LIAA Community Center User’s Conference August 10, 2007 Traverse City, MI Leelanau County (

LIAA Community Center User’s Conference August 10, 2007 Traverse City, MI Leelanau County Community Center ( Issue: Too much time spent providing public data to citizens What to do: Reduce the number of phone calls, faxes, and office visits requesting information on taxes, maps, and parcel information. Reduce repetitive requests: “What is the mailing address for this property?” “What is the total of 2006 summer taxes?” “Are these taxes delinquent?”

LIAA Community Center User’s Conference August 10, 2007 Traverse City, MI Leelanau County Community Center ( Issue: Unnecessary Duplication What to do: Reduce the number of offices supplying the same information, looking it up in books or on our files, etc. We HAD all the data - just needed to package it to make it more accessible to the public

LIAA Community Center User’s Conference August 10, 2007 Traverse City, MI Leelanau County Community Center ( Issue: Recouping costs What to do: Figure out how to service (and charge) those companies, like title companies, that request this data on a regular basis

Solution: The existing Leelanau County community center would be updated to include more information, and provide access to public data.

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Many map categories and layers Linked to searchable parcel database Maps and Parcel Data

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