11/10/2015 Impact Fee Update - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Indian River County I Impact Fee Update Study the use of permanent population. To be able to provide an "apples-to-apples" comparison, 2013 data is used for Indian River County and its peer group. Table V-5 Comparison of IRC Current LOS to Florida Standards IRCAchieved FIL Public Library Standards Standard . Item • 1,000 1000 Residents)(') (1) Essential Enhanced Exemplary Library Buildings(sq.ft.) 745 580 600 700 1,000 Library Materials(3) 3,949 3,200 2,000 3,000 4,000 Computers 0.8 0.70 0.30 0.50 1.00 (1) Source:Table V-4 (2) Source:Standards for Florida Public Libraries,2004; Updated April 2013 (3) Library materials include books,online resources,subscriptions,and other library items IRC's adopted LOS standard for buildings does not meet the Florida Library Association's (FLA) essential standards. However, the County's adopted standard for library materials and computers and achieved LOS for all other areas are between the enhanced and exemplary LOS standards established by the State. The following table provides a comparison of the current IRC LOS to those of surrounding counties. IRC's LOS is higher than surrounding counties in all areas, except for computers. In terms of computers, IRC ranks second after Brevard County. Table V-6 Comparison of IRC Current LOS to Surrounding Counties(per 1,000 residents) OkeechobeeItem Indian River Per 1,000 Residents . . (Existing)(3) Brevard Osceola Group(4) IFI-Counties(5) Library Buildings(sq.ft.) 745 7001 337 388 3171 422 500 Library Materials(l) 3,949 2,662 1,0111 2,2561 1,1461 1,8981 2,074 Computers(2) 0.81 1.01 0.5 0.4 0.4 (1) Library materials for IRC include books,CDs, DVDs,videos,print,and online resource subscriptions. Library materials for other counties include books,serial subscriptions,and Audio/video volumes (2) Source: Department of State—Division of Library&Information Services,2009/10 Library Directory with Statistics; Includes public computers only (3) Source:Table V-4 (4) Peer group includes jurisdictions with 100,000 to 750,000 service area population(excluding IRC) (5) Includes all jurisdictions in Florida(excluding IRC) Tindale-Oliver&Associates, Inc. Indian River County June 2014 55 Impact Fee Update Study Qb