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-56- Motion carried. Case #i3: Authorization to Enter Into GIS License Agreement with Anoka County Community Development Director Frolik stated that in 2000 the City Council reallocated $45,000 in 1998 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for the purpose of updating the City's Zoning and Subdivision Chapter of the City Code to implement the new Comprehensive Plan. To date the City has approximately $23,000 left of that $45,000 grant. The Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) distributes the CDBG funds and they are aggressively pursuing completion and closing out of all pre-2001 projects and funds. The City recently received written notice that HUD recaptured the $8,500 the City had allocated for installation of ADA compliant pedestrian ramps at certain trail locations. HUD has indicated that they will also recapture any Zoning Chapter update funds not spent by April 1, 2002. Staff has been meeting with Loren Gordon of Hoisington Koegler on a weekly basis and staff has resumed the Chapter 9 subcommittee meetings. However, even at that rate they will not be able to spend $20,000 during the month of March. Staff would be able to utilize a lot more of the funds in March if they start working on the new zoning map. To do that staff needed the basic parcel information from Anoka County. It was staffs understanding that purchasing the basic parcel data fi'om Anoka County without entering into a lease agreement would be very cost prohibitive and would not give the City any rights to regular updates. Entering into a lease agreement with Anoka County would allow the City to obtain parcel information that is updated on a quarterly basis. The lease agreement states that Anoka County will invoice the City at a rate of $500 for the first year and $250 for every year after. The lease agreement is updated mmually, at which time the City has the option to renew or terminate. The City of Ramsey is planning for and has budgeted funds towards establishing an in-house GIS system and capabilities. This license agreement with Anoka County is not buying into their system, it is giving the City the rights to the parcel data base (and updates) the City needs to get their own system up and running in a cost effective m,'umer. To that basic data base, staff plans to complement the amount of information available on each parcel by entering other data such as zoning; building permits; presence of enviroxm~ental features such as wetlands, flood zones, shorelands, woodlands; the existence of any conditional use permits, variances or rezonings on the parcel. The uses of the data will be numerous and staff will also be able to produce their own maps. Motion by Councilmember Kurak, seconded by Councilmember Hendriksen, to authorize the Mayor and City Administrator to enter into a GIS License Agreement with Anoka County. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Kurak, Hendriksen, Anderson, and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Case #15: Report fi'om Personnel Committee The Personnel Committee met on February 26, 2002 to discuss the following cases: City Council/February 26, 2002 Page 32 of 35 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I