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Local surveyor offers to locate markers, avoid costly full resurvey of Dennis Lewis Town Forest
Summary
Jim Franklin presented town survey maps and proposed locating existing monumentation and recording GPS coordinates instead of commissioning a full resurvey, offering to perform the work hourly or as an appointed fence viewer. He cited prior survey work from 2009 and recommended boundary‑line agreements where deeds do not resolve lines.
Jim Franklin, a Candia resident with prior survey work for the town, told the selectboard on Oct. 27 that the town may be able to resolve boundary questions at far lower cost than recent bid estimates.
"The maps are all on file at the registry," Franklin said, arguing that a licensed surveyor could recover existing markers, record precise GPS coordinates and blaze the lines rather than commissioning a full new survey. He presented a 2009 survey plan he said covers much of the area…
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