TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Executive Office
MEETING DATE: December 5, 2017
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Carmel J. Angelo
PHONE:
234-4441
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Leif Farr
PHONE:
234-6003
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Mendocino County's Registration and Participation in Local Update of Census Addresses Operation (LUCA) in Partnership with the United States Census Bureau; and Authorization for GIS Staff to Complete the Operation
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Approve the County's registration in the LUCA operation; authorize GIS Program staff to complete the LUCA Operation in partnership with the United States Census Bureau; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
The Local Update of Census Addresses Operation, (LUCA) is a voluntary decennial census operation. LUCA is the only opportunity prior to the 2020 Census for Local Governments to review and update the U.S. Census Bureau's residential address list for their jurisdiction. The Census Bureau relies on a complete and accurate address list to reach every living quarters and associated population for inclusion in the census. The Census Address list Improvement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-430) authorizes LUCA.
The LUCA operation is one of several geographic boundary and data review programs that allows the County to have local input into the decennial census process. GIS Program Staff within the Information Services Division have completed the Block Boundary Review Program and the Boundary and Annexation Survey, (BAS) Program. The LUCA Operation will give us the opportunity to match our County address data against the Census Bureau's address list and make updates to the data as necessary. The accuracy and completeness of the Census Bureau's address list is critical to the accuracy and completeness of the decennial census. Participating in LUCA can help e...
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