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City of Santa Ana I:'#';'~~'(~ :'D'::,.J:~q .,_ . .c_.,_."........" ",:_,y_ PROPOSAL MicroSlallon Services Project Background The City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency (PWA) uses digital maps and databases to catalog its sewer and water infhIstructure. The City is under a mandate by State and Federal Agencies to maintain that data and to make it available when requested to do so. PW A staff have intricate knowledge of those State and Federal mandates and what information must be collected and maintained to satisJy those regulatory requirements. The graphical portion of that data is stored and maintained as computerized maps generated with a program called MicroStation. MicroStation is also the standard program used by the PW A for computer-aided dmfting (CAD). MicroStation is periodically revised iu an effort to add functiooality and to resolve progmrnmatic defects. The PW A has made the decision to adopt the latest version of MicroStation as its uew CAD and mapping standard. Therefore, the PW A will be transitioning from MicroStatinn SE (version 6.5) to MicroStation yg (version 8.5). Unfortunately, certain processes and procedures that worked in MicroStation SE are no longer viable in the current version. Such is the case for certain custom applications that were developed for MicroStation SE for use within maps of the City's water and sewer infhIstructure. These custom applications must be revised to function properly in the CWTent version. These customized programs and functions were developed because of the impracticality of using a standard version of MicroS tat ion for a utility infrastructure that is so large. There are presently 150,000 elements in the sewer map alone. Those elements are linked with a database that associates them with tens of thousands of documents and other related information. Drawing and maintaining those elements and linkages using standard CAD software without customization would be practically impossible. CorDax, a company based in Irvine, was the contractor used by the PW A to develop the custom applications that have been used in MicroStation to automate the placement of sewer and water map elements and linkages. The PWA has been impressed with CorDax's ability to work with PWA staff to perform MicroStation related progrannmng, and considers CorDax to be a value-added service provider. The PW A believes that CorDax is uniquely qualified to make the necessary modifications and enhancements to existing custom applications due to their intricate knowledge of both the PWA's workflow requirements and the custom applications themselves, since CorDax developed them The PW A also believes that the costs involved utilizing another contractor to reanalyze the PW A's workflows and perform modifications to existing custom applications would be prohibitive. Therefore, the PW A believes that CorDax should be retained to provide the programmatic services that will be required to maintain compatibility witb present CAD and mapping standards. .. o.-J ~ J , , rA Page I.l