e. Census update-designate liaison

TO: Cass County Commission RECEIVED SEP 7 2001/ FROM: Kay Anderson, GIS Coordinator CASS COUNTY COMMISSION DATE: September 7,2007 SUBJECT: 2010 Decennial Census Update of Census Addresses Dear Commissioners: Recently the U.S. Census Bureau invited Cass County Government to participate in the 2010 Decennial Census Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Program. The LUCA Program, authorized by the Census Address List Improvement Act of 1994 provides tribal, state, and local government the opportunity to review and update the Census Bureau's address list. This program allows the Census Bureau to benefit from local knowledge to develop their Master Address File for the 2010 Census. There are three participation options to choose from depending on factors such as the type of addressing, accessibility to data and willingness to sign a Title 13 confidentiality agreement. A meeting was held on Thursday September 6th to evaluate the options with the following staff present: Kay Anderson, Keith Berndt, DeAnn Buckhouse, Mike Montplaisir, Terry Schmaltz, and Timothy Solberg. Option 1 (Title 13) allows Cass County to review and update the census master address list and provide any missing addresses. The address count list can also be reviewed and the count of addresses within census blocks challenged. After Address Canvassing there is an opportunity to review feedback material and appeal the results. This option is most beneficial to participants who have 100% city style addressing, such as The City of Fargo. Option 2 (Title 13) allows Cass County to review, but not update the Census address list and submit a local address list. After Address Canvassing there is an opportunity to review feedback materials and appeal results. Option 3 allows Cass County the opportunity to review the address count list and submit a local address list, but no update of census bureau addresses is allowed. After Address Canvassing the results can be reviewed, but no appeals are allowed.