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16 1 The Emergency Services Workgroup has discussed all available options for the 1,156 2 properties located outside of six (6) road miles from the closest fire station located in their fire 3 insurance district. With the new fire stations in the Cane Creek Fire District, over 600 property 4 owners will be provided insurance district coverage and will be located less than 6-road miles 5 from the nearest Orange Grove Station. 6 Michael Talbert said the Emergency Services Work group was recommending the 7 creation of three (3) New Fire Service Districts to overlay and replace three (3) existing Fire 8 Protection Districts. With input from the State Fire Marshal's office, the proposal is to modify 9 existing fire insurance districts and create new Fire Service Districts that are exactly the same 10 as the revised fire insurance districts. The three (3) Fire Services Districts are proposed to be 11 the South Orange Fire Service District, North Chatham Fire Service District and Greater Chapel 12 Hill Fire Service District. 13 14 South Orange Fire Service District 15 Michael Talbert said Attachment 1 is a map of the existing South Orange Fire Insurance 16 District. Due to the Town of Chapel Hill annexations, the South Orange Fire Insurance District 17 has been split. The Town of Carrboro provides fire protection in the South Orange Fire 18 Insurance District and now has to travel through the Town of Chapel Hill to respond to a fire call 19 off Mt. Carmel Church Road. 20 Michael Talbert said Attachment 2 shows a detail map of the area and Chapel Hill Fire 21 Station #5 that is less than one (1) mile from the area outlined in gray. The Town of Chapel Hill 22 is better positioned and may be willing to provide fire protections for this area in gray. The Town 23 Manager presented this possible solution to the Chapel Hill Town Council on January 14, 2013. 24 The area in gray on Attachment 2 represents 100 parcels and $36,003,769 of real property 25 value. When vehicles and personal property values are added to the real property total, an 26 estimated $37,673,414 of taxable value would be removed from the existing South Orange Fire 27 Insurance District. Attachment 4 shows the existing property valuation of$556,977,528 for the 28 South Orange Fire Insurance District, the reduction of$37,673,414 of taxable value, and the 29 remaining property valuation of$519,304,114. The estimated tax valuation reduction from the 30 existing South Orange Fire Insurance District equals 6.8% of the total. A fire district tax 31 increase of .6 cents, from 7.85 cents to 8.45 cents, would be required to insure that this change 32 is revenue neutral for the Town of Carrboro. 33 Michael Talbert said this issue has also been presented to the Town of Carrboro. On 34 December 4, 2012 the Carrboro Board of Alderman Town voted to approve a resolution to 35 modify the existing South Orange Fire Insurance District. The revised South Orange Insurance 36 District will not include the donut hole in gray on Attachment 2 and the Town will continue to 37 contract to provide fire protection to the proposed new Fire Insurance District (see Attachment 38 3), with a new fire tax rate of 10 cents per $100 of real and person property value. 39 He said on December 11, 2012 the Board expressed its intent to establish three new 40 Fire Service Districts; the South Orange Fire Service District, the North Chatham Fire Service 41 District and the Greater Chapel Hill Fire Service District. Staff was instructed to proceed with 42 the necessary steps to establish three new Fire Service Districts. 43 44 North Chatham Fire Service District 45 Orange County has received a letter from North Chatham Volunteer Fire Department 46 (Attachment 5) indicating that the Department will charge a tax rate of 8.8 cents beginning July 47 1, 2013. This is the same rate currently charged in Chatham County and a 76% increase over 48 the existing 5 cents. Attachment 6 is a map of the existing North Chatham Fire Insurance 49 District. Included on Attachment 2, in yellow, are 112 homeowners located more than six (6)