The Eau Claire Confluence project is a public-private partnership to redevelop a part of Downtown, Eau Claire at the confluence of the Eau Claire and Chippewa Rivers. Their vision will be a centerpiece of Eau Claire including the construction of a community arts center, public plaza, and mixed- used project that includes housing, commercial/retail space, and parking. Eau Claire has always embraced and cherished different creative talents ranging from music, art, dance, theatre and much more, and this venue will provide a facility to support and serve that talent for the future.
The goal of this project for Geography 365 GIS I, was to become familiar with various spatial data sets used in public land management, administration, and land use and, in this case, to prepare base maps for the Eau Claire, Wisconsin Confluence project set to begin in 2013 and end in 2016. I used ArcGIS to produce base maps of the projected site area, as well as include different features pertaining to each map. The different types of maps include Civil Divisions, PLSS features, Census Boundaries, EC City Parcel data, Zoning, and Voting Districts.
Some specific objectives of this project, besides those stated above, was to learn about the Public Land Survey System, create a brief legal description of the two parcels (projected site area) and generate a basic report describing the site, and build a layout with each of the major thematic feature classes.
Method
The first objective was to become familiar with various data sets for the City and County of Eau Claire. I obtained information through two different sources titled 2009_07_13_Eau Claire geodatabase and City of Eau Claire geodatabases. The first included different datasets such as Census Features, Development, Environmental, Parcel Features, PLSS, Political Features, and Transportation with each containing different feature classes. The latter included feature classes labeled Centerlines (streets), City Limits Area, Parcel Area, PLSS qq (quarter-quarter), PLSS Sections, PLSS townships, Private Streets, Railroad Lines, Right of Ways, Voting Wards, Water, and Zoning Areas. Using ArcCatalog, I viewed many of these feature sets and read their descriptions in order to obtain specific information pertaining to this lab.
The second objective was to digitize the site for the proposed Confluence Project. I began by creating a geodatabase in ArcCatalog labeled EC_Confluence and adding a feature class name pro_site, standing for proposed site. I used the Census_Features dataset, specifically BlockGroups, to import the parameters of the Eau Claire County Coordinate System. I then began a new map in ArcMap 10.1.
I used World Imagery as my base map and added the pro_site feature class right away. I then zoomed to the area of the Confluence Project and added the Parcel Area feature class to the data frame. I used the Identify Tool to locate the two parcels that had been purchased by UWEC; 128 Graham Avenue and 202 Eau Claire Street. I then began editing the proposed site feature class from the editing toolbar with the Polygon tool.
The third objective was to learn about the Public Land Survey System. My professor supplied a PDF for us titled "The Public Land Survey System" which assisted in the following objective. I began by adding a new data frame to my map and World Imagery as my base map. I added the PLSS_Townships from both geodatabases, and the PLSS_Sections feature class from both geodatabases. I chose stretched color schemes for them to look for patterns. I then added the PLSS_Quarter_Quarter_sections and PLSS_qq from the two geodatabases. I used the attributes table to build the description of the proposed Confluence Site as digitized.
The fourth objective was to create a brief legal description of the proposed site. I used the Identify tool to find the Parcel ID for 128 Graham Avenue and 202 Eau Claire Street. I used the City of Eau Claire's Property Assessment Search Website to obtain the legal property descriptions.
The fifth objection was to build a map of all relevant base data for the Confluence Project. I began by building a data frame of the Civil Divisions as a locator map. I added the country boundary of EC and set the symbology so as to see the different divisions and the aerial behind it. I then built a data frame of Census Boundaries by adding the BlockGroups feature class and Tracts Group and zooming into the downtown around the Confluence Project. I also included the data frame of the PLSS. I then built a data frame of parcels and associated data for the City of Eau Claire. I added Parcel_area, Centerlines, and Water feature classes from the City of Eau Claire geodatabase. I then built a data frame of Zoning by adding the zoning _areas feature class. I symbolized unique values based on zoning_cla (zoning class). I grouped values together based on their zoning code. Lastly, I built a data frame for Voting Districts by adding the voting districts class for the city. I labeled the voting districts by their ward number. I then displayed all 6 maps onto a layout and added a title, legend, scale bar, and north arrow.
Results
(Below: Final map of all relevant base data for the Confluence Project; ArcMap 10.1)
Below is the legal descriptions for each of the parcels of interest. Which each description is an aerial photo with the parcels shown in red, and the parcel of interest highlighted in blue.
LOCATION OF SITE IN PUBLIC
LAND SURVEY SYSTEM:
I. PARCEL 1
Parcel
Number : 02-0365
PIN: 1822122709200042068
Street
Number : 128
Street Name
: Graham Avenue
Owner's Name
: Haymarket Concepts LLC
Owner's
Address : 3506 Oakwood Mall Dr
Owner's
City, State, Zip: Eau Claire, WI, 54701
Legal
Descriptions: LOTS 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 BLK 62 & THE 26 FT W OF E
84 FT OF LOTS 9 & 10 & EX E 140 FT ALL OF LOTS 9 & 10 BLK 62
VILLAGE OF EC ADD TID 8
II. PARCEL 2
Parcel
Number : 02-0357
PIN: 822122709200042063
Street
Number : 202
Street Name
: Eau Claire St
Owner's
Name : Haymarket Concepts LLC
Owner's
Address : 3506 Oakwood Mall Dr
Owner's
City, State, Zip: Eau Claire, WI, 54701
Legal Descriptions: LOT 1 AND W ½ OF LOT 2 BLK 58 AND A PC OF LAND BEG AT SW COR OF SAID BLK
58 THC W ON N LN OF EC ST 45 FT THC N PRLL WITH W LN OF SAID BLK 145 FT THC E
PRLL WITH N LN OF SAID BLK 106 ½ FT THC SLY PRLL WITH W LN OF SAID BLK TO N LN
OF LOT 2 OF SAID BLK THC WLY ON THE N LN OF SAID BLK TO N W COR OF SAME OR LOT
1 BLK 58 THC SLY ON W LN OF SAID LOT 1 TO POB AND ALSO THE LAND BETW THE ABOVE
DES LAND AND EC RIVER VILLAGE OF EC TID 8
http://www.eauclairearts.com/confluence/
http://www.uwec.edu/News/more/confluenceprojectFAQs.htm
http://volumeone.org/news/1/posts/2012/05/15/3134_arts_center
http://www.sco.wisc.edu/plss/legal-descriptions.html
http://www.bis-net.net/cityofeauclaire/search.cfm
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