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IREPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> <br /> From the Cit~ Manager <br /> <br /> July 15, 2002 <br /> <br /> Subject <br /> Agreement for Professional Consultant Engineering Services for the Water <br /> Infrastructure Geographic Information System. <br /> <br /> Recommendation <br /> Approve an agreement with Lynx Technologies, of Capitola, California, for providing <br /> consultant engineering services for the Water Infrastructure Geographic Information <br /> System, in an amount not to exceed $18,700. <br /> <br /> Background <br /> In the past seven years, Redwood City's water system record drawings (water utility <br /> block book) have been converted from manually hand-drawn maps to computer aided <br /> AutoCAD maps. The water utility block book has been updated on a semi-annual basis <br /> since 2001, and is now ready for conversion into a Geographic Information System <br /> (GIS) format. <br /> <br /> Geographic Information System (GIS) is a database, which links the data associated <br /> features with drawings in a computer generated graphic format. In the strictest sense, a <br /> GIS is a computer system capable of assembling, storing, manipulating, and displaying <br /> geographically referenced information, (i.e., data identified according to their locations). <br /> <br /> The overall intent of this project is to convert all of the existing water block book <br /> information into a GIS format. In other words, we will capture all relevant water network <br /> features and annotation such as water main, valves, hydrants, pumps, and water tanks, <br /> into the appropriate tables, and link this data with the associated features. <br /> <br /> The key scope of professional serVices includes: > Database Design and Documentation <br /> > Compile and Georeference Water System <br /> ;~ Adjust AutoCAD Annotation <br /> ~, Create Preliminary Network Topology <br /> > Populate Feature Attribute Tables <br /> ~ Final Network ahd Theme'Creation <br /> <br /> A complete copy of tl~e agreement is available for review in the City Clerk's office. <br /> <br /> <br />