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7 <br /> 1 has to travel through the Town of Chapel Hill to respond to a fire call off Mt. Carmel Church <br /> 2 Road. Attachment B shows a detail map of the area and Chapel Hill Fire Station # 5 that is less <br /> 3 than one (1) mile from the area outlined in gray. The Town of Chapel Hill is better positioned <br /> 4 and willing to provide fire protections for this area in gray. The Town staff is prepared to make <br /> 5 that recommendation to the Chapel Hill Town Council. This issue has also been discussed with <br /> 6 the Town Manager for the Town of Carrboro. The Town Manager is prepared to recommend to <br /> 7 the Carrboro Board of Aldermen that the Town provide fire protection to the proposed new Fire <br /> 8 Insurance District (see Attachment C) if the tax rate is adjusted to be revenue neutral for the <br /> 9 Town. <br /> 10 The area in gray on Attachment B represents 100 parcels and $36,003,769 of real <br /> 11 property value. When vehicles and personal property values are added to the real property <br /> 12 total, an estimated $37,673,414 of taxable value would be removed from the existing South <br /> 13 Orange Fire Insurance District. Attachment D shows the existing property valuation of <br /> 14 $556,977,528 for the South Orange Fire Insurance District, the reduction of $37,673,414 of <br /> 15 taxable value, and the remaining property valuation of $519,304,114. The estimated tax <br /> 16 valuation reduction from the existing South Orange Fire Insurance District equals 6.8% of the <br /> 17 total. A fire district tax increase from 7.85 cents to 10 cents would be required to insure that <br /> 18 this change is revenue neutral for the Town of Carrboro. This would raise about $75,000 more <br /> 19 for the district and the Town of Carrboro. <br /> 20 <br /> 21 <br /> 22 North Chatham Fire Service District <br /> 23 Orange County had received a letter from North Chatham Volunteer Fire Department <br /> 24 (Attachment E) indicating that the Department will charge a tax rate of 8.8 cents beginning July <br /> 25 1 , 2013. This is the same rate currently charged in Chatham County and a 76% increase over <br /> 26 the existing 5 cents. Attachment F is a map of the existing North Chatham Fire Insurance <br /> 27 District. Included on Attachment B, in yellow, are 112 homeowners located more than six (6) <br /> 28 road miles from the nearest North Chatham Station, but less than three (3) road miles from <br /> 29 Chapel Hill Fire Station #5. These homeowners have an insurance rating of 10 (see Attachment <br /> 30 G for an example of insurance premiums related to fire insurance ratings). <br /> 31 Several homeowners in this area have indicated that they cannot get fire insurance or <br /> 32 that the rate has doubled. The only logical Fire Department that could provide fire protection for <br /> 33 this area is the Town of Chapel Hill. The Town of Chapel Hill is a municipal fire department <br /> 34 which relies on hydrants as its water source to fight fires. <br /> 35 The Town of Chapel Hill is better positioned and willing to provide fire protections for this <br /> 36 area. Discussions have occurred involving the Town of Chapel Hill Fire Chief and North <br /> 37 Chatham Fire Department Chief concerning possible fire and insurance solutions for this area. <br /> 38 Attachment H is a map of the existing Greater Chapel Hill Fire Insurance District. <br /> 39 Attachment I is a map of the proposed new Greater Chapel Hill Fire Insurance District <br /> 40 that includes not only the area proposed to be deleted from South Orange, but also the 112 <br /> 41 homeowners from Attachment B and additional properties included in the Southern Triangle <br /> 42 Fire District that have hydrants. <br /> 43 The Town of Chapel Hill staff is prepared to make this recommendation to the Chapel <br /> 44 Hill Town Council, and the North Chatham Fire Chief has indicated a plan to make this <br /> 45 recommendation to the North Chatham Board of Directors. Attachment J shows a potential <br /> 46 new Chapel Hill Fire Service District which includes hydrants. <br /> 47 Attachment K is a projection of property values and revenues for the New North <br /> 48 Chatham Fire Insurance District. Attachment L is a map of the proposed New North Chatham <br /> 49 Fire Insurance District. With a property tax increase from 5 cents to 8.8 cents and a reduction <br />