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The meeting began at 8:30 AM in at the Land Management Information Center (LMIC) in the Centennial Building.
Members Present: David Windle, City of Roseville; Bob Moulder, Hennepin County; Ernie Petersen, St. Louis
Park; Ron Wencl, U.S. Geological Survey
Support Staff: Mark Kotz, Metropolitan Council
1. Modifications to Agenda and Meeting Notes
There were no modifications to the agenda or the meeting notes from the previous meeting.
2. Overview of MetroGIS Structure and Progress to Date
Randy Johnson, GIS Liaison from the Metropolitan Council and staff contact for the MetroGIS Coordinating
Committee, gave the team an update on the progress of the MetroGIS effort. Two handouts (Oct. 8th memo to Data Content
and Standards Advisory Teams, and brochure MetroGIS: Sharing Data Across Boundaries) include the contents of Randy's
presentation. Overall, the MetroGIS is in the midst of a 2 step process to 1.) get endorsement from each of the eight
key players at this point (the seven counties and the Met. Council), and 2.) to develop data and cost sharing
agreements between the eight key players. In response to questions about the current effort by the Data Content Team to
identify key datasets for the region, Randy reported that the second step in this process involves a 2 day focus group
session on Oct. 3031st. This will be followed up by a draft report from the consultant to be reviewed by the focus
group participants at a session on Nov. 21st. The Standards Team agreed that after the November session we, as a team,
should review the report and develop our workplan for the next year.
3. Report from Address Working Group
David Windle reported on the progress of the Address working group. (See Address Working Group meeting notes.)
4. Report from the Coordinate Systems Working Group
Mark Kotz reported on the progress of the Coordinate Systems Working Group. (See meeting notes for that
group.)
5. Work Program for Coordinating Committee
The Coordinating Committee asked the Standards Advisory Team to submit a workplan that linked the work items
to the strategic issues given to the team. The workplan was to be brief and in bullet form. Kotz put together a draft
for comment by the team. The only suggested change was to say that we have developed a "draft" template process for
identifying standards needs, etc.
6. Meeting Frequency
The team discussed the idea of meeting every other month, while the working groups meet every month. While
this was not resolved completely, it was agreed that the full team would not meet in November.
7. Next Meeting: Wednesday, December 11th. Tentative agenda:
- Content Team metro data needs analysis process report
- Discussion of implications for the Standards Team
- Reports from the Address and Coordinate Systems working groups
Prepared by Mark Kotz, GIS Specialist, Metropolitan Council
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