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N. <br />CONCLUSIONS <br />Without modification of the Solid Waste Management Plan and its implementation schedule, any <br />financing mechanism would be required to raise between $1.8 and $3.8 million each year for the <br />next decade to supplement the revenue of the present landfill tipping fees. The financing options <br />considered above vary most significantly in which portions of the community may subsidize <br />other portions. For example, the use of the tax rate would allow tax- exempt properties to be <br />subsidized by others. The tipping fee may require subsidy by waste generators that do not <br />receive recycling and waste reduction services. The use of an availability fee may be set to <br />include or exclude tax- exempt properties and/or undeveloped properties. <br />Graph 2 suggests that the Availability Fee and an added assessment on the Orange County tax <br />rate would be the most efficient means to finance the SWMP; that is, the impact on the average <br />homeowner is the least. We believe that the Availability Fee provides greater flexibility in <br />setting charges against businesses and multi- family developments of varying sizes, while use of <br />the County Tax Rate would provide a level of administrative ease. <br />