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Council discusses the 'service accessibility' mapping tool; staff urged to clarify colors and context in reports
Summary
Staff briefed council on the city’s Service Accessibility (service impact) tool — a GIS‑driven scorecard that rates parcels for readiness across multiple service metrics. Council members raised concerns about color coding (red/yellow/green), lack of context for missing data and how the tool appears in staff reports; staff agreed to improve notes, thresholds and director annotations.
City planning staff presented the service accessibility tool (also called the service impact tool) to the council, explaining its origin in the 2019 comprehensive plan, the geospatial models that drive it and how it is used as a baseline to show existing service readiness (police, fire, sewer, parks and schools) for parcels across Meridian.
Staff said the tool is intended to…
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