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Nov 10 "1987 Boou 70 F-A,E 73 <br />presently have dual designations, i.e., 4th_Street or Citrus; 8th <br />Street or Glendale; 58th Avenue or King's Highway, etc. <br />Postmaster Cueto agreed that there are.some dual designa- <br />tions that have been in existence for many years, but stressed <br />that they don't want to keep on compounding the problem. <br />Commissioner Wheeler asked if there is any p-roblem with <br />using the grid system but grandfathering whatever is here now. <br />He pointed out that specific subdivisions may have a specific <br />theme. For instance, those who live here know that on the beach <br />north of Beachland Boulevard, the streets are named for trees <br />while south of Beachland Boulevard, they are named .for flowers. <br />He believed a grid system can also cause a problem; for instance, <br />29th Avenue stops at 4th Street and picks up again at 15th <br />Street, and you need local information to answer that emergency <br />call. <br />Postmaster Cueto introduced Postmaster Scott of Melbourne. <br />Postmaster Scott informed the Board that the Melbourne area <br />has seven post offices, one of which is Palm Bay where about <br />three years ago they changed every lot number to relocate the <br />center of town, and some 7,000 street numbers were changed. <br />Unfortunately they also changed 400 street names, and in the <br />first year trying to adjust to these changes cost the Post Office <br />about $75,000, the main reason being that they had people who <br />would not participate and notify everyone involved. They had <br />customer problems as well as internal problems and found they <br />simply could not deliver the mail. Postmaster Scott, therefore, <br />believed it would be a very good choice to grandfather in the old <br />names. <br />Director Keating pointed out that, in essence, is what staff <br />is proposing, but in addition, overlaying the numbering. The <br />ordinance would allow new developments to use the name and put <br />the dual name and number on it. If it is desired to go with the <br />Post Office's recommendation, future developments would have to <br />be limited to one or -the other - names or numbers. A second <br />36 <br />