Draft Project Description - Identify Data Requirments: Salmon Recovery, Growth Management ......

Identify Additional Data Requirements

Priority Action High Level Project Plan

Draft11/3/99

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Objective 1: FRAMEWORK DATA DEVELOPMENT

Produce multi-use geographic data through partnership efforts between government and private organizations.

Priority Action Item:

Identify data requirements, in addition to Framework, for salmon recovery, growth management, buildable lands and public lands inventory.

Facilitator: Jim Eby

Description of Project: GIS is an important element in providing answers and alternatives to the major policy questions facing state decision-makers. Defining data requirements is necessary for the efficient, coordinated use of GIS. This Project Plan will develop and implement a process to identify data requirements which will consider, (1) overlapping elements between policy questions, (2) recruiting of the best experts in each subject area, (3) knowledge of existing framework projects, and (4) exploiting the best funding and coordinating solutions.

Potential Benefits: List the business benefits.

Leverage existing framework.
Promote development of framework themes.
Minimize overlap in data development/acquisition costs for related business areas.
Create a network of experts that will enhance inter-entity efficiency.
Provide an understandable/effective graphic/communication tool to policy makers.

Project Objectives: Describe the issues that will be addressed by this project.

Achieve effective coordination of resource investments between major policy areas.
Identify policy areas/themes that are the highest priority for data requirements.
Provide data requirements that are commonly accepted extensions of framework.
Educate decision makers on the concepts and value of framework data extension.

Project Tasks and Estimated Effort: Major tasks that need to be completed to accomplish objectives and a high-level estimate of required effort.

Tasks	Estimated effort (person months)
Task 1 - Identify topic specific stakeholders.	2
Task 2 - Assemble coordination team and multi-disciplinary project teams.	1
Task 3 – Establish connections to existing processes that provide political visibility and public awareness.	1
Task 4 – Consider/include additional policy areas (major policy areas such as drinking water protection)	.5
Task 5 - I.D. common elements across different policy areas	30
Task 6 - Coordinate with existing and conceptual framework models	20
Task 7 – Identify what can be done within existing funding. Petition Legislature/Decision makers for additional needed financial support.	10
Task 8 - Set priorities for funding and implementing target areas (themes) that need data and funds quickly	2
Task 9 – Implement data requirements for highest priority within one year.	40

Potential Project Team Leader and Members:

WAGIC Members – framework project participants

Established policy area team members

Industry, local, state, federal, tribal agencies who are stakeholders

Private stakeholders

NGO's

Session Participants:

David Read Thruston Regional Planning Council

Shirley Lewis Washington State Library

Julie Knackstead CTED

David Jennings WSDOH

Connie Krueger Walla Walla County

Ted Gage CTED