Countywide Services

Adopted Interlocal Agreement to create the Cache Planning and Development Office and hired the first Countywide Planner. A staff person was hired dedicated to creating maps for the general plan, including roadways and other important land use information.

Countywide General Plan adopted.

A Resolution is passed to amend the CPDO Governing Board from seven members to nine members.

A Resolution is passed to create the Cache Valley Regional Council, which now formally becomes the Governing Board of the CPDO.

Full-time planner dedicated to Countywide Planning leaves and the responsibilities of the CPDO are carried out by multiple planners in the Development Services Department.

Countywide Planner hired on as a full-time position.

Hired Countywide Planner

The beginnings of the County's Trail Program began when Tim Watkins was hired as the County's first Trail Coordinator in a part-time capacity. Projects included the Logan Boulevard Trail, the Logan Canyon Gateway Trail underpass, and Mendon City's 100 East shared-use path.

Dayton Crites was hired as the County's first full-time Regional Trail & Active Transportation Coordinator, funding was made possible through RAPZ and our municipal partners. He can be credited for crafting our  Cache County Trail & Active Transportation Master Plan.  Dayton contributed to the Bjorr Trails, Bonneville Shoreline Trail extension, the Murray Farm Trailhead, the Blacksmith Fork Connector trail, and more.

Carly Lansche was hired as the Regional Trail & Active Transportation Coordinator, she looks forward to meaningfully contributing to growing the region's list of accomplishments.

Landis Wegner was hired as the Regional Trail & Active Transportation Coordinator, he looks forward to meaningful contributions to Cache Valley's list of accomplishments as well as updating the County's Trail & Active Transportation Master Plan.

Cache County enters an agreement for technical services with Applied GIS. This agreement states the County requires the management of a needs assessment/plan and the development of a test project for the design of a (GIS) geographic information system at a cost of $48,500.  Contract #95-21-01 .

A contract was enacted for the intergation of the tax-roll, GIS, and property cards into a system that would provide a more complete, unified and easier to maintain system.  Contact #97-31-01. 

INGEO Systems is hired to do initial digitization and creation of a parcel database for the (CAMA) computer assisted mass appraisal system at a cost of $77,890.  Contract #02-49-01 

 Memorandum was  issued to Lynn Lemon, then County Executive, describing the need to hire additional GIS staff and hire an outside consultant to make parcel updates to the original INGEO parcel product that was neglected for so many years.  Authorization  to proceed with consultants.

Daily maintenance of a countywide parcel fabric becomes a big priority for the County. The parcels have become the backbone of the County's GIS system. All County departments and many local industries, related to land and property, rely on this GIS product for their daily workflow. The parcels have been updated on a daily basis since 2008.

GIS Server software, DBMS (Database Management System), and server hardware are purchased @ $55,000. This initial purchase allows the County to take a big step toward becoming an  Enterprise GIS . The County sees the need for GIS to integrate through an entire organization so that a large number of users can manage, share, and use spatial data and related information to address a variety of needs, including data creation, modification, visualization, analysis, and dissemination.

Nibley is the first city to inquire about County GIS's additional services. GPS equipment is loaned out for sewer manholes, sewer clean outs, water valves, and water meter locating. The early beginnings of personalized online mapping were created and the use of 5 ArcGIS Collector field app maps.

Creation of other crucial GIS data begins. While parcels are important other GIS layers are born. New layers include but are not limited to, county and city zoning, city future annexation areas, subdivisions, record of survey boundaries, and many public works layers. There is also the organization of layers created by other government agencies. In 2010 we see the early beginnings of the County's online web mapping also known as "Web GIS" take form. This early web mapping was created with the now obsolete, Adobe Flex (SDK) Software Development Kit.

In 2012 a newer server, on loan from our IT Department, allowed us to deploy a more powerful ArcGIS server. The Adobe Flex (SDK) becomes obsolete in 2011. We are now tasked with migrating over and creating new web mapping to what we now develop with, the ArcGIS API for JavaScript and Dojo (API) Application Programing Interface. The Parcel Viewer and Survey & Section Corner Viewer are a part of this migration allowing us to now be working with a more stable and ESRI supported development environment. More foundation GIS data layers are created at lightning speed!

Hyde Park City comes online with County GIS additional services. Public Works data types were created, personalized online web map was created along with the use of the ArcGIS Collector field app.

Smithfield and Hyrum City come online with County GIS additional services. Public Works data types imported, personalized online web maps created along with the use of the ArcGIS Collector field app.

After 5 years of service, we realize that our 2012 GIS server can't handle the demand of all our online mapping resources, database, and web server needs. A new GIS server comes online, in early 2017, at the cost of $15,000. Many online maps are now in maintenance mode along with the creation of new interactive maps knowing the GIS server can handle the user demand.

North Logan City comes online with County GIS additional services. Public Works and Planning data types were imported and created, and two personalized online web maps were created along with the use of 9 ArcGIS Collector field app maps.

Mendon and River Heights come online with County GIS additional services. Public Works data types were created, and personalized online web maps were created along with the use of the ArcGIS Collector field app.

Paradise Town comes online with County GIS additional services. Paradise borrows mapping grade GPS unit to collect fire hydrant and water valve information. Personal online web map created.

Millville City comes online with County GIS additional services. Public Works data types were created and imported, personalized online web map was created along with the use of the ArcGIS Collector field app.

Continue to grow the GIS services for Cache County residents......