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Indian River County 1 Impact Fee Update Study <br />Although the LOS is measured in terms of buildings, materials and equipment per <br />population for planning purposes, for impact fee calculation purposes, the level of service is <br />shown as the level of investment (or dollar value of capital assets) per resident, which <br />reflects the capacity investment made by the County for library infrastructure. This figure is <br />shown later in this section in terms of net impact cost per resident for libraries, which <br />should be included in the Comprehensive Plan for impact fee purposes. <br />Table V-4 <br />Level -of -Service (2013) <br />Item <br />Library Buildings (sf) <br />Library Materials (items) <br />Computers(s) <br />Other Library Equipment (items)(s) <br />Sq. <br />Footage/ <br />Count(1) <br />110,237 <br />584,519 <br />121 <br />33 <br />Population(2) <br />148,001 <br />148,001 <br />148,001 <br />148,001 <br />LOS (per <br />1,000 <br />Residents)(3) <br />745 <br />3,949 <br />0.8 <br />0.2 <br />Adopted LOS <br />Standard (per <br />1,000 <br />Residents)(4) <br />580 <br />3,200 <br />0.7 <br />0.2 <br />(1) Source: Table V-1 for buildings, Table V-2 for materials, and Table V-3 for computers and equipment <br />(2) Source: Appendix A, Table A-1 <br />(3) Square footage/count (Item 1) divided by population (Item 2) multiplied by 1,000 <br />(4) Source: Indian River County <br />(5) Source: Table V-3; only computers and equipment available for public use are included <br />As presented in the table, the County's current LOS is above the adopted LOS standard for <br />all elements, except for other library equipment. For impact fee calculations, the adopted <br />LOS standard is used in order to ensure new development is not overcharged. In addition, a <br />review of the CIP indicated that there are no capital expansion projects programmed for the <br />next five years. As such, the existing LOS is likely to decrease somewhat, which suggests <br />that it is preferable to use the adopted LOS standard to provide a more conservative <br />approach. <br />A comparison of the current Indian River County LOS, the adopted LOS standard, LOS of the <br />other Florida counties, and the suggested State standards is presented in Table V-5. The <br />comparison includes counties with a population of 100,000 to 750,000, and is based on the <br />information obtained from the Library Directory with Statistics, published by the <br />Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services. It should be noted that <br />the current LOS figures included in the table for Indian River County represent figures <br />provided by the Division of Library and Information Services and reflect FY 2013 data with <br />Tindale -Oliver & Associates, Inc. Indian River County <br />June 2014 54 Impact Fee Update Study <br />Sq <br />