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RECEIVED <br /> <br /> OCT 282002 <br /> <br />CASS COUNTY COMMISSION <br /> <br />Cass County GIS <br /> <br />October 25, 2002 <br /> <br />Auditor <br /> <br />Michael Montplaisir, CPA <br />701-241-5601 <br /> <br />Treasurer <br /> <br />Charlotte Sandvik <br />701-241-5611 <br /> <br />Director of <br />Equalization <br /> <br /> Frank Klein <br /> 701-241-5616 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Wieland, <br /> <br />I would like to request the support of the Cass County Commission to apply for a grant <br />from ICMA (International County Management Association), ESRI (Environmental <br />Research Institute) and HP (Hewlett Packard) for a pitat project in Mobile Government <br />Applications. These companies are providing software, hardware and training for ten <br />municipalities in the United States and Canada to develop pilot projects that use <br />geospatial applications for mobile government services. The program is being <br />established to provide assistance to local govemreent agencies in establishing ten <br />models that demonstrate ideas related to the development and implementation of <br />innovative GIS applications aimed at improving government processes. The selected <br />pilot projects will receive an IPAQ Pocket PC, Arc Pad 6 software, for mobile GIS, with <br />up to 20 deployments and one copy of Arc Pad Studio for developing custom <br />applications, <br /> <br />Details of the proposed project for Cass County are in the attached application form. <br />The primary user for the pilot project would be the Weed & Vector departTnent to assist <br />with field collection of data for the spread of Purple Loosest~e & Mosquito breeding <br />grounds. It is the intention that other departments would have access to the equipment <br />in the future to assist with projects such as hazard mitigation and asset inventory. <br /> <br />The value of the hardware & software would be approximately $2000. The proposed <br />staff would have to be available for a one-day training session if selected, which may <br />require some travel. Cass County will be responsible for providing updates every 4-6 <br />months on how the development and implementation of the applications are going and a <br />final report. One minimum copy of the data collected should also be made available to <br />ali government agencies for no more than the cost of the reproduction media. It is <br />required that a status report is presented at the ICMA Best Practices Symposium 2003, <br />March 20-22, in Tacoma, Washington. <br /> <br />GIS is still a relatively new concept within Cass County and I believe this project will help <br />bdng awareness to the possibilities that such applications can provide. I would like to <br />suggest a motion to the Commission to sign the attached letter of support. <br /> <br /> ~x 2806 <br />2t t N~th Street Sou~ <br /> Norfl~ Dakota 58103 <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Kay Powell <br />GIS Coordinator <br /> <br />FAX~l,~167~ <br /> <br /> <br />