The Admin/Tech Support Division is the keeper of public facilities records. These records include plans of streets, drainage systems, sewage collection and treatment plans, plans of municipal buildings, waterfront facilities, parking lots and recreation lands. To accomplish this charge, staff utilizes the mapping and data base capabilities of a Geographic Information System and the town's older paper mapping and written files.
The Admin/Tech Support Division coordinates the assignment of house identification numbers and acts as liaison with the telephone company to insure that correct building addresses are included in the database for the E-911 Emergency Response System. Engineering also researches proposed new street names to assure the name being proposed for a new road is sufficiently unique to avoid confusion with existing street names. In addition, a continuous updating of the address database is required to accommodate inclusion of new land subdivisions and new construction. This vital service is required to permit instant identification of all property addresses and a rapid response by the police and fire departments to the physical locations of the telephones used to call 911.
The Division supplies technical expertise to a number of Town departments, boards and agencies. Engineering staff reviews site, drainage and road construction plans for conformance with established design standards as part of the Site Plan Review process required by the Zoning By-Laws. Technical support is provided to the Planning Board and the Board of Appeals for the review of road and drainage design plans submitted by land developers for new sub-divisions. Additional involvement by staff includes road and drainage construction inspection to assure that it complies with established Planning Board’s construction standards and the plans as approved by the Board.
The Division records and plans of land subdivision within the Town of Barnstable are available for public review. Assistance is provided to the Assessing Department by annually updating the Town’s Assessors Maps to reflect any changes made in the subdivision of land within the past year, including the assignment of assessing parcel numbers.
The Division maintains a listing of all public and private roads within the town, as well as layouts of the town ways and many private ways.
Engineering staff works to support the Town's Geographic Information System, adding engineering data to the system and/or using data from the system to design projects and to provide a variety of maps and data to staff, other departments, and the public.
