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RESOLUTION NO. 1- 9 9
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Port Angeles,
Washington, designating Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.,
as the sole source for acquisition of geographic information system
products.
WHEREAS, the City of Port Angeles has determined that implementation of a geographic
information system (GIS) would improve the accuracy of maps, related databases and decision
making; and
WHEREAS, Clallam County, the Clallam County PUD, the State Department of Natural
Resources and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, among others, utilize Environmental
Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) products for similar purposes; and
WHEREAS, the City of Port Angeles utilizes significant amounts of information from
the above agencies and is required to submit significant amounts of information to the above
agencies; and
WHEREAS, being able to directly import and export this information electronically via
compatible GIS products would save the City time and money and would improve the accuracy of
the exchanged information; and
WHEREAS, the only way to accomplish and ensure the necessary compatibility is for the
City to purchase its GIS products from ESRI; and
WHEREAS, due to the above circumstances, it is appropriate for the City Council to
determine that the purchase of GIS related products is clearly and legitimately limited to ESRI as
a single source of supply and/or is subject to the above-recited special market conditions, thus
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allowing normal purchasing requirements to be waived as allowed by RCW 35.23.352(9);
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Port
Angeles as follows:
Section 1. ESRI is hereby designated the "sole source" product supplier for acquisition
of GIS products.
Section 2. An exception from normal bidding requirements is herewith implemented,
under which acquisition of GIS products need not be competitively bid.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 2..n.4. day of February, 1999.
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Becky 1. U n, . y Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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