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neighborhoods for a period of two (2) years and initiate conversations with the County about how the changes in annexation laws affect the rational planning model established within Orange County. • On February 19, 2013 the Board of Commissioners voted to approve a recommendation for a five -year contract with the Town of Chapel Hill, with a 15 cent tax levy per one - hundred dollar valuation of real and personal property rate, and for this recommendation to go back to the Chapel Hill Town Council for discussion; ask staff to clearly lay out the "opt out" provisions in the contract; for the County to agree to work collaboratively with the Town to explore ways to equitably provide and fund services to residents in and around extra - territorial jurisdiction (ETJ) areas over the next two years, and to ask staff to come back with suggestions to how to effectively implement this; to establish a public hearing, after the Town of Chapel Hill has discussed this recommendation, and to consider the establishment of the three new Fire Service Districts - the South Orange Fire Service District, the Southern Triangle Fire Service District and the Greater Chapel Hill Fire Service District. • On February 27, 2013 the Chapel Hill Town Council voted unanimously to enter into a service agreement to extend the Town's 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. • On March 7, 2013 the Board of Commissioners scheduled a public hearing for April 17, 2013 to consider the establishment of the three new Fire Service Districts — the South Orange Fire Service District, the Southern Triangle Fire Service District and the Greater Chapel Hill Fire Service District. Listed below are actions need to be taken before three (3) new Fire Service Districts can be created and included in the County's Fiscal 2013/2014 annual budget. • Approval by the Orange County Board of Commissioners on April 23, 2013 • Approval by the North Chatham Fire Department Board of Directors • Approval by the State Fire Marshal's Office • Approval by the Orange County Board of Commissioners of new Fire Protection and Emergency Services Agreements before July 1, 2013 for the three (3) new Fire Service Districts FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact to the County, but there is a financial impact on all property owners in the three (3) proposed new Fire Service Districts with higher Fire District Tax rates for the property owners. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board hold the public hearing to consider the establishment of the three new Fire Service Districts — the South Orange Fire Service District, the Southern Triangle Fire Service District and the Greater Chapel Hill Fire Service District; and direct staff to proceed with the steps required to establish three new Fire Service Districts.