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COMMISSION AGENDA
ITEM H
Consent
Informational
Public Hearing
Regular X
March 25. 2002
Meeting
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Authorization
REQUEST:
The Community Development Department requests the City Commission consider ideas for
naming streets within the Town Center.
PURPOSE:
The purpose of the agenda item is to introduce to the Commission a procedure for naming streets
within the Town Center.
CONSIDERATIONS:
The City Commission at it February 25,2002 meeting expressed a need to name streets within
the Town Center.
Traditionally in a confined project like a neo-traditional Town Center it is desirable to develop a
theme that will carry through the project's design, architecture, street furniture, lighting, signage
and street names.
All street names must be processed and approved through the county 911 service agency.
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FINDINGS:
Although a theme has not been chosen for the Town Center it is desirable that the street naming
process have continuity and uniformity.
FUNDING:
None required.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Commission consider one of the following suggestions or a
similar theme in naming the approximately 25 streets within the Town Center.
· Patriotic Theme - Washington, New York, Philadelphia, Independence, Liberty, Freedom,
Memorial, Veterans, Williamsburg, Jamestown, Saratoga, Delaware, etc.
· Presidents Theme - Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, Madison, Grant Jackson, Cleveland,
Taylor, Filmore, Tyler, Carter, Roosevelt, etc.
· Space Program - Armstrong, Collins, Aldrin, Lovell, Swigert, Raise, Shepard, Chaffee,
Scott, Worden, Irwin, Young, Maddingly, Duke, etc.
· Space Vehicles - Endeavour, Challenger, Enterprise, Columbia, Atlantis, Discovery, Liberty
Bell, Freedom, Friendship, Aurora, Eagle, Molly Brown, etc.
· Composers - Bach, Bartok, Bizet, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms, Mozart, Copeland,
Gershwin, etc.
· Trees - Oak, Hickory, Maple, Cedar, Magnolia, Bay, Kapoc, Banyon, Teak, Mahogany,
Palm, etc.
· Automobiles - Ford, Chevy, Plymouth, Nash, Packard, Cord, Desoto, Hudson, Edsel, Tucker,
Studebaker, etc.
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· Artists - Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Picasso, Dali, Renoir, Rubens, EI Greco, Seurat, Monet, etc.
· Poets - Angelo, Keats, Browning, Byron, Dylan, e.e. cummings, Frost, Whitman, etc.
· Florida Native Plants - Azalea,- Bay Laurel, Elderberry, Holly, Needle Palm, Pine Lily, White
Cedar, Passionflower
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the Commission select a theme that will provide a standard for naming
approximately 25 streets within the Town Center.
COMMISSION ACTION:
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