Explanation
The purpose of this legislation is to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into an agreement with Woolpert Inc. to provide Digital Orthoimagery services in accordance with the a contract with the State of Ohio, CSP#0A06008. This contract was bid through and awarded by the State of Ohio, Department of Information Technology. This ordinance is being submitted in accordance with Columbus City Code Section 329.27, waiving the requirements of competitive bidding as defined by Section 329.12
The intent of this project is to acquire new countywide color digital imagery and new countywide 2-foot contours to populate the GIS database with updated imagery and contours covering the entire utility service area. This project will leverage the existing contract with the Ohio Geographically Referenced Information Program, State of Ohio for Statewide Imagery Program (OSIP) with Woolpert IncBecause the current color aerial imagery and contours is that is provided to us by the Franklin County Auditor's GIS Department is out of date, 4 years on the imagery and 7 years on the 2-foot contours, the demand for current data is high. This project supports storm water and watershed management and provides higher accuracy in calculating impervious area for the storm water utility billing system.
The Ohio Geographically Referenced Information Program (OGRIP) continues to sponsor programs to better support the users of geospatial data within Ohio and the Ohio Statewide Imagery Program (OSIP) is one program that accomplishes this goal. As a governmental subdivision of the State of Ohio, the City of Columbus can be party of this contract. The program which entails the entire land area of the State of Ohio, approximately 41,276 square miles. The program completed the northern half ( 51 counties) of Ohio in the spring of 2006. The southern half ( 37 counties including Franklin ) will be completed in the spring of 2007. OSIP will produce the following products...
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