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IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OVERVIEW 5 <br /> Considering the Ordinance was formally adopted by the BOCC in December, 2011,and the large <br /> response received from residents pursuant to the August 29,2012 letter,we must move forward <br /> with implementation. This project will take a significant amount of time for staff to work <br /> through the county and isolate non-compliance issues, determine corrective action, and work <br /> with residents toward correction. <br /> Residents must be notified of non-compliance before any action can be taken. It should not be <br /> assumed that Orange County will fine residents beginning January 1, 2013 if they have received <br /> no notification of non-compliance. The Tax Office plans to use 2013 as an educational <br /> opportunity. The goal of the Ordinance is to resolve and preempt safety issues, and the more we <br /> are able to educate the public on requirements of the ordinance the more efficient and effective <br /> the process will be. Our community partners and residents will be empowered to help us work <br /> through this implementation plan. <br /> Logistics <br /> For consistency, accuracy and ease of awareness,we intend to work through properties within p <br /> Orange County's jurisdiction by fire district. Such an approach will allow staff to focus on a <br /> specific area one at a time, and this can be done in collaboration with the fire chief of the area. <br /> We must work with the Orange County Public Information Officer, Carla Banks, local news <br /> outlets, fire chiefs,EMS and Tax Office public relations channel to make the public aware of the <br /> area under review. This should help relieve stress for those in fear of non-compliance. <br /> Priorities/Implementation <br /> The top priority of implementation is to resolve 911 issues as identified by EMS and fire chiefs. <br /> Once we begin working through a fire district,correcting/assigning road names are the top <br /> priority. A second priority is identification of structures once the correct road name is verified or <br /> assigned. Residents should place identifying address numbers of three inches or greater with <br /> contrasting background at the road and the structure. This would happen after the Tax Office <br /> notifies affected residents of a new road name or an address out of sequence. Once residents <br /> have the correct information,proper signage should be placed in accordance with the Ordinance. <br /> i <br /> For those that have a permissible road name and do not have an address out of sequence,it is just <br /> as important that we notify them of such as this will help relieve anxiety on their part. We plan <br /> to communicate in some form with every single resident under the jurisdiction of this Ordinance, <br /> whether it be to confirm their compliance to help them work through non-compliance issues. <br /> Since we plan to use 2013 as an opportunity to educate and empower the residents and our <br /> community partners,we will begin notifying residents of non-compliance in January, 2014. This <br /> will permit time for us to work with emergency responders to pinpoint the most troubled fine <br /> districts and begin reviewing the first fire district for non-compliance and safety issues. Only <br /> after January, 2014 will residents be notified of a non-compliance issue. <br />