GIS Services

The vendor required to provide geographic information systems (GIS) services to implement recommendations from the city’s 2025 GIS needs assessment.
- Geographic information systems (GIS) services to implement recommendations from the city’s 2025 GIS needs assessment.
- The 2025 GIS needs assessment identified key priorities, including the establishment of a centralized GIS database, development of a city-wide data dictionary, standardized data workflows, improved integration with county and partner datasets, structured staff training, and ongoing consulting/staffing support.
- Objective
•    Reorganize and optimize the existing AGOL (ArcGIS online) environment into a structured citywide data hub. 
•    Establish data governance, naming conventions, and permissions to function as a virtual geodatabase. 
•    Create and document a standardized schema and citywide data dictionary.
•    Develop a consolidated citywide GIS viewer to reduce redundancy and centralize authoritative datasets. 
•    Establish data sharing agreements with the county and other key partners to streamline data exchange. 
•    Conduct an addressing framework assessment to align city data with county and USPS standards.
- Tasks
1. AGOL reorganization and governance
•    Conduct a content inventory and audit of AGOL layers and applications. 
•    Reorganize data using standardized naming conventions, permissions, and folder structures. 
•    Document governance standards, including metadata requirements and user access protocols. 
•    Establish synchronization between AGOL and county parcel and address datasets. 
•    Provide departmental training and orientation sessions.
2. Standardized schema and data dictionary
•    Inventory and clean up existing AGOL feature layers.
•    Reorganize data under a standardized schema and naming convention.
•    Create a citywide data dictionary as a searchable pdf or AGOL hub resource.
•    Train staff editors on standardized domains, field values, and naming rules.
•    Integrate schema review into the annual GIS governance process.
3. Citywide GIS viewer development
•    Conduct design workshops with departments to define viewer requirements.
•    Configure the viewer with core layers (parcels, addresses, zoning, utilities) and departmental overlays.
•    Perform user testing and implement revisions.
•    Decommission redundant viewers.
•    Document governance, update, and permission protocols.
4. Data sharing agreements with county and partners
•    Draft and finalize data-sharing agreements with county staff and legal review.
•    Define update frequency, delivery methods, and file formats.
•    Configure AGOL to consume county live services where possible.
•    Develop a workflow checklist for manual updates when needed.
•    Assign departmental liaisons for data maintenance and communication.

- Questions/Inquires Deadline: December 11, 2025