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17 1 road miles from the nearest North Chatham Station, but less than three (3) road miles from 2 Chapel Hill Fire Station #5. These homeowners have an insurance rating of 10 (see Attachment 3 7 for an example of insurance premiums related to fire insurance ratings). Several homeowners 4 in this area have indicated that they cannot get fire insurance or that the rate has more than 5 doubled. 6 Michael Talbert said the Town of Chapel Hill is better positioned and may be willing to 7 provide fire protections for this area in gray. The Town Manager is prepared to make a 8 recommendation to the Chapel Hill Town Council on January 14, 2013. The Town of Chapel Hill 9 is a municipal fire department which relies on hydrants as its water source to fight fires. 10 Discussions have occurred involving the Town of Chapel Hill Fire Chief and North Chatham Fire 11 Department Chief concerning possible fire and insurance solutions for this area. Attachment 8 12 is a map of the existing Greater Chapel Hill Fire Insurance District. Attachment 9 is a map of the 13 proposed new Greater Chapel Hill Fire Insurance District that includes not only the area 14 proposed to be deleted from South Orange, but also 112 homeowners from Attachment 2 and 15 additional property included in the Southern Triangle Fire District that have hydrants. The Town 16 of Chapel Hill staff is prepared to make this recommendation to the Chapel Hill Town Manager 17 and the North Chatham Fire Chief has indicated a plan to make this recommendation to the 18 North Chatham Board of Directors. 19 Michael Talbert said Attachment 10 shows a potential new Chapel Hill Fire Service District 20 which includes hydrants. 21 Michael Talbert said Attachment 11 is a projection of property values and revenues for 22 the New North Chatham Fire Insurance District. Attachment 12 is a map of the proposed New 23 North Chatham Fire Insurance District. With a property tax increase from 5 cents to 8.8 cents 24 and a reduction of property covered by the district, the net impact for the new district is a 25 revenue increase of$31,441 from $213,325 to $244,766. 26 27 Greater Chapel Hill Fire Service District 28 Michael Talbert said Attachment 13 is a projection of property values and revenues for 29 the New Greater Chapel Hill Fire Insurance District. A map of Southern Orange County, 30 attachment 15, shows zoning, ETJ and the Rural Buffer as it relates to the proposed fire service 31 districts. 32 At its November 13, 2012 work session, the Board reviewed information regarding the 33 possibility of establishing three (3) new Fire Service Districts and instructed staff to proceed 34 with the steps necessary to establish the new Fire Service Districts. Listed below are actions 35 taken to date concerning the possible creation of three (3) new Fire Service Districts: 36 37 • On December 3, 2012, Orange County petitioned the Town of Chapel Hill to consider 38 modifications to the existing Greater Chapel Hill Fire Insurance District as discussed in the 39 background. 40 • On December 4, 2012 the Carrboro Board of Alderman Town voted to approve a resolution to 41 modify the existing South Orange Fire Insurance District. The revised 42 South Orange Insurance District will not include the donut hole in gray on Attachment 43 2 and the Town will continue to contract to provide fire protection to the proposed new Fire 44 Insurance District (see Attachment 3), with a new fire tax rate of 10 cents per $100 of real and 45 person property value. 46 • On January 14, 2013 the Chapel Hill Town Council voted unanimously not to provide 47 Fire Protection for a proposed Greater Chapel Hill Fire Service and requested Orange County 48 Government's Assistance in encouraging the residents of the proposed Chapel Hill Fire Service 49 District to seek annexation into the Town of Chapel Hill.