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Council questions ‘service accessibility’ mapping tool; staff to improve context and reporting
Summary
Meridian — City planning staff presented the “service accessibility” (service impact) tool, a geospatial scoring system used in department reports to show existing conditions for utilities, public safety, transit and other services.
Meridian — City planning staff presented the “service accessibility” (also called service impact) tool, a geospatial scoring system used in department reports to show existing conditions for utilities, public safety, transit and other services.
Planner Brian McClure and deputy chiefs from fire and police explained the technical approach: the tool combines approximately 18 separate GIS models, uses both centroid and boundary‑edge calculations and is updated nightly from city databases. McClure emphasized the tool “reflects existing conditions, not what…
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