10. City Code Amendment -City Reimbursement
C ITV OF
CHANHASSEN
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690 COULTER DRIVE. P.O. BOX 147. CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA 55317
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
Mayor and City Council
FROM:
Don Ashworth, City Manager
DATE:
May 21, 1997
SUBJ:
City Code Amendment Requiring Developers to Reimburse the City for Updating
City Base Maps, GIS Data Base Files & Converting Plat and Record Drawings
into Electronic Format, First Reading
We have put in all of the lots and blocks within the city into our GIS system. I mentioned at one
of our work sessions that we really needed to establish a fee to ensure that there was sufficient
money to add all new plats to the system, but not at the expense of the general citizenry. What I
am frustrated about is that we delayed presenting this ordinance to the city council for almost two
years attempting to explore how these types of costs could be shared between the city and county;
how to develop specifications so as to allow the developer's engineer to supply that type of
information directly; how to develop specifications to ensure that fonts, lines, location of the
north arrow, Co go Standards, etc., were met. Those efforts failed as not all engineering finns use
the same software to prepare their plats. For example, most plat work is completed using
AutoCad, but that is not the file format typically used in a GIS system. Accordingly, a data
conversion process is required. Most of the time the import process will leave more garbage that
needs to be cleaned up than if you had simply put it into a GIS format initially. The other failure
that we discovered was that by the time our consultant kept track of the phone calls he had made
to any consulting firm, we were spending more money than if we had established a flat fee.
Approval of first reading of the attached ordinance is recommended.
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 11, CHAPTER 5
OF TIlE CHANHASSEN CITY CODE
CONCERNING SUBDIVISIONS
THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 11-5-1 of the Chanhassen City Code is amended by adding
subparagraph (G) to read:
(G) The Developer shall pay the City a cash fee to reimburse the City for the
cost of updating the City's base maps, GIS data base files, and converting
the plat and record drawings into an electronic format.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and
publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of
Council of the City of Chanhassen, Minnesota.
, 1997, by the City
ATTEST:
Nancy K. Mancino, Mayor
Don Ashworth, Clerk/Manager
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on
, 1997).
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