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Regional Technology Advisory Committee (RTAC) Governors Council on GIS May 16, 2007

Regional Technology Advisory Committee (RTAC) Governors Council on GIS May 16, 2007. RTAC Purpose (Mission). To leverage the opportunities and economies of collaboration across government agencies To target the needs of the citizen’s & their expectations To share information & ideas.

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Regional Technology Advisory Committee (RTAC) Governors Council on GIS May 16, 2007

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  1. Regional Technology Advisory Committee (RTAC) Governors Council on GIS May 16, 2007

  2. RTAC Purpose (Mission) • To leverage the opportunities and economies of collaboration across government agencies • To target the needs of the citizen’s & their expectations • To share information & ideas

  3. RTAC Members • Pat Bettenberg IT Director, Benton County • Mike Disher IT Director, Morrison County • Micah Myers & Tom Hannon IT Director, City of St. Cloud • Ken Brown IT Director, Sherburne County • Bill Swing IT Director, Wright County • George McClure IT Director, Stearns County

  4. RTAC Guests • ESRI: Dan Falbo & Staff • Crimnet: Oded Galili • Governors Council: David Arbeit • Several Law Enforcement Personnel from RTAC Counties.

  5. RTAC Description • Formed July 19th, 2005 • Monthly Meetings • Minutes taken by the City of St Cloud • Chaired by Stearns County IT Director • Members contribute to agenda. • Met “back to back” with CM-Regional Advisory Committee for interoperable communications from 9/30/05 through 9/22/06 • No funding • No mandate (except for the self created one for the Quad County Group)

  6. Applications Discussed/Considered • Regional park & recreation application • Regional planning and zoning application • Regional “Crime Mapping” application • Regional “Intellisearch” application

  7. Other Subjects Discussed/Considered • Standard XML land records schema • Regional Connectivity (i.e. fiber) • Regional domain, i.e. Active Directory • Involvement of cities in portal development • Regional disaster recovery planning • Regional help desk outsourcing

  8. Selected Application for Proof of Concept “Crime Mapping” - a regional plot of criminal activity for the month of April 2006

  9. Challenges • Different law enforcement systems • Different hardware platforms • Inconsistent & poor road centerlines • Incomplete data (prior to address match) • Cumbersome & disparate processes • Data quality problems, i.e. MOC coding • Legal ramifications

  10. Address Matching Results (Using 25 Common BCA Classifications) • Benton: 30-40% match • Morrison: 20% match • St. Cloud: 60% match • Wright: 70-80% (with manipulation of data)

  11. RTAC Conclusions • Attempt POC application with cleaner data such as Park & Recreation • Keep it Simple • Work on underlying infrastructure • Regional base map • XML data schema • Improve on data collection procedures, i.e. GPS • Learn from other collaboratives • Keep talking

  12. Thoughts on Collaboration Good collaboration requires… • a ‘culture’ change – a good organizational structure by itself will not work. • a concerted effort to communicate outside our respective organizations. • rethinking how we are organized, i.e. GIS groups, IT Groups, Economic development groups, etc.

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