| MetroGIS 2003-2005 Business
Plan (February 2001 to October 2002) |
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Project Manager: Randall Johnson,
MetroGIS Staff Coordinator
Consultant Team: Richardson, Richter &
Associates, Inc.
Responsible Advisory Team: Coordinating Committee;
Business Planning and Performance Measures Workgroups |
On October 22, 2002, the Policy Board adopted the MetroGIS
2003-2005 Business Plan and authorized its staff to forward the Plan to the
Metropolitan Council, MetroGIS's primary sponsor, for approval.
Click here to view the adopted plan. (Note: Due to
the Minnesota state government's significant budget shortfalls, MetroGIS's 2003
budget request was reduced by the Council by $49,500 to $313,500, down from the
$331,000 set forth in the Business Plan. The $344,000 funding shown in the Plan
for 2004 was also reduced, at minimum, to a amount not greater than received in
2003.)
The Plan sets forth five general program assumptions as follows:
- The need for regional collaboration on geodata projects will
continue and may be more important than ever.
- The Metropolitan Council will continue to be a primary sponsor,
and provide funding and staff support for core MetroGIS activities.
- Partnerships, or cost-sharing models, will be considered in
determining funding options for future commonly needed geodata projects.
- MetroGIS will continue to rely upon stakeholders for
development of data and therefore the pace of data development will be set
largely by stakeholders.
- The current organizational structure for MetroGIS is effective
with regard to accomplishing the MetroGIS mission, and therefore, no
significant changes are required.
This Plan supercedes MetroGIS's initial Business Plan adopted in
April 2000. The firm of Richardson, Richter & Associates, Inc. facilitated
development of the 2000-2003 and 2003-2005 MetroGIS Business Plans. The
2003-2005 Plan is the culmination of several separate but related projects,
beginning in February 2001.
- Develop and implement a performance measures
methodology for MetroGIS. The Policy Board adopted a detailed
measurement and reporting plan at its April 2002 meeting.
Click here to view the
adopted plan and recent measurement reports. It has been adopted by reference
in the 2003-2005 Business Plan.
- Modify the strategies presented in the April 2000-2003
Business Plan, as necessary, to recognize policy agreed upon as a
result of the
Regional
Parcel Data Pilot Project, "next
generation" data sharing agreement negotiations, the
Regional Parcel
Dataset: For-Profit and Non-Profit Sector Interests Project, and the
MetroGIS
DataFinder Cafe project.
- Prepare an outreach/marketing strategy to
effectively communicate MetroGIS's vision and objectives with its stakeholder
community. A high-level outreach strategy was
endorsed by the Policy Board at its April 2001 meeting. This strategy was
updated and included as an Appendix in the 2003-2005 Business Plan.
- Conduct a general update of the April 2000-2003
Business Plan to document accomplishments since April 2000, identify
key challenge areas and appropriate strategies to ensure MetroGIS's continued
relevancy to achieving collaboration on common geodata needs of the MetroGIS
community, and incorporate guiding principals. Eight major challenge areas,
critical to MetroGIS's continued success, were identified and appropriate
strategies were agreed upon.
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