DATE: August 7, 2017
TO: Board of Mayor and Aldermen
FROM: Eric Stuckey, City Administrator
Kristine Tallent, Assistant City Administrator / CFO
Jordon Shaw, IT Director
Brian Wilcox, Purchasing Manager
SUBJECT:
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Acknowledge report of execution of community maps program participation agreement with Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) of Redlands, California in the total amount of $0 for the IT Department (City Contract No. 2016-0297)
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Purpose
The purpose of this procurement is for the City to participate in the ESRI community maps program whereby the City agrees to contribute its geographic data, map content and/or live feeds and ESRI agrees to process, host and publish the City’s data for use by ESRI and its end users and developers.
Background
According to ESRI, “The Community Maps Program is an effort to develop a suite of authoritative maps for use globally by the public in a wide variety of applications. It’s how data is contributed to the Living Atlas of the World. With the Community Maps Program your contributed data is hosted online as part of ArcGIS Online layers and basemaps, enriching the data available to the wider GIS community.”
“The Living Atlas of the World - available through ArcGIS Online - is the foremost collection of global geographic information used to support critical decision making. Curated by ESRI with contributions from its partner and user communities, the Living Atlas contains valuable maps, data layers, tools, services, and apps for geographic analysis. Organized by theme, this content strengthens the diverse and significant work of the GIS community at-large to address global and regional challenges. The Living Atlas is continually growing and evolving, featuring items such as weather, traffic, elevation, demographics, oceans, urban systems, and imagery, that impact people’s lives.”
Financial Impact
The ESRI community maps program participation agreement imposes no financial obligation on the City.
Recommendation
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Staff recommends that the Board of Mayor and Aldermen accept this report of execution of City Contract No. 2016-0297, the ESRI community maps program participation agreement. Pursuant to authority previously granted by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, City Contract No. 2017-0173 has been executed by the City Administrator and is attached.