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CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ELEMENT
Goal: 1.0.0 Undertake actions necessary to: (1) keep present public
facilities in good condition; (2) accommodate new development; (3) maximize the
use of existing facilities and promote orderly municipal growth, and; (4) achieve
adopted Level of Service Standards. Further, decisions to finance public facilities
improvements shall be based upon the use of sound fiscal policy oriented to
minimizing Village debt service liabilities.
Obiective: 1.1.0 Capital Improvements will be provided to: (1) correct existing
deficiencies; (2) accommodate desired future growth; and /or (3) replace worn -out or
obsolete facilities.
Policy: 1.1.1 The Village shall include all projects identified in the policies of the
various elements of this Comprehensive Plan and determined to be of relatively large
scale and high cost ($10,000 or greater), as capital improvements projects for inclusion
within the 5 -Year Schedule of Improvements. Provision of Capital improvements so
defined shall be implemented through procedures outlined in policies 1.1.2 — 1.1.4 and
1.4.1 — 1.4.4 of this Element. A capital improvements project is defined to include land
and /or improvements, plus any studies oriented to defining the initial need for land
and /or facilities.
Policy: 1.1.2 The Village shall, as a matter of priority, schedule for funding any
capital improvement projects in the 5 -Year Schedule of Improvements which are
designed to correct existing public facility deficiencies, and or that are needed to
maintain or meet adopted Level of Service Standards. In addition, the Capital
Improvements Schedule shall list projects funded and implemented by other agencies
that will impact the Village's ability to meet its Level of Service standards.
Policy: 1.1.3 A Capital Improvements Coordinating Committee, composed of the
Village Council Finance and Administration Committee, the Village Manager and the
Finance Director, shall annually evaluate and rank capital projects in order of priority
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projects proposed for inclusion in the 5 -Year Schedule of Improvements through the
Comprehensive Plan amendment process.
Policy: 1.1.4 Proposed capital projects shall be evaluated and ranked in order of
priority according to the following guidelines:
• Whether the proposed project is financially feasible;
• Whether the project is needed to protect public health and safety, fulfill the
Village's legal commitment to provide facilities and services, or to achieve the full
use and efficiency of existing facilities;
• Whether the project prevents or reduces future improvement costs, provides
service to developed areas lacking full service, or promotes in -fill development;
• Whether the proposed project is consistent with plans of State agencies and the
South Florida Water Management District.
Objective: 1.2.0 Village expenditures in high hazard coastal areas shall be limited to
100% of those post- disaster improvements costs for facilities over which Tequesta has
operational responsibility (e.g.: potable water systems and public streets and
recreational facilities).
Policy: 1.2.1 The Village shall expend funds in high hazard coastal areas for the
replacement and renewal of public facilities over which the Village has operational
responsibility.
Policy: 1.2.2 The Village shall continue to expend funds to maintain existing
facilities and services under the jurisdiction or Tequesta at their existing Levels of
Service.
Policy: 1.2.3 The Village shall coordinate with other agencies providing
infrastructure and services in the programming and implementation of projects that
impact the achievement of its adopted Level of Service standards.
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Objective: 1.3.0 Future development shall bear a proportionate cost of facility
improvements in order to maintain adopted Tequesta Level of Service standards.
Proportionate costs are defined to mean 100% of that amount necessary to assure that
Tequesta Level of Service standards are maintained as a result of development
approval for those facilities over which Tequesta has operational control.
Polio The Village shall require new development to provide for local
street, drainage, sewage collection, and potable water distribution system, recreation
open space, beach access, and other capital improvements required to address their
Level of Service impacts.
Policy: 1.3.2 Defined Recreation Facility needs may be met by any of the
following means: (1) on -site provision of public or private facilities; (2) dedications; or (3)
fees in lieu thereof. Plan expansion for potable water and sewer systems shall be
accommodated by charges administered by the Village and the Loxahatchee River
District. Major road improvements shall be accommodated by participating in the
County's Fair Share Road Impact Fee program. Solid waste collection and disposal
improvements shall be accommodated by the fee schedule annually levied by the
private hauler (Note: Tipping fees are levied by the Palm Beach County Solid Waste
Authority).
Policy: 1.3.3 Determination of needed public facility improvements shall be made
prior to the time that a Building Permit is issued.
Objective: 1.4.0 The Village shall manage its fiscal resources to ensure the
provision of needed capital improvements at a level equal to, or exceeding, the adopted
Tequesta Level of Service standards.
Policy: 1.4.1 Prior to the issuance of certificates of Occupancy, the Village shall
require that all public facilities are available to serve development for which
development orders were previously issued_ Development orders for future
development shall not be issued unless the Village has demonstrated either of the
following: (1) Compliance with Tequesta Level of Service Standards; or (2) Provision of
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needed public facilities in compliance with the adopted 5 -Year Schedule of
Improvements.
Policy: 1.4.2 In providing capital improvements, the Village shall limit general
obligation debt to an amount equal to or less than 5% of the property tax base.
Policy: 1.4.3 The Village shall annually update the 5 -Year Schedule of
Improvements as a small -scale Comprehensive Plan amendment, in accordance with
Florida Statutes. The results of this update shall be incorporated within a capital budget
as part of the annual Village budgeting process.
Policy: 11.4.4 Efforts shall be made to secure grants or private funds, whenever
available, to finance the provision of capital improvements.
Policy 1.4.5 Appropriate mechanisms will be developed and adopted with the
South Florida Water Management District, the Loxahatchee River District, Palm Beach
County, Martin County, Jupiter Inlet Colony, Jupiter Island, Rolling Hills Subdivision and
Jonathan Dickenson State Park in order to assure that adequate water supplies are
available to all water users. Prior to approval of the building permit or its functional
equivalent, the Village of Tequesta shall consult with the Village's Water Utilities
Department to determine whether adequate water supplies to serve the new
development will be available no later than the anticipated date of issuance of a
certificate of occupancy. Furthermore, the Village will be responsible for monitoring the
availability of water supplies for all water users and for implementing a system that links
water supplies to the permitting of new development.
Policy 1.4.6 The Village shall incorporate capital improvements affecting Village
levels of service by referencing the Capital Improvements Schedules of Palm Beach
County, Martin County, Loxahatchee River District, State agencies, regional water
supply authorities and other units of government providing services but not having
regulatory authority over the use of land into its 5 -Year Schedule of Capital
Improvements. The Schedule shall be maintained and updated annually.
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Objective: 1.5.0 Decisions regarding the issuance of development orders and
permits shall be based based upon coordination of the development requirements
included in this Plan, the Village land development regulations, and availability of
necessary public facilities needed to support such development at the time needed.
Policy: 1.5.1 Prior to issuing a development order or building permit, the Village
shall use Level of Service (LOS) Standards adopted in the various elements of this
Comprehensive Plan to review the impacts of new development and redevelopment on
public facility provision. The Village shall not issue a development order or building
permit which results in a reduction in service for affected public facilities below these
Level of Service Standrads. A listing of LOS Standards is exhibited on Table CI -1.
Polio The Village shall maintain a Concurrency Management Ordinance
requiring that, at the time a development order is issued, adequate facility capacity is
available, or will be available upon occupancy of the development, based upon the
application of the Tequesta Level of Service Standards.
Policy: 1.5.3 Proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments and requests for new
development or redevelopment shall be evaluated according to the following guidelines
as to whether the proposed action would:
• Contribute to any condition of public hazard as described in the UTILITIES and
COASTAL MANAGEMENT ELEMENTS;
• Exacerbate any existing condition of public facility capacity deficits, as described
in the TRANSPORTAION ELEMENT; UTILITIES ELEMENT; and RECREATION
AND OPEN SPACE ELEMENT;
• Generate public facility demands that may be accommodated by capacity
increases planned in the 5 -Year Schedule of Improvements; and
• Conform with future land uses as shown on the Future Land Use Map of the
FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, and public facility availability as described in
UTILITIES ELEMENT.
If public facilities are developer - provided, they shall accommodate public facility
demands based upon adopted LOS standards.
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If public facilities are provided, in part or wholly, by the Village, financial feasibility shall
be demonstrated subject to this element.
Effects upon appropriate State agency and /or Water Management District facilities
plans shall be evaluated.
Obiective: 1.6.0 The Village shall maintain a concurrency management system to
ensure that public facilities services to support development are available concurrent
with the impact of development.
Policy: 1.6.1 For sanitary sewer, solid waste, drainage and potable water
facilities, the Village shall meet the following standards to satisfy the concurrency
requirements:
• A development order or permit is issued subject to the condition that, at the time
of the issuance of a certificate of occupancy or its functional equivalent, the
necessary facilities are in place ad available to serve the new development; or
• At the time the development order or permit is issued, the necessary facilities
and services are guaranteed in an enforceable development agreement,
pursuant to Section 163.3220, Florida Statutes, or an agreement and
development order issued pursuant to Chapter 380, Florida Statutes, to be in
place and available to serve a new development at the time of issuance of a
certificate of occupancy or its functional equivalent.
• A development order or permit is issued subject to the condition that the
necessary facilities and services needed to serve the new development are
scheduled to be in place or under actual construction not more than one year
after issuance of a certificate of occupancy or its functional equivalent as
provided in the adopted local government 5 -year schedule of capital
improvements; or
• At the time the development order or permit is issued, the necessary facilities are
the subject of a binding excecuted agreement which requires the necessary
facilities and services to serve the new development to be in place or under
actual construction not more than one year after issuance of a certificate of
occupancy or its functional equivalent; or
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• At the time the development order or permit is issued, the necessary facilities
and services are guaranteed in an enforceable development agreement,
pursuant to Section 163.3220, Florida Statutes, to be in place or under actual
construction not more than one year after issuance of a certificate of occupancy
or its functional equivalent.
Policy: 1.6.2 For transportation facilities (roads and mass transit designated in
the adopted Village Comprehensive Plan), at a minimum, the Village shall meet the
following standards to satisfy the concurrency requirement, except as otherwise
provided in subsections (4) — (7) of this section.
• At the time a development order or permit is issued, the necessary facilities and
services are in place or under construction; or
• A development order or permit is issued subject to the conditions that the
necessary facilities and services to serve the new development are scheduled to
be in place or under construction not more than three years after issuance of a
certificate of occupancy or its functional equivalent as provided in the local
government five -year schedule of capital improvements. The schedule of capital
improvements may recognize and include transportation projects included in the
first three years of the applicable, adopted Florida Department of Transportation
five -year work program. The Capital Improvements Element must include the
following policies:
a. The estimated date of commencement of actual
construction and the estimated date of project completion.
b. A provision that a plan amendment is required to
eliminate, defer or delay construction of any road or mass
transit facility or service which is needed to maintain the
adopted level of service standard and which is listed in the
five -year schedule of capital improvements; or
• At the time a development order or permit is issued, the necessary facilities and
services are the subject of a binding, executed agreement which requires the
necessary facilities and services to serve the new development to be in place or
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under actual construction no more than three years after the issuance of a
certificate of occupancy or its functional equivalent; or
• At the time a development order of permit is issued, the necessary facilities and
services are guaranteed in an enforceable development agreement, pursuant to
Section 163.3220, Florida Statutes, or an agreement or development order
issued pursuant to Chapter 380, Florida Statutes, to be in place or under actual
construction not more than three years after issuance of a certificate of
occupancy or its functional equivalent.
Obiective 1.7.0 The following Capital Improvements Schedule, as it is annually
updated in accordance with State growth management requirements, includes all
projects scheduled to meet or improve the adopted Level of Service Standards during
the five -year planning period, and other projects that further implementation of this
Comprehensive Plan and its goals, objectives and policies.
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VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SCHEDULE
2008-2013
Project Project Name 08/09 09110 10/11 11/12 12/13
Category
2,4 Road Improvements $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000
2,4 Architect and $10,000 0 $15,000 0 0
Engineering
2,4 Construction Pipeline $100,000 0 $150,000 0 0
4 Pathways $60,000 0 0 0 0
2,4 Roadway $200,000 0 $200,000 0 0
Improvements
2,4 Street Lights Conduit 0 $150,000 0 $150,000 0
2,4 Drainage $125,500 0 $350,000 0 0
Improvements
4 Mach /Equipment $26,000 $63,100 $47,700 $63,179 $193,184
4 Computer Equipment $99,500 $178,500 $112,500 $84,500 $96,500
4 Vehicles $25,000 $74,000 $75,000 $76,000 $52,000
4 Furniture, Fixtures and 0 $2,000 $1,600 $12,000 0
Equipment
2,4 Fire Vehicles 0 $32,500 $350,000 0 0
Project Category Codes
1 - Project necessary to achieve Level of Service
2 - Project will enhance ability to continue to meet Level of Service
3 - Project will enhance ability to meet Level of Service for Optional Element
4 - Project will further the achievement of Comprehensive Plan goals, objectives and policies.
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VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA PROJECTED REVENUES 2008 - 2013
Funding Source 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13
Ad Valorem Taxes $5, 156, 000 $4,795,080 $4,651,228 $4,697,740 $4,791,695
Sales and Use Taxes $960,450 $893,219 $866,422 $875,086 $892,588
Franchise Fees $470,000 $437,100 $423,987 $428,227 $436,791
Licenses and Permits $229,525 $213,458 $207,055 $209,125 $213,308
Intergovernmental $752,140 $699,490 $678,505 $685,291 $698,996
Revenues
Intragovernmental Revenue $292,990 $146,495 $142,100 $143,521 $146,392
Charges for Services $561,655 $522,239 $506,669 $511,736 $521,970
Unrestricted Investment $121,500 $112,995 $109,605 $110,701 $112,915
Earnings
Rents & Royalties $116,910 $108,726 $105,465 $106,519 $108,650
Miscellaneous $85,596 $79,604 $77,216 $77,988 $79,548
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