DELAWARE VALLEY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION
INFORMATION RESOURCE EXCHANGE GROUP

1. Minutes of the meeting of December 9, 1998

2. Presentations

• James D. Fitzsimmons, Chief, Population Distribution Branch Chair, Metropolitan Area Standards Review Committee United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C.
  New Approaches to Defining Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas

• John Lego, Community Service Officer, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Trenton, NJ
  Recent Trends in Municipal Reporting of Residential Building Permits

3. Census 2000 Update

1. Statistical Areas Program-- status
2. Sampling Litigation-- status
3. Funding for Census 2000-- status
4. LUCA Program-- status
5. Complete Count Committees-- status
6. Census Transportation Planning Package (CTPP) 2000 -- status

4. DVRPC Work Program Updates

1. Year 2000 Aerial Imagery Acquisition
2. Region-Wide Transportation GIS Development
3. Regional Information Network (RIN)
4. DVRPC Year 2025 Interim Forecast Revisions
5. Building Permit Data
6. Job Growth/Entry Level Jobs - Establishment Survey

5. Old Business

1. (Committee Action Needed) Letter to Census Bureau re: correcting 1990 geography errors (see attached #2)

6. New Business

1. (Committee Action Needed) Letter to Municipal Officials re: delinquent reporting of residential building permits (see attached #3)
2. Revised description of IREG mission on DVRPC website

7. Next Meeting Date and Location