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078 Orange County will enter into water/sewer supply and/or <br /> treatment agreements only with public bodies. <br /> 2 . All requests for funding shall be made to the County <br /> Manager' s Office and must be on file in advance of the <br /> start of the budget process (February 1) , accompanied by <br /> the required application material. (See Project <br /> Selection Policies. ) <br /> 3 . Upon receiving a request for water or sewer utilities, <br /> the County Manager will gather the following <br /> information: <br /> a. A map and brief report identifying existing <br /> anticipated areas of development that could be <br /> served by the requested water or sewer utilities. <br /> b. Approximate additional cost of installing oversized <br /> utilities to serve the development in the area of <br /> the proposed project. <br /> c. Signed statement of the water or sewer service <br /> provider to whose system the requested utilities <br /> will be connected, stating their willingness to <br /> serve the proposed project as well as any other <br /> anticipated development in the area specified by <br /> the County. The statement should attest to their <br /> capabilities for meeting all the required needs of <br /> utility services for the project including <br /> foreseeable expansion as well as other existing and <br /> potential development specified by the County in <br /> the area of the project. <br /> Project Selection Policies <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 must not place an inordinant demand on <br /> County services such as schools, fire and police <br />