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Comprehensive Plan Capital Improvements Element ➢ Consistency with plans of state agencies and water management districts that provide public facilities within the local government's jurisdiction; ➢ Promotion of compact development by discouraging growth outside of urban service areas; ➢ Demonstration of linkages between projected growth and facility location; ➢ Utilization of the economies of scale and timing of other improvements; ➢ Reduction of operating costs; ➢ Adjustment for unseen opportunities, situations, and disasters. Policy 1.4: The county shall implement the policies of the Potable Water, Sanitary Sewer, and Solid Waste sub -elements of the Comprehensive Plan. Since these are enterprise account funded elements, capital expenditures identified in these elements shall be funded principally from revenues derived from the applicable systems. Policy 1.5: The county shall prioritize and implement the programs identified in the Transportation, Recreation and Open Space, Stormwater Management, Conservation, and Future Land Use Elements of the Comprehensive Plan. Policy 1.6: The county shall not eliminate or reallocate budgeted appropriations for road improvement projects required to meet the adopted level -of -service standards unless the applicable projects will be constructed by other means and remain concurrent with the county's Schedule of Capital Improvements. Policy 1.7: The county shall continue to allocate funds for the replacement and the renewal of infrastructure in an amount which will minimize the operating costs of the infrastructure and maximize the life of the infrastructure. Policy 1.8: The county shall manage its long-term general obligation debt in such a manner that the ratio of the debt service millage to the countywide operating millage does not exceed 20%. Policy 1.9; The county hereby defines a capital improvement as an improvement with a cost that exceeds $25,000. Policy 1. 10: The Schedule of Capital Improvements shall contain a mix of capital expenditures, including projects to eliminate existing deficiencies, to upgrade and replace existing facilities, and to construct new facilities. Policy 1.11: The county shall maintain a procedure in its annual budget review requiring each county department to include in its annual budget request applicable expenditures as identified in the capital improvements program of the appropriate Comprehensive Plan Element as well as department's capital improvements. Community Development Department Indian River County Supplement #_; Adopted November _, 2009, Ordinance 2009- 53