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Dr. Beach noted that the study compared what is going on in <br />the county with various standards and used the International City <br />Manager's Association standards for operating libraries, which <br />are established standards that are being applied currently. Dr. <br />Beach then referred to the charts on Pages 9 and 10 which set out <br />what is needed to meet those standards for the current population <br />of Indian River County and for the population projected to the <br />year 2000. These charts are as follows: <br />INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION <br />EXPERIENCE FORMULAS <br />CALCULATED FOR 1985 INDIAN RIVER COUNTY POPULATION OF 75,534 <br />PROJECTION BY INDIAN RIVER COUNTY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT - 751534 <br />CURRENT <br />NEEDED TO ACTUAL PERCENTAGE DEFICIT <br />"ITEM MEET STANDARD NO. OF STANDARD NO. <br />Books @ 2.5 per capita 188,835 78,335 41% 110,500 <br />Buildings @d .6 sq. sf. <br />per capita 45,320 11,846 26% 33,474 <br />Seats for readers @ 3 <br />per thousand population <br />servered 228 88 38% 190 <br />Staff @ 1 FTE per 2,000 <br />population 38 18.5 48% 20 <br />Staff work space @ 150 <br />sq. ft. each 5,700 2,900 50% 29800 <br />35 <br />Bou 63 Fh,u-L 748 <br />