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669 <br /> 1 <br /> Synopsis of Comments <br /> Goal 4 -- County Involvement <br /> Establish a basis for Orange County's involvement in the <br /> provision of water and/or sewer services and facilities. <br /> C. Project Selection Policies (Draft Policy) <br /> Project Selection noticieq <br /> 1 . Water and/or sewer projects to be funded will be <br /> selected using the following criteria: <br /> a. The project must be in conformance with the Orange <br /> County Land Use Plan and Map. <br /> b. The project must be outside a protected watershed <br /> or where proposed to be within a protected <br /> watershed, be able to show the proposed development <br /> is compatible with maintaining water quality. <br /> c. The project must have the proper zoning at the <br /> proposed site. <br /> d. The project must improve job opportunities <br /> available to Orange County citizens, especially for <br /> women and minorities unless there is a statement by <br /> the project applicant that Job opportunities <br /> available for women and minorities will be equal to <br /> those of other Orange County citizens. <br /> e. The project must provide jobs above the prevailing <br /> wage scale in the County. <br /> f. The project vices not <br /> inordinnt <br /> fidemand <br /> re andoalira <br /> County s <br /> protection. <br /> g. The project must provide a significant increase in <br /> the County tax base. <br /> approved but funding is not <br /> 2. Where a project is app <br /> immediately available. it will be placed on a priority <br /> waiting list based on its approval date. <br /> Economic Development Commission <br /> 5. <br /> %1NliOCt selection nolicits (pages 8-9). <br /> -Taxes e. What is maanL by "slgnifiCalit iticrtws!" in the <br /> Count y tax base? The County tam base is so htay.ly w Sig hted towards <br /> residential. that a quite large dollar investment by a company would <br /> not necessarily create a "significant increase" in the overall County <br /> tax base. A better concept is "c ost effective payback". e.g.. <br /> formula related to the costs of providing the service versus the <br /> amount of tames derived from a new company over a five-pear period. <br /> Also. some projects may yield significant sales tax revenues in <br /> addition to property taxes. <br /> 4-C-1 <br />