Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program Applying Coastal Zone Management Act Funding to Local GIS Needs
Dec 15, 2015
Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program
Applying Coastal Zone Management Act Funding to Local GIS Needs
Coastal Zone Management Program Strategy
CZM Outcomes:• Healthy and productive coastal
ecosystems.• Environmentally, economically, and
socially vibrant and resilient coastal communities.
Source: NOAA CZM Program Strategic Plan 2007-2012
Coastal Zone Management Program Components
• Program Administration (306)• Grant Program (306/306A)• Enhancement Program (309)• Coastal Nonpoint Program (310)
Coastal Zone Management Funding
Minnesota Funding2007 2008 2009
$1,118,000 $975,000 $1,035,000
GIS Projects - St. Louis County
2002 Parcel Layer Development for Duluth Township $ 50,000
2003 Parcel Layer Development for Midway Township $ 43,670
2004 Parcel Layer Development for Canosia and Rice Lake Townships $ 35,690
2004 Digital GIS Parcel Layer Development for the City of Hermantown $ 43,780
2004 Digital GIS Parcel Layer Development for the City of Proctor $ 22,580
2007 GIS Parcel Layer Development for Lakewood Township $ 17,000
2009 Comprehensive and Community Planning Toolkit: Web GIS $ 24,713
GIS Projects – City of Duluth
1999 GIS Wetland Inventory and Evaluation $ 31,500
2000 Public Parcel Delineation and Preservation Project $ 13,543
2001 Field identification and GPS mapping of trout stream tributaries $ 17,000
2001 Forest Inventory Project $ 12,632
2004 Parcel Mapping of Chester Creek and Miller Creek Watersheds $ 99,000
2006 Digital Plat and Parcel Development for Lake Superior Watershed Protection $ 70,000
2007 Digital Plat and Parcel Development for Lake Superior Watershed Protection $ 69,500
2008 Digital Plat and Parcel Development for Lake Superior Watershed Protection $ 73,000
GIS Projects – Carlton County
2007Digital GIS Parcel Layer Development Thomson Township and the City of Cloquet
$ 99,000
2006 Upgrading the City of Cloquet's GIS System $ 2,000
GIS Projects – City of Carlton
2002 Wetland Inventory and Evaluation Plan $ 13,976
2004 GIS Parcel Mapping Project $ 15,000
2005 GIS Utility Mapping Project $ 15,000
GIS Projects – Lake County
2001GIS Startup Program for Lake County Land Use Office and Soil and Water Conservation District
$ 20,402
2002 City of Silver Bay - Parcel Mapping $ 3,500
2005 Knife River Larsmont Sanitary District - GIS Parcel Mapping Project $ 15,000
2009 Beaver Bay Parcels $ 7,500
GIS Projects – Cook County
1999Watershed, Soils, Terrain and Stormwater Management Survey for the Lutsen Township Development Plan
$ 53,000
2001Storm Water Management Plan for Grand Marais Watershed, Phase II, GIS Database
$ 17,000
2001Grand Marais and Cook County Storm Water Management Plan - Water Quality and Quantity Monitoring
$ 18,800
2005 Reclassification of Portions of Lakes for Resource Protection $ 4,995
2005 Tofte Core Village Community Plan $ 15,000
2004 Tofte Schroeder Sanitary District Technology Modernization $ 2,250
GIS Projects – NRRI
2001 Geographic Information and Decision Support Tools for Land Use Planning in the Minnesota Lake Superior Coastal Zone
$ 38,830
2001 Wetland Inventory and Classification for Coastal GIS: Phase 1: Knife and Poplar River Watersheds.
$ 39,999
2002 Wetland Inventory and Classification for CoastalGIS: Phase 2: Grand Marais and Beaver Main Stem
$ 34,999
2004 Inventory and Classification of North Shore Wetlands for the CoastalGIS Project $ 24,565
2005 CoastalGIS: Delivering Spatial Information for Land Use Planning on Minnesota's North Shore
$ 28,123
2006 Wetland Inventory and Classification for Carlton and South St. Louis Counties $ 27,003
GIS Projects – UMD, NRRI & Sea Grant
2003 Coastal Area Impervious Surface Assessment and Education – Sea Grant $ 34,393
2006 Wind Resource Development in the MN Coastal Zone – UMD $ 27,615
2009 The North Shore Data Consortium – NRRI $ 39,137
2009 Bats and Wind along the North Shore of Lake Superior $ 14,977
GIS Projects – Hawk Ridge
2008 Mitigating Conflicts between Potential Wind Turbines and Migratory Birds on the North Shore
$ 31,197
2008 Spring Migration Monitoring (West Skyline Hawk Count) $ 3,100
2009 Mitigating Conflicts between Potential Wind Turbines and Migratory Birds on the North Shore 2
$ 32,600
GIS Projects – North Shore Management Board
2000 Land Use Inventory for the North Shore $ 15,000
2005 North Shore GIS Assessment $ 5,000
2008 North Shore GIS Collaborative $ 15,000
2009 North Shore Oblique Photograph Analysis $ 15,000
2002 Oblique Photography
2007 Oblique Photography
Technical Support
Deliver GIS Data and Software• GIS data from existing libraries• Federal• State• County• MLSCP pass through grants• Other
• MN DNR GIS tools
GIS Data and Applications
MN DNR’s Data Resource Site (DRS)• LandView• DNR Garmin• GIS Data Library• ArcView Extensions (3.x & 9.x)
GIS Support
• Communities contact MLSCP and request support
• MLSCP staff determine best approach to address the need
• Projects have ranged from quick maps to grants to acquire hardware and software
Town of Tofte
• Town comprehensive plan update• Live GIS to during the planning
process• Identified the need for a town
center plan• Tofte received a MLSCP STAR grant
to create a town center plan.• Another MLSCP STAR grant to
make zoning changes, and begin implementation of the town center plan.
• Prepared tabular data for use in GIS• Coordinated data collection in septic system assessment for the district
• Assessment data used PIN numbers, which merged with Cook County parcel data.
• Point location data were collected for well, tank, mound, and driveway.
• Digitized soil survey maps from 1977• Analysis of the results followed.
Tofte/Schroeder SSD
• MLSCP staff created maps to aid the planning process
• Live GIS was used during meetings to focus on key areas
• Worked with subcommittees to help develop overlay districts
• Updated the zoning data • Assist in variance requests
Duluth Township Comprehensive Land Use Plan to Zoning
• MLSCP grant to update comprehensive plan
• Assisted in gathering resource data• Created resource maps, & summaries
• Provide live GIS to help focus on key areas
Lakewood Township
mndnr.gov/waters/lakesuperior