“Collaboration…..
Does it really work?”
Collaborate…..
To work or labor together….
To act jointly….
To have a common goal
Who is Avista?
• Provides Electric & Gas
service to 610,000
customers in Eastern
Washington, Northern
Idaho, and Southwestern &
Northeastern Oregon.
• Service territory
encompasses 26,000 square
miles in 26 counties.
• Customer density of 23.45
customers/sq. mile
Inter-Agency Data Sharing Goals
•Develop Common Land Base to Enable Asset Data Sharing
Between Agencies
•Develop Land Base to Meet Needs of All Participating Agencies
•Sharing Reduces Cost to Participants for Developing/Maintaining
Land Base
•Licensing Data to Non-Participants Provides Revenue Stream
for Expanding and Maintaining Land Base in Future
Inter-Agency Relationships
Formal: Inter-Agency Public/Private Consortium
•Example: Kootenai County GIS Consortium
•Data Licensor: Consortium (or Consortium Administrator)
•Data Licensees: All Consortium Members
Avista
Counties
Consortium
Cities
Water
Districts
Highway
Districts
Inter-Agency Relationships
Informal: Inter-Agency Licensor/Licensee
•Data Licensor: Avista Utilities (Copyright)
•Data Licensees: Individual Public or Private Entities
Avista
Counties
Cities
Water
Districts
Highway
Districts
Guidelines for
Inter-Agency Relationships
• License Fees Based on the Actual Costs for Developing &
Maintaining Land Base
• Costs Shared Proport ionately Within a Given Project Area Based
on Licensees Area of Interest
• License Fees Received from Non-Part icipants/Third Part ies are
Direct ly Applied to Next Years Land Base Project in a Given
Area…………..Reduces Costs to Part icipants That Cont inue to
Part icipate in Developing/Maintaining Land Base
Inter-Agency Relationships
Challenges……
• Copyrighted Data vs. Public Domain
• Long Term Commitment From Public Entities
• Annual vs. Multiple Year Data Updates
• Meeting the Needs of All Participants
Inter-Agency Relationships
Solutions……
• Focus on “Win-Win” Relationships
• Persistence
• Flexibility
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