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RESOLUTION NO. 24R-07-135: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL APPROVING THE SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF PLANNING AND ZONING SOFTWARE FROM GRIDICS, LLC. IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $45,000.00 PER YEAR; PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT FROM BUDGET CODE NUMBER 001-114-4620; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE (REQUESTED BY CITY MANAGER, DESORAE GILES-SMITH).
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Request Action:
THE CITY COMMISSION IS BEING REQUESTED TO APPROVE THE SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING SOFTWARE FROM GRIDICS, LLC.
Need:
THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL DESIRES TO PROVIDE ITS CITIZEN WITH IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO PARCEL AND/OR PROPERTY SPECIFIC ZONING DATA THROUGH THE CREATION OF A PARCEL LEVEL ZONING PROPERTY RECORD.TO ACHIEVE THIS, CITIZENS MUST HAVE ACCESS TO BOTH ZONE SPECIFIC ATTRIBUTES SUCH AS SETBACK REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS CALCULATED PROPERTY SPECIFIC ATTRIBUTES SUCH AS MAXIMUM BUILDABLE AREA. DETERMINING THESE DATA POINTS REQUIRES A SYSTEM TO KNOW WHAT ZONE AND OVERLAYS A PROPERTY RESIDES WITHIN AND HOW THE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT ALLOWANCES APPLY TO EACH UNIQUE GEOMETRIC PARCEL SHAPE.
Summary Explanation/ Background:
Gridics LLC, through its technology and its accompanying applications, is the only company in existence with the capability to calculate parcel and/or property specific attributes at scale. The Gridics parcel level zoning calculation technology is the first and only one of its kind. Once all zoning rules are properly calibrated, our technology determines over 35 parcel and/or property specific zoning attributes and calculations that have heretofore only been able to be determined manually.
Attachments:
1. SOLE SOURCE LETTER
2. GRIDICS INVOICE
Cost Summary/ Fiscal Impact:
$45,000 PER YEAR FROM BUDGET CODE 001.114.4620
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