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3 current fire district into the affected neighborhoods for a period of five (5) years with a 15 -cent tax levy per one - hundred dollar valuation of real and personal property. The North Chatham Fire Chief has indicated that he is willing to recommend to the North Chatham Board of Directors that the 112 homeowners from Attachment 1 would be better served by the Town of Chapel Hill. With a property tax increase from 5 cents to 8.8 cents and a reduction of property covered by the district, the net impact for the new North Chatham Fire Insurance District is a revenue increase of $31,441 from $213,325 to $244,766. The North Chatham Fire Department provides fire service for both the Damascus and Southern Triangle Fire Districts. Attachment 5 is the proposed New Southern Triangle Fire District. Both the Damascus and New Southern Triangle Fire District make up the New North Chatham Fire Insurance District (Attachment 4). Greater Chapel Hill Fire Service District Attachment 3 is a map of the proposed new Greater Chapel Hill Fire Insurance District that includes not only the area proposed to be deleted from South Orange, but also 112 homeowners from Attachment 1 and additional properties included in the Southern Triangle Fire District that are served by hydrants. With a proposed property tax increase from 7.5 cents to 15 cents and additional property covered by the district, the net impact for the new North Chatham Fire Insurance District is a revenue increase of $276,025 from $1,706 to $277,731. At its November 13, 2012 work session, the Board reviewed information regarding the possibility of establishing three (3) new Fire Service Districts and instructed staff to proceed with the steps necessary to establish the new Fire Service Districts. Listed below are actions taken to date concerning the possible creation of three (3) new Fire Service Districts: • On December 3, 2012, Orange County petitioned the Town of Chapel Hill to consider modifications to the existing Greater Chapel Hill Fire Insurance District as discussed in the background. • On December 4, 2012 the Carrboro Board of Alderman Town voted to approve a resolution to modify the existing South Orange Fire Insurance District. The revised South Orange Insurance District will not include the donut hole in gray on Attachment 2 and the Town will continue to contract to provide fire protection to the proposed new Fire Insurance District (see Attachment 3), with a new fire tax rate of 10 cents per $100 of real and person property value. • On January 14, 2013 the Chapel Hill Town Council voted unanimously not to provide Fire Protection for a proposed Greater Chapel Hill Fire Service and requested Orange County Government's assistance in encouraging the residents of the proposed Chapel Hill Fire Service District to seek annexation into the Town of Chapel Hill. • On February 11, 2013 the Chapel Hill Town Council again considered the County petition to the Town to consider modifications to the existing Greater Chapel Hill Fire Insurance District as discussed above. Several members of the Town Council still considered annexation as the preferred method of providing fire protection and all other Town services to these residents. There was discussion about the 15 -cent rate being the maximum rate allowed and the Town Council discussed how the tax rate could be increased. The Chapel Hill Town Council voted unanimously to enter into a service agreement to extend the Town's current fire district into the affected