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Or <br /> 047 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Ag nda <br /> Item No. (j1 <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 2 , 1988 <br /> SUBJECT: Recommendation and Report on GIS for Phases IV and V of the <br /> Re-Mapping Project . <br /> DEPARTMENT: Central Land Records PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : Letter to Manager . INFORMATION CONTACT: Roscoe Reeve <br /> Report GIS Evaluation <br /> Form. (Under Separate Cover) TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Handout, "What is GIS?" Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> (Under Separate Cover) Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> • Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: For the Base GIS Exploration Committee to recommend to the Board <br /> of Commissioners that Orange County obtain digital property maps , and a <br /> system with GIS (Geographic Information System) capabilities , as its <br /> preferred implementation of Phases IV and V of the re-mapping Agreement <br /> with L Robert Kimball & -Associates . <br /> BACKGROUND: In the 1987-88 budget process the Board asked staff to explore <br /> GIS as an option to the final (cadastral) phases of the re-mapping project . <br /> Staff formed a Base GIS Exploration Committee of potential major users , and <br /> they extensively explored the concept of GIS, read materials and reports , and <br /> visited counties and cities with GIS in operation. The Committee presented the <br /> GIS concept, its possibilities, limitations , potential applications , etc . , to <br /> all County Department heads , the Town of Chapel Hill , the Town of Carrboro, the <br /> Town of Hillsborough, OWASA, Duke Power, and UNC. It collected and summarized <br /> a survey of interest by all potential participants (attached) . <br /> The Committee now comes before the Board to recommend that GIS be the option <br /> of choice for the final phases of the re-mapping project, that began in 1985 . <br /> Upon Board approval , an "Evaluation" Committee of participants will be formed <br /> to look at existing potential systems , towards an RFP in the Fall of 1988 . <br /> It is proposed that the Base Committee supervise the receiving and evaluating <br /> of proposals ,. with a resulting recommendation to the Manager and Board. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : That the Board of Commissioners approve the production of <br /> digital records of property and land features as the final two phases of that <br /> Agreement between County and L Robert Kimball & Associates , and that County <br /> evaluate and recommend a eograpphic information system (GIS) for purchase <br /> to implement the capability, subject to budget approval . <br />