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<br />Item No: 8A <br />Meeting Date: Nov 14, 2011 <br />Type of Business: Consent <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: James Ericson, City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Consideration of Resolution 7840 Approving the Joint Powers <br />Agreement Renewal of the Ramsey County GIS User Group <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />The Ramsey County Geographic Information Systems (GIS) User Group Joint Powers <br />Agreement between the City and Ramsey County will expire at the end of the year. The <br />City Council needs to approve a new agreement if the City is to continue receiving GIS data <br />and information from Ramsey County. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />The Ramsey County GIS Users Group was formed in 1995 by interested cities to <br />encourage organizations to cooperate through the sharing of resources, data and ideas <br />primarily for the establishment and maintenance of geographic systems (GIS) in local <br />governments. Mounds View first entered into a joint powers agreement (JPA) with the <br />group in 1997 and has been a member of the group ever since. <br /> <br />Through this cooperative joint powers group, the City has gained access to all necessary <br />and critical base data upon which City staff and consultants construct all City maps. City <br />staff uses this information on a daily basis and finds the information and data invaluable. <br />The proposed 2012 Budget has $1,300 in fund 100-4180-3030 for this service. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Staff recommends approval of Resolution 7840. This resolution authorizes the execution of <br />the Joint Powers Agreements with the Ramsey County GIS User Group, effective from <br />January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2014. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />________________________ <br />James Ericson <br />City Administrator <br /> <br /> <br />Attachments: <br />1. Ramsey County GIS User group Joint Powers Agreement <br />2. Resolution 7840 <br /> <br /> <br />