Planning Commissioners' Procedures Manual - Hamilton County, Ohio

RPC/RZC
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
CAGIS UPDATE LAYERS
With some direction from Cincinnati Area Geographic Information System (CAGIS) staff, the
Regional Planning Commission continues to implement processes and workflow
procedures in keeping with digital data acquisition, editing and maintenance. The effort at
data maintenance encompasses and affects procedures for Zoning, Civil Boundaries,
Streets, Census Tracts and Subdivision data within the Regional Planning Commission’s
jurisdiction and in some cases outside the department’s jurisdiction.
The RPC has initiated a process with the assistance of CAGIS to digitally capture
addressing data from time-worn paper documents. The department has also initiated
contract partnerships with other municipalities to collect and maintain accurate building and
parcel address information beginning with the City of Blue Ash.
DATA BASE DESIGN
The RPC Data Products section provided data consulting services to the Jewish Family
Service (JFS) in the fall of 1999. JFS conducted an extensive survey of family issues and
subsequently requested assistance from the RPC in organizing and analyzing the data. Our
office provided two major types of support. First, we advised JFS on the best way to enter
the survey data into a spreadsheet for analysis. Second, we converted the data into SPSS
format and generated a sizeable number of frequency tables. We also provided JFS with a
multiple response analysis and constructed certain indices to obtain a better picture of the
data."
CENSUS 2000
Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts the decennial Census, the largest peacetime
operation in our nation. Hamilton County has realized the importance of an accurate
count, as Census data is used for a variety of uses including political representation, apportionment
of State and Federal funds, and planning activities. Our office has worked closely
with the Bureau on a variety of statistical and promotional activities. The most important of
these has been the review of the Census Bureau’ mailing list and directory of group quarters
facilities (in an effort to ensure that all residents are given the opportunity to participate in the
Census). In addition, a large effort was undertaken to review Census maps (to ensure political
boundaries and the inclusion of new streets) and to make needed changes to census
tracts and block groups, the geographic units that are used to summarize the data once it is
released. These activities reaffirm the Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission as a
resource for Census data in our region.
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