Indian River County Impact Fee Study Final Report - irccdd.com
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Indian River County Impact Fee Study Final Report - irccdd.com
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Table VI-5 <strong>com</strong>pares the <strong>County</strong>’s current LOS to the LOS standards established by the<br />
FLA.<br />
Table VI-5<br />
Comparison of IRC Current LOS to FLA Standards<br />
Library Materials and Computers<br />
IRC LOS FLA Public Libraries Standards (2)<br />
Item<br />
(per 1,000<br />
Residents) (1) Essential Enhanced Exemplary<br />
Buildings (square feet) 580 600 700 1,000<br />
Library Materials (3) 3,200 2,000 3,000 4,000<br />
Computers 0.7 0.3 0.5 1.0<br />
(1) Source: Table VI-4<br />
(2) Source: FLA, Standards for Florida Public Libraries, 2004<br />
(3) Library materials include books, online resource subscriptions, and other library items.<br />
IRC’s current level of service for buildings does not meet the FLA’s essential standards.<br />
However, the <strong>County</strong>’s LOS for library materials and <strong>com</strong>puters is between the enhanced<br />
and exemplary LOS standards established by the FLA. Given these figures, the <strong>County</strong><br />
decided to adopt the current LOS for buildings, materials, and <strong>com</strong>puters.<br />
The following table provides a <strong>com</strong>parison of the current IRC LOS to those of<br />
surrounding counties. IRC’s LOS is higher than surrounding counties in all areas, except<br />
for library buildings. In terms of building square footage, IRC ranks second after<br />
Brevard <strong>County</strong>.<br />
Table VI-6<br />
Comparison of IRC LOS to Surrounding Counties<br />
(Per 1,000 Residents)<br />
Per 1,000 Residents<br />
LOS Measure<br />
IRC<br />
Existing<br />
LOS (2) Brevard (3) Osceola (3) Okeechobee (3) St.<br />
Lucie (3)<br />
Library Buildings (square feet) 580 723 451 424 310<br />
Library Materials (1) 3,200 2,389 1,775 1,277 1,525<br />
Computers 0.7 0.3 0.5 N/A 0.3<br />
(1) Library materials for IRC include books, CDs, DVDs, videos, print and online resource<br />
subscriptions. Library materials for other counties include books, serial subscriptions,<br />
audio and video volumes.<br />
(2) Source: Table VI-4<br />
(3) Source: Department of State – Division of Library & Information Services, 2002 Library<br />
Directory with Statistics<br />
Note: IRC figures are for 2004 while the figures for other Florida counties are for 2002.<br />
Tindale-Oliver & Associates, Inc.<br />
<strong>Indian</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
May 2005 VI-8 <strong>Impact</strong> <strong>Fee</strong> <strong>Study</strong>