(6) Provided an adequate operating budget;

(7) Hired a professional downtown manager;

(8) Established an ongoing training program for staff and volunteers;

(9) Developed the capacity to report on the progress of the downtown program; and

(10) Established the ability and willingness to support integrated marketing efforts for retailers, services, activities and events.

4. Criteria; conditions for public service infrastructure grants and loans. The Department of Economic and Community Development, in conjunction with the bank, shall develop criteria and conditions for the award of public service infrastructure loans and grants to eligible municipalities after consultation with the Municipal Capital Investment Advisory Commission and subject to the requirements of this section. The department shall:

A. Give priority to those municipalities that are experiencing rapid growth and possess a public service infrastructure inadequate to accommodate that growth;

B. Establish a preference for those municipalities eligible under subsection 3, paragraph D, subparagraph (1) over those municipalities eligible under subsection 3, paragraph D, subparagraph (2);

C. Establish a preference for those municipalities with higher local property tax burdens. The comparative local property tax burden must be determined under section 5681;

D. Establish a preference for capital investment projects undertaken jointly by 2 or more municipalities or that provide substantial regional benefits;

E. Adopt other criteria as it determines necessary to ensure that loans and grants made under this section maximize the ability of municipalities to accommodate planned growth and economic development; and