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D <br />Commirssioner Bowman asked if there are any areas of sand scrub <br />involved. <br />Community Development Director Bob Keating responded that it <br />is mostly pine flat woods with possibly a little bit of sand scrub <br />in the southeastern portion of the site. He said there is a little <br />hammock just to the south of the site on part of the General <br />Development Corporation treatment facility, and there is some <br />wetland. <br />Commissioner Scurlock led discussion regarding the street <br />designation. He asked whether we allow a combination of street <br />name and number. <br />Director Keating said that the combination is a compromise <br />that has been allowed in a new development, but the postal service <br />has a problem with both name and number designations for a street. <br />Commissioner Bowman said if the number is the larger, more <br />prominent designation on the sign and the street name is in smaller <br />print below it, she saw no reason not to allow it. It has been <br />done in the --case of historical streets. <br />Director Keating said we do have roads which have multiple <br />designations; a number dictated by the grid system, an historical <br />name, and a state road number. The postal service prefers a single <br />designation. <br />r <br />Emergency Services Director Doug Wright explained that when a <br />call comes in on the 911 emergency system, the information is <br />displayed on a screen for the dispatcher to read and is confirmed <br />to the caller. The system works by capturing the specific address <br />and there can be only one designation for the address. Then the <br />dispatcher directs the responding units in a particular sector to <br />a specific location. Director Wright stressed that the grid system <br />of designating streets by number is the most efficient for <br />emergency services and urged the Board to continue with that <br />system. _ _— <br />Chairman Bird pointed out that in a golf course community a <br />street may begin by heading in one direction and turn several times <br />following the contour of golf holes and lakes. If it were <br />numbered, the number would have to change along the route as the <br />road changes direction. If it were called Par Drive, it could be <br />called Par Drive throughout. <br />Director Keating agreed with Chairman Bird and said the <br />Community Development Department has the responsibility of labeling <br />streets according to the direction and the amount of curve. It is <br />best to indicate east, west, north and south. <br />County Engineer Roger Cain demonstrated, with the aid of the <br />enlarged map, the proposed location for a golf cart crossing on 6th <br />51 <br />BOOK <br />AN <br />