Abstract
 Integrating Public Participation and GIS Tools Improves Decision Making Track: State and Local Government Author(s): Russ Martin, Ken Snyder, Tammie Delany, Chuck Donley Exciting improvements in planning are possible when GIS tools are used in combination with public participation tools such as keypad polling. During a comprehensive plan update meeting in Hayden, Colorado, flip charts were replaced with computerized systems and keypad voting tools to gather resident input on a proposed development and future growth. CommunityViz and GIS were used to analyze the impacts of growth and to create a visualization of what the proposed development would look like in the landscape. PowerPoint was used to create a visual preference survey for the public to vote on designs for homes, shops, signs, sidewalks, and streets that they felt best matched the character of Hayden. In just one meeting, residents anonymously voiced their opinions about the proposed development, growth issues that most concerned them, how Hayden should look, and how to best manage Haydens' future growth. Russ Martin Town of Hayden P.O. Box 190 Hayden , CO 81639 US Phone: 970.276.3741 Fax: 970.276.3644 E-mail: rmartin@amigo.net Ken Snyder PlaceMatters.com 3719 West 32nd Avenue Denver , CO 80211 US Phone: 303.964.0903 Fax: 3034554690 E-mail: Ken@placematters.us Tammie Delany The Orton Family Foundation PO Box 774307 Steamboat Springs , CO 80477 US Phone: 970-276-3436 E-mail: tdelaney@springsips.com Chuck Donley Donley and Associates, Inc. 509 North Nevada Avenue Suite 4 Colorado Springs , CO 80903 US Phone: 719.471.9835 Fax: 719.471.9835 E-mail: cdonley@donleyassociates.com |
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