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Page 1 of 2 <br />Information Technology “Study Session Staff Report”, 5/26/2026 <br />KITTITAS COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />STAFF REPORT FOR <br />STUDY SESSION <br /> <br />Information Technology <br /> <br />STUDY SESSION DATE: 5/26/26 <br /> <br />TOPIC: GIS program update <br /> <br />ACTION REQUESTED: No Action - Information Only <br /> <br />LEAD STAFF: Zane Kinney <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />No recommendation requested. <br /> <br />BRIEFING SUMMARY: <br />Information regarding the current state of the County GIS program <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: <br />IT wishes to update the Board on the many different GIS projects and initiatives that it is <br />currently in progress or planning in the near term. <br />DISCUSSION: <br />• The Assessor’s Parcel Fabric solution was recently upgraded to Parcel Fabric Pro. <br />Pro West and Associates (PWA) was instrumental in this migration. The project <br />was very successful. <br />• Public Works Roads Atlas project was assigned to PWA. The project has suffered <br />delays due to PWA’s staffing turnover. We are expecting a meeting between <br />PWA, IT, and Public Works late next week, which should begin the hand-off of <br />deliverables to Public Works. <br />• IT is in the process of moving GIS services to new servers and updating how they <br />are published. This is technical requirement and we hope that this also improves <br />COMPAS performance, which has been problematic in recent weeks. <br />• IT will begin rebuilding our default basemap next week. This project will be <br />performed by IT with assistance and direction by PWA. This should improve <br />COMPAS performance and ensure the timely update of parcel, road, and other <br />data to the basemap. <br />• Noxious Weed Control Board uses a custom-built application vital to their work. <br />Updates to Esri’s platform require this application to be deprecated. We have <br />begun working with PWA to replace this with a solution using tools offered as <br />part of our ArcGIS enterprise agreement. <br /> <br />