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10 <br /> 090 $1 ,400,000 - Estimated value of land and <br /> building <br /> 128,000 - minus land value <br /> $1,272.000 - Estimated value of buildings <br /> $.544/5100 - Valuation tax rate <br /> S 6.920 - Tax return from each project year <br /> $41,518 - Tax return for six years equals <br /> maximum County funding <br /> Orange County' s financial participation for <br /> approved projects which are extensions to an <br /> existing County-owned system shall be limited <br /> to those extensions where projected revenues <br /> from the system are equal to or greater than <br /> the projected operating , costs plus the total <br /> debt service by the beginning of the third <br /> year after the project is completed. Within <br /> limits prescribed by the Board of <br /> Commissioners from time-to time. the amount of <br /> financial participation shall not exceed the <br /> capital amount necessary to extend the system <br /> to meet the projections. All projections shall <br /> be those approved by the Board of <br /> Commissioners and prepared by an engineer <br /> employed by Orange County. <br /> (d) A fee schedule for access and availability <br /> fees shall be developed. Where properties <br /> along a County-owned portion of a utility <br /> extension wish to connect to the utility. an <br /> access and availability fee shall be charged <br /> and approved by the Board of Commissioners. <br /> The owner of a large acreage tract or bona <br /> fide farm may select one acre. usually <br /> surrounding his or her house. to which the <br /> access and availability fees will be applied. <br /> If later the property is subdivided. the fees <br /> will be applied and charged for the remainder <br /> of the tract. (WSP) <br /> (e) Any access and availability fees charged by <br /> another utility provider shall paid by the <br /> user in addition to those fees charged by <br /> Orange County. <br /> (f) It shall be Orange County policy to require <br /> that when a County-financed water or sewer <br /> extension is connected to a municipally-owned <br /> and operated water or sewer system. then the <br /> municipality shall enter into an agreement <br /> with the County providing that in the event <br /> the project served is annexed by the <br /> municipality. it shall pay to the County any <br />