8. The Attorney General shall evaluate and rank project grant applications submitted by eligible municipalities with reference to the municipality's realistic opportunity to achieve the objectives specified in section 4 of this act. In evaluating the applications, the Attorney General shall give additional weight to applications which:
a. Propose cooperative policing agreements between two or more municipalities pursuant to P.L.1973, c.208 (C.40:8A-1 et al.) or P.L.1952, c.72 (C.40:48B-1 et seq.);
b. Provide evidence of a project planning process which has involved residents of the proposed project areas and institutions and groups active in these areas;
c. Provide for the re-employment of police officers who have been laid off by the municipality for budgetary reasons prior to March 1, 1993;
d. Clearly delineate project outcome goals that are both time-lined and measurable;
e. Maximize the use of funding and resources other than those provided by the program;
f. Provide for the mobilization of residents as volunteer participants;
g. Where practicable, provide for the employment of related law enforcement personnel to perform paperwork and related support services in order to free up police officers for community policing duties; and
h. Provide for maximum program accountability according to procedures promulgated by the Attorney General pursuant to section 10 of this act.