CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the award of Sole Source Procurement 22-175, ESRI Enterprise License Agreement, to Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI), for an amount not to exceed $330,000 and for a three-year term
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DEPARTMENT: Information Technology
SUBMITTED BY: Jackie Nguyen, Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
Since 1994 the City has used Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software to help manage, analyze and present information tied to geographic locations. ESRI is the leader in the GIS industry and has developed several tools and extensions, which are part of the City database. The City uses the GIS database to track items such as traffic lights and poles as well as to create electric and water utility maps. The City also uses the GIS database in dispatch systems for the Fire and Police departments. The City GIS database is available for all departments to use; however, administration for the large pool of data is with the GIS division of the Information Technology (IT) Department.
DISCUSSION:
GIS is a critical part of the City's operations and is closely integrated with the City's financial system (Tyler Munis), asset management (Cityworks), permit management (EnerGov) and several other Enterprise-wide applications. The City has more than 250 datasets and more than 30 web mapping applications for water, sanitary, land use, public safety, traffic, stormwater, electric, etc. The number of datasets and web applications is steadily increasing as staff continuously enhances City operations and citizen engagement using high-quality geographic data. As an example, GIS is a critical part of Cityworks, which will improve City operations, asset management and citizen engagement by standardizing and automating service requests, work order requests and warehousing operations.
Entering into a new agreement allows unlimited access and training for approximately 20 ESRI supported GIS software package...
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