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COUNTY PLANNER BRENNAN DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD A PROPOSED STREET NUMBERING/NAMING SYSTEM FOR THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE COUNTY. HE STATED THAT THEY HAVE REVIEWED THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WITH ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS AND NOTED THAT ALL THEY WOULD BE DOING AS A RESULT OF ADOPTING THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULD BE CORRECTING THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN MISNAMED OR NOT NUMBERED IN THE PAST. MR. BRENNAN CONTINUED THAT WHEN THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE WAS FIRST DIS- CUSSED, THERE WAS AN UPROAR FROM THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WANT TO. GIVE UP STREET NAMES AND JUST HAVE NUMBERED STREETS IN THEIR VARIOUS SUBDIVISIONS, EVEN THOUGH THE POLICE, AMBULANCE SQUAD AND POST OFFICE PREFERRED THE NUMBERS. HE CONTINUED THAT THEY HAVE NOW DEVISED THREE CATEGORIES: (1) PLATTED SUBDIVISIONS WHICH ARE UNDEVELOPED; (2) PLATTED SUBDIVISIONS WHICH ARE DEVELOPED, SUCH AS THE MOORINGS, ETC. IN THESE THE STREET NAMES WOULD BE LEFT ALONE, BUT ON A MAP FOR THE USE OF THE POLICE, FIRE AND AMBULANCE SQUADS, STREETS WOULD BE INDICATED BY NAMES AND A NUMBER; AND (3) NEW SUBDIVISIONS - WHEN THE DEVELOPER FILES A PLAT, HE WILL HAVE TO INDICATE STREET NUMBERS IN ADDITION TO ANY NAMES. THE COUNTY WILL ONLY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR STREET SIGNS SETTING OUT THE NUMBER AND IF THE DEVELOPER WISHES SIGNS WITH STREET NAMES, HE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE. THE BOARD DISCUSSED THE PROPOSED NUMBERING SYSTEM IN DETAIL, ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LOY, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE ATTORNEY TO ADVERTISE THE PROPOSED STREET NUMBERING/NAMING ORDINANCE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON NOVEMBER 16, 1977, AT 11:00 A.M. COMMISSIONER Loy INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE FINANCE OFFICER HAS RECEIVED A LETTER FROM MR. NASON, FINANCE DIRECTOR OF THE CITY OF VERO BEACH, REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZE FINANCE OFFICER .JACKSON TO ISSUE CHECKS IN THE AMOUNTS OF $15,000 FOR THE COUNTY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIRE TRAINING- TOWER AND $23;000 TO PAY FOR THE .COMFORT STATION AT THE 16TH STREET RECREATION COMPLEX. COMMISSIONER Loy CONTINUED THAT, UPON CHECKING, SHE HAS LEARNED THAT CONSTRUCTION HAS NOT COMMENCED ON EITHER OF THESE PROJECTS AS YET, AND SHE,THERE- 0 CT 5 1977 67 t r.