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12 <br /> approving a one-time ten percent (100) increase <br /> in the income qualification standard; and <br /> maintaining the current provisions which increase <br /> the income qualification standard each year based <br /> on any cost-of-living adjustment made to the <br /> benefits under Titles II and XVI of the Social <br /> Security Act for the preceding calendar year; <br /> b) diminish the discriminatory features of the <br /> current exemption provisions relating to married <br /> couples by establishing graduated income <br /> qualification standards for single individuals <br /> versus married couples; and <br /> c) address the ineffectiveness of the exemption <br /> provisions in communities where property values <br /> increase at substantial rates over short periods <br /> of time by capping the increase in additional <br /> taxes to be paid to the increase in the Consumer <br /> Price Index (CPI) for the preceding year; <br /> 14) Bond Referendum for Education - Orange County supports <br /> a statewide bond referendum to provide State assistance <br /> to meet public school and community college <br /> construction needs caused by increased enrollment, <br /> mandated reduction in class size and other factors; <br />