To: Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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First Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Planet Labs Inc. for High Resolution Satellite Imagery
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the First Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Planet Labs Inc. for high resolution imagery and authorize the Director of the Planning and Building Department to sign the first amendment.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Applicant inspection fees and general fund
DISCUSSION:
The Planning and Building Department is requesting authority to amend the existing satellite data contract with Planet Labs Inc. (Planet Labs) to continue efforts to streamline inspections for building, cannabis planning, and code enforcement operations. This action extends the existing service, conditions and price through December 31, 2020.
Last fiscal year the department entered into an agreement for the provision of regularly updated high resolution satellite data in order to increase efficiencies by reducing the number of on-site inspections and by reducing the time required for each site inspection. The original request for proposals discussed ongoing collections in subsequent years and this amendment facilitates those future collections of satellite imagery and data for use by the Planning and Building Department and will also make this information available to members of the community through the county's Geospatial Information System (GIS).
The ability to access a temporally and spatially consistent high-resolution satellite data set in the correct spectral bands, collected at the same time of day at a regular cadence throughout the year has provided significant gains in efficiency and effectiveness. To date, the department's Code Enforcement team has been the primary users of this data and developed a keen understanding and applications with t...
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