Presented to the Land Records Council 2011

Intent: In accordance with Section (3m) create a Land Information Council of not less than eight members to advise the County Board on matter related to the Land Records Modernization plan.  Required Members: 1. Board Member – John Robinson (DC Zoning Committee, DC Forestry Committee, former DC Chair) 2. Register of Deeds – Gayle Wahner, DC ROD 3. Treasurer – Linda Helenius, DC Treasurer 4. Real Property Listers – Becky Nordskog, DC RPL & Brad Theien, City Assessor  Other Members: 1. Land Information Representative – Jon Fiskness (COS GIS Coordinator) 2. Realtor – Maria Letsos – (Realtor, Duluth Area Association of Realtors) 3. Public Safety Representative – Dave Sletten (DC Emergency Mgmt Planner) 4. County Surveyor Ben Klitzke – (DC County Surveyor/LIO) 5. Tom Bridge – Superior City Councilor

 59.72(3m)(b)  (b) The land information council shall review the priorities, needs, policies, and expenditures of a land information office established by the board under sub. (3) and advise the county on matters affecting the land information office.

Land Records Council Zoning Board Douglas County Board

The statutory role of the Zoning Committee is within Section (2) Wis. Stats., granting counties the authority to regulate land use by the adoption of a zoning ordinance, and Section (1) (b) 3. Wis. Stats., describing the local “planning agency” role in the subdivision plat approval process. The Douglas County Subdivision Ordinance 8.1 describes the role of the Zoning Committee regarding plat approval. The committee provides legislative oversight of the Zoning and Land Information Department.

Forestry Public Works Zoning Appraisers Register of Deeds Realtors Law Enforcement Property Owners GIS Staff Commercial Users State/ Federal EMS Surveyors Assessors County Clerk Land Records /GIS

PROPERTY TAX LISTER COUNTY SURVEYOR REGISTER OF DEEDS GIS TECHNICIANS Register of Deeds Recording of Documents CSM’s & Plats County Surveyor Technical Advice Archive Survey Documents Property Lister Update Tax Roll to reflect values & changes GIS Technicians Maintain Mapping System Create Custom Map Products

ROD Property Lister GISWebSDE

Zoning Property Lister Surveyor Zoning Final Approval ROD

Zoning Property Lister Surveyor Zoning Final Approval Zoning Board Final Approval ROD

 DC Zoning Administrator  Steve Rannenberg  COS Assessor  Brad Theien  DC Surveyor and Land Information Officer  Ben Klitzke  COS GIS Coordinator  Jon Fiskness  DC GIS Technicians  Dan Martin and Randy Jones

 Currently maintain all GIS data  500+ data sets and counting  Maintain COSDC Mapping Site for public use  Maintain data download location on COS web site  Currently maintain (1/6/11) Land Records (parcels) in Douglas County  Data is updated on a daily basis whenever possible and pushed to the COSDC mapping site every 24 hours

 Currently maintain 150+ users with GIS data, Pictometry & software  ESRI ELA Licensing  2 Servers and multiple off-site locations  WWTP, City Garage, Highway Dept, Forestry Dept, Landfill  Web based mapping site  LUG Support  Pictometry and data  Data sharing agreements  GIS Day in November  Step by Step tutorials  Platbook Production

 Remonumentation Funding and Township completed  Linear Transportation Network nearly complete  Cemetery Inventory and Modernization Project – 1 Complete Cemetery  GIS Day – 75 + participants  COS Landfill Mapping  Geospatial Data Available Online (Reduced work on data Requests)  Upper St. Croix Flood Impact Mapping  Digital Floodplain Modernization  Winneboujou Club Mapping Project  WLIA Award for Local Government Cooperation  Staff member on WIGICC  Staff member on the Douglas County Leadership Group  Zoning Board using GIS/Pictometry at monthly meetings  Computer upgrades for GIS Staff  Staff presentations at Pictometry Annual Conference, Futureview  150 GIS Users in COSDC  ESRI ELA negotiated for an additional 3 years at the same cost  ADC WebGuide Extreme Conversion  Staff participation in EWUG, MNGISLIS, WLIA, NMNGIS  Pictometry data to Local Units of Government  Staff members with Pictometry Certification  Parcels updated on a daily basis on web site  Server planning with NWRPC  GIS Software installed at the Highway Dept, Adopt a Highway data being developed  Presentations to (K-12) schools in Duluth and Superior on GIS

 Internal Service Fund – Douglas County  Revenues Sources  Retained Fees  WLIO Grant Program  COS Assessor  COS IT

 Chair of the Council = County Board Rep  How often do should the Council meet?  Majority Quorum  Land Records Council page   Other considerations?