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one (1) emergency medical services (EMS) ambulance at the Orange Rural Fire Department (ORFD) station at 835 Phelps Road and authorize the Manager to sign. Jim Groves, Emergency Services Director for Orange County, recognized Jeff Cabe, Chief of Orange Rural Fire Department and Jeff Borland, Chief of Cedar Grove Fire Department. He said the Allen Study on Emergency Services was very beneficial to Orange County in recommending work on improved response times in Orange County. He said Jeff Cabe has worked with Emergency Services to house Emergency Services ambulances, to store their drugs in a secure location and a to provide a place for their staff to rest when there is downtime. He said all of Emergency Services ambulances are located outside at this time and station 2 will provide a great place to house an ambulance in the northern part of Orange County. He discussed current response times, referring to a map of the district zones. He noted that having this station to co-locate their ambulance will help decrease response times in these northern areas. He said the only cost will be the difference in utility costs incurred with usage. He noted the key points of agreement as follows: it provides a bay area for ambulances, provides a work area for medics, and is a rent free facility - Emergency Services will only pay the difference in utilities. Commissioner Dorosin asked where the ambulance to be sited at this area is currently being kept and Jim Groves said it is a roving ambulance. Commissioner McKee said this is excellent opportunity and a new concept and he hoped to use this agreement as a template to approach other departments with staging opportunities. Commissioner Price applauded all of these efforts and asked if there could be the addition of the word ethnicity to the agreement. A motion was made by Commissioner Price seconded by Commissioner McKee to approve the recommendation from the Emergency Services Director to enter into an agreement, with a change to item 17 to add the word ethnicity, with the Orange Rural Fire Department in order to place one (1) emergency medical services (EMS) ambulance at the Orange Rural Fire Department (ORFD) station at 835 Phelps Road and authorize the Manager to sign the Use Agreement. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Commissioner McKee said the consent agenda mentioned the departments working collaboratively on the insurance district boundaries to bring people within the 6 mile limit. He expressed his appreciation of these efforts. b. Southern Branch Library Siting Criteria — Process Update The Board received an update on the Southern Branch Library site selection analysis, provided feedback to staff on next steps, and authorized staff to present this information and relevant BOCC comments to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen at its April 9, 2013 work session. Chair Jacobs asked staff to address the letter from Carrboro on page 10 during their presentations Lucinda Munger, Orange County Library Director, introduced the presentation and reviewed the PowerPoint Slides as follows: Southern Library Site Evaluation Update 3/19/13 • Area Locator: (map) • Intended Outcome: