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Proposed Changes to the Capital Improvements Element
<br />• Capital Improvements Program
<br />Appendix A of the CIE (attachment four) is the County's proposed Capital Improvements Program
<br />(CII'). It lists all programmed capital improvements for fiscal years 2018/19 through 2022/23.
<br />Within the CIP, each project was selected based upon need and the County's financial ability to fund
<br />it. As shown within the CIP, the total cost for all of the projects for the next five fiscal years is
<br />$335,813,326. That is $20,585,222 more than the $315,228,104 cost of the current (last) five year
<br />CIP and represents a 6.53% increase. Much of this increase reflects increases from existing county
<br />funding sources and from external sources due to increased development activity and continually
<br />improving market conditions. Those funding sources include assessments and user fees, gas taxes,
<br />impact fees, local option sales taxes, developer contributions, and the Florida Department of
<br />Transportation.
<br />As structured, the CIP consists of nine separate categories, with dedicated funding sources listed
<br />after each project. The nine separate categories are: conservation and aquifer recharge, emergency
<br />services, facilities management, law enforcement and corrections, parks and recreation, sanitary
<br />sewer and potable water, solid waste, stormwater management, and transportation. A comparison of
<br />the existing (last) 5 year CIP expenses by category to the proposed 5 year CIP expenses by category
<br />appears on page 5 of this agenda item.
<br />For conservation capital projects, the focus is on improvements to conservation lands. Those
<br />improvements include construction of passive recreational access facilities such as boardwalks, and
<br />kayak launches and associated improvements such as parking and restroom facilities, and projects to
<br />stabilize/improve/preserve historic structures. The projects will be funded from environmental land
<br />bonds, grants, optional sales tax, boating improvement funds, upland mitigation funds, Windsor
<br />property exchange donation, and park impact fees. The total expenditure amount for the projects
<br />within this category for fiscal years 2018/19 through 2022/23 is $6,599,381, representing 1.97% of
<br />the overall CIP.
<br />For the next five fiscal years, emergency services capital projects total $20,673,635 and represent
<br />6.16% of the overall CIP. Proposed projects within this category include but are not limited to
<br />acquisition of multiple ambulances (med units), fire engines, tankers, hazmat, and brush trucks,
<br />replacement of emergency services Station 7, and construction of new emergency services Station
<br />15. Funding for those improvements comes from impact fees, one -cent local optional sales tax, and
<br />emergency services district millage.
<br />Capital improvements projects related to recreation and open space include improvements to existing
<br />recreation areas such as Victor Hart Sr. Complex (Fka Gifford Park), Hosie -Schuman Park, North
<br />County Park, 58th Avenue ballfields, and County Fairgrounds. All of the recreation and open space
<br />projects identified in Appendix A will be paid for with one -cent local option sales tax revenue, golf
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