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development programs of regional agencies, the Council will look at the. following when implementing this policy: Economic Impact Review. How many long=term jobs will be created by this proposal? Will they be high=income, high=skill jobs, low-income, low-skill jobs, or some of both? Will the project add to regional income? Will the project add to the regional property tax base? Other tax bases? Will it generate a net increase in tax revenues? Is the project creating new jobs besides construction jobs? Fiscal Alternatives Assessment° For projects within the MUSA, the Council will evaluate the costs of building now, anticipating the demand based on the proposed project, or building later when the demand actually occurs~ If the costs are not significantly different, and they might not be because the construction may be occurring on developed land in either case, then the Council will have more flexibility in its planning process~ The Council would be able to wait and see on some developments where the proposed growth seems too optimistic° Public/Private Cost Sharing Agreements. There may be occasions where the private sector wants additional capacity in the regional systems within the MUSA to make a proposal feasible~ There may also be occasions when private interests argue that there will be no impacts on the regional systems and the Council feels differently. Rather than being in a position where the Council could essentially stop the project, the Council and the private party would agree to share the costs now, in the former case, to get the project going; or to share the costs when it becomes a problem, in the latter case. This does not mean that the Council is taking a position of always sharing the cost for private decisions or giving up the right to say no on a regional system proposal~ m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m 10