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Wyoming Community Viz Wyoming Community Viz
TM
Partnership
Phase I Pilot:
Aquifer Protection and Community Viz
TM

in Albany County, Wyoming





Scott N. Lieske (project manager)
Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics
University of Wyoming, Laramie WY

Steve Mullen
Community Viz
TM

Boulder, CO

Mike Knapp
Albany County Assessors Office
Laramie, WY

Jeffrey D. Hamerlinck (principal investigator)
Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY





University of Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming

June 2003 Wyoming Community Viz
TM
Partnership
Phase I Pilot: Aquifer Protection and Community Viz
TM

in Albany County, Wyoming


By

Scott N. Lieske (project manager)
Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics
University of Wyoming, Laramie WY

Steve Mullen
Community Viz
TM

Boulder, CO

Mike Knapp
Albany County Assessors Office
Laramie, WY

Jeffrey D. Hamerlinck (principal investigator)
Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

With

Dennis M. Feeney
Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

Alan Frank
Albany County Assessors Office
Laramie, WY

Diana G. Hulme (co-principal investigator)
William D. Ruckleshaus Institute of Environment & Natural Resources
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

Katy Mays
William D. Ruckleshaus Institute of Environment & Natural Resources
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY


University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY

June 2003
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Suggested reference citation for this publication is:

Lieske, S.N., S. Mullen, M. Knapp and J.D. Hamerlinck. 2003.
Wyoming
Community Viz
TM

Partnership Phase I Pilot: Aquifer Protection and
Community Viz
TM

in Albany
County, Wyoming. (Final Report)
Laramie, Wyoming: University of Wyoming.



Disclaimer:

The material presented herein resulted from research sponsored by the Wyoming Business
Council, the Wyoming Community Foundation and the University of Wyoming through the
Wyoming Community Viz
TM
Partnership. The results presented reflect neither a consensus of
opinion nor the views and policies of the Wyoming Business Council, the Wyoming Community
Foundation, the Wyoming Community Viz
TM
Partnership, the University of Wyoming, the
governments of Albany County and the City of Laramie or Community Viz
TM
. Explicit findings
and implicit interpretations of this document are the sole responsibility of the authors.
















iii
Acknowledgements

This report was completed in fulfillment of University of Wyoming Contract #
WBC6361 (Principal Investigator: Jeffrey D. Hamerlinck, Wyoming Geographic Information
Science Center; Co-Principal Investigator: Diana Hulme, William D. Ruckleshaus Institute of
Environment & Natural Resources).

Primary funding for the project was provided by the Wyoming Business Council. Other
sponsors of funding included the Wyoming Community Foundation, and the University of
Wyomings William D. Ruckleshaus Institute of Environment & Natural Resources,Department
of Agricultural and Applied Economics and Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center.

The authors wish to extend special thanks to Molly Welker, former coordinator of the
City of Laramie Water Outreach Office; Mary Randolph, Executive Director of the Wyoming
Rural Development Council; Towny Anderson, former Development Director for the Orton
Family Foundation; and Debbie Nagel-Smith, the Albany County Assessor.

Specific questions and comments about the Phase I Pilot Project should be directed to:

Scott Lieske (project manager)
Research Scientist
Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics
University of Wyoming, Laramie WY 82071
lieske@uwyo.edu

Phone: 307-766-3709 FAX: 307-766-5544

or

Jeff Hamerlinck (principal investigator)
Associate Director
Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071
itasca@uwyo.edu

Phone: 307-766-2736 FAX: 307-766-2744


Additional contact information for participating individuals and organizations, as well as the
Wyoming Community Viz
TM
Partnership may be found in Appendix A, or visit the Spatial
Decision Support Systems research program web site hosted by the Wyoming Geographic
Information Science Center at: www.wygisc.uwyo.edu/dss










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Preface

The Wyoming Community Viz
TM
Partnership was established in 2001 to promote the use of
geographic information system-based planning support systems and related decision support
technologies in community land-use planning and economic development activities in the State of
Wyoming. Partnership members include several state agencies, local governments and several non-
government organizations. Partnership coordination is provided by the Wyoming Rural Development
Council. Research and technical support is coordinated by the Wyoming Geographic Information
Science Centers Spatial Decision Support System Research Program at the University of Wyoming.
The focus of the partnership currently centers on the implementation and use of the
Community Viz
TM
suite of GIS-based planning tools. Community Viz
TM
was developed by the Orton
Family Foundation (Rutland, VT;
www.orton.org
), a not-for-profit, private operating foundation whose
mission is to provide technology-based assistance to rural communities faced with challenging land use
planning issues. The Community Viz
TM
software applications are designed to allow users to combine
leading-edge computer and GIS technology with sound planning concepts to assist communities in
grappling with such planning issues as increasing population, expanding residential areas, growing
demand for public services and requests to adopt unanticipated land-use changes.
Response to these types of planning issues is often made more difficult in rural states like
Wyoming because planning resources are consistently limited. The Wyoming Community Viz
TM

Partnership seeks to increase the quality of the planning process in Wyoming by making Community
Viz
TM
readily available to Wyoming communities. Partnership objectives include building local
resources to use the software, creating a strategy to facilitate this use and helping communities
incorporate Community Viz
TM
in their planning process. It is hoped that Community Viz
TM
can
support such planning tasks as: (1) building public understanding and acceptance of planning
processes; (2) increasing the predictability of development, planning and approvals processes; (3)
facilitating high quality and timely decision-making; (4) using accurate information and the latest
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proven techniques and alternatives for sound planning processes; and (5) exploring a wide range of
public policy options to support and protect a communitys own values as its citizens define them.
In June 2002, the Partnership initiated a three-phase plan to promote Community Viz
TM

based planning support systems in Wyoming. Phase I of the Partnership plan was a proof of concept
pilot project set in Albany County in southeastern Wyoming. The goal of the project was to
demonstrate the application of Community Viz
TM
to a Wyoming-specific issue (in this case, aquifer
protection) and to determine potential challenges for broader adoption in terms of data requirements,
computing infrastructure and technological expertise.
The results of the Phase I pilot project are detailed in this report. Efforts are currently
underway to secure funding for Phase II of the plan, which expands the use of Community Viz
TM
into
four additional Wyoming communities. Specific Phase II objectives are to expand the type and number
of issues addressed by Community Viz
TM
and increase the use of Community Viz
TM
in the planning
process. As a part of Phase II the Partnership will create a technical assistance network aimed at
assisting communities with the technical challenges in applying the software to their planning issues.
The third phase will expand the program to more communities in the state, maintain the technical
assistance network, and monitor the impact of Community Viz
TM
on the planning process.















vi
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements

iii

Preface








iv

Table
of
Contents

vi

List of Figures






vii


Executive
Summary



viii
Chapter
I
Introduction
1

Chapter II Study Area and Planning Issues




4


Chapter
III
Methods
and
Results
8
Chapter IV Conclusions and Recommendations



27


References








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Appendix
A:

Contributors
32
Appendix
B:

Procedures
and
Data
33
Appendix
C:
Outreach
48
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List of Figures