APPLICATIONS OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT LINKAGES

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APPENDIX B. GIS FOR PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT LINKAGES (PEL) AGENDA

Portland, Oregon – October 4–5, 2007

Goal	Explore how GIS can help accomplish the goals of PEL.
Wednesday, October 3	Travel Day
Thursday, October 4
8:00	Meet in hotel lobby to travel to Oregon DOT Region 1 Office, Conference Rooms A&B 123 NW Flanders – Portland, OR 97209
8:30 – 9:00	Welcome, Introductions and Background Mark Sarmiento, FHWA and Carson Poe, Volpe Center
9:00 – 9:15	Overview and Update of PEL Gina Barberio, USDOT Volpe Center
9:15 – 10:30	State DOT Roundtable Discussion What do you want to leave with? Overview of each state's PEL and GIS activities How has your state coordinated for PEL–related GIS data / what applications are in place? What are your state's needs/challenges?
Break
10:45 – 11:45	Oregon DOT Demonstration/Presentation –  Environmental Data Management System (EDMS) builds upon and maintains environmental GIS inventory established in the Salmon resource & Sensitive area Mapping Project (SR-SAM). Program data is stored centrally on agency Intranet and available agency wide via desktop and web based mapping tools. Data is used in Geo-Environmental, Maintenance and Planning sections of Agency. The EDMS Program works extensively with other agencies via agreements to foster interagency data development. Current initiatives include development of field data collection tools for archeology data and a web based "No Effects" screening tool for biologists.
Lunch
1:00 – 2:00	Florida DOT Demonstration/Presentation – Efficient Transportation Decision Making (ETDM) process links land use, transportation, and environmental resource planning initiatives through early, interactive agency and community involvement. Efficiencies gained by two screening steps and a permitting process built into the transportation planning and project development process.
Break
2:15 – 3:15	Discussion 1 – Identifying existing transportation and environmental GIS data What has your state done or would it like to do? What are lessons to remember / pitfalls to avoid?
3:15 – 4:15	Discussion 2 – Accessing resource data Has GIS data cooperation with regulatory agencies been achieved? If so, how? If not, why not? Who manages environmental GIS data for the state? How is this evolving? Do you have inter–agency agreements in place for GIS data? What issues have arisen? How have they been addressed?
Friday, October 5
8:00	Meet in hotel lobby to travel to Oregon DOT Region 1 Office, Conference Rooms A&B
8:30 – 9:00	Day 1 Re–cap
9:00 – 10:00	Discussion 3 – Using GIS data effectively in planning What applications are in place and how were they developed? How is your state using GIS to link planning and the environment?
10:00 – 10:45	Peer Exchange Wrap–Up
10:45 – 11:00	Closing Mark Sarmiento, FHWA

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