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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: December 16, 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Award of Proposals - Aerial Photography <br /> DEPARTMENT: Land Records/Purchasing PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) IYQ A <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Summary of Proposals Roscoe Reeve, ext 2500 <br /> Explanation of Terms Pam Jones, ext 2650 <br /> 9/11/97 Letter from CH Town Manager <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider authorizing staff to negotiate an agreement with Atlantic Technologies <br /> Limited, that will provide aerial photography of Orange County, and other long term digital <br /> mapping services to enhance the employment of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Orange <br /> County government. <br /> BACKGROUND: Orange County's Strategic Automation Plan and Capital Improvements Plan <br /> include proposals to enhance the uses of GIS through additional data gathering and digital mapping <br /> capabilities. The first step towards these enhancements is the acquisition of updated aerial <br /> photography of the entire County, which was last flown in 1987. At its last meeting, the Board <br /> approved a capital project ordinance appropriating $48,000 to enable the County to obtain updated <br /> aerial photos during Winter 1998,while the leaves are off the trees. <br /> RFP Process <br /> In November, County staff prepared a request for proposals for aerial photography and other, future <br /> digital mapping services and circulated it to prospective vendors. By December 5, 1997 at 3:00, the <br /> required time and date to deliver proposals from vendors, the County received five complete <br /> proposals and one incomplete proposal. The complete proposals were submitted by: <br /> ASI Landmark Inc of Cary,NC <br /> Atlantic Technologies LTD of Huntsville, AL <br /> L Robert Kimball Company of Ebensville, PA <br /> Kucera International Inc of Willoughby, OH <br /> Williams-Stackhouse Inc of San Antonio, TX <br />