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David DelVecchio,Bruce Stello, and Ken Taylor Report of the have continued to be great assets to the GIS G1S/NG911/CRS Coordinator Coordinator in maintaining a robust network without which the GIS Department would not be able to function. We continue to build on this solid foundation To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the and endeavor to expand the utility by enhancing current Citizens of the Town of Mashpee capabilities and developing new ones. The GIS Coordinator is responsible for the Department Mission Geographic Information Systems of the town along with local administration of the Next Generation(NG) Performs technical Geographic Information 911 program, and the coordination of the Community Systems and Addressing related work involving the Rating System(CRS). operation, development, design, preparation, support, and deployment of GIS systems and data for town The CRS is a Federal Emergency Management departments and public consumption. Public interface Agency (FEMA) program that gives communities for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's, potential discounts on certain flood insurance rates Community Resource System flood hazard mitigation based on flood mitigation steps a community has program. implemented. Mashpee is currently assessed at a Category 8, which provides some residents living Major Activities of the previous Year within a Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) with a Continue refinement of Public GIS Data website 10%discount on flood insurance. The role of the CRS allowing downloading of data such as parcel Coordinator is to ensure relevant programs are properly information, Zoning Areas, and neighborhood documented for annual review and an in-house audit names. The complete list may be viewed at the conducted by FEMA every five years. I am happy to following website https://datal- report that the town retained its Category 8 rating. mashpeegis.hub.arcgis.com/ The NG911 program continued refinement of a Completed annual recertification for the master address list and development of a map of points Community Rating System. The Town maintains that was derived from statewide mapping of buildings. a 10%discount on flood insurance for properties Previous years used a system referred to as the in the Special Flood Hazard Area (E)nhanced 911 system. This system relied on a Digitized relevant large-format plans across caller's address based on a predicted number range on multiple departments a given street and lacked the accuracy expected today Expanded the offering of documents available in a GPS enabled world. (N)ext(G)eneration 911 uses online through the Town Clerks office a geocoded point to identify a building's precise location, whether that is right on the street or out of • Performed all Assessing parcel edits in-house sight at the end of a long driveway. 0 Updated the Official Town Street Map In concert with the IT Department, the GIS 0 Continued to produce project specific mapping Coordinator has continued scanning and training staff products for departments and boards as requested to scan large format (bigger than 11x17 inches) paper Continued to support public inquires of Special documents from the Building, Health, Conservation, Flood Hazard affected areas and Town Clerk. The electronic scanning of documents has given the public an online resource to view Goals for Fiscal 2022 documents the Town Clerk has released for public Complete five-year FEMA/ISO Site Visit for consumption such as meeting minutes, town reports, recertification for the Community Rating System. and Town Meeting warrants to name a few. The scanning process continues to be refined to allow for a Work with Cape Cod Commission and MassGIS quicker,more efficient method to capture information. to expand scope of regional projects, to include We hope to see this capability expanded to additional updating of Planimetric data for future years departments in the future. 124