SMART CITY INITIATIVE: GIS Opportunities for the City of San Clemente Public Works Department

AERYN DONNELLY-TERREY, PARK PLANNER

MARCH 2015

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SMART COMMUNITIES REFLECT NATIONAL, STATE, REGIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS’ DESIRE TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE.

…A MEANS OF STRENGTHENING ALL GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.

Regional Context

The City of San Clemente is located in between Open Space and Open Ocean

Staff is in the process of…

Organizing Existing Data

Creating a Base Map of the City of San Clemente

Identifying the process to Collect missing Needed Data

Organizing this information in a way that satisfies the needs for: Maintenance, Analysis & as a communication tool for the Community

By using tools such as Collector for Arc GIS…staff and citizens can collect data on their smart phones that might not otherwise be assigned an IPAD or Trimble device to populate Lucity, which will in turn populate the City GIS…

Typology: Historical Points of Interest

Allows citizens to track Ole Hanson Data

from their Smart Phones

Inventory and Analysis of the Biophysical Environment…a variety of information is already available through outside Sources such as the County of Orange Public Works and OCTA…

GIS Terrain Mapping Example

Canyon Drainage Analysis, Floodplains & Wave Run Up Analysis Example

Hydrolic Soils Map Example

Typology: Recycled Water Pipeline and User Database

Staff could use GIS

to identify and track

existing and future

Recycled Water

opportunities and

customers

Fuel Modification and Defensible Space PlantingStaff is currently working on City Defensible Space Guidelines, fire safe landscaping and fire hazard reduction which can be mapped to include Invasive Plant Species

Environmentally Sensitive Habitat

Micro Climate

Vegetation: Invasive Plant Species

Wildlife Corridors

•Bobcats

•Coyotes

•Racoons

•Skunks

•Snakes

•Turkey Vultures

Existing Land User AnalysisDemographics Study of Parks and Open Space Availableand the Spatial Distribution of the population of the City of San Clemente and surrounding Region

Census Information Available

Public Works Asset Modeling & Infrastructure: Sewer Cleaning Data and Manhole IDs

Citizen Service Requests via Smart Phones

Transportation Networks and Connectivity

•Trail System –

Regional and Local

•Bicycle Master Plan

•Rails to Trails

•CA Coastal Trail

Tree Inventory and Species Health Status…

Beaches, Parks and Trails & Recreation Finder…

Typology: San Clemente & Regional Trail Connectivity

Citizens can use their SMART

PHONES to access:

• Trail Closure Information and

Maps

• Construction Updates

• Pavilion Rental information

• Historic Sites

• Plant identification

Park and Rec Finder…

Typology: Forster Ranch data collection Pilot Park

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Health and Social Services…Response Times