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FROM: Anthony A. Dehaesus Contra
COStaDirector of Planning
DATE: October 4, 1983 County
SUBJECT: Street Addresses in Rural Areas
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that this matter of street addressing be referred to the Finance Committee
inasmuch as money authorization would be required to proceed further with the project.
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
We have reviewed the matter of issuing street addresses in the East County rural areas.
We submit this report indicating recommended actions to issue street addresses and the cost
of doing such.
Geographically, this project would encompass approximately 30-40% of the County; primarily
the fire protection districts of Riverview, Eastern, Byron, Brentwood, Oakley and Bethel
Island. Most of the addressing in these areas is by route and box number.
The problem encountered by emergency service agencies is pinpointing the site from which an
emergency call emanates. The route and box numbers 1 ) are not necessarily sequential
-along the roads nor do they always fol low an odd-even pattern, 2) have no relationship to
distances between locations, 3) are often clustered at a central mail box location without
any indication as to direction and distance to the resident site/driveway and 4) are
extremely difficult to localize and pinpoint in the dark of night.
Although we can develop a system of addressing for the fire districts and for possible
future use by the post office, the system can only be successful if the residents would
fully cooperate by displaying their addresses prominently at the intersection of the main
road and their private driveways.
Emergency Dispatching
Delta Regional Communication (DRC), located in the Antioch City Hall, handles the majority
of dispatching in the eastern area of the county; however, Consolidated Fire District,
located on Geary Road in Pleasant Hill , acts as dispatch center for the Eastern Fire District.
Although the centers make use of computer based data, both must resort to in-house maps
and charts to locate the route and box numbers. In most cases, the caller must describe
in terms of distances from major intersections or by reference to some other visual land-
mark. One additional point to be made on emergency dispatching is that route-box numbers
cannot be used within the 911 emergency communications system; a street address must be
used.
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Scope of Project by Fire District
Riverview Fire District: The Cities of Antioch and Pittsburg, which cover most of the
northern part of the District, are addressed. The southern half of the District, which is
50% in the regional park district, is primarily route-box numbers.
Eastern Fire District: Except for the addressed corridor areas along Marsh Creek Road,
Morgan Territory Road, Curry Road and Vasco Road, the remainder of the District is identi -
fied by route numbers.
Brentwood Fire District: The City of Brentwood is addressed but the remaining area is
identified by route numbers.
Oakley Fire District: . Except for that area north of the canal to Highway 4 and to the
western boundary, plus some major subdivision pockets in adjacent areas, the remainder of
the District is identified by route numbers.
Byron Fire District: The Discovery Bay area is addressed and certain pocket areas around
Byron are addressed; however, most of the District is route-box numbers.
Bethel Island Fire District: The District does use an addressing system developed many
years ago; however, the post office continues to use post office boxes. Approximately
ninety percent of the residents know their address, but only approximately fifty percent
have posted the address at the driveway entrance.
Proposed Action:
1 ) Request all fire districts to copy all route-box number information onto Base Maps,
or other appropriate County maps, identifying house location and driveway-street
intersection on plot.
2) Revitalize a proposed addressing system which would be combined with existing pockets
of addressing in the Byron and Bethel Island areas.
3) Coordinate with the post office and existing incorporated areas to establish demarca-
tion lines, where required.
4) Establish an addressing priority list of the fire district.
5) Encourage the post office to use addressing rather than a route-box system as each
area or district is addressed.
Estimated Project Costs
Costs necessary to do a street addressing project for the area are dependent upon the quan-
tity and quality of information available from the fire districts, Sheriff's Department,
Public Works Department and the post office, the number of field trips involved and the
cooperation of other local government agencies within the project area. That cost for
which only an estimate can be made is the number of field trips that must be made to
verify actual sites (i .e. , distances from major road intersections) . It is estimated
that the project will take approximately nine to twelve months to complete at a cost of
$65,000 to $85,000.
Conclusion
The Federal Post Office has indicated a willingness to change over from rural route and
box addressing to street and number after the project is completed. A grid system for
addressing had long ago been proposed and it is being used by the Bethel Island Fire
District and the Byron Fire District within certain pockets of the area. It is proposed
that the system be continued throughout the project area. It is further proposed that
consideration be given to the passage of an ordinance by all fire districts that posting
of addresses be mandatory.
The above report is an overview of the project; a specific work program would be necessary
if we were instructed to pursue this matter at this time.
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