Administrative Boundaries

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Administrative Boundary Panelists

Administrative

Boundary

Panelists

• Shelby Johnson ‐ Panel Moderator, story teller, GIS policy junkie, city

boundary activist State GIS Coordinator for Arkansas boundary activist, State GIS Coordinator for Arkansas

• Eileen Battles ‐ Technical guru, Kansas GIS Clearinghouse Queen,

motivator of locals, located in Lawrence, KS

• Mike Schonlau ‐ Mover & Shaker,, On the Go Risingg Star,, GIS Coordinator,,

City of Omaha, knows local business drivers and brings municipal

perspective

• Steve Marsh ‐ MAGIC Director, Jackson County MO GIS Coordinator,

Mover & Shaker knows local business drivers and brings a county Mover & Shaker, knows local business drivers and brings a county

perspective

• Melissa Crane ‐ IAAO Mover & Shaker, Kansas Association of Mappers

Founder and Leader ‐ Tax Policy, knows state business drivers and brings a

tax policy perspective tax policy perspective

• Barbara Taylor ‐ US Bureau of the Census, Regional Geographer, All

Knowing Expert of Boundary and Annexations Survey aka BAS, knows

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Got Boundaries?

Got

Boundaries?

• Significance of

Significance

of

Boundaries

• Local RevenueLocal Revenue

• State Revenue • Election Administration • Provision of Services • Public Safety $$ $$

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Local

‐

level

Boundary

Lines

Michael Schonlau GIS Coordinator

City of Omaha – Douglas Countyy g y [email protected]

402.444.3982 www dogis org www.dogis.org

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2007 Elkhorn Annexation

In March of 2005, the City of Omaha

annexed the City of Elkhorn. By State Law,

Omaha has the authority to annex any Omaha has the authority to annex any

incorporated jurisdiction with a

population under 10,000. The residents

of Elkhorn fought the annexation tooth &

nail. Omaha annexed Elkhorn to preserve

its ability to expand westward before

Elkh h d h 10 000 k

Elkhorn reached the 10,000 person mark. GIS boundary lines played an important

role in the annexation process. Due to

another State Law, Omaha could only

ti t it i ti

annex areas contiguous to its existing

municipal boundaries. To assimilate

Elkhorn, Omaha needed to annex

intermediate developments to create the

contiguous “bridge” to Elkhorn.

Accurate GIS boundary lines play a major

role in annexations. Depending on local

laws and statutes, the GIS boundaries

help to determine urban growth patterns

and directly influence development plans. and directly influence development plans.

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Property Line Mapping Property Line Mapping

The Douglas County Assessor’s office is

responsible for mapping property lines

throughoutg the county.y These

boundary lines are used broadly by

government employees, realtors,

engineers, the public, and many

others. Because many users rely on

these maps as their initial means of these maps as their initial means of

viewing properties, the accuracy of the

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Steve Marsh

Steve

Marsh

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ESN (911 Response Areas)

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Tax Code

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State of Kansas

State o

a sas

State o

a sas

Data Access & Support Center

DASC Statewide Tax Unit Boundary Initiative DASC Statewide Tax Unit Boundary Initiative

Presented by: Presented by: Eileen Battles Eileen Battles GIS Specialist GIS Specialist DASC DASCSCSC

Kansas Geological Survey Kansas Geological Survey The University of Kansas The University of Kansas

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Kansas Statewide Tax Units Initiative

Collaborative effort between DASC and County Clerks ( …and their GIS departments)

• Many different boundary files (+30!) can be derived from tax unit boundaries:

Airport Authority Ambulance Cemetery City Community Building Community College County

Drainage Extension Fire Hospital Improvements (special) Industrials Irrigation Improvements (special) Industrials Irrigation Library Light Municipal Universities Parks and Recreation Regional Library Rural Road

School District School Bonds School General Fund

Sewer State Township Transit Water Watersheds Waste Water

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Kansas Statewide Tax Units Initiative

Kansas county’s tax unit development at • Kansas county’s tax unit development at various stages –

- hand drawn, CAMA, or GIS

• Statewide, accurate tax unit boundary would be available to public from DASC

be available to public from DASC

• Annual or semi-annual maintenance

• Needed by Homeland Security/KDEM for obtaining multiple contacts at time of

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Kansas Statewide Tax Units Initiative

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Contact information: Contact information:

Ivan Weichert GIS Director

Kansas Information Technology Office

Contact information: Contact information:

gy 785-296-0257

[email protected]

Ken Nelson KGS GIS Coordinator/DASC Managerg Kansas Geological Survey

785-864-2164

[email protected] Eileen Battles GIS Specialist

DASC

785-864-2289

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State Taxation Policy

State

Taxation

Policy

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Kansas

Department

of

Revenue

l

Property

Valuation

Division

• The Kansas Property Valuation Division (PVD)

exercises general supervision over ad‐valorem exercises general supervision over ad‐valorem

policies and procedures. Annually a State Abstract of

property values summarized by Tax Unit is prepared

p p y y p p

from data supplied by each County. Each County

must also submit a map of these Tax Unit boundaries

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K.S.A. 79

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1468

K.S.A.

79 1468

• _…on

_or

_before

_January

_y

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_of

_each

_year…

_y

_the

county

clerk

shall

prepare

and

forward

to

the

county

appraiser,

director

of

property

l ti

d th

t t

d

bli

valuation

and

the

state

‐

assessed

public

utilities…

a

taxing

unit

map

showing

the

number and metes and bounds of every taxing

number

and

metes

and

bounds

of

every

taxing

unit

or

any

portion

of

a

taxing

unit

located

within

the

county

as

the

same

exists

on

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A Tax Unit…

A

Tax

Unit…

• AA Tax UnitTax Unit is represented by a 3is represented by a 3 digit‐digit number that number that

identifies a unique combination of taxing districts

within each county.

• A Tax District (boundary of a levying entity such as a

city or a school district) is represented by a required

alpha code (1‐2 characters) followed by a district

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Example of a Tax Unit

Example

of

a

Tax

Unit

Tax

Unit

007 (LyonCounty)

ST100

State of Kansas

ST100

State

of

Kansas

CT200

Lyon

County

C007

Emporia

City

SD405

School

District

405 H033

Hospital

#1

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• Each Tax District is a levyingy g bodyy that submits a

budget to the County Clerk and that receives

property tax dollars.

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• School, Cemetery, Sewer and Water Districts are

examples of these levying bodies. 33 different types

of entities like these are authorized to levy budgets of entities like these are authorized to levy budgets

to be collected thru Ad Valorem Property Taxes.

• Tax Units and Maps are Certified by County Clerks

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Barbara Taylor

Barbara

Taylor

U.S.

Census

Bureau

Kansas City Regional Office

Kansas

City

Regional

Office

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Boundary

and

Annexation

Survey

BAS

Th U S C B d t th B d d

• The U.S. Census Bureau conducts the Boundary and

Annexation Survey (BAS) to collect information about

selected legally defined geographic areas BAS is used selected legally defined geographic areas. BAS is used

to update information about the legal boundaries

and names of all ggovernmental units in the United

States.

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Uses

The Census Bureau uses the boundary information

collected in the BAS to tabulate data for various

censuses and surveys, such as the American

Community Survey and other Census Bureau programs,

such as the Population Estimates Program.

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Who is surveyed

Who

is

surveyed

• Beginning in 2008, all federally recognized AmericanBeginning in 2008, all federally recognized American

Indian areas, governmental counties (and equivalent

areas), incorporated municipalities, and

governmental minor civil divisions (MCDs) will be

surveyed. This survey includes approximately 40,000

titi d ill b d t d h t id

entities and will be conducted each year to provide

the geographic support needed for the American

Community Survey Community Survey.

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Response Methods

Response

Methods

• PaperPaper

Participants are provided with paper maps and forms

to updatep their boundaryy and geographicg g p

information. If the participant does not indicate a

preferred submission method during Advance

Response, they will automatically be enrolled in the

traditional paper BAS method.

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Response Methods

Response

Methods

• MAF/TIGER Partnership Software (MTPS)MAF/TIGER Partnership Software (MTPS)

MTPS is a PC‐based software application for

participants to digitally update Census Bureau maps

p p g y p p

and forms, as well as local contact data. Participants

receive a CD containing the software to install on

their computer, a user name and password to access

data provided by the Census Bureau for the entity in

the software Participants will be able to submit the the software. Participants will be able to submit the

map and form updates using this software.

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Response Methods

Response

Methods

• Digital BASDigital BAS

Digital BAS is designed to accept submissions from

experiencedp geographicg g p information systemy (GIS)( )

users. The governments modify spatial data provided

by the Census Bureau to digitally submit boundary

and feature updates. Digital BAS is limited to

governments that have gone through the Census

Bureau's realignment process (MTAIP) Bureau's realignment process (MTAIP).

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Response Methods

Response

Methods

• Web‐BAS

Participants will receive a user name and Participants will receive a user name and

password in January of each year. This password

will be used to access a Web site through a web

browser (such as Internet Explorer or Mozilla

Firefox). The Web‐BAS site lets the user submit

h di t ifi b i l d

changes according to specific business rules and

constraints set by the Census Bureau.

This software will be available for the 2009 BAS.

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Contact

• http://www.census.gov/geo/www/bas/bashome.hthttp://www.census.gov/geo/www/bas/bashome.ht ml • [email protected] • [email protected]

• Toll free Kansas City Regional Census Center

1 866 511 5822 1‐866‐511‐5822