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Comprehensive Plan Capital Improvements Element Using the County's official Future Land Use Map and Future Thoroughfare Plan Map, as well as the County's water and wastewater connection matrix, in planning for future locations of facilities provides for efficient and orderly expansion of public facilities, provides for efficient growth in desired areas, discourages growth in undesirable areas, and protects environmentally sensitive lands. Consistent with that policy, development orders are issued only after a determination is made that adequate public facilities and services will be available to meet the demand of new development. Overall, the objectives of the FLUE, Transportation Element, Parks and Recreation Element, Potable Water Sub -Element, Sanitary Sewer Sub -Element, and the Public School Facilities Element are furthered by the extension of facilities and services in a logical and efficient manner. That is accomplished by implementing the adopted Capital Improvements Element and its corresponding Schedule of Capital Improvements. Successful and efficient implementation of those items ensures that facilities and services will be in place concurrent with future demand. If a capital improvements project is not included in the adopted Schedule of Capital Improvements and the improvement is required to maintain adopted level -of -service standards, future development will be prohibited until the necessary facilities are in place. That, in effect, indirectly controls the timing and location of future development and, in turn, furthers the implementation of the Future Land Use Element and Transportation Element objectives. Appendix A constitutes the County's five year schedule of capital improvements. The purpose of the CIP is to ensure that improvements to existing facilities and construction of new facilities are completed as needed. By implementing the five year schedule of capital improvements, the county will ensure that appropriate areas will be served by needed facilities, thus maintaining adopted levels of service. Besides implementing the components of this element, the County coordinates with the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) and the various state agencies, such as the Florida Department of Transportation, when those agencies program facility or service improvements within Indian River County. The continuation of that coordination will ensure that the plans of state agencies and the SJRWMD will be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and the timing and location of capital improvements as identified in the CIE. Forecasted Revenues In order to develop a financially feasible schedule of capital improvements, projected revenues over the five-year CIP time period are calculated. Those revenues are then compared to anticipated expenditures on capital improvements. For the first three years of the plan, only committed and available revenue sources are utilized. In developing revenue estimates for that process, the County considers historic revenue trends, current and anticipated economic conditions, population and growth trends, legislative changes, and any other factors that may impact future revenue streams. That Community Development Department Indian River County Adopted V e c . I , 2015, Ordinance 2015- 0 17 28