Friday, January 18, 2019

2019 Boundary and Annexation Survey Program Timeline

2019 Program Timeline
January 1, 2019
The 2019 Boundary and Annexation Survey Program begins.
The WISE-Decade 2.0 software platform released.

*****First data collection of 2019 begins*****
January 2, 2019
Counties login to WISE-Decade, upload their current municipal ward layer, and document any annexations that occurred between January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2018.

*****First data collection of 2019 ends*****
January 18, 2019
County clerks must submit data to LTSB using the WISE-Decade software platform by this date. 

February 1, 2019
LTSB will publish statewide municipal and ward boundaries to the Open Data Page: http://data-ltsb.opendata.arcgis.com.
REST feature services will also be made available at (MCD and Ward), and will be live updated as data is submitted.

February 22, 2019
Deadline for counties to submit annexation documentation in the WISE-Decade system. BAS boundary updates submitted by this date will be reflected in the American Community Survey (ACS) and Population Estimates Program (PEP) published data and in next year’s BAS materials.

March 1, 2019
Deadline for BAS submissions to the Census Bureau. LTSB will submit on behalf of the entire State of Wisconsin.

*****Second data collection of 2019 begins*****
July 1, 2019
Counties will login to the WISE-Decade 2.0 web portal and upload a current municipal ward layer. 

*****Second data collection of 2019 ends*****
July 19, 2019
County clerks must submit data to LTSB using the WISE-Decade software platform by this date.

August 5, 2019
LTSB will publish statewide municipal and ward boundaries to the Open Data Page: http://data-ltsb.opendata.arcgis.com.
REST feature services will also be made available at (MCD and Ward), and will be live updated as data is submitted. 

Questions about this data or on this project should be directed to: GIS@legis.wisconsin.gov