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2 <br />Grove Station. The Orange Grove Fire Department is in the planning stages for a new fire <br />station #3 to be strategically located in the western part of the Cane Creek fire district. That <br />new fire station #3 will provide insurance district coverage for an estimated 250 property owners <br />currently more than six (6) road miles from the Orange Grove Station. <br />The Emergency Services Workgroup discussed all available options for the 1,156 properties <br />located outside of six (6) road miles from the closest fire station located in their fire insurance <br />district. With the new fire stations in the Cane Creek Fire District, over 600 property owners will <br />be provided insurance district coverage and will be located less than 6 -road miles from the <br />nearest Orange Grove Station. <br />The Emergency Services Workgroup has recommended the creation of three (3) New Fire <br />Service Districts to overlay and replace three (3) existing Fire Protection Districts. With input <br />from the State Fire Marshal's office, the proposal is to modify existing fire insurance districts <br />and create new Fire Service Districts that are exactly the same as the revised fire insurance <br />districts. The three (3) Fire Service Districts are proposed to be the South Orange Fire Service <br />District, Southern Triangle Fire Service District and Greater Chapel Hill Fire Service District. <br />South Orange Fire Service District <br />Attachment 2 of the new Greater Chapel Hill Fire Service District shows a detail map of the area <br />and Chapel Hill Fire Station #5. Due to the Town of Chapel Hill annexations, the South Orange <br />Fire Insurance District has been split. The Town of Carrboro provides fire protection for the <br />South Orange Fire Insurance District and now has to travel through the Town of Chapel Hill to <br />respond to a fire call off Mt. Carmel Church Road. The Town of Chapel Hill is better positioned <br />and has agreed to provide fire protections for this area. Attachment 1 is a map of the proposed <br />new South Orange Fire Service District. <br />Total property value of $37,673,414 is estimated to be moved from the existing South Orange <br />Fire Insurance District to the new Greater Chapel Fire Insurance District. The remaining <br />property valuation for the new South Orange Fire Service District is $519,304,114. The <br />estimated tax valuation reduction from the existing South Orange Fire Insurance District equals <br />6.8% of the total. On December 4, 2012 the Carrboro Board of Aldermen voted to approve a <br />resolution to modify the existing South Orange Fire Insurance District. The Town will continue <br />to contract to provide fire protection to the proposed new South Orange Fire Insurance District <br />(see Attachment 1), with a new fire tax rate of 10 cents per $100 of real and person property <br />value. <br />Southern Triangle Fire Service District <br />Orange County has received a letter from North Chatham Volunteer Fire Department indicating <br />that the Department will request a tax rate of 8.8 cents beginning July 1, 2013. This is the same <br />rate currently charged in Chatham County and a 76% increase over the existing five (5) cents. <br />The existing Southern Triangle Fire District includes 112 homeowners located more than six (6) <br />road miles from the nearest North Chatham Station, but less than three (3) road miles from <br />Chapel Hill Fire Station #5. These homeowners have an insurance rating of 10. Several <br />homeowners in this area have indicated that they cannot get fire insurance or that the rate has <br />more than doubled. <br />The Town of Chapel Hill is better positioned and may be willing to provide fire protections for <br />this area in yellow. The Town of Chapel Hill is a municipal fire department which relies on <br />hydrants as its water source to fight fires. Discussions have occurred involving the Town of <br />