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Ferndale approves $328,750 contract to map water, sewer and other assets
Summary
The City Council approved a 12-month contract with OHM Advisors to build a unified, field-verified GIS inventory of the city—s water, sewer and other public assets to improve maintenance, emergency response and capital planning.
The Ferndale City Council on Monday approved a $328,750 contract with OHM Advisors to collect field data and build a unified GIS inventory for the city—s water, sewer and other public assets. The council voted unanimously to authorize the DPW director to amend line items to cover the cost.
City staff said the project will consolidate decades of legacy maps, as-built drawings and spreadsheets into a single ArcGIS dataset with high-accuracy field locations and asset attributes. "It will allow us to make better decisions as a city and a department of public works," said Jake Morawski, project manager with OHM Advisors.
The contract covers inventory and inspection of roughly 5,760…
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