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ISSUES 4 Providing efficient and effective public safety services to residents was a top priority in adoption of the Ordinance. Public safety responders were having a plethora of complications when attempting to locate and respond to calls from residents in need. Many addressable structures could not be located without considerable time and effort,neither of which can be spared in a time of emergency. The Tax Office and its Land Records/GIS Division have been working to enumerate broad categories of issues to be resolved. Prior to the Ordinance, and continuing to present day,the following issues have been identified: • Most mobile home parks have no street names. Once an emergency responder arrives at a mobile home park, she or he may not be able to locate a specific mobile home unless there is a central office with available staff. The mobile home parks host mailboxes at the main road with no identification on the structures themselves. • Years ago Orange County addresses were route numbers. The route numbers were then proposed to convert to house numbers and compliance with the new system at that time was voluntary. Therefore, current manifestations of both systems are throughout the county. This has resulted in addresses being out of sequence and difficult to locate. • All new roads in the county should be recorded through the Register of Deeds. Some road names identified as problematic will involve a full title search whereby all road maintenance agreements, surveys and other public records are reviewed for compliance with the Ordinance. • Some areas of the county have roads with a main driveway where mailboxes are hosted at the main road,then the main driveway branches into multiple different driveways with several structures down each corollary. The structures have no identification nor do the driveways, which makes emergency responses incredibly difficult. CURRENT STATUS Implementation of the Road Naming and Addressing Ordinance will be an enormous undertaking. At this point,reports of non-compliance are a result of citizen actions or emergency responder insight. Considering the reorganization of GIS and county addressing from IT to the Tax Office,and the need for myself and the Land Records/GIS Manager/Address Administrator to learn the Ordinance and develop implementation plan, the Tax Office has conducted very few field visits. Staffing demands are being evaluated for the 2013-2014 budget. We held multiple meetings with Ms.Annette Moore in the County Attorney's Office and Orange County Planning, and will be meeting with the local fire chiefs in March to discuss our implementation plan accepting constructive feedback. We would like to solicit feedback on our plan of action to ensure we have a clear understanding of the impetus, goals and outcomes needed of this Ordinance.