Element 10 - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS  

The Capital Improvements Element (CIE) functions as an executive summary of the short range public facility needs identified in the other elements of the Comprehensive Plan. It serves as the public sector's development plan by scheduling the construction of major capital projects. The CIE also tabulates the estimated cost of major capital projects and analyzes the capability of Manatee County to finance and construct these improvements. Therefore, the CIE contains important financial policies which will be used to guide the funding of capital improvements. The intent of the CIE is to ensure the public sector's implementation of the Comprehensive Plan, just as the entire development review process, described in the Future Land Use Element and in other plan elements, is intended to guide private sector development in a manner consistent with Manatee County's Comprehensive Plan.

The public sector's implementation of the Comprehensive Plan via the Capital Improvements Element ensures compliance with adopted Level of Service standards for major public facilities addressed in other Comprehensive Plan elements, while meeting other projected needs for facilities and services not addressed in this Comprehensive Plan, and while meeting project operating costs and debt service.

Because the Manatee County Financial Management Department is responsible for the budgetary process necessary to balance revenues and expenditures, this Department will have a lead role in developing the CIE and ensuring the Comprehensive Plan is economically feasible. The Building and Development Services Department will maintain up-to-date information on development activity within Manatee County as needed to update population and employment projections. Also, the development review process will help monitor current Level of Service conditions throughout the unincorporated area. The other County Departments directly involved in providing capital improvements will continue their roles in setting priorities for specific projects and then making sure they are carried out as scheduled.

(Ord. No. 18-04 , § 13(Exh. K), 8-23-18)