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Comprehensive Plan Capital Improvements Element identifies the projects that the county plans to undertake in the next five years and presents an estimate of the costs and the resources needed to finance the projects. Revenue sources within the first year of the CIP reflect current fund balances as well as anticipated annual revenue collection. Within the first three years of the CIP, projects are funded entirely with "committed" revenue sources. "Committed" revenue sources are revenue sources that currently exist. Projects in years four and five of the CIP are funded partially through "planned" revenue sources. "Planned" revenue sources aie sources available to the County that have not been utilized. In this case, the one planned revenue source programmed in the CIP is the imposition of an additional six cents of local option gas tax. The Capital Improvements Element (CIE) itself consolidates the capital improvements needs of all elements of the Comprehensive Plan into an overall five-year Capital Improvements Schedule. The overall program lists the needs, costs, timeframes, priorities, and the necessary financial resources to implement the identified capital improvement projects in the various elements of the plan in the next five years. Impact Fees/Capacity Charges Impact fees are charges to developers for off-site improvements that must be provided by the local government to serve new development. This financing technique is one strategy that the county uses for implementing the CIE Currently, the county has nine impact fees in place; these are traffic impact fees, which became effective in 1986, and eight additional impact fees which became effective in June of 2005. Those eight impact fees are assessed for the following service delivery categories: solid waste, public schools, fire/ems, parks and recreation, correctional facilities, law enforcement, libraries, and public buildings. In October 1999, the county's water and sewer impact fees were reclassified as capacity charges. A capacity charge is a fee charged to the direct beneficiaries of water and sewer improvements in order to fund the capital cost incurred by the water and wastewater utility to provide capacity to serve new utility customers. Enterprise Funds Enterprise funds are used to account for operations financed and operated in a manner similar to private business enterprises, when the intent of the governing body is that the full costs of providing the service to the general public on a continuing basis be financed or recovered primarily through user charges. Currently, the county operates its solid waste services, golf course facility, building department services, and utility services as enterprise funds As a tool for affecting the timing and location of development, user charges may be designated to vary with the quantity and location of the service provided. Thus, charges could be greater for providing Community Development Department Indian River County Supplement #13; Adopted November 18, 2008, Ordinance 2008-018 27