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O <br />0 <br />O <br />Indian River County I Impact Fee Update Study <br />Table V-5 <br />Comparison of IRC Current LOS to Florida Standards <br />Item <br />IRC Achieved <br />;'LOS (per 1,0001 <br />Residents)111 <br />Library Buildings (sq. ft.) <br />Library Materials(3) <br />Computers <br />745 <br />3,949 <br />0.8 <br />IRC LOS 11 <br />Standard (per <br />1,000 <br />Residents)(11 <br />580 <br />3,200 <br />0.70 <br />FL Public Library Standardslz) <br />Essential <br />600 <br />2,000 <br />/ 0.30 <br />Enhanced <br />700 <br />3,000 <br />0.50 <br />Exemplary <br />1,000 <br />4,000 <br />1.00 <br />(1) <br />(2) <br />(3) <br />Source: Table V-4 <br />Source: Standards for Florida Public Libraries, 2004, Updated Apri1.2013 <br />Library materials include books, online resources, subscriptions; and other library items <br />i <br />IRC's adopted LOS standard for buildings does not meet the Florida Library Association's <br />(FLA) essential standards. However, the County's adopted standard 'for library materials <br />and computers and achieved LOS for all other. areas are betweeri'.thhe, enhanced and <br />exemplary LOS standards established,by the State.. <br />The following table provides a comparbn of -the current IRC LOS to those of surrounding <br />counties. IRC's LOS is higher than surrounding -counties in all areas, except for computers. <br />In terms of computers, IRC ranks second after Brevard.County. <br />y <br />Table V-6 <br />Comparison of IRC Current LOS to,Surrouriding Counties (per 1,000 residents) <br />Item <br />Libra Materials(1),. <br />Com . utersl2l <br />Indian River <br />(Existing)131_ <br />:745 <br />3,949 <br />• <br />'0.8 <br />Brevard <br />700 <br />2,662 <br />1.0 <br />Per 1,000 Residents <br />Osceola <br />337 <br />1,011 <br />0.5 <br />Okeechobee St. Lucie <br />L ; <br />388 <br />2,256 <br />0.4 <br />317 <br />1,146 <br />0.4 <br />Avg. of Peer <br />Group(4) <br />_ <br />422 <br />1,898 <br />0.7 <br />Avg. of Other <br />FL Countieslsl <br />500 <br />2,074 <br />0.8 <br />(1) Library materials for,IRC include books, CDs, DVDs, videos, print, and online resource subscriptions. <br />Library materials`for other counties include books, serial subscriptions, and Audio/video volumes <br />(2) Source: Department of State — Division of Library & Information Services, 2009/10 Library Directory with <br />Statistics, Includes public computers only <br />(3) Source: Table V-4 <br />(4) Peer group includes jurisdictions with 100,000 to 750,000 service area population (excluding IRC) <br />(5) Includes all jurisdictions in Florida (excluding IRC) <br />Tindale -Oliver & Associates, Inc. Indian River County <br />January 2014 51 Impact Fee Update Study <br />