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ORANGE COUNTY TAX ADMINISTRATION 228 S CHURTON STREET, SUITE 200, PO BOX 8181 HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 Telephone (919) 245 -2725 Fax (919) 644 -3332 T. Dwane Brinson, Director Memorandum To: Orange County Board of Commissioners Cc: Frank Clifton, County Manager From: Dwane Brinson, Tax Administr tea Date: February 22, 2013 Re: Road Naming and Addressing Ordinance At the March 7, 2013 meeting of the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC), the Orange County Tax Administrator and Orange County Land Records /GIS Manager /Address Administrator will provide an update on the adopted Road Naming and Addressing Ordinance. The verbal report will be provided in an effort to communicate our plan to the BOCC for conformity to the goals behind adopting this ordinance. This memorandum is provided in an effort to provide a written plan of action prior to the BOCC meeting for discussion. BACKGROUND In December, 2011 the BOCC formally adopted a Road Naming and Addressing Ordinance. The Ordinance was crafted, vetted and adopted in an effort to resolve and preempt safety issues that had manifest in the operations of our county public safety departments. Public safety responders were unable to locate structures. A letter was mailed to all affected residents on August 29, 2012. This letter was generic in nature providing general information about the Ordinance and where residents could find more information. It did not cite non - compliance of properties. The Ordinance was to be enforced through county addressing, which was a responsibility of Orange County Geographic Information Systems. When this Ordinance was adopted, GIS was under the direction of Orange County Information Technologies. In November, 2012, the entire GIS department, was placed under the direction of the Orange County Tax Administrator and, more specifically, the Land Records Division of the Tax Office. 2