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Michael B. Emmons
Deputy Director/County Surveyor
memmons@cosbpw.net

Welcome to our website! My name is Michael Emmons and I have the great pleasure and honor of working for the Board of Supervisors as County Surveyor for the County of Santa Barbara, California.

The County Surveyors Office is a Division within the Public Works Department and is responsible for maintaining accurate land records within the County for the citizens of Santa Barbara. Our Division has been allocated 18 full-time positions and has five general areas of responsibility. They are: 1) Checking and recording subdivision maps and documents; 2) Providing survey related data to the general public; 3) Conducting field surveys for County projects; 4) Administration of various State and local programs and; 5) Providing and coordinating Geographic Information Systems (GIS) services and mapping for the Department of Public Works.

The Office Section provides extensive surveying services for both office and field needs. This Section is primarily responsible for reviewing subdivision maps, records of surveys, lot line adjustments, corner records, voluntary mergers, and certificates of compliance for compliance with State and local laws and ordinances. The Office staff index and file all final maps, parcel maps, and records of surveys after recording and is also responsible for all jurisdictional and special district boundary mapping within the County.

The Field Section provides topographic, boundary, and control surveys for County projects using the latest surveying equipment and computer software. This section is also responsible for preparing legal descriptions, maps, and records of surveys of County facilities and projects.

Our newest endeavor includes working with sophisticated technology with the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Our GIS staff are tasked with taking department data that is geographic in nature and integrating that into various applications and products to achieve better effienciency in our operations. They provide mapping and spatial analysis services to the other divisions of the department as well.

Thank you for visiting our website and if you have any questions or comments, please call our Office at (805) 568-3020 or myself at (805) 568-3034.

Last updated: June 30, 2008


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