Title
A Resolution Approving a Memorandum of Understanding among Colorado Springs Utilities, the City of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, the El Paso-Teller County E911 Authority, Teller County, and the City of Fountain to Acquire Digital Orthorectified Imagery in 2022
Presenter:
Mike Herrmann, Asset Management/Geospatial Technology Manager, Colorado Springs Utilities
Bethany Burgess, Attorney, Utilities Division, City of Colorado Springs
Aram Benyamin, Chief Executive Officer, Colorado Springs Utilities
Summary:
The proposed resolution approves a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Utilities, the City of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, the El Paso-Teller County E911 Authority, Teller County, and the City of Fountain for the acquisition of digital orthorectified imagery for the 2022 Pikes Peak Geospatial Alliance imaging project. All of these entities except for the City of Fountain are members of the Pikes Peak Geospatial Alliance (PPGA), an entity formed by Intergovernmental Agreement in 2004, whose purpose is to acquire geospatial data and digital orthorectified imagery through joint funding arrangements set forth in memoranda of understanding on a project-by-project basis. The proposed resolution approves an MOU for the 2022 imaging project.
Background:
On July 23, 2004, through Resolution No. 136-04, City Council approved an Intergovernmental Agreement establishing the PPGA and an MOU for the acquisition of aerial photography services for geospatial data acquisition with four other agencies: the City of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Teller County, and the El Paso-Teller County E911 Authority. Since that time, MOUs for aerial photography have been entered into in 2005 (amending the 2004 MOU), 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020. On September 27, 2005, City Council passed Resolution No. 167-05 approving an amendment to the original MOU which allowed cost sharing for aerial photography with Cheyenne Mountain Air Force St...
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