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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 4, 1990 <br />SUBJECT: GIS Participation Agreement <br />DEPARTMENT: Central Land Records <br />ATTACHMENT (S) ; <br />Agreement <br />Memorandum <br />I <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No.� <br />PUBLIC HEARING: Yes �_ No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Roscoe Reeve <br />TELEPHONE NUMBER: Ext 2501 <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill - 968 -4501 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />PURPOSE: to approve the signing, by the Chair, of agreements between the <br />County and those jurisdictions desiring to participate in the geographic <br />information system (GIS) to be implemented in a multi -year, multi- phased <br />capital project. The agreements will establish:a "fair- share" cost <br />plan for purchasing the County's mapping data provided by the re- mapping <br />project; a data sharing plan for developing the GIS data base; a support <br />system to maintain the growth of data, and the development of system <br />applications; and, a plan to use GIS for raising revenue. <br />BACKGROUND: Orange County is implementing GIS with the participation of other <br />public agencies and jurisdictions, including Chapel Hill, Carrboro, OWASA, <br />and UNC's facilities and planning division. Participation produces significant <br />cost savings for all through discounts and the mutal sharing of data captured <br />by the participants. GIS is a hardware and software system that will provide <br />"intelligent" mapping for all participants. It will provide significant support <br />for decision making based on accurate land data. The County will act as agents <br />for the participants, purchasing hardware and software, maintaining the base <br />property and planametric data, providing support for developing applications, <br />and trouble- shooting when a participant has problems with their system. <br />Data sharing will involve law enforcement, rescue, fire, planning, engineering, <br />utilities, transportation, and elections. <br />The first Agreement, submitted at this time, is,with the Town of Chapel <br />Hill, but the Agreement will be the same for each subsequent participant who <br />wishes to begin on the system. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): that the Orange County Board of Commissioners approve the <br />signing of the Agreement, and each subsequent requested Agreement, by the <br />Chair, for the participation in a cooperative GIS capability for public <br />agencies and jurisdictions. <br />