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Comprehensive Plan Public School Facilities Element <br />School Planning and Shared Costs <br />By coordinating the planning of future schools with affected local governments, the <br />school district can better identify the costs associated with site selection and the <br />construction of new schools. Coordinated planning requires the School Board to submit <br />proposed school sites to the School Planning Technical Advisory Committee (SPTAC) <br />for review and approval. The SPTAC consists of representatives from various <br />government agencies. Prior to the SPTAC review, t-hean affected jurisdiction may <br />coordinate with School District staff to perform its own technical review of thea site. <br />This analysis permits the School Board and affected local governments to jointly <br />determine the need for and timing of on-site and off-site improvements necessary to <br />support each new school. <br />Infrastructure Needs <br />Because Indian River County is undergoing significant infrastructure development, <br />analyzing the infrastructure needs of planned school sites is necessary. With this process, <br />shared funding for capital improvements for school sites can be determined according to <br />the responsibility of each party for each specific school site. Necessary infrastructure <br />improvements may include: potable water lines, sewer lines, drainage systems, roadways <br />(including turn lanes), traffic signalization and signage, site lighting, bus stops, and <br />sidewalks. The need for Tthese specific improvements afeis assessed for each planned <br />school at the time of site plan preparation. A ppr-oval , eifi, :*iefis eam. ,., ver Then. the <br />timing and responsibility for construction, as well as the operation and maintenance; of <br />required on-site and off-site improvements can be addressed through site plan approval <br />conditions. Any such improvements however, must be consistent should be in keeping <br />ee i g <br />with the financially feasible capital plan adopted by the School Board. <br />Recently, an infrastructure assessment was conducted for existing school facilities within <br />the County. That assessment indicated that except for sidewalks existing schools have <br />no infrastructure deficiencies. Although there are sidewalk deficiencies at some schools <br />the county has a sidewalk plan for major roadways. To implement that plan, the County <br />regularly applies for grants to address pedestrian safety near schools. <br />With respect to planned schools, only one specific future school site has been identified <br />at this time. Consistent with the above the Countv and. School District are in <br />negotiations for malting improvements for this site. Further. the Counts <br />Comprehensive Plan requires that new schools be located within the Urban Service Area <br />or contiguous to the Urban Service Area where urban services such as roads, water, and <br />sewer are currently available. <br />Other cost-effective measures should be considered by local governments during the <br />process of formulating neighborhood plans and programs and reviewing large residential <br />projects. During those processes, the County and the cities can encourage developers or <br />property owners to provide the School District with incentives to build schools in their <br />neighborhoods. These incentives may include, but are not be limited to, donation and <br />Community Development Department Indian River County <br />40 <br />