1 City-Parish Planning Commission 20040528 Metro Council Districts, 2004, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana GeoMedia Professional Version 5.1 Baton Rouge, Louisiana City-Parish Planning Commission http://gis.brgov.com/ http://lagic.lsu.edu/ true This is a graphical polygon dataset depicting the polygon boundaries of the twelve (12) Metropolitan Council Districts within the Parish of East Baton Rouge. The Council Districts are based on voting precincts and census tract data, thus the boundaries change over time. Each council district has a corresponding councilmember. One councilmember is elected by the Metropolitan Council to serve as Mayor Pro Tem. This body is the legislative authority for the City-Parish. The Plan of Government, which created the council, was adopted in 1947 by referrendum and went into effect in 1949. This dataset conveys the best currently (2004) available representation of the Metropolitan Council Districts of EBR Parish. The Metropolitan Council District dataset defines the boundaries of each of the council districts for governing and voting purposes. This dataset provides a representation of Parish polygons for the purposes of portraying attributes for each of the council districts within the Parish. These metadata describe the dataset 'council districts', which is how the dataset was named on the East Baton Rouge Parishwide GIS. 2004 The currentness of the Metropolitan Council District boundaries is based on voting precinct information drawn from census information as of 2000 U. S. Census Bureau. Complete As needed -91.3165642663587 -90.844180786835 30.7193109768569 30.3124701438036 Districts Metropolitan Council Boundaries Polygons Governmental Units Voting Precincts Louisiana East Baton Rouge Parish Baton Rouge United States America LA U.S. The City-Parish provides this information in good faith with no warranty and does not accept any liability arising from incorrect, incomplete or misleading information or improper use. This information presented by the City-Parish is intended to serve only as a reference for research of Planning Districts and takes no legal responsibility for its accuracy. Users are encouraged to submit comments regarding the information to the Planning Commission GIS Division. City-Parish Planning Commission (CPPC), East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana Mihwa Jang GIS Manager mailing address
1755 Florida St, Third Floor
Baton Rouge Louisiana 70802 United States of America 225-389-3144 225-389-5342 gis@brgov.com true Business is conducted Monday-Friday, 8 AM- 5 PM (Central Time) except holidays U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) New Orleans District P.O. Box 60267, New Orleans, LA 70160 This coverage was digitized using Intergraph's GeoMedia Professional 5.1 GIS software. true 0 0 0 0 \\planning\sections\GIS\GCT\GISNT\MetroCouncil 2003.mdb CouncilDistricts2003 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 The council districts are ascertained to be 100% accurate. All council districts within East Baton Rouge Parish of Louisiana are thought to be current as of 2003. The positional accuracy of these boundaries is estimated to be +/- (1) feet. City-Parish Planning Commission 20040528 Planning Districts, 2004, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana GeoMedia Professional Version 5.1 Baton Rouge, Louisiana City-Parish Planning Commission http://gis.brgov.com/ http://lagic.lsu.edu/ true This dataset was compiled in 2003 according to the latest voting precinct information, which is based on the 2000 U. S. census information, by the City-Parish Department of Public Works, Engineering Division. Digitizing of data was performed by GIS staff of the Planning Commission. The initial process was completed in 2003. City-Parish Planning Commission (CPPC), East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana Mihwa Jang GIS Manager mailing address
1755 Florida St, Third Floor
Baton Rouge Louisiana 70802 United States of America 225-389-3144 225-389-5342 gis@brgov.com true Business is conducted Monday-Friday, 8 AM- 5 PM (Central Time) except holidays Vector G-polygon 12 true true State Plane Coordinate System 1983 1702 Coordinate Pair survey feet North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137 298.257 COUNCIL_DISTRICT The Metropolitan Council Districts within East Baton Rouge Parish were created during the development of a plan of government for the Parish , which was adopted in 1947 and put in effect in 1949. There are twelve (12) council districts, each with a representative elected by the residents of that district. The Metropolitan Council and the Mayor Pro Tem make decisions on the City-Parish annual budget, zoning regulations, sales taxes, and City-Parish ordinances. They also serve as the governing authority for the Metropolitan Airport, the Captial Transportation Corporation. council_district The Metropolitan Council Districts within East Baton Rouge Parish were created during the development of a plan of government for the Parish , which was adopted in 1947 by referrendum and put in effect in 1949. There are twelve (12) council districts, each with a representative elected by the residents of that district. The Metropolitan Council and the Mayor Pro Tem make decisions on the City-Parish annual budget, zoning regulations, sales taxes, and City-Parish ordinances. true The polygons in this file represent 12 metropolitan council districts of East Baton Rouge Parish. Each Council District of the Parish is uniquely assigned by numbers ranging from 1 to 12. The file was created for the purpose of determining the boundaries of the council districts and which parcels are contained therein. CPPC Distribution Method City-Parish Planning Commission (CPPC), East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana Mihwa Jang GIS Manager mailing address
1755 Florida St, Third Floor
Baton Rouge Louisiana 70802 United States of America 225-389-3144 225-389-5342 gis@brgov.com true Business is conducted Monday-Friday, 8 AM- 5 PM (Central Time) except holidays This information presented by the City-Parish is intended to serve only as a reference for research and takes no legal responsibility for its accuracy. The users of this database are advised not to rely solely on the information reflected on the maps. Users are encouraged to submit comments regarding the information to the Planning Commission GIS Division. Geomedia Coverage Format Geomedia Professional 5.1 false CD-ROM 2 Data may be purchased through the City-Parish Planning Commission by requesting for the data at http://brgov.com/DEPT/PLANNING/pdf/apps/A18application.pdf or by contacting Planning Commission at 225-389-3144. Order Dependent 1 Costs of all the data are specified in the Data Request Form. Please check with CPPC to ensure current information. 2 Detailed information or data may be purchased through the City-Parish Planning Commission. The request form can be downloaded at http://brgov.com/DEPT/PLANNING/pdf/apps/A18application.pdf or contact Planning Commission at 225-389-3144. 20040528 20040528 20050528 City-Parish Planning Commission (CPPC), East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana Mihwa Jang GIS Manager mailing address
1755 Florida St, Third Floor
Baton Rouge Louisiana 70802 United States of America 225-389-3144 225-389-5342 gis@brgov.com true Business is conducted Monday-Friday, 8 AM- 5 PM (Central Time) except holidays FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 none This metadata file is intended to accompany the geospatial data set of CPPC. It is not to be altered or summarized. CPPC does not support secondary distribution.