Pending Approval, NJ, RI – No Credit Offered)

Professional/Civil Engineers:
4.0 PDHs

Certified Planners/APA:
CM|4

 

Continuing Education Credit Information
These webinars are open to the public. They offer continuing education credits to land surveyors in most states. Course approvals have been applied for in Florida, Missouri, and Tennessee, which are pending. Continuing education credits are not being sought in New Jersey or Rhode Island. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education provider in New York land surveyors.

Continuing education credit is offered to professional and civil engineers licensed in all states. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida (Provider No. 0004647), Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), North Carolina (S-0130), and North Dakota.

HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education provider for engineers and land surveyors licensed in New York (Regulations of the Commissioner §68.14(i)(2) and §69-1.5(i)(2)). The Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System has approved HalfMoon Education Inc. as a continuing education sponsor.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for land surveyors licensed in Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, North Carolina (S-0130), and North Dakota.

Tracking the Railroads is approved by the American Planner Association AICP for
CM | 4.0 for Certified Planners (Course No. 9212632).

Speakers

Wendy Lathrop, PLS, CFM, CFS

President and Owner of Cadastral Consulting, LLC

Ms. Lathrop is licensed as a professional land surveyor in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, and as a professional planner in New Jersey. She holds a master’s degree in Environmental Policy and has been involved in surveying since 1974 in projects ranging from construction to boundary to environmental land use disputes. Ms. Lathrop is also a certified floodplain manager through the Association of State Flood Plain Managers (ASFPM) and a Certified Floodplain Surveyor through the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors. A former adjunct instructor at Mercer County College in New Jersey, she has also taught as part of the team for the licensing exam review course at Drexel University in Pennsylvania. Ms. Lathrop has been teaching seminars for surveyors since 1986 and has been writing articles for surveyors since 1983. She is a contributing editor for The American Surveyor magazine, and she has four articles included in the American Bar Association’s text, Land Surveys: A Guide for Lawyers and Other Professionals. She and Stephen V. Estopinal, PLS, PE co–authored a book titled Professional Surveyors and Real Property Descriptions: Composition, Construction, and Comprehension, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in 2011. She is also on the faculty of GeoLearn, a web-based educational provider. Ms. Lathrop is a past president of the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors and of the National Society of Professional Surveyors, and she has served on the Board of Directors for the American Association for Geodetic Surveying.

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