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Chairman Eggert questioned the funding of distribution lines, <br />and Director Pinto explained that impact fees pay for plant <br />capacity, then distribution lines down a street are assessed to <br />those parties owning property on that street. All impact fee and <br />assessments are allowed to be financed over a 10 -year period. In <br />the case of a mobile home park which has an existing system, the <br />impact fee pays for the capacity of the treatment plant and there <br />is no assessment for internal lines because they already exist. <br />Graphical Information Systems/Infrastructure Management Systems <br />GIS Coordinator and Supervisor Terry Drum presented the <br />following: <br />GIS/Mapping Division - Integrating GIS & IMS <br />When the Utilities Department was formed, asbuilt drawings were required. <br />Asbuilts were completed to provide us with the location of the utility that was built <br />during recent construction. As you see on the monitor; displayed is a record asbuilt <br />drawing submitted in the mid 1980's. Asbuilts like this were stored in large flat <br />tiles as they are today. <br />(Asbuilt slide) <br />To obtain information from these drawings, individuals would come into the <br />Department of Utility Services and request it. A search of the flat files would then <br />begin and the information would be provided sometime later when the drawing <br />was located. This searching method has been automated with the introduction of <br />the Graphical Information System (GIS) to the Department of Utility Services. <br />In the mid 1980's, the Department of Utility Service's Utility Director, Mr. <br />Terrance Pinto, envisioned combining maps and utility information to streamline <br />the functions of the Department of Utility Services. We, the staff of the <br />Department of Utility Services, greatly appreciate his insight and direction along <br />with the Board of County Commissioners for their support and approval along the <br />way. <br />With this in mind, the Department of Utility Services, along with the Indian River <br />County's Property Appraiser's Office began researching the market for the best <br />GIS system that would fulfill our total and specific department needs. <br />What is GIS.) <br />A computer system capable of holding and using data describing places and objects <br />on the Earth's surface. For the Department of Utility Services, these places and <br />objects are the facilities we own and maintain. This is our Geographical <br />Information System, or GIS. <br />(overall utility map slide) <br />What is IMS? <br />To support the operation and maintenance of these facilities, the Department of <br />Utility Services maintains a variety of maps and records. These include <br />construction and asbuilt drawings, water and sewer system base maps, customer <br />complaints, work orders, accounting records and much, much more. This is the <br />Infrastructure Management System, or IMS. <br />FEBRUARY 3, 1997 <br />