Mapping Kerns Future Now: Geographic Information System GIS Program at Kern COG

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Mapping Kerns Future NowGeographic
Information System (GIS) Program at Kern COG

• Rob Ball, Senior Planner
• Kern COG Workshop June 19, 2003

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Mapping Kerns Future

• Organization Structure
• Projects / Benefits
• Next Steps

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CHANGING ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

• Kern GEONET
• Valley Regional GIS Council
• State GIS Council

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PROJECTS / BENEFITS

• Types of Benefits
• Projects
• Digital Aerial Imagery
• Kern County Basemap
• Kern Parcel Base
• Kern MEAR
• Bakersfield System Study
• Major Transportation Investment Study
• Smart Growth Analysis
• Kern COG GIS Services

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1997 GEONET Benefit Analysis 2.5 Million
Savings

• Reduced consulting costs for data
• Data sharing - multi-agency imagery contract
• More accurate fee collection tax assessment
• Increased productivity - automated drafting /
  look-up
• Improved decision making for allocating resources
  and emergency response

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DATA 80 of the GIS Cost
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GEONETs Work Plan PrioritiesSurvey Quality
Base Map

• Multi Agency Work Plan - Two Tier Approach
• 1 Building the base map
• 2 Demonstrating the benefits

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Multi-Agency Aerial Imagery Project

• 33- Agencies Participated
• Uses
• Transportation project study report (PSR)
• Environmental reports
• Land use identification

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Kern MEAR Master Environmental Assessment
Resource - An Environmental Streamlining Project

• CEQA required mapping - unfunded mandate
• Gather catalog existing CEQA required map data
• GAP analysis
• Data acquisition plan
• Funding Future Phases
• Map Data Available on the Web

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EPA Air Quality Modeling Site

• http//www.epa.gov/cgi-bin/airnow.cgi?MapNamesjv1
  MapTypey8a

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Urban Growth Monitoring
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Urban Growth Monitoring
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Urban Growth Monitoring
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Urban Growth Monitoring
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Urban Growth Monitoring
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Urban Growth Monitoring
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Urban Growth Monitoring
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Urban Growth Monitoring
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Metro Bakersfield System Study 2002

• Analyzed over 20 alternatives for a System-wide
  approach to solve transportation issues
• Used Imagery extensively. Cost not billed by
  consult 90,000.

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Bakersfield System Study
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Major Transportation Investment Study - 1997

• Used GIS to distribute housing and employment
  forecast for modeling
• Provided decision makers information to delay
  implementation of light rail beyond 2014
• GIS and Travel Demand Model Demonstrated that
  Ridership on light rail
• 700 passengers per mile
• 2000 needed for fundability.

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Commuter Rail Sketch Plan andHigh Speed Rail
Alternatives
Shafter
Bakersfield

• Arvin

Taft
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Light Rail Sketch Plan 1994
Airport

• Amtrak
• Station

Lamont
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Modeling Walk Access to Light-Rail
BC
Downtown
CSUB
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Modeling Walk Access to Transit
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Preliminary 2030 Smart Growth Scenario Modeling

• Build 20 of the new housing over the next 30
  years in in-fill areas
• Reduces VMT by 228,000 or 1.5 of the forecasted
  increase in VMT over next 30 yrs.
• Minor congestion relieved
• Rail and Pedestrian More Viable
• Improved Air Quality.

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2030 Congestion
2030 Congestion Current Development Pattern
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2030 Smart Growth
2030 Congestion Housing Infill Scenario
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Kern COG GISMapping Services Program

• Provide GIS data and mapping services to local
  agencies
• Provide a jump start to local agency GIS
  implementation
• Help local agencies become self sufficient in GIS
• Get them to maintain their data according to
  regional standards
• Contracts Signed with Kern Water Agency, East
  Kern Resource Conservation District, Ridgecrest,
  Shafter

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The Next Steps

• Complete the base map and adjust data sets to
  line-up.
• Get in maintenance mode on the data
• What it may look like...

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Resources. Questions?

• Kern COG GIS Program Manager Mike Heimer
• Mheimer_at_kerncog.org or Rball_at_kerncog.org or
  661/861-2191
• Kern COG GIS Resources www.kerncog.org under
  Resources Heading
• GeoData Catalog Online data available for
  download
• Resource Documents Kern GEONET Work Plan Cost
  Benefit Analysis, Local Government Standards
  Guide
• California GIS Council website www.gis.ca.gov
• California Geographic Information Assc.
  www.cgia.org