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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: February 15, 2011 Action Agenda ~I Item No. ~ - Q SUBJECT• Addressing Ordinance Status Report DEPARTMENT: Information Technologies and PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No Attorney's Office ATTACHMENT(S): Addressing Ordinance Status Update INFORMATION CONTACT: Todd Jones, Information Technologies, (919) 245-2285 Steve Averett, Information Technologies, (919) 245-2501 Annette Moore, Staff Attorney, 245-2317 PURPOSE: To receive a status report on the development and implementation of an addressing ordinance and to provide direction to staff on proceeding with necessary steps toward ordinance adoption, implementation, and enforcement. BACKGROUND: In 1987, Orange County staff began an effort to convert rural route addresses to a logical, grid based system. This effort lasted until 1991 with mixed results due to public resistance. In 1993, a proposed ordinance was drafted by the Orange County Planning Department that would have provided the authority to resolve the issues not previously corrected, but that ordinance was not adopted. In 2001, the addressing function was transferred to the Land Records Department. The Land Records director at that time immediately began an effort to consolidate all addressing sources, resulting in the MOAD (Master Orange Address Database). In 2003, an address verification project began under the direction of Orange County Emergency Services and the Land Records departments. The purpose of this effort was to verify all existing addresses throughout the County and document those streets and addresses that posed threats to service delivery. In September of 2007, the contractor hired to perform the verification returned its findings to the County, along with Orange County's first viable Geographic Information System (GIS) address point layer. The results indicated there were thousands of instances with addresses out of sequence, not addressed to the proper road, addressed to the wrong side of the road, not displaying the proper address, not displaying the address appropriately, or not displaying the address at all. In 2007, Land Records staff began a coordinated effort with legal staff to develop an ordinance that would provide the authority to correct the myriad addressing issues mentioned above. A draft ordinance was developed in December 2007 to be reviewed and commented on by staff. This process was halted due to multiple departmental reorganizations and staff retirements that