City of San Antonio - File #: 14-2789

• File #: 14-2789
• Type: Purchase of Services
• In control: City Council A Session
• On agenda: 12/4/2014
• Posting Language: An Ordinance authorizing an amendment to a professional services contract with Gartner, Inc. in the amount not-to-exceed $150,000.00 for consulting services to provide the Development Services Department with ongoing support for the replacement of its land development, permitting, inspection and code enforcement software and extending the contract through July 30, 2015. [Erik Walsh, Deputy City Manager; Roderick Sanchez, Director, Development Services]
• Related files: 13-1276

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/4/2014	1	City Council A Session	adopted	Pass

DEPARTMENT: Development Services


DEPARTMENT HEAD: Roderick Sanchez


COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide


SUBJECT:

Amendment to Professional Services Agreement for Permit & Inspection Consultant


SUMMARY:

This Ordinance authorizing an amendment to a professional services contract with Gartner, Inc. in the amount not-to-exceed $150,000 for consulting services to provide the Development Services Department with ongoing support for the replacement of its land development, permitting, inspection and code enforcement software. This amendment will also extend this contract through June 2015. Funding for this amendment was allocated in FY 2015 budget for the Hansen/ECCO Project.



BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

The Development Services Department is responsible for protecting the health, safety, and quality of life of the citizens of San Antonio through regulation of land and building development and through enforcement of property maintenance and quality of life related codes. The department currently conducts its business using three main systems: (1) Hansen - a system implemented over 11 years ago; (2) ECCO -a mainframe system built by ITSD over 25 years ago; and (3) TPlat - another mainframe system built by ITSD over 25 years ago. In addition, the department uses other smaller systems such as the Land Development System and Microsoft databases.

Development Services is seeking to modernize its computer software to (1) provide a single point of information for all land development, zoning, variance, appeals, permitting, inspections, licensing, and violation enforcement information related to a City location; (2) improve online services and increase information transparency; 3) improve operating efficiencies by consolidating or integrating multiple systems to support development and code enforcement processes; and 4) provide a solution which can be leveraged across the City to realize potential syne...