Hennepin County GIS User Group
Ridgedale Library
Minnetonka, MN
October 20th, 2009 10:00 - 11:30am

 

  1. Call to Order



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


  1. Opening and Introduction of the Agenda



Derek Lorbiecki welcomed everyone to the meeting and introduced the agenda for the morning.

    • Derek Lorbiecki (LOGIS Assoc.) - Chair
    • Rebecca Foster (City of Edina) – Co-chair
    • Mike Steuernagel (SEH) – Treasurer was absent for this meeting
    • Alison Wieckowicz (LOGIS Assoc.) - Secretary

 

  1. Membership Information



Alison Wieckowicz briefly identified the benefits 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.
    • Please consider nominating yourself or others for 2010 board positions
    • There are currently 39 paid members for the 2009 year

 

  1. Treasurer's Report



Mike Steuernagel had prior obligations and couldn’t make it to this meeting. 

  1. A Discussion on the Newly Established Henn. Co. Technical Advisory Committee



Jay Meehl gave a presentation on the newly formed Hennepin County GIS Technical Advisory Commity (GTAG).
Presentation Notes:

    • The objective is for the committee to make recommendations on policies, best practices, etc to the county board for use as a GIS decision support structure.
    • Members of eGTAG will create a network of technology experts, which will promote and strengthen GIS technology countywide through inter-departmental communication, collaboration, cooperation, and joint research. 
    • GTAG is currently made up of 8 power users from various departments in the county.


Presentation PowerPoint:



  1. MnGeo



Mike Dolbow, the GIS Coordinator for the MN Dept. of Ag, accepted an invitation from Rebecca Foster to come and speak at the HCGUG meeting about the newly restructured geospatial information office, located within the Department of Administration at the state known as MNGEO.  Having chaired the committee that created MNGEO Mike was able to discuss how organizational changes will affect GIS practitioners at the local level.

Presentation Notes:

 

    • The organization is advised by advisory councils representing stakeholders within state government and around the state.
    • MnGeo coordinates the development, implementation, support and use of geospatial technology.
    • Funding for MnGeo operations and staff comes from state budgets, but consulting projects and services offered may be funded through a cost-recovery process.
    • The term for committee member on who steer the work of the MNGEO organization is 2 years.
    • The first MNGEO committee meeting will be held in November of 2009.

 

Organization Links:

 



  1. County Data Updates (Bob Moulder - Hennepin County)


The aerial photo from the April 2009 flight was processed by Pinnacle Corporation out of Indiana and they delivered the SIDs and .tifs last Friday.  There are some georeferencing QAQC concerns that may need to be addressed so it might take a 2- 4 weeks to get the aerial photos delivered to the cities.  There is also a new license agreement in the works by the county attorney’s office that will allow cities who purchase the photos to redistribute it. 

 



  1. Adjourn


Prepared by Alison Wieckowicz, Secretary.

 

General Meeting Power Point:

 


Attendees:

Name

Organization

Rebecca Foster

City of Edina

Alison Wieckowicz

LOGIS

Beth Kaszynski

City of Eden Prairie

Nate Graham

City of St. Louis Park

Bryan Pittman

WSB & Associates

Bob Moulder

Hennepin County

Perry White

City of St. Louis Park

Derick Anderson

City of Minnetonka

Mike Steuernagel

SEH

Mike Eberle

City of Maple Grove

Gary Swenson

Hennepin County

Donovan Koxvold

Hennepin County

Ellen Heine

MCWD

Kieht Anderson

LOGIS

Adam Feidt

City of Eden Prairie

Jay Kapalczypski

Maple Grove

Warren Fong

Hennepin County

Mike Trojan

MPCA

Shelley Schwaninger

SEH

Donovan Koxvold

HC Env. Services

William C. Warner

Warner & Associates

Richard Hill

City of Hopkins

Nat Kale

Minnehaha Creek

Dave Fritzke

City of Crystal

Dan Hylton

GIS Specialist