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1 Building Interagency Cooperation: The Fayette County GIS User Group

2 Presented by: Lynn Hale is the GIS Technician for the City of Fayetteville, Georgia. Additionally, Lynn coordinates the Fayette County GIS User Group meetings and serves as the GA URISA Corporate Sponsor Chair. She earned her GIS Professional Certification and MA from Georgia State University in 2004.

3 Presented by: Xavier V. Davis is the GIS Specialist / FOG (Fats, Oils, and Grease) Program Coordinator with the Peachtree City Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) in Peachtree City, GA. Xavier has nearly 5 years of GIS experience working in the Wastewater and Transportation industries. Currently, Xavier serves as Treasurer of the Georgia FOG Alliance and is an active member of Georgia URISA.

4 About Fayette County, Georgia Created on May 15, 1821 Named after Marquis de Lafayette Cities and Towns Fayetteville (County Seat) Peachtree City Brooks Tyrone Woolsey Georgia s 49th County

5 About Fayette County, Georgia Location Southwest section of Metro Atlanta Total Area of 199 Square Miles 197 Sq. Miles Land 2 Sq. Miles Water Population 110,835

6 The History Behind the Fayette County GIS User Group The GIS User Group came about from: A need to open lines of communication Coordinate the exchange of digital data Link the five agencies who use County data.

7 The History Behind the Fayette County GIS User Group A master list of potential members was created based on decision making capability and known GIS users. These potential members were contacted and invited to an information-gathering session. In some instances, the decision-maker deferred to a subordinate within the department.

8 The History Behind the Fayette County GIS User Group Initially, we met for lunch to gauge interest in a user group. We used that meeting as a catalyst for creating our user group and to identify specific areas of need.

9 The Agencies of the Fayette County GIS User Group: Fayette County Information Technology Tax Assessor s Office Fire Marshal Stormwater Water System

10 The Agencies of the Fayette County GIS User Group: Peachtree City Information Technology

11 The Agencies of the Fayette County GIS User Group: Peachtree City WASA FOG / Wastewater

12 The Agencies of the Fayette County GIS User Group: City of Fayetteville Water / Wastewater Police Department

13 The Agencies of the Fayette County GIS User Group: Town of Tyrone Environmental Planning

14 External Agency Coweta County GIS

15 Why Create a County-Wide User Group? Data Sharing

16 Data Sharing Standing Data Sharing Agreement: Fayette County provides GIS data to cities ( licensees ) within the County

17 Data Sharing Standing Data Sharing Agreement: Fayette County provides GIS data to cities ( licensees ) within the County Licensees may not sell, license, or distribute data to a third party Data is distributed in an annual digest

18 Issues with data sharing: Data Sharing

19 Data Sharing Issues with data sharing: Conventional practice was unidirectional, from the County to the other agencies

20 Data Sharing Issues with data sharing: Conventional practice was unidirectional, from the County to the other agencies There was no protocol in place for submitting changes or correcting errors

21 Data Sharing Issues with data sharing: Conventional practice was unidirectional, from the County to the other agencies There was no protocol in place for submitting changes or correcting errors Limited contact, if any, between agencies

22 Why Create a County-Wide User Group? Data Sharing Data Standards

23 Setting Data Standards Up to this point, each agency created and used data without any regulated standards When sharing data was necessary, the data would have to be modified in order to fit into another agency s database

24 Why Create a County-Wide User Group? Data Sharing Data Standards Data Correction

25 Data Correction When an error was found, who was responsible for correcting it? When an error was corrected, how was the updated data to be disseminated?

26 Initial Projects Established Addressing standards Established Road Centerline standards

27 Current Projects Establishing parcel data standards Ongoing communication among agencies Encouraging professional growth

28 Ongoing / Future Projects Create an FTP Site Establish data correction standards Possible sale of data

29 Accomplishments Achieved Through Interagency Cooperation As a group, we: Established basic guidelines for shared data Created keys to simplify data integration Created a system for correcting errors

30 Benefits of Interagency Cooperation Create contact between agencies Establish communication between GIS practitioners Enable flow of data among all agencies

31 Benefits of Interagency Cooperation Encourages professional growth through: Guest Speakers Networking Mentoring / Encouragement

32 Acknowledgements Fayette County IT: Mike Bass Tax Assessor s Office: Bryan Fairrel Fire Marshal: David Scarbrough Water System: Russell Ray & Matt Bergen Stormwater: Bryan Keller

33 Acknowledgements City of Peachtree City Information Technology: Matthew Robinson & Anthony Whitley Town of Tyrone Environmental Planning: Beth Vaughn Coweta County GIS: Brent Kastor & Wendy Peloquin

34 Special Thanks to: Peachtree City WASA Keisha Lisbon Thorpe, P.E. Stephen M. Hogan, P.E. City of Fayetteville Chris Hindman ESRI Natalie Culpepper

Technician GA URISA Corporate Sponsor Chair Phone:770-460-4679 E-Mail:lhale@fayetteville-ga.

35 Questions? Lynn Hale, GISC City of Fayetteville 240 South Glynn Street Fayetteville, GA GIS Technician GA URISA Corporate Sponsor Chair Phone: Xavier V. Davis Peachtree City Water & Sewerage Authority 1127 Highway 74 South Peachtree City, GA GIS Specialist / FOG Program Coordinator Phone: XavierD@pcwasa.org

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