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the facility inventories, as well as the comparison of existing supply versus demands for recreation facilities in relation to level of service standards contained in this Element. The City meets or exceeds the standards for most types of facilities. The City’s ability to meet standards takes into consideration that active recreation facilities located at school complexes are only partially counted in computing the supply figures. In this manner, the City recognizes the unavailability of specific facilities due to school use or policy, which states that available facilities will be unavailable during periods of use by the school, and the likelihood that non-Satellite Beach residents will also use these facilities. The portions counted toward the City’s available supply are considered realistic based on decades of experience. While it might be argued that the beach stretching along the City’s eastern edge provides open space that is available for enjoyment by the residents of Satellite Beach, this resource is treated separately in the level of service standards in terms of beach access because it is a unique recreational resource attractive to a larger population than City residents. The presence of the beach for ocean activities by City residents and the many private residential pools in the City result in the documented low level of interest in increasing the number of public pools. Therefore, no level of service standard has been established for public pools. Recreation and Open Space Plan Implementation The objectives and policies contained in this Element comprise the City’s recreation and open space implementation program. Development of Samsons Island Nature Park as a passive recreation site coupled with the development of the Satellite Beach Sports and Recreation Park as primarily an active recreation site sufficiently meet the identified need for additional community passive and active recreation facilities. As with most major efforts undertaken by the City, these projects were completed in an ad hoc manner based on general concepts of what the end result should include by a cooperative effort involving City staff and residents using available funding resources. In 1990, Samsons Island Nature Park, at the recommendation of an ad hoc citizen’s committee, was designated a passive recreation park and nature preserve. After over 50,000 hours of labor by volunteers of all ages, the island is now vegetated with a variety of maturing natural habitats, accessible by way of three docks located on the north, east, and south sides of the island. The City operates a pontoon boat on weekends which provides free public transportation to and from the island at specified times. The island’s amenities include: a fishing pond; one mile of nature trails; a picnic grove; two picnic shelters; three primitive campsites; one handicapped-accessible primitive campsite; an observation hill; a handicapped-accessible educational pavilion; two composting toilets, one handicapped-accessible; and a two-car garage used for storage of equipment and supplies used to maintain the island. In 1994 the City received from Governor Chiles the first annual Florida Excellence in Coastal Management Award for the work on Samsons Island. In 1995, the City’s ad hoc Capital Assets Planning Committee’s Final Report recommended that capital improvements be made to the 35-acre tract, formerly identified as a Brevard County utilities site, in the southwest corner of the City. The City held a public referendum in November 1997 on Recreation and Open Space Element Data and Analysis 6-5
funding for full development of recreational facilities on the tract. The conceptual plan called for the development of three soccer fields and one multi-purpose soccer/football field; pavilion; skate park; shuffle board courts; walking trail; community center/gymnasium with adjacent playground; retention area; 290 parking spaces; and a native plant nursery. Residents voted down the concept by two-to-one based on the cost, not the need. However, by 2009 the tract had been transformed into the Satellite Beach Sports and Recreation Park as a result of a series of grants from the Florida Recreation Development Assistance Program to include: three soccer fields, a combination soccer/football field, two sand volleyball courts, picnic pavilions, playground, skate park, off-leash dog park, restroom/concession stand, walking trail, three nature trails, and three deep-water ponds. Concurrently, the City purchased a derelict strip shopping center in the northwest portion of the City and renovated it into a 37,000 square foot community center including a gymnasium, teen center, four activity rooms, and offices for the City’s Recreation Department. Funding for these projects were provided by Florida Preservation 2000 and donations from the Satellite Beach Women’s Club, the Lions Club and the VFW Post. Acquisition of multiple parcels of oceanfront land since 1997 has substantially increased the City’s inventory of public open space. In 1999, the City received title to two parcels totaling 15.3 acres bracketing Brevard County’s Hightower Beach Park; and in 2001, two parcels totaling 1.8-acres abutting the southern end of the County’s Pelican Beach Park, with funds provided by Florida’s Preservation 2000 program. The parcels are to be preserved as conservation lands with minimal development. In 2006 the City’s Community Redevelopment Agency purchased three parcels totaling 1.1 acre at the end of Sunrise Avenue. Combined with a parcel the City already owned, they form a third, 1.5- acre, oceanfront conservation area. The State, in addition, owns three parcels along the City’s oceanfront totaling 2.2 acres preserved for conservation. As of 2009, 40% of the City’s ocean shoreline front and 35% of its oceanfront acreage are in public ownership, for which the City is designated the manager regardless of ownership. While the City does not have primary responsibility for providing facilities identified as "regional" in terms of service area and nature of facility, they are included as part of the City’s standards to indicate the City’s recognition of the importance of facilities serving regional populations. Recreation and Open Space Element Data and Analysis 6-6
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CITY OF SATELLITE BEACH SUPPORTING
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CITY OF SATELLITE BEACH COMPREHENSI
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Flooding Conditions According to th
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3. While the potential exists for e
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Table 1-1: Population Estimates and
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EXISTING LAND USE MAP SERIES Future
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Figure 1-B - Existing Waterbodies,
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TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT Introduction
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Collector roadways carry a moderate
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south, as well as all residential u
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The City of Satellite Beach’s exi
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II. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION DATA AND
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Table 2-1: Satellite Beach Major St
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Figure 2-A - Existing Roadway Chara
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Figure 2-C - Public Transit Routes,
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Figure 2-E - Energy Conservation Fa
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a. Age of housing. b. Value of hous
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congestion, thereby reducing the qu
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