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f~atural Resources Inventory end MLCCS Mapping <br />Hennepin County, MN <br />/nno vati ve Methods Honor <br />Budget and Time Constraints <br />While extensive areas of rural land, natural areas, and <br />open space persist in the northern and western portions <br />of Hennepin County, rapid development is putting <br />pressure on remaining natural resources. Recognizing this <br />strain, as well as the benefit of maintaining natural areas <br />and open space in the landscape, the Hennepin <br />Conservation District land now [he Hennepin County <br />Department of Environmental Services) has worked to <br />complete natural resource inventories and Minnesota <br />Land Cover Classification System (MLCCS) mapping in <br />Hennepin County cities. The resulting inventory and <br />mapping data serves as a foundation for open space, <br />corridor, wetland restoration, and other planning work. <br />Bonestroo began the preliminary mapping work as soon <br />as the contract was signed. Within two months, <br />preliminary mapping and field checking for phase 1 of <br />the project were complete. We finished digital mapping <br />and landcover coding shortly thereafter. Currently, we <br />are finalizing the land cover coding and quality control <br />assessment on phase 1 of the project, before turning [he <br />data layer over to the client. <br />In order to accommodate the high quality standard <br />required by the client as well as the lean budge[ for the <br />project, we implemented several innovations on the <br />project: <br />In mid- summer 2003, the County received a grant to <br />inventories of 18 cities (nearly 108,000 acres) in western <br />Hennepin County. The County chose Bonestroo as a <br />consultant that could meet their exceptionally high <br />quality standards. Bonestroo offered sufficient staff and <br />the necessary knowledge, skill and experience to get <br />begin the project quickly and complete it within the <br />grant-imposed timeframe. <br />• Sharing responsibility for the final report creation <br />with the client <br />• Using amulti-faceted approach to developing the <br />map layer, using both ArcVIEW and AutoCAD <br />As a result of these innovations, the project is on track to <br />finish on budget and ahead of schedule. <br />'~I Bonestroo <br />0 Rosene <br />Anderlik & <br />Associates <br />Engineers S Architects <br />