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A solution to this problem could be through the creation of a set of geographic information systems (GIS) tools that integrates housing, employment, and transportation information for the neighborhoods, central cities, suburbs, and counties of the Twin Cities metropolitan region. This would: ■ Leverage wark completed in both Minneapolis and St.PauURamsey County Encompass the metropolitan area Expand community and public/government capacity The City of Roseville uses �IS data from metropolitan county data providers as well as from many other sources for the purposes of data analysis. It is a charter member of the Ramsey County User Group, which is an alliance formed in 1995 between public agencies interested in using �'rI� and data that has been created and maintained by Ramsey County. Each member organization adds its own unique data to that supplied by the County as part of the agreement to create a rich and powerful tool to assist in organizational decision-making and day-to-day procedures. The Users Group is seen as a model in the metropolitan area in how units of government can wark in collaboration to effectively exchange and utilize � data, services and knowledge. In this spirit of cooperation comes an opportunity for the City to partner with an even broader range of stakeholders in creating an innovative set of tools to assist in community planning. The Ramsey County Gl� Users Group will partner with the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs at the University of Minnesota (CURA), The St. Paul Community �'rT5 Consortium, The Minneapolis Consortium for Community Development, the Minneapolis Neighborhood Information System and MetroGIS in a Technical Opportunities Program grant application to develop these tools. Access to information at this level would assist in targeting community development and economic proj ects through evaluation of factors related to housing, employment, employee income and transportation. Collecting, integrating, maintaining and disseminating data from multiple sources over such a scale requires a significant effort both in funding and staff commitment. The City has been a leader in �� efforts over the years and wishes to continue this approach through the involvement of its �� Coordinator in the planning for this grant and hopefully for the implementation of tools into the City's � operations should the grant be successful. Prepared by: Da�id Windle (651-792-7075) Attachments: Resolution. \\Victoria\cormndev�PLANNING AND ZONIlVGWLANNING �fLE3ti�S4�J�#9'a5�0 T�rt�e�r_�'durK�•_G1� l�s�er_Cma.�p',PF4S�#.� RCA 032904.dac PF3520 — RCA 032904 - Page 2 of 2