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Trinity County Grand Jury
• 2001-2002
Citizen Complaint: Emergency 911 Mapping System
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Findings 5 findings
F1
Page 26
After many interviews and much examination it has become apparent that this is a very complex and highly technical issue. The county wide emergency 911 and GIS mapping and addressing system is unfinished at this time. The county has been mapped showing 10,468 addresses and related information such as driveways and private roads. This information is still incomplete. The Grand Jury finds the primary reason the system is still unfinished is lack of direction from the Planning Department whose responsi- bility it is to hire the personnel and oversee the project to its comple- tion. The delays now seem to be exacerbated with the departure of Mary Arey who was the Project Specialist II.
F2
Page 26
The lack of a countywide mapping and address system was expressed as a major concern by the fire departments and interviewees and ex- pressed in letters to the editor of the Trinit Journal by citizens of Trinity County.
F3
Page 26
The mapping and addressing system information compiled by the planning department needs to be combined with the telephone company’s Databases. Some special programming will be needed to accomplish this.
F4
Page 26
In order to secure a proper sign for private roads connecting to county roads it is the individual property owner’s responsibility to obtain any necessary permit and road sign to comply with County Ordi- nance #1162 which calls out such items as height of sign, distance from the road etc.
F5
Page 26
Not all information to correspond with private road names and ad- dress numbers that have been assigned are accurate or seem to corre- spond with some residents perception of what these names or num- bers either are or should be. In addition not all APN’s have been given an address road name and/or house.
Recommendations 3
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R1Page 28and 2 may desire to address this issue as well.
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R3Page 26The Grand Jury recommends that the GIS committee appoint a per- son to work with the telephone companies to determine what is needed to accomplish the necessary transfer of data.
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R4Page 28and #5: This recommendation is already part of our procedure. In addition, we will coordinate with the U.S. Post Office, UPS, emergency dis- patch, telephone company (which also has its own verification sys- tem), and local fire districts. Conclusion: The plan for implementing the address system, described in part above, is well established and was in the process of being imple- mented when Mary Arey, who was an Associate Planner gifted with the ability and acquired knowledge to develop and implement the county’s GIS system, left county service for a better paying job as a GIS Coordinator in Reno. I agree that the Board of Supervisors should establish a high prior- ity to hiring a “GIS trained person” to complete the project and that this position needs to have the full support of the Board. Sincerely, John Alan Jelicich, Planning Director TO: The Honorable John K. Letton, Presiding Judge of t he Superior Co FROM: J.C. Erikson, Chairman Trinity County Board of S DATE: July 16, 2002 SUBJECT: 2001-2002 Trinity County Grand Jury Development and Environment Committee Final Report on the Emergency 911 Mapping System. The Grand Jury Development and Environment Committee has requested a written response to their Final Report on the Emer- gency 911 Mapping System. The response of the Board of Supervi- sors is as follows: