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