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Indian River County 1 Impact Fee Update Study <br />the use of permanent population. To be able to provide an "apples -to -apples" comparison, <br />2013 data is used for Indian River County and its peer group. <br />Table V-5 <br />Comparison of IRC Current LOS to Florida Standards <br />Item <br />Library Buildings (sq. ft.) <br />Library Materials(3) <br />Computers <br />IRC Achieved <br />LOS (per 1,000 <br />Residents)(1) <br />745 <br />3,949 <br />0.8 <br />IRC LOS <br />Standard (per <br />1,000 <br />Residents)(1) <br />580 <br />3,200 <br />0.70 <br />FL Public Library Standards(2) <br />Essential Enhanced Exemplary <br />600 <br />2,000 <br />0.30 <br />700 <br />3,000 <br />0.50 <br />1,000 <br />4,000 <br />1.00 <br />(1) Source: Table V-4 <br />(2) Source: Standards for Florida Public Libraries, 2004; Updated April 2013 <br />(3) Library materials include books, online resources, subscriptions, and other library items <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 between the enhanced and <br />exemplary LOS standards established by the State. <br />The following table provides a comparison 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 />Table V-6 <br />Comparison of IRC Current LOS to Surrounding Counties (per 1,000 residents) <br />Item <br />Library Buildings (sq. ft.) <br />Library Materials(�) <br />Computers(2) <br />Indian River <br />(Existing)131 <br />745 <br />3,949 <br />0.8 <br />Per 1,000 Residents <br />Brevard Osceola Okeechobee St. Lucie <br />700 <br />2,662 <br />1.0 <br />337 <br />1,011 <br />0.5 <br />388 <br />2,256 <br />0.4 <br />317 <br />1,146 <br />0.4 <br />Avg. of Peer Avg. of Other <br />Groupl4l FLCountiesisl <br />422 <br />1,898 <br />0.7 <br />500 <br />2,074 <br />0.8 <br />(1) <br />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. <br />Indian River County <br />June 2014 55 Impact Fee Update Study <br />