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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">HI all, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Here are the public comment’s received for today’s OGIC meeting. See below.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">**Note that we do not have to discuss or resolve requests made in public comments during the meeting, but I would recommend OGIC consider who will follow-up on the request.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Rachel <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Rachel L. Smith<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Geographic Information Officer | Deputy Chief Data Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Data Governance and Transparency<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Cell: 503-877-7221</span><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Rebecca Gladstone <rebecca.gladstone@gmail.com>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 29, 2024 4:58 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> SMITH Rachel L * DAS <Rachel.L.Smith@das.oregon.gov><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Rep Gomberg <Rep.DavidGomberg@oregonlegislature.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> request for public comment, OGIC meeting 30 Oct 2024,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">Public Comment to OGIC 2024 10 30<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Request to OGIC:<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please add this to your Oct 30, 2024 agenda as a public comment, for consideration, decision requested. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please note that Legislative Counsel requests further input, relevant statute and more specific detail. They will consider additional information, ideally by Nov 1, 2024,
and by Nov 8, 2024 at the latest. </span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This request is for the Oregon Geographic Information Council to review, comment, and optimally collaborate to support passage of legislative action for the 2025 session, to
facilitate data sharing in order to develop and maintain a GEOHub app, “Find Your Elected Officials”.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This app would
<b><i>apply existing district(s) boundary information</i></b> to provide a listing of elected officials, their titles, jurisdiction affiliation, and contact information, for Oregon addresses. It would function as the OLIS
<a href="https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/FindYourLegislator/leg-search.html"><span style="color:#0563C1">Find Your Legislator</span></a> does, expanding to include federal to state offices, also county, municipal, and other district information as data for
them is and then becomes available and compatible for sharing. We can help to assemble and suggest priority for a helpful “grocery list” of districts to include.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The value of such a function is well-recognized and it fits well with the purpose of GEOHub. We need to find ways to facilitate and incentivize effective data sharing, to enable
compatibility. We need your help.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Legislative Concept #2702 for 2025:<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This has been submitted as a 2025 Legislative Concept, LC #2702, Chief Sponsor Rep David Gomberg.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F5496;font-weight:normal">Problem:<o:p></o:p></span></i></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">It is difficult for Oregonians to find out who represents them. Ways to connect should be easy to find! Oregonians should be able to look at a map to pinpoint an area or enter
an address on a website, and get a roster of elected officials with their titles and their official contact information, who serve that area, the entities, county, city, and services available. Coordinating district boundaries is challenging but there is agreement
that we need to do this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F5496;font-weight:normal">Solution:<o:p></o:p></span></i></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Let’s use Oregon’s
<a href="https://geohub.oregon.gov/"><b><span style="color:#0563C1">GeoHub</span></b></a><b>
</b>to help more Oregonians.<b> </b>Our GeoHub website could host an app to be the authoritative source to connect Oregonians with our services. Let’s task GeoHub with a specific project to convene stakeholders to coordinate boundaries to do this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Relevant Statute:<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Legislative Counsel has asked for relating statute to define GEOHub ownership. These have been recommended and your advice is welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_276A.509"><span style="color:#0563C1">ORS 276A.509</span></a> Public body duty to share geospatial framework data with council<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_276a.515"><span style="color:#0563C1">ORS 276A.515</span></a> State geographic information officer (duties):
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(e) Taking responsibility for and directing the efforts described in <a href="https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_276A.509"><span style="color:#0563C1">ORS 276A.509</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(j) Consulting and collaborating with, supporting and providing services to public bodies and other stakeholders on projects that are related to geospatial framework data or other geographic
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<p class="MsoNormal">Respectfully,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Rebecca Gladstone<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">c. 541.510.9387<br>
<span style="color:#222222">LWV Oregon</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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