Lab 1 Blog

 

Ethan Nauman

 

2/20/15

 

 

In the spring of 2012, Clear Vision Eau Claire announced a partnership between local developers and UW- Eau Claire. The partnership was intended to setup to construct a new development at the confluence of the Chippewa and Eau Claire Rivers in downtown Eau Claire. The development, the "Confluence Project", planned on breaking ground on a new community arts center/ university student housing and commercial retail complex in downtown Eau Claire beginning in 2014. The arts center would be home to three performance spaces, galleries, offices, classrooms, studios, and more.

 

The goal of this lab was for students to become familiar with various spatial data sets divessed for the Confluence Project, public land management, administration, and land use. The students were tasked to prepare base maps for the Confluence Project. We were also asked to create a brief legal description about the parcels that the Confluence Project is going to use.

 

To start with making the base maps, I first had to create a data base that would allow me to digitize the proposed site. After looking through legal documents of the parcels that were given to us, I was able to properly digitize the area of the proposed site. This would be used in every base map that I created so it was essential to digitize the correct parcels of land. The next step was creating the six base maps of the Confluence Project, the civil divisions map, census boundaries, PLSS features, EC city parcel data, zoning, and a voting district map. All of the maps were made in Arcmap, and all of the information brought into the maps were provided to us from the Eau Claire City geodatabase.

 

My civil divisions map allowed me to show the surrounding area of the proposed site. I was also able to show the city boundaries, town boundaries, and village boundaries around the surrounding area. This was the first map I created and it was also the easiest.

 

My census boundaries map shows the proposed site, tracts, and block groups that are determined by population per square mile. As you can see from the map at the bottom of the page, the surrounding area of the proposed site has a high population per square mile. This could be due to the fact that a lot of people go to work in this area, and also there are lots of houses located in the downtown area along the rivers. With the project putting up more housing for students, I would expect that population to grow and potentially bring more life to our downtown area.

 

The PLSS Features map shows the proposed site and the PLSS districts. I used the quarter- quarter district because I wanted to be able to show the district lines still when I was zoomed in. This is probably the most plain base map I made but it still is essential by showing what district exactly the proposed site would fall into.

 

My Eau Claire city parcel data map shows the proposed site, the parcel areas, water, and centerlines of the roads. Looking at this map you can see exactly the parcel areas of the surrounding area and the proposed site. This is essential because if I didn't have the proposed site in the right area, they could possibly tear down a wrong building and cause destruction were it wasn't meant to be. Also, for this base map you can see the centerlines for the roads in the area. This allows for easy access to the proposed site by have it facing two, possibly three roads.

 

The zoning map I created has the proposed site, and zoning areas of the surrounding area. As you can see there are 6 different types of zoning areas that are possible for the proposed site to fall into. The site would fall into a public properties zoning area, while it is closely located next to the central business district as well.

 

My final base map I created was a map of the voting districts. This as well is a pretty plain map. I used a imagery map of the area and brought in the proposed site as well as the voting wards. I was able to label the voting wards so you could see exactly were the site would fall into in the voting wards. The site would fall into the 31st voting ward.

 

By completing all six of my base maps, I was able to properly show all of the features involved with the proposed site. With my base maps created, I would feel confident in showing the partners of UW- Eau Claire my maps and that they could properly disifer where the proposed site needs to be and any other questions involving the area around the proposed site.

 

 

Legal Descriptions:

Parcel No.:020365

PIN: 1822122709200042068

Street No.: 128

Street name: Graham Ave.

Owners name: Haymarket Concepts LLC

Owners address: 3506 Oakwood Mall Dr.

Owners city, state, zip: Eau Claire, WI, 54701

Legal descriptions: Lots 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 10, all in block 62 of the Plat of the Village of Eau Claire, also known as Gleason and Wilson's Subdivision of block 62, Village of Eau Claire, now City of Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, WI

 

Parcel No.: 020357

PIN:1822122709200042063

Street No.: 202

Street name: Eau Claire St.

Owners name: Haymarket Concepts LLC

Owners address:  3506 Oakwood Mall Dr.

Owners city, state, zip: Eau Claire, WI, 54701

Legal description: Lot 1 and W 1/2 of lot 2 block 58 and A PC of land beginning at SW corner of said block 58 THC W on N LN of EC ST 45 ft THC N PRLL with W LN of said block 145 ft THC E PRLL with N LN of said block 106 1/2 ft THC SLY PRLL with W LN of said block to N LN of lot 2 of said block THC WLY on the N LN of said block to NW corner of same or lot 1 block 58 THC SLY on W LN of said lot 1 to POB and also the land between the above DEX land and EC river village of EC TID 8