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Supporting Documents (Data and Analysis) - Satellite Beach

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• Public Works – sufficient to preserve City buildings providing work space for full-time employees<br />

<strong>and</strong> meeting/activity space for 1,200+ residents <strong>and</strong> 30+ organizations each month.<br />

• Public Works – sufficient to provide equipment needed to maintain City facilities, equipment, <strong>and</strong><br />

rights-of-way.<br />

• Recreation – sufficient to operate existing active <strong>and</strong> passive recreation facilities <strong>and</strong> programs.<br />

• Information Management – sufficient to preserve the City’s ability to efficiently <strong>and</strong> effectively<br />

meet statutory requirements <strong>and</strong> provide services to residents.<br />

Projects in the Capital Assets Plan are consistent with the following Comprehensive Plan Elements:<br />

a. Stormwater Drainage -- Infrastructure Element<br />

b. Street Milling / Rebedding -- Transportation Element<br />

c. Facilities <strong>and</strong> Equipment -- Infrastructure <strong>and</strong> Recreation / Open Space Elements<br />

The City of <strong>Satellite</strong> <strong>Beach</strong> will undertake a variety of activities involving capital expenditures over the<br />

next five years. These activities are described in the attached Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan<br />

(CIP).<br />

The City is located on the barrier isl<strong>and</strong> separating the Banana River segment of the Indian River<br />

Lagoon from the Atlantic Ocean in Brevard County. Covering 2.9 square miles spanning the isl<strong>and</strong>, the<br />

City is 98% built-out. A majority of buildings <strong>and</strong> infrastructure in the City were constructed prior to<br />

the 1980s.<br />

To revitalize the area, the City has created a community redevelopment district encompassing its entire<br />

commercial district, spread along the two State roads that run through the City (SR AIA <strong>and</strong> SR 513).<br />

All the transportation improvements are associated with the CRD, with some funds coming from the<br />

Transportation Enhancement program via FDOT. The City has also been pursuing major modifications<br />

of its inadequate stormwater management system since 2000. All the Infrastructure (drainage) projects<br />

are associated with this effort. All of this expensive work is being funded with the assistance of FEMA<br />

Section 319 grants administered through the Florida Department of Environmental Protection;<br />

completion of the projects is dependent on that funding.<br />

Since its founding, the City has made outdoor recreation <strong>and</strong> open space a high priority, with the City’s<br />

first building project - initiated within 30 days of incorporation - being construction of a modest civic<br />

center. Nearly 6% of the City's l<strong>and</strong> area is devoted to public parks open space, <strong>and</strong> conservation areas.<br />

Over the decades, the City has developed it; parks with the assistance of non-ad valorem resources:<br />

volunteers, donations, aid grants. All of the Recreation <strong>and</strong> Open Space activities are contingent on<br />

grant funding. Grant funds for Hightower <strong>Beach</strong>, Sports & Recreation Park Phase V, <strong>and</strong> DeSoto<br />

Phase I have been approved. Grant funds for the other projects are not yet assured.<br />

The Ocean Outfalls Removal project in the Coastal Management/Conservation Element is being<br />

undertaken in cooperation with the Florida Department of Transportation, which installed the outfalls<br />

decades ago. Funding for this project is being shared 50/50 by the City <strong>and</strong> FDOT in accordance with a<br />

Joint Participation Agreement. The project is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2009.<br />

Capital Improvements Element<br />

<strong>Data</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Analysis</strong> 8-2

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