Strategic Planning: Shaping Community with Informed Decisions

Suite IV - 10:30 AM

A strategic plan without actions and measures is simply an aspiration. Communities can successfully adapt and achieve their goals for the future by identifying opportunities, setting expectations, and monitoring progress. In this session, you will see how local government is strengthening their strategic plans and decision-making with new approaches and data. Projects in this presentation include water shutoff equity analysis, CIP decision-making dashboards, utility accounts analysis, and a tax exempt property dashboards.

Featured Projects:

Water Shutoff Equity Analysis

Community leaders and MGP support inclusivity and fairness by assessing equity in service delivery. This analysis of water shutoff data and demographic data determined with confidence what factors drive water shutoff and helped identify how the community could help impacted residents.

CIP Decision Support Dashboard

Northbrook and MGP identify priorities and verify practices by bringing data together. This unified dashboard consolidated water main ratings, pavement ratings, and lead water services to support capital improvement project decisions.

Water Accounts Analysis

Roselle and MGP discover financial opportunities by evaluating major revenue streams. This analysis of Roselle’s Water Utility Service Area identified potential new connections inside and outside the Village based on development status, proximity to water mains, and status of water utility re-capture agreements.

Tax Exempt Property Dashboard

Lincolnwood and MGP inform policy decisions by visualizing community data and comparing with neighbors. This tax-exempt property dashboard visualizes the impact of their exemption policies and how that compares with peer communities.

Presented by:

Rachael Luzar

Rachael Luzar, MGP

Rachael Luzar is a Client Account Manager who joined MGP as a Site Analyst in the fall of 2017. In her time at MGP, she has supported numerous successful enterprise system integrations like BS&A, Central Square Dispatch, and Cartegraph, and has streamlined processes for her clients like capital asset analyses of replacement costs for infrastructure. Rachael is energized by opportunities for innovations and creating partnerships that bring stakeholders together. Rachael earned a BA from State University of New York at Geneseo and a Master’s in Geospatial Science from Missouri State University. Outside of focusing on client programs, you will find Rachael training and playing with her dog, Guinness.
Geoff Lloyd

Geoff Lloyd, MGP

Geoff has been with MGP since 2013 and is currently serving the GIS Programs in Park Ridge, Skokie and Lincolnwood. Prior to working with MGP, Geoff worked as an Outreach Assistant for Alliance for the Great Lakes, as an intern for Friends of the Parks, and contributed to the H+T Index as an Intern for the Center for Neighborhood Technology. Geoff holds a Master’s in Urban Policy and Planning and a certificate in Geospatial Analysis and Visualization from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a BA from Ripon College. Beyond these, Geoff is an avid fan of The Office, and can quote every episode.
Grant Dixon

Grant Dixon, MGP

Grant is a Shared Analyst at MGP who spent more than 4 years in the Site Analyst role. He is the Product Lead for myGIS, where he evaluates and implements solution enhancements such as Project Sharing. In his time with MGP, he consulted with clients and redesigned the Tree Inventory Asset Management Suite, developed new standards for Address Verification, and helped enhance client business process through improved data collection, analysis, and accessibility. He has a high attention to detail and likes to solve complex problems. Grant earned BA degrees in Interdisciplinary Archaeology and Religion and a Master’s in Geographic Information Science from the University of Southern California, and a Master’s in Archaeology from the University College London. Grant is an avid history buff and traveler. He has visited 27 states and 10 countries and once visited 9 castles in 3 days.
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