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e. Approval of a Recommendation from the Emerqency Services Workqroup to Conduct a Coveraqe Assessment for the VIPER Svstem The Board considered approving a recommendation from the Emergency Services Workgroup to conduct a Needs Assessment for the VIPER System to improve County-wide coverage and authorizing the Manager to sign a contract not to exceed $50,000. Michael Talbert said that the workgroup has been working since early December with the North Carolina Department of Highway Patrol. There is a desperate need of a technical analysis in how to increase coverage. The work group decided to move forward with the scope of work that is included in Attachment 2. Chair Pelissier asked for a motion to continue the meeting since it was 10:30 p.m. A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Yuhasz to continue the meeting past 10:30 p.m. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Commissioner McKee said that this consultant is needed because no one on the workgroup has the expertise to pinpoint the location of these towers. A motion was made by Commissioner Yuhasz, seconded by Commissioner McKee to approve a recommendation from the Emergency Services Workgroup to conduct a Needs Assessment for the VIPER System to improve County-wide coverage and authorize the Manager to sign a contract not to exceed $50,000 for the Needs Assessment; and plan to appropriate the necessary funds from the General Fund's Fund Balance as part of a budget amendment that will be presented for the Board's approval at the August 21, 2012 regular meeting. VOTE: UNANIMOUS f. Authorization to Proceed with Development of New Fire Protection Contracts with the North Chatham Fire Department, the Town of Carrboro, and the Town of Chapel Hill The Board considered the recommendation from the Emergency Services Workgroup to proceed with the development of New Fire Protection Contracts with the North Chatham Fire Department, the Town of Carrboro, and the Town of Chapel Hill for implementation by July 1, 2013, and authorizing the Chair to send letters to the three entities providing notice of plans to terminate the existing fire protection contracts as of June 30, 2013. Michael Talbert said that the Board began discussing this in September 2011. This particular area is mainly the southern Triangle. There are roughly 112 property owners that are more than 6 miles from a fire station and are therefore immediately impacted and there are others that can be helped with a restructuring of these contracts. The abstract includes the four options that the workgroup analyzed. There was a meeting with the homeowners from the immediately impacted area on May 10th and they are desperate to get something done to help with their insurance rates, which have doubled in many cases. There is a 365-day cancellation clause, so the contracts would have to be terminated as of June 30, 2013. A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Yuhasz to approve proceeding with the development of New Fire Protection Contracts with the North Chatham Fire Department, the Town of Carrboro, and the Town of Chapel Hill for implementation by July 1, 2013, and to authorize the Chair to send letters to the three entities providing notice of plans to terminate the existing fire protections contracts as of June 30, 2013.