Legacy solution example

Municipal licensing, rewards, community information, and bylaw operations in one platform pattern.

The My Dog Matters program was a past municipal platform that brought dog licence renewal, mobile self-service, digital rewards, local business participation, GIS park information, and program reporting into one citizen-facing experience. The program grew to more than 30,000 app users before it ended. The same CityLogic platform thinking later extended into a developed bylaw operations prototype for officer case work, photo capture, fines, signatures, and reporting. These products are no longer active, but the operating model still applies to modern municipal and membership programs.

Product surfaces

Real legacy screens from citizen self-service and municipal operations workflows.

My Dog Matters mobile dog park finder screen with map filters, map markers, and direction handoff. My Dog Matters mobile licence renewal payment screen.
My Dog Matters: mobile park finding, licence renewal payments, digital membership context, rewards, and citizen self-service.
CityLogic bylaw operations dashboard prototype with case categories, map view, and case tables.
Bylaw operations prototype: dashboard views for case categories, locations, open records, and reporting patterns.

Historical case study

A citizen-service app with real operational workflow behind it.

Public coverage at the time described a free mobile app with thousands of downloads, dog-friendly park information, map directions, phone-based licence renewal, and discounts from participating businesses. The program ultimately reached more than 30,000 app users before it ended.

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Mobile licensing

Let residents renew licences, manage records, and use self-service tools from their phone.

Digital rewards

Connect a public program to participating businesses, offers, and resident engagement.

GIS park finder

Surface location-aware park information, rules, access notes, and direction handoff.

Program operations

Support administration, reporting, content updates, renewals, payments, and program visibility.

Bylaw operations prototype

Extend the same municipal data foundation into assigned cases, officer workflows, field evidence, fines, signatures, and case history.

What the program combined

Resident convenience on the front end. Municipal control on the back end.

30,000+app users before the program ended
230+dog-friendly park records described in coverage
50+participating businesses for discounts and offers
Mapsdirection handoff and location-aware community information
Platform capabilities

The same pattern works for many citizen and member-service programs.

Licensing and renewal flows

Model permit, licence, renewal, payment, record, and confirmation workflows with the right validation and audit trail.

Program cards and benefits

Issue digital cards, show eligibility, connect offers, and make benefit programs easier for residents or members to use.

Community directories

Publish location-aware directories, participating businesses, facilities, rules, contact details, and operational notices.

GIS-enabled self-service

Use maps, boundaries, facilities, routes, and local rules to turn static program information into guided user support.

Administrative dashboard

Give staff tools for program content, renewals, payments, reports, participation, user support, and exception handling.

Reporting and stewardship

Track adoption, renewals, usage, engagement, and operational issues while keeping data access controlled.

Bylaw case management

Support assigned cases, citizen information, case descriptions, photos, fines, warnings, signatures, history, and officer follow-up.

Municipal services

Animal licensing, recreation programs, parking, permits, local directories, renewals, resident cards, and community benefits.

Membership programs

Digital cards, partner offers, renewals, eligibility, payments, self-service profiles, and communications.

Program modernization

Replace paper forms and disconnected spreadsheets with mobile workflows, controlled data, and reporting.

Why it still matters

Small public programs can have serious platform needs.

Licensing, rewards, maps, payments, bylaw cases, and resident support look simple from the outside. Behind the scenes, they need clean records, staff tools, business rules, secure payments, field evidence, reporting, and content governance.

CityLogic mobile bylaw officer prototype showing a case lookup, case details, status, address, photo upload, and save action.
Field officer prototype: mobile case lookup, citizen context, evidence upload, status, and save workflow.
Developed prototype

Bylaw operations showed the same platform expanding beyond licensing.

The bylaw product was developed as an extension of the municipal platform, but did not go to market. It is useful as a capability example: one back-end data model supporting citizen services, field work, administrative review, and reporting.

Assigned case work

Officers could open assigned cases or search by case number, ticket number, or citizen information.

Evidence capture

Photo descriptions, device camera capture, cloud upload, and case record updates were part of the workflow design.

Outcome workflow

Fine, warning, signature, authorization, infraction history, case details, and reporting patterns were designed around real municipal operations.

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