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Mapping WV for a safer future and brighter
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Every citizens in West Virginia benefits from
this project |
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All levels of government benefit |
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Economic Development |
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Emergency Response and Disaster Planning |
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Delivery Services |
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Infrastructure |
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Homeland Security |
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Utilities |
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TO SAVE LIVES |
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West Virginia is a very rural State with
businesses and residences located virtually everywhere. |
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A set of up-to-date statewide digital maps are
necessary for many reasons. |
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Many counties do not have the necessary funds to
to develop such systems and many current maps are antiquated. |
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To provide the highest level of emergency
response to insure security, safety and peace of mind to all citizens of
West Virginia. |
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Use sound and recognized methods and standards
to provide uniform city-style addresses for the large rural area of the
state |
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Ensure that rural areas of the state are
accorded access to the same level of prompt and accurate emergency service
as urban areas |
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Respect the progress and accomplishments of
jurisdictions that have completed suitable addressing |
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Employ the latest technology such as digital
mapping, global positioning, wireless telecommunications and geographic
information systems |
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Manage funding sources efficiently and cost
effectively to accomplish a statewide system at minimal cost , if any, to
the taxpayer or state |
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Promote rules for long-term maintenance and
governance of the system |
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In 1999 several 911 directors attended a meeting
in Washington set up by Congressman Rahall with the WV congressional delegation to begin the
development of the project |
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A committee was appointed to look at how to
develop a statewide mapping/addressing project |
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Verizon was approached to assist in funding this
worthy undertaking |
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Verizon’s Incentive Regulation Plan (IRP)
expired in WV |
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Verizon agreed to include funding for a statewide mapping/addressing project
in its new IRP |
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WV E-911 council worked closely with Verizon to
promote this project in its IRP to the WV PSC |
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E-911 council introduced legislation with the
assistance of Verizon to create the statewide addressing and mapping board |
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Legislature was very receptive to the idea after
seeing its many benefits |
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Hard work on the part of many parties made the
passage of Senate bill 460 a reality |
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Established a temporary statewide Blue Ribbon
Board to accomplish the goal of addressing and mapping all of WV |
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Created a special revenue fund so various
entities could contribute to the project |
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Authorized the board to propose legislative
rules to set standards for mapping and addressing |
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Provided for the issuance of an RFP for mapping
and addressing by January 1, 2002 |
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Allows the Board, after receiving funding, to
pay contractors and to reimburse local agencies for assistance in
addressing and mapping the state |
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All issues must be addressed as legislative
rules and approved by the legislature |
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Authorizes the board to establish fees for
copies of maps, compilations or other works created as a result of the
project |
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Allows the board, with the permission of the
PSC, to use its facilities and staff in connection with the project |
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Sunsets the board on April 1, 2007 and provides
for the orderly transfer of responsibilities to the county commissions
under standards maintained by the PSC |
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Governor Wise appointed board members in late
2001 |
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The WV PSC settled the Verizon IRP case and $15
million was allocated to the mapping and addressing project |
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The plan calls for Verizon to contribute $3
million a year for 5 years to fund the project |
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Board meets regularly in Charleston |
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Board encourages participation from all partners
and stakeholders |
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Worked with the Legislature to extend the
deadlines for the mapping and addressing RFP and legislative rules until
January 1, 2003. |
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Is currently hiring a nationally recognized
project manager to oversee the project and effectively manage the available
funds |
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Currently finalizing an RFP to do Aerial
Photography in early 2003 for the entire state |
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Take authority from local government |
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Change addressing that meets an acceptable
standard and is completed |
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Name local streets |
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Begin developing local addressing ordinances |
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Identify streets that are not named |
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Name all streets and roadways in your
jurisdiction |
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Additional funds to provide such vitally
necessary items as higher resolution aerial photography for urban areas and
flood prone areas. |
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Funds to develop digital elevation models as
part of the project, which are
necessary to perform adequate flood plain management and other emergency
planning |
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Support at the federal level to ensure
cooperation with agencies such as FEMA, USGS, The Office of Homeland
Security, The Department of Transportation, The US Census Bureau, The
Department of Health and Human Services, The Corp of Engineers and others
to develop one system that will work for everyone and eliminate duplication
of services, expenses and efforts. |
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Funding from FEMA so that more accurate flood
plain maps will be developed. |
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Funding from the Census Bureau to help locate
all structures in the state thus providing them with better data |
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Funding from the Office of Homeland Security to
create better maps of critical infrastructure. |
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These highly detailed maps could be used for
developing a GIS system for planning and response of any natural or man
made disaster. |
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Funding from the Department of Health and Human
Services to develop a system to track disease and also develop a system of
tracking illnesses that may be related to a terrorist attack with biological weapons. The system could identify trends and locations of events. |
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Funding from the Department of Transportation to
assist in upgrading highway maps that could easily be shared over the
Internet if necessary. |
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The WV Statewide Addressing and Mapping Board
was created to develop a system to be used by 911 to SAVE LIVES |
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There are many reasons to expand this system for
other uses |
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There is the potential to save $$ due to the
size of the project and have one system that meets the needs of many |
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Valuable assets to complete this project are the Rahall Transportation Institute
and the WVU GIS Technical Center both located in WV |
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A true WV GIS system could be developed that has
unlimited uses and will SAVE LIVES |
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Reverse 911 is available with this project which
is important in Homeland Security |
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Accurate flood plain maps with multiple layers
could be developed |
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The system is critical for Phase II wireless
calls |
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The Board believes an additional $5-10 million
dollars is needed to do many of the enhancements that are necessary to develop this valuable
project. With all the agencies that
will benefit and the impact the project will have we feel that this
additional funding is vital to the project and the citizens of the State of
West Virginia |
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We want West Virginia to become a pilot state
for the new National Map program.
The WVSAMB is already doing many of the things needed for this
program. WV could be done for a
fraction of the cost with funding already committed and be a model for the
nation. |
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http://www.sos.com |
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Information on meeting notices |
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http://www.addressingwv.com |
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Official Board Web site (under construction) |
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http://www.wv911.org |
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WV E-911 Council web site with board minutes
posted |
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