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Chair Pelissier asked about the grace period for enforcement and Commissioner Jacobs said that he thinks it should be as long as it was for tethering of dogs. This was six months. Steve Averitt said that the post office has also provided feedback and they notify all postmasters and election offices when they change any address. Commissioner Gordon expressed concern about being in violation of not posting an address and being convicted of a misdemeanor. She thinks it should be a smaller penalty. Steve Averitt said that the reason they proposed a 12-month grace period is because there are a lot of logistical issues to deal with once the Board of County Commissioners adopts this. Commissioner Gordon suggested giving warnings after the grace period before imposing fines. Chair Pelissier suggested going through each item for consensus. Commissioner Jacobs said that the fines are draconian. He wants to encourage people to do something for their benefit, and if they do not want to comply, then so be it. Commissioner McKee agreed but he still thinks that this should be enforced for people to change to a standard numbering system. He thinks the fines are excessive. He would like to give a reasonable grace period. The 12 months seems reasonable. Commissioner Yuhasz agreed with 12 months from the adoption to enforcement, 60 days to put the address up once notice is given, and maybe a $25 per day fine. Steve Averitt said that there was never an intention to make the fine $500, but it was just put in as a placeholder for the County Commissioners to discuss. Commissioner Gordon said that she agreed with the 12 months. Steve Averitt said that there are about 2,000 residents that would not be in compliance if this were adopted. The goal is to send education materials to these residents and notify them of the non-compliance. The Board agreed to make this a civil action and not a class three misdemeanor. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the elderly and other reasons for being non- compliant. He wants to be able to make exceptions. Commissioner Gordon made reference to page 4, number 2, Addressable Structure and said that it is not clear why wells were mentioned and why they would have to have an address. She flagged this. Commissioner Gordon made reference to page 6 at the bottom and renaming roads. She said that the County Commissioners should take the heat on renaming roads and changing numbers and not the Address Administrator. Commissioner Gordon made reference to page 8 at the bottom and said that the Board of County Commissioners should approve the list of changed addresses and that people should have the chance to appeal. Commissioner Gordon made reference to page 10 and the Address Administrator. She thinks that the changing of addresses needs to be documented so that it can be traced. Her address was changed in error, and it was difficult to trace who had changed her address. Chair Pelissier said that the ordinance has a whole procedure in place to notify people. Commissioner Yuhasz asked about the process of renaming a branch of a road. Chair Pelissier said that this could be in the next draft—the process of renaming and the procedure that will be used. Chair Pelissier said that she wanted to flag the issue of similar names of roads within Orange County. She asked if this included the towns as well. She thinks that this is a really good first draft. Any further comments can be sent to Steve Averitt with a copy to others.