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~ASSOCIATES LTD. <br /> <br />922 Mainstreet <br />Hopkins, Mn. <br />55343 <br />(612) 933-0972 <br />fax: (612) 933-1153 <br /> <br />November 16, 1994 <br /> <br />Ryan Schroeder <br />Jim Gromberg <br />City of Ramsey <br />15153 Nowthen Blvd N.W. <br />Ramsey, MN. 55303-6197 <br /> <br />pt-,. Proposa! To Provide c',-, ...... *,,,- .,'Xlsppin§ Services <br /> <br />Dear Ryan and Jim: <br /> <br />Enclosed please find our proposal to provide computer mapping services to tile City of Ramsey. The <br />purpose of this proposal is threefold: l. to review our findings of GIS mapping services provided by <br />Anoka County; 2. to describe the general framework for providing the City with comprehensive <br />AutoCad mapping services; and 3. to specifically describe our proposal for providing base, tree <br />inventory and wetland maps to the City. <br /> <br />Several questions were raised by City staff at our last meeting regarding the computer mapping <br />proposal. The essence of these questions were related to Anoka County's ability to provide the City <br />with similar services, and whether an AutoCad format was compatible with the County's GIS system. <br />In summary, we have determined that the AutoCad format is compatible with the County's GIS <br />system. The County provides similar computer mapping services, but at a rate nearly twice the <br />amount proposed by RLK Associates. <br /> <br />1. Our understanding of Anoka County's mapping services <br /> <br />The following is a summary of issues associated with the County's GIS system and the computer <br />mapping needs of the City of Ramsey. <br /> <br />First, all important mapping information exists with the county GtS operator. This information <br />includes city parcels, city roads, and city water systems. Included with the mapping is as-built <br />information and legal property descriptions. This information is relatively inexpensive to obtain <br />digitally, and ready to run with the appropriate system. <br /> <br />Second, the soPtware used by the County is Arclnfo, a coordinate-based system compatible with <br />AutoCad. Arclnfo saves its information as entities which AutoCad recognizes, and vise-versa so long <br />as the entities are not sloppily entered. RLK is well-equipped to handle information inserting with a <br />48" x 62" table-size digitizer board necessary for inserting paper information into computer mapping. <br /> <br />Third, the County has tile ability to perform similar computer mapping services for the City of <br />Ramsey. However the work does not come inexpensively. For the City to use the County GIS <br />operator, the b!ll~¢,~ r_ate s $50.0(lan hour. which js typical for fully-trained GIS people. Fortunately, <br /> t-ng~neer ng ./ranspoflat on · infrastructure Redevelopment <br /> <br /> · Landscape Architecture · Constr[Jction Management <br /> <br /> <br />