Lake County Illinois - File #: 11-0290

• File #: 11-0290
• Version: 1
• Name: Community Maps Program
• Type: resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/30/2011
• In control: Financial & Administrative Committee
• Final action: 5/10/2011
• Title: Resolution authorizing an agreement to participate in a Community Maps Program with Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., Redlands, CA (ESRI) in order to provide a seamless region wide basemap.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/10/2011	1	Lake County Board	adopted	Pass
5/4/2011	1	Financial & Administrative Committee	recommended for adoption to the consent agenda	Pass

Title

Resolution authorizing an agreement to participate in a Community Maps Program with Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., Redlands, CA (ESRI) in order to provide a seamless region wide basemap.

Staff Summary

•                     Lake County wishes to participate in a Community Maps Program through ESRI in order to provide a seamless region wide basemap.

•                     Various users inside and outside of Lake County government, including other units of government, the local business community and the general public will be able to use the online maps at no cost.

•                     The map data will be hosted and maintained by ESRI at one or more data centers in the U.S. to ensure high availability and performance and data redundancy in case of failure or disaster.

•                     Participation in the program avoids the costs associated with making the data widely available, such as setting up and maintaining the infrastructure.

•                     Participation in this program will support open government, provide cost effective access to high quality authoritative online map data and promote the development of public or private online mapping applications.

Body

WHEREAS, Lake County wishes to participate in a Community Maps Program,  with Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) in order to provide a seamless region wide basemap; and

WHEREAS, various users inside and outside of Lake County government, including other units of government, the local business community and the general public will be able to use the online maps at no cost; and

WHEREAS, the map data will be hosted and maintained by ESRI at one or more data centers in the U.S. to ensure high availability and performance and data redundancy in case of failure or disaster; and

WHEREAS, participation in the program avoids the costs associated with making the data widely available such as setting up and maintaining the infrastructure; and

                     WHEREAS, participation in this program will support open government, provide cost effective access to high quality authoritative online map data and promote the development of public or private online mapping applications.

                     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Chairman of the Board is hereby authorized to execute an agreement to participate in this program; and

                     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the GIS Division of the Information Technology Department shall be the technical contact for this agreement.

                     DATED at WAUKEGAN, LAKE COUNTY ILLINOIS, on this 10^th day of May,  A.D., 2011.