Channel Island Regional GIS Collaborative
(CIRGIS) Meeting

Minutes, March 14, 2002

CIRGIS general meeting, followed by presentations. Ben Walterberger chaired the meeting and, via roll call of members with Memorandum of Agreements, determined a quorum was present.

Attending:

At the meeting, the Council outlined the duties of a "regional sub-committee" and outlined support that the California GIS Council would give to regional subcommittees. The consensus is that the Executive Council is adopting a wait-and-see attitude before assigning representation for regions. GIS organizations in our region include SCAG, CCJDC, and CIRGIS. These groups should talk among themselves to determine collaborations and establish jurisdictions. "Let’s use this opportunity to get the groups in our regions talking to each other" and present a proposal for regional representation to the California GIS Council, rather than have one imposed.

"Homeland Security" is a driving force behind State GIS initiatives.

Recommendation that CIRGIS outgoing chair and incoming chair meet with CCJDC. And that a joint letter be drafted by SCAG, CCJDC, and CIRGIS to Executive Council stating that we are working locally to fix regional representation at the statewide council. CIRGIS’ incoming chair is designate a CIRGIS representative to travel to statewide meetings to guarantee a CIRGIS voice.

There is a need to get interested agencies get together with Ventura County to discuss County initiatives regarding data use, data sharing. There is a high level of interest among Ventura County CEO and lead management right now, including a prototype agreement being worked on by cities and the County of Ventura.

It was suggested that CIRGIS be used as a forum for such discussion, that CIRGIS schedule as an agenda item such a discussion, as a neutral third party, to discuss coordinating data. There is a need for technical input, management input, and consideration of cost-sharing initiatives. Begin with the technicians to get standards discussed before inviting managers to sort out policy and legal issues.

Santa Barbara County offered their integrated GIS model wherein they offer the assessor’s parcel maps as base maps, which all cities and special districts build upon. SCAG representative said that CIRGIS should ask for State funding to such County and Cities initiatives.

Grants Subcommitee reported that Ventura County, in collaboration with CIRGIS, has written two grants for metadata development and metadata training. Web Subcommitee reported on recent updates to CIRGIS web and presented alternative scenarios for web hosting and management. A call was made for members to provide data sets and/or metadata or data lists to CIRGIS website data clearinghouse. Outreach Subcommitee recommended working on budgets for 2004 state-funded projects now, with Santa Barbara representative noting that some of the AB8 "givebacks" from state to counties may be able to be earmarked for GIS.

Attending members gave a brief roundtable review of their activities.

David Magney was elected Chairperson. Steve Palladino was elected Vice-Chair. Outgoing chair Ben Wallenberg was commended for his service.

The General Meeting was followed by presentations.

Presentation by USGS Center for Policy Science, Menlo Park, Laura Dinitz: "A Portfolio Approach to Evaluating Natural Hazard Mitigation Policies: An Application to Lateral-Spread Ground Failure in Coastal California and Interactive GIS Decision Support Tool."

Presentation by Conception Coast Project, Cory Gallipan and Ethan Inlander: "Conservation and restoration mapping in the Conception Coast Region."

The next Cirgis General meeting will be held first Tuesday in May, 2-4pm at Ventura College in Science Room 333.

The next subcommitee meetings will be held first Tuesday in April, or at time to be determined by sub-committee members.