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v VAL BRENNAN, PLANNING DIRECTOR INFORMED THE BOARD THAT STREET NAMES AND HOUSE NUMBERS ARE NOW ISSUED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. MR. BRENNAN STATED THAT OCCASIONALLY THERE ARE PROBLEMS REGARDING STREET NAMES NOT FOLLOWING THROUGH AND NOT BEING CONSISTANT. MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT TO FIND STREETS AND HOUSE NUMBERS. MR. BRENNAN QUESTIONED IF HE HAS.THE AUTHORITY TO CHANGE STREET NAMES WHERE. IN HIS OPINION, THE STREET HAS BEEN INAPPROPRIATELY NAMED. THE BOARD AGREED THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO CHANGE STREET'NAMES IN ORDER TO MAKE THEM EASIER TO FEND. THE BOARD ADVISED MR. BRENNAN TO NOTIFY ALL RESIDENTS INVOLVED IN A STREET NAME CHANGE AND ALSO TO NOTIFY POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND THE POST OFFICE OF THE CHANGE. MR. BRENNAN ALSO INFORMED THE BOARD OF A REQUEST FROM THE FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY TO .INSTALL A SUB -BOOSTER STATION IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT WOULD APPRECIATE A R.ESOLUT.ION FROM THE BOARD STATING THAT THIS,.IS ACCEPTABLE. THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE ATTORNEY TO INVESTIGATE THIS FURTHER. HELEN MACKINICH AND DIANE HUNT REPRESENTING THE STATE OF FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND APPEARED REGARDING THE SPOIL ISLANDS POLICY, WHICH FOLLOWS: SPOIL ISLANDS POLICY The State of Florida Board of Trustees of the Internal_Improve- ment Trust Fund adopted a spoil islands policy August 11, 1970, as set forth: 1. Spoil islands should be left in their natural state unless a greater public purpose would be served by development. If non -state development is to take place, it should be undertaken under lease by the Trustees rather than sale and consistent with guidelines set forth in Section 253.111, Florida Statutes. 2. Proposals for public development of any spoil island should be authorized only after consultation with appropriate state agencies to see if any better public purpose might be.served. The Staff requests reaffirmation of above Trustees' policy adopted' August 11, 1970, and that the following additional recommendation be adopted by the Trustees: 3. Dwelling houses and structures not owned by the State of Florida or any of its agencies that have been constructed on the spoil islands should be removed, either by the. individuals claiming a possessory interest in the structures, within a reasonable period of time, or by appropriate state agencies.with assistance from local governmental officials. Continuous human habitation of any spoil islands should be discontinued. -16 Agenda: March 20, 1973:} i 16 R 4 1973 •