Supporting Documents (Data and Analysis) - Satellite Beach

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ELEMENT
Introduction
This Capital Improvements Element presents the City’s planning for capital assets. Accordingly,
throughout this Element, capital improvements are referred to as capital assets, and the City’s program to
address capital-asset needs are contained in its Capital Assets Plan. This Element shall be reviewed
annually.
Capital Assets Analysis
The City of Satellite Beach, which is ninety-eight percent (98%) built-out, does not have significant
capital-asset needs driven by new development. It does, however, need to maintain facilities as they age, as
local conditions change, and as regulatory requirements become more stringent.
The City makes extensive use of services (for public education and health) provided by other entities:
a. Potable water from the City of Melbourne and Cocoa;
b. Sanitary sewers (wastewater collection) and solid waste disposal from Brevard County and
Cocoa Beach;
c. Solid waste collection from Waste Management, Inc. formerly Harris Sanitation, Inc.;
d. Public schools from the Brevard County School Board; and
e. Maintenance and improvements for the City’s two arterial highways (South Patrick Drive and
State Highway A1A) from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT).
Consequently, to achieve its Level Of Service (LOS) standards, goals and objectives, the City must depend
on these entities to plan and develop the facilities necessary for these essential services in a timely manner.
Regarding the facilities for which it is responsible, the City must ensure that it plans and develops them in
a timely and cost-effective manner to accommodate the needs of present and future residents.
Appropriately, the City has established a Capital Assets Budget separate from its General Fund Budget,
with a dedicated funding source for each category of capital-asset project. The City must continue to
pursue a Capital Assets Plan in this manner.
The City’s Capital Assets Plan addresses needs in three primary areas: stormwater drainage, street
maintenance, and City facilities and equipment. Stormwater management preserves and upgrades 16 miles
of water conveyance and control structures on a 20-year cycle to meet regulatory requirements, prevent
flooding, and protect the environment. Street maintenance resurfaces, and eventually rebuilds, 37 miles of
streets on a 25-year cycle. Both stormwater management and street maintenance are managed by the
Public Works Department. Management of facilities and equipment requirements is spread among the City
departments as follows:
• Police – sufficient to preserve an average emergency response time of 2 minutes, along with nonemergency
community services activities and programs.
• Fire – sufficient to preserve an average fire/rescue response time of 3 minutes, along with nonemergency
community services activities and programs.
Capital Improvements Element
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