INFORMATIONAL REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Informational Report Regarding Bi-yearly Project Status Report of the GIS Services Program
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure
BACKGROUND
Council has requested a bi-yearly project status report of GIS services. The first report was submitted on March 9, 2020. This is the second report. On October 29, 2019, Arini Geographics was awarded a contract for Enterprise GIS Consulting Services. The contract was awarded as a three-year professional services agreement for the initial term of the contract, with the option of one additional two-year renewal term. Despite challenges encountered by shelter-in-place regulations, there is significant progress for the current reporting period.
DISCUSSION
The City's Enterprise GIS Program is focused on both steady state operations and projects. Critical data updates and quality assurance is constantly being performed on some of the most critical systems such as:
* City Enterprise GIS Basemap, a specialized mapping system keeping track of the City's map layers (addresses, streets, parcels, ownership, underground electric utility easements, general plan and zoning designations, flooding and noise delineations, multiyear aerial imagery) and key-related attributes. From November 1, 2019 thru September 20, 2020, over 15,000 address updates have been captured in the Enterprise GIS Database, ensuring that residents, businesses, developers, and government officials have the most current data.
* infoMap, a web-based mapping application, provides easy access to the City's Enterprise GIS where assets are digitized, modeled and mapped, currently upwards of 2.5 million data points and 6,000 specific attributes. On a daily basis, City departments leverage over 150 unique maps and services to improve operational efficiency, increase quality of service, make better decisions, respond to emergencies, improve citizen access to information,...
Click here for full text