The Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS)

BVP-L2
(8-2009)

DC

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economics and Statistics Administration

U.S. Census Bureau
Washington, DC 20233-0001
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

FROM THE DIRECTOR
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
The U.S. Census Bureau is conducting the Boundary Validation Program (BVP) in order to provide an
opportunity for you as the Highest Elected Official to review the Census Bureau’s boundary data for
governmental units. This is an important opportunity for you to ensure that we have your correct legal
boundaries, name and governmental status. The Census Bureau uses the boundary information to tabulate
data from the 2010 Decennial Census and the American Community Survey.
The BVP package includes a BVP form and a CD containing a complete set of maps for your governmental
unit. Please review our depiction of your legal boundary, as well as any addresses along
your boundary, for accuracy and return the completed BVP form within ten days of receipt
if the information is correct. The maps should reflect the legal boundary for your governmental unit
effective on January 1, 2010. The BVP form can be returned via fax (1-800-416-3262), in the enclosed postage
paid envelope, or scanned and e-mailed to .
The BVP is administered in parallel with the 2010 Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS). If the legal
boundary for your governmental unit is incorrect, please work with the county BAS contact (printed on the
enclosed BVP form) to submit changes and corrections to the January 1, 2010 boundary. Your county BAS
contact should already have received a BAS package that includes a complete set of maps and submission
instructions. Since your government has agreed to work with the county in reporting boundary changes, it is
important that you submit all boundary updates to your county BAS contact. The deadline for your county to
respond to the BAS is March 1, 2010. If we receive changes from your county before March 1, 2010, you will
have an additional opportunity to review the updated maps and verify the boundaries for your government prior
to the 2010 Decennial Census. If we receive changes from your county after March 1, 2010, we will use the
county response to correct the boundary, but we will not have sufficient time to send you an updated map
before we finalize the data tabulations.
If you need any assistance with this request, please e-mail , telephone
(1-800-972-5651), or visit our website at < http://www.census.gov/geo/www/bas/bashome.html>.
Sincerely,

Robert M. Groves
Director
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