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Comprehensive Plan Capital Improvements Element <br /> ➢ Promotion of compact development by discouraging growth outside of urban service <br /> areas ; <br /> ➢ Demonstration of linkages between projected growth and facility location; <br /> ➢ Utilization of the economies of scale and timing of other improvements ; <br /> ➢ Reduction of operating costs; <br /> ➢ Adjustment for unseen opportunities, situations, and disasters. <br /> Policy IA : The county shall implement the policies of the Potable Water, Sanitary Sewer, and Solid <br /> Waste sub-elements of the Comprehensive Plan . Since these are enterprise account funded elements, <br /> capital expenditures identified in these elements shall be funded principally from revenues derived <br /> from the applicable systems . <br /> Policy 1 . 5 : The county shall prioritize and implement the programs identified in the Transportation, <br /> Recreation and Open Space, Stormwater Management, Conservation, and Future Land Use Elements <br /> of the Comprehensive Plan. <br /> Policy 1 . 6 : The county shall not eliminate or reallocate budgeted appropriations for road <br /> improvement projects required to meet the adopted level-of-service standards unless the applicable <br /> projects will be constructed by other means and remain concurrent with the county ' s Schedule of <br /> Capital Improvements. <br /> Policv 1 . 7 : The county shall continue to allocate funds for the replacement and the renewal of <br /> infrastructure in an amount which will minimize the operating costs of the infrastructure and <br /> maximize the life of the infrastructure . <br /> Policy 1 . 8 : The county shall manage its long-term general obligation debt in such a manner that the <br /> ratio of the debt service millage to the countywide operating millage does not exceed 20%. <br /> Policy 1 . 9 : The county hereby defines a capital improvement as an improvement with a cost that <br /> exceeds $25 .000. <br /> Policy 1_10 : The Schedule of Capital Improvements shall contain a mix of capital expenditures, <br /> including projects to eliminate existing deficiencies, to upgrade and replace existing facilities , and to <br /> construct new facilities . <br /> Polices: The county shall maintain a procedure in its annual budget review requiring each county <br /> department to include in its annual budget request applicable expenditures as identified in the capital <br /> improvements program of the appropriate Comprehensive Plan Element as well as department ' s <br /> capital improvements . <br /> Community Development Department Indian River County <br /> 51 <br />