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CONSENT ITEM - 8B r -ARPEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: July 28, 2025 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers Jessica Jagoe, City Administrator FROM: David Swearingen, P.E. Public Works Director / City Engineer SUBJECT: Joint Powers Agreement between the City of Arden Hills and Ramsey County GIS Users Group Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: $1,000.86 $1,000.86 (est. annually) Various Funds Council Should Consider Motions to approve, table, or deny the following: • Renew Joint Powers Agreement Among Members of the Ramsey County Geographic Information Systems Users Group for 2026-2030 Backaround/Discussion Since at least 1998, the City of Arden Hills has been a member of the Ramsey County Geographic Information Systems Users Group (RCGISUG). The RCGISUG was formed in 1995 to provide member cities and organizations throughout Ramsey County with a centralized and efficient source of electronic geographic data. Since the RCGISUG processes geographic information for the entire county, the users group is able to provide the information in a standardized format and is more affordable than would otherwise be possible. City staff uses the geographic data provided by the RCGISUG on an almost daily basis in such activities as planning cases, code enforcement, comprehensive planning, and engineering. The City collects data from the County's GIS website on a regular basis, which allows us to manipulate the data and create our own maps as needed. Some of the information provided by the RCGISUG is available online at http://www.ramseygis.org/index.html. The RCGISUG has joint powers agreements (JPA) with all of its member organizations. The JPA is re -authorized every five (5) years and was last approved by Arden Hills in August 2020. The current JPA expires at the end of this year. The language in this agreement is the same as the 2021-2025 agreement; the only update is the effective date. Page 1 of 2