Hennepin County GIS User Group
Ridgedale Library
Minnetonka, MN
April 14th, 2009 10:00 - 11:30am

1. Call to Order


Derek Lorbiecki called the meeting to order at 10:00am




2. Opening and Introduction of the Agenda


Derek Lorbiecki welcomed everyone to the meeting and introduced the agenda for the morning.
He discussed some details regarding the recent elections for HCGUG Board members.
• Derek Lorbiecki (LOGIS Assoc.) - Chair
• Rebecca Foster (City of Edina) – Co-chair
• Mike Steuernagel (SEH) - Treasurer
• Alison Wieckowicz (LOGIS Assoc.) - Secretary


3. Membership Information


Alison Wieckowicz briefly identified the beneits of membership.

• Membership fee is used for refreshments at the meetings.
• Completing the registration card and mailing it to HCGUG with your membership Fee.
• Fill out a membership card and bring it to a meeting with your fee to give to a board member.
• Be sure to include the name of each member in the memo field when submitting a check to cover multiple memberships.


4. Treasurer's Report


Mike Steuernagel, the newly elected treasurer, breifly discussed the current state of the User Group's funds. 



5. State Standard for Digital Storm Water System Data Exchange


Mike Trojan of MPCA is has been working with the help of Storm Water Standards work group to develop standards for storm water data exchange.
Presentation Notes:
• The recommended data model for the standards will include storm water features, in addition to surface water features are part of the strom water systems; i.e. storm water holding ponds, outfalls, streams, etc.
• The standard are recommended, and in the future, will be required for permitted entities, that collect, use or exchange storm water data.
• The purpose of the starndard is to create a framework for geospatial information for storm water systems etc.

Presentation Handouts and Links:
• Standard For Digital Storm Water Data Exchange




6. LOGIS GGOV Application Presentation


LOGIS GIS has completed a public-facing, map-centric, web application for the presentation of municipal government information. This product, called gGov, will be offered for implementation by our GIS member cities beginning the first week of March. The development process, technologies, and infrastructure were very challenging but ultimately resulted in a product that is cutting edge server and service GIS.
Presentation Notes:
• Ability to present municipal GIS data in a form very similar to common web map applications such as Map Quest and Google Maps.
• Citizens can view property related data as well as any other mappable data that the municipalities would like to present.
• The application is very customizable for each municipality that would like to make use of it.
• Relationships between related map features can be presented to users who may not be familiar with more advanced GIS data relationship methods




7. Parcel Updates (Bob Moulder - Hennepin County)








8. Adjourn

Prepared by Alison Wieckowicz, Secretary.