costs and shrinking revenues. Encourage more Maintain base information needed by Marketing to the Public /Private businesses in a format that is friendly for their business community Partnerships needs. This information would allow them to would be challenging. learn about current services provided and Business priorities available market opportunities. In return, change frequently. businesses can lobby for funding GIS Shared These changes could Services. Information about available land, affect what information buildings, zoning, transportation, needs to be collected for environmental conditions, support facilities, GIS services, and ownership, and property value is critical to whether the company attract economic development investment. will continue in their participation. It can be difficult for state agencies to partner with local entities because of a lack of common understanding of issues, project timing, project needs, and overall project communication. Combine federal These grants typically provide a way to There is still need to find acquire the start-up costs to build GIS a funding source for grant monies to infrastructure. maintenance and help fund the operations after the grant creation of shared - utilize the period ends. services knowledge each Grants may also be agency has in restrictive in how the gaining grants in money is spent (i.e., their areas of maintenance and expertise. operations are usually costs not covered in grant awards). Increased tax Property would be assessed the correct tax To keep up the correct revenue collection percentage or fee. This would not be the amount of tax because of better same as raising taxes per se, but rather assessment, there would tax assessment collecting the correct tax amount on a parcel be an increased need to information due to of land because of better data through GIS. maintain current GIS GIS data - GIS data data. For example: and geoprocessing Orange County, FL, increased revenues enable the precise from cellular telephone franchise fees by determination of using GIS to determine which cell towers location boundaries (i.e., special districts, were in their tax jurisdiction. The postal city, and county address put some towers in other boundaries) for counties. They now collect an additional $ facilities such as — 650,000, every year because of GIS
costs and shrinking revenues. Encourage more Public /Private Partnerships Maintain base information needed by businesses in a format that is friendly for their needs. This information would allow them to learn about current services provided and available market opportunities. In return, businesses can lobby for funding GIS Shared Services. Information about available land, buildings, zoning, transportation, environmental conditions, support facilities, ownership, and property value is critical to attract economic development investment. Marketing to the business community would be challenging. Business priorities change frequently. These changes could affect what information needs to be collected for GIS services, and whether the company will continue in their participation. It can be difficult for state agencies to partner with local entities because of a lack of common understanding of issues, project timing, project needs, and overall project communication. Combine federal grant monies to help fund the creation of shared services - utilize the knowledge each agency has in gaining grants in their areas of expertise. These grants typically provide a way to acquire the start-up costs to build GIS infrastructure. There is still need to find a funding source for maintenance and operations after the grant period ends. Grants may also be restrictive in how the money is spent (i.e., maintenance and operations are usually costs not covered in grant awards). Increased tax revenue collection because of better tax assessment information due to GIS data - GIS data and geoprocessing enable the precise determination of location boundaries (i.e., special districts, city, and county boundaries) for facilities — such as Property would be assessed the correct tax percentage or fee. This would not be the same as raising taxes per se, but rather collecting the correct tax amount on a parcel of land because of better data through GIS. For example: Orange County, FL, increased revenues from cellular telephone franchise fees by using GIS to determine which cell towers were in their tax jurisdiction. The postal address put some towers in other counties. They now collect an additional $ 650,000, every year because of GIS To keep up the correct amount of tax assessment, there would be an increased need to maintain current GIS data.
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