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Comprehensive Plan Capital Improvements Element <br /> controls the timing and location of future development and, in turn, furthers the implementation of the <br /> Future Land Use and Transportation Elements' objectives . <br /> Directly affecting the timing and location of future development is the county ' s official Future Land <br /> Use Map, which graphically portrays the maximum land use densities/intensities for the county by the <br /> year 2020. As shown on the Future Land Use Map, allowable residential land use densities in some <br /> areas are as high as ten units to the acre in the urban service area and as low as one unit per twenty <br /> acres outside the urban service area. Commercial/industrial land use areas are depicted on the Future <br /> Land Use Map along the US 41 Corridor and in nodal areas located along major transportation routes <br /> and intersections . <br /> A schedule of capital improvements (Appendix A) is important to ensure that improvements to <br /> existing facilities and construction of new facilities are completed as needed. By establishing specific <br /> criteria for prioritizing projects and by scheduling projects based on projected need and available <br /> revenue, the schedule of capital improvements will ensure existing resources are properly allocated . <br /> This scheduling effort will also ensure that appropriate areas will be served by needed facilities, thus <br /> maintaining adopted levels of service . <br /> In addition to the components of this element, the county coordinates with the St. Johns River Water <br /> Management District (SJRWMD) and the various state agencies, such as the Florida Department of <br /> Transportation, when these agencies program facility or service improvements within Indian River <br /> County . The continuation of this coordination will ensure that the plans of state agencies and the <br /> SJRWMD will be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and the timing and location of capital <br /> improvements as identified in the CIE. <br /> Needs Assessment <br /> Based on public facility requirements identified in the other comprehensive plan elements, this needs <br /> assessment identifies the capital improvements required to provide sufficient infrastructure to meet <br /> proposed levels of service for existing and new development. For purposes of the CIE, a capital <br /> improvement is a substantial facility (land, building or major equipment) that costs at least $25 ,000 <br /> and may be paid for in phases. <br /> Table 6 . 7 identifies capital improvement needs through fiscal year 2014-0/ 121 for conservation & <br /> aquifer recharge, emergency services, general services, law enforcement & corrections, recreation and <br /> open space, stormwater management, sanitary sewer and potable water, solid waste, and <br /> transportation. Appendix A provides a detailed list of projects and estimated costs for each of the <br /> comprehensive plan elements as well as adopted capital improvements of County departments. <br /> Detailed capital improvement schedules, which list each improvement project, are provided in each <br /> applicable Comprehensive Plan Element or within individual master plans for the respective <br /> governmental service. <br /> Community Development Department Indian River County <br /> 28 <br />