HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2002-479RESOLUTION NO. 2002-479
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROPRIATING $32,900 FROM THE
UNAPPROPRIATED BALANCE OF FISCAL YEAR 2001/2002
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERACHTqE
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) MAPPING
PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista ("City") desires to offer comprehensive, up to date,
and easily accessible information to businesses considering Chula Vista as a location for their
operations; and
WHEREAS, an estimated 84% of all coq0orate site selectors use the intemet as part of
their site selection process; and
WHEREAS, staff has identified a state-of-the-art Geographical Information System
(GIS) based web application to augment the City's updated website, in order to provide
prospective and existing Chula Vista businesses with valuable site-specific information including
available land and buildings, demographics, zoning, infrastructure, labor force characteristics,
and data related to other site search parameters; and
WHEREAS, the proposed web-based GIS system will provide benefits to the City in
terms of providing a central operating system to integrate the City's various GIS databases, and
offer staff a more user-friendly means of accessing these databases; and
WHEREAS, the proposed GIS website will also provide Chula Vista citizens with the
ability to go on-line to easily access information related to the City's community planning
functions, including General Plan Update studies and elements; and
WHEREAS, staff has determined that the GIS application would best be developed by an
outside consultant specializing in this highly technical software and has identified GIS Planning,
Inc. as the leader in its field with an outstanding history of experience and performance; and
WHEREAS, staff has prepared a contract in the amount of $42,900 with GIS Planning,
Inc. for the services desired and proposes to fund the contract with $10,000 from the City's
existing Website Update budget and with $32,900 in unappropriated fiscal year 2001/2002
Community Development Block Grant funds; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista does hereby appropriate $32,900 from the unappropriated balance of fiscal year 2001/2002
Community Development Block Grant funds for the retention of a consultant to develop an
interactive web based GIS mapping program.
Resolution 2002-479
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Presented by
Approved as to form by
Chris Salomone
Community Development Director
J ~(~ AM. Kaheny ttomey
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 26th day of November, 2002, by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers:
Davis, Padilla, Rindone, Salas and Horton
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ATTEST:
/Shirl6yl~lorton, Mayor ~
Susan Bigelow, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2002-479 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 26th day of November, 2002."
Executed this 26th day of November, 2002.
Susan Bigelow, City Clerk