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- - ~~ ~"'KJ+J6" 4- ~ . . atjfA 11 - GIS & PlANNING TECHNOLOGIES Ie 1ft North Metro 35W Corridor Coalition GIS Proiect Outline I Introduction: This document is intended to outline the infoonation required to initiate the development and I implementation of a regional GIS program for the North Metro 35W Conidor Coalition, The GIS program discussed here is similar in scope to the GIS program being developed by the Dakota County Economic Development Partnership, Implemented correctly, a regional GIS program could prove to be an ideal way I for the live cities of the North Metro 35W Corridor Coalition (Arden Hills, Mounds View, New Brighton, Roseville, and Shoreview) to address common planning and economic development issues facing the area. The North Metro 35W Conidor Coalition has at least three advantages that the DCEDP does not, First, the I size of the proposed project area is substantially smaller than the area in Dakota County. Second, the project would benefit from having the latest topological data from recent aerial photos, which will reduce the amount of added labor necessary to update existing buildings, roads, etc. Third, the North Metro 35W I Corridor Coalition has a much stronger and more identifiable common interest: I-35W, These advantages mean that a North Metro 35W Corridor Coalition GIS project, similar to DCEDP's GIS Program, would be much more manageable from both an administrative and a technical perspective, resulting in Imver costs and a completion in a shorter time-frame. I The following pages outline thc data and procedures necessary for developing a GIS project for the 35W Corridor that focuses on Commercial and Industrial areas. Estimated time and cost figures are covered as Ie well. The project has been broken into several phases to make it more manageable. Phase I deals with bringing each city in the group up to a common level concerning their GIS databases, Phase II outlines the opportunity for joint training once the data in Phase I is available, Phase 1lI involves a CommerciallIndustrial inventory that would provide the cities v..ith the information necessary to promote economic development I and redevelopment along the 35W Conidor, Phase IV addresses the potential need for custom GIS applications that could be developed and shared among the group, Phase V is a brief discussion of methods for making the commercial/industrial data more accessible to the public, I Phase 1- Base Data Development: I Phase I has been split into two parts due to the availability of data. The data required for Part I is currently available from Ramsey County and the participating cities, The data needed for Part 2 will come from the aerial photos taken this spring. This data will not be ready until at least this fall, As soon as the data is available from the county, Part 2 can be undertaken. I PhaseJ - Part 1: Part I involves the development of the "core" data that will be used in the project. The core data should I include parcels, roads, zoning designations, comprehensive plan designations, and existing land use designations. Also included in Part I is the creation of maps from the data for editing and presentation purposes. Following is a brief discussion of issues surrounding the core data: I Parcels: Ramsey County has completed its update to parcels/lots for all five cities, The county maintains information on both lots and parcels (a combination of severallo!s), For the purposes of this project, parcels should be the primary base layer. There is some question as how to best organize the relationship between I lots and parcels when dealing with both ArcCad and ArcView, The county, however, is flexible in the way they provide the data and format issues should be easily overcome. A more important consideration is how up-to-date the data is, The completed parcel layer recently obtained by the City of Roseville suggests that .- the parcel data has not been updated for as much as a year. At this point it is not clear whether or not the 1406 South Greeley Street - Suite 2 . Stillwater, MN 55082. 6121351,1318 I