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(b) On the date specified in the notice for the <br /> opening of applications, all applications received will be <br /> opened and placed on file in the office of the clerk to the <br /> board of commissioners for ten (10) consecutive calendar days <br /> where they will be open for public inspection during normal <br /> business hours. After the applications are opened, a notice <br /> shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation <br /> in Orange County stating that said applications are open to <br /> public inspection. <br /> (c) The board may grant a franchise or franchises , <br /> after a full and complete public hearing affording all <br /> interested parties , including the applicants and the public, <br /> the right to be heard. The board will grant a franchise to <br /> the applicant or applicants whose proposed system is in the <br /> best interest of the public and the potential subscribers <br /> within the area covered by the franchise . If the board <br /> determines that no system proposed by any applicant is in the <br /> best interest of the public, no franchise will be granted . <br /> Any franchise granted shall contain recitations that <br /> demonstrate that the board has examined and approved the <br /> grantee ' s legal, financial and technical qualifications , as <br /> well as the adequacy and feasibility of grante. ' s <br /> construction arrangements . <br /> (d ) The county may request applications for a <br /> portion of the unincorporated area of the county less than a <br /> whole of tie unincorporated area . <br /> 7 <br />