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RECEIVED FEB 2 21 4 CASS COUN1 Y COMMISSION Cass County 911 Addressing County Addressing: Cass County has authority to assign addresses outside of cities incorporated limits. · Recently, the county and West Fargo signed a resolution allowing the city to assign their own addresses in the extraterritorial areas (ET). · In the near future a similar agreement will be signed by the county and Fargo. The county currently assigns addresses using the Burkel Addressing System. This system divides the state into four quadrants with the numbers sequentially rising from the center of the state outward. Under this system Cass County's avenues mn north/south and range from 132 R AV SE to 173 AV SE and streets run east/west, ranging from 12 R ST SE to 54 R ST SE. All the streets and the avenues using the rural addressing system have an R to designate the road is addresses off the rural system and not the metro areas systems: 1650 134 R AV SE. This addressing system was established in the early 1990s and changed addresses from rural routes to a more easily understood system for 911 dispatchers and responders. At this same time a Cass County Metropolitan Area was established which extending the Fargo/West Fargo addressing systems beyond their city limits. This was created to allow the future annexed lands to be addressed using the city's addressing system. MSAG and 911: Cass County is also currently responsible for maintaining the 911 Master Street Address Guide (MSAG) for all areas in the county, excluding West Fargo and Fargo's city limits. The MSAG lists all the streets and their address ranges in the county. This data is used by the telephone companies to verify that the 911 addresses listed for each telephone number is legitimate and con'ect. Postal Standards for the MSAG: Currently there is a trend for county and city MSAGs to meet the postal standards of the US Post Office. These standards dictate the proper abbreviations and format used for mailing addresses. 1505 University Dr S vs. 1505 South Univ. Drive Currently, Cass County's MSAG does not meet postal standards because of the use of R in the rural addressing system and incorrect abbreviation of avenue.