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part of the Cane Creek Fire District. This newly constructed fire station is providing insurance district coverage for an estimated 400 property owners that were more than six (6) road miles from the Orange Grove Station. The Orange Grove Fire Department is in the planning stages for a new fire station #3 to be strategically located in the western part of the Cane Creek fire district. That new fire station #3 will provide insurance district coverage for an estimated 250 property owners currently more than six (6) road miles from the Orange Grove Station. The Emergency Services Workgroup has discussed all available options for the 1,156 properties located outside of six (6) road miles from the closest fire station located in their fire insurance district. With the new fire stations in the Cane Creek Fire District, over 600 property owners will be provided insurance district coverage and will be located less than 6-road miles from the nearest Orange Grove Station. Michael Talbert said the Emergency Services Work group was recommending the creation of three (3) New Fire Service Districts to overlay and replace three (3) existing Fire Protection Districts. With input from the State Fire Marshal's office, the proposal is to modify existing fire insurance districts and create new Fire Service Districts that are exactly the same as the revised fire insurance districts. The three (3) Fire Services Districts are proposed to be the South Orange Fire Service District, North Chatham Fire Service District and Greater Chapel Hill Fire Service District. South Orange Fire Service District Michael Talbert said Attachment 1 is a map of the existing South Orange Fire Insurance District. Due to the Town of Chapel Hill annexations, the South Orange Fire Insurance District has been split. The Town of Carrboro provides fire protection in the South Orange Fire Insurance District and now has to travel through the Town of Chapel Hill to respond to a fire call off Mt. Carmel Church Road. Michael Talbert said Attachment 2 shows a detail map of the area and Chapel Hill Fire Station #5 that is less than one (1) mile from the area outlined in gray. The Town of Chapel Hill is better positioned and may be willing to provide fire protections for this area in gray. The Town Manager presented this possible solution to the Chapel Hill Town Council on January 14, 2013. The area in gray on Attachment 2 represents 100 parcels and $36,003,769 of real property value. When vehicles and personal property values are added to the real property total, an estimated $37,673,414 of taxable value would be removed from the existing South Orange Fire Insurance District. Attachment 4 shows the existing property valuation of$556,977,528 for the South Orange Fire Insurance District, the reduction of$37,673,414 of taxable value, and the remaining property valuation of$519,304,114. The estimated tax valuation reduction from the existing South Orange Fire Insurance District equals 6.8% of the total. A fire district tax increase of .6 cents, from 7.85 cents to 8.45 cents, would be required to insure that this change is revenue neutral for the Town of Carrboro. Michael Talbert said this issue has also been presented to the Town of Carrboro. 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. He said on December 11, 2012 the Board expressed its intent to establish three new Fire Service Districts; the South Orange Fire Service District, the North Chatham Fire Service