FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2007

TITLE: HUD RENEWAL COMMUNITIES, EMPOWERMENT ZONES, AND ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES MAY 2007

Geodataset Name:       HUD_RCEZEC_MAY07
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         10
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development maintains a database of Florida's Renewal Communities, Empowerment Zones, and Enterprise Communities. These regions are specific areas targeted for economic revitalization. Renewal Communities, Empowerment Zones, and Enterprise Communities encourage economic growth and investment in distressed areas by offering tax advantages and incentives to businesses located within the zone boundaries.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    US Department of Housing and Urban Development
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     N/A
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      20070515
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: HUD_RCEZEC_MAY07.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
OBJECTID
4 OID ---
EZECNAME
62 String ---
TRACT
7 String ---
TRACTID
11 String ---
PREFIX
3 String ---
FIRSTNAME
9 String ---
MIDNAME
8 String ---
LASTNAME
15 String ---
TITLE
61 String ---
ORG
66 String ---
ADDRESS1
34 String ---
ADDRESS2
32 String ---
CITY
15 String ---
ZIP
10 String ---
PHONE
20 String ---
FAX
12 String ---
EMAILADDR
36 String ---
NAME
41 String ---
TYPE
40 String ---
ID
19 Number 11
SITE
3 String ---
DSITE_NAME
42 String ---
DESCRIPT
50 String ---
FGDLAQDATE
8 Date ---
AUTOID
4 Number ---
SHAPE
4 Geometry ---
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double ---
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double ---

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

EZECNAME Empowerment Zone / Enterprise Zone Name

TRACT Census Tract

TRACTID Census Tract Identification Number

PREFIX Zone Contact Prefix

FIRSTNAME Zone Contact First Name

MIDNAME Zone Contact Middle Initial

LASTNAME Zone Contact Last Name

TITLE Local Zone Contact Title

ORG The Name Of The Organization In Charge Of Zone

ADDRESS1 Organization Address

ADDRESS2 Suite / Floor of Organization

CITY City From Which The Organization Is Based

ZIP Organization Zip Code

PHONE Zone Contact Primary Phone Number

FAX Organization Fax Number

EMAILADDR Organization E-mail Address

NAME Not Defined By Source

TYPE Type of Zone

ID Not Defined By Source

SITE Not Defined By Source

DSITE_NAME Not Defined By Source

DESCRIPT Based on EZECNAME

FGDLAQDATE Date GeoPlan acquired the data

AUTOID GeoPlan Center Feature Identification Number

SHAPE Feature geometry.

SHAPE.AREA Area in meters

SHAPE.LEN Perimeter in meters


USER NOTES:
This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity
of the original data layer's topology
This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our
knowledge.
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.
Past versions of the Enterprise Zones dataset included information from 
both FDEP and HUD.  The FDEP information contained state level 
enterprise zone information while the HUD information contained federal 
level enterprise zone information.  Due to the different update cycles 
of these two sources the enterprise zone information will now be broken 
up into two datasets.  The dataset enterprise_zones_20XX.shp will still 
contain the information obtained from FDEP while the dataset 
hud_rcezec.shp will contain the information obtained form HUD.

The data was created to serve as base information for use in GIS 
systems for a variety of planning and analytical purposes

This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan

This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan

THE DATA INCLUDED IN FGDL ARE 'AS IS' AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED
AS LEGALLY BINDING. THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER SHALL
NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF USING,
MODIFYING, CONTRIBUTING OR DISTRIBUTING THE MATERIALS.

A note about data scale: 

Scale is an important factor in data usage.  Certain scale datasets
are not suitable for some project, analysis, or modeling purposes.
Please be sure you are using the best available data. 

1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
county level.
1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such
as property parcel boundaries.
1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
multi-county or regional level.
1:125000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
regional or state level or larger.

Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should be
considered suspect. Make sure you are familiar with your data
before using it for projects or analysis. Every effort has been
made to supply the user with data documentation. For additional
information, see the References section and the Data Source Contact
section of this documentation. For more information regarding
scale and accuracy, see our webpage at:
http://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

REFERENCES:
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development:
http://egis.hud.gov/egis/
-- Urban Round III Empowerment Zones
---- FL - Jacksonville
-- Urban Round II Empowerment Zones
---- FL - Miami-Dade County
-- Urban Round I Enterprise Communities
---- FL - Miami-Dade County
---- FL - Tampa
-- Rural Round II Enterprise Communities
---- FL - Empowerment Alliance of Southwest Florida
-- Rural Round I Enterprise Communities
---- FL - Jackson County
http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/economicdevelopment/programs/rc/about/ezecinit.cfm

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
GeoPlan, during the QA/QC process included the following aspects:
(1) Added HUD's ArcIMS site to ArcMap
(2) Extracted RCEZEC layer from ArcIMS 
(3) Renamed layer HUD_RCEZEC_2007
(4) Renamed attribute headers 
(5) Upcased the attribute table
(6) Added DESCRIPT based on EZECNAME
(7) Added FGDLAQDATE based on Geoplans acquisition date
(8) Added AUTOID based on FID+1

Past versions of the Enterprise Zones dataset included information from 
both FDEP and HUD.  The FDEP information contained state level 
enterprise zone information while the HUD information contained federal 
level enterprise zone information.  Due to the different update cycles 
of these two sources the enterprise zone information will now be broken 
up into two datasets.  The dataset enterprise_zones_20XX.shp will still 
contain the information obtained from FDEP while the dataset 
hud_rcezec.shp will contain the information obtained form HUD.
Process Date: 20070515

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

Projection                          ALBERS
Datum                               HPGN
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            GRS1980
1st Standard Parallel               24  0  0.000
2nd Standard Parallel               31 30  0.000
Central Meridian                   -84 00  0.000
Latitude of Projection's Origin     24  0  0.000
False Easting (meters)              400000.00000
False Northing (meters)             0.00000

DATA SOURCE CONTACT (S):

Name:
Abbr. Name:
Address:


Phone:

Web site:
E-mail:
Contact Person:
         Phone:
        E-mail:
KBM Group, Inc.
HUD
451 7th Street SW
Washington DC, 
20410
(202) 708-0614 ext 5745

http://egi.hud.gov/egis/rcezec/welcome.htm Robert Renner

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