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r <br /> ' 1 <br /> Orange County <br /> Board of Commissioners <br /> Date: February 3, 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No <br /> Subject: Greater Chapel Hill Fire.District <br /> Department: Emergency Management Public Hearing Yes No XXX <br /> Attachment(s): Information Contact: Nick Waters <br /> or Mike Tapp <br /> 1) Resolution Extension Number: 3030 <br /> 2) Agreement(4 copies) Telephone Number: <br /> 3) Letter from Town Manager, Cal Horton Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Town of Chapel Hill Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Purpose To re-document the existing Chapel Hill Fire District and establish an official <br /> record to be sent to the Department of Insurance so the fire insurance rating classification <br /> can be completed. <br /> Background Chapel Hill has provided fire protection to a district outside the Town <br /> limits, known as The Greater Chapel Hill Fire District, for a period well over 20 years. It <br /> was discovered that no official records of this district could be found at Chapel Hill or the <br /> County. Chapel Hill Fire Department underwent an inspection for the purpose of <br /> establishing the fire insurance rate for the Town limits and for the District. Part of the <br /> inspection criteria is official documentation that the County recognizes a fire district <br /> that's not within a municipality's town limits. The Greater Chapel Hill District has been <br /> decreased in size, over the years by Town annexation and now consist of only two streets. <br /> The County and the Town have been in agreement about fire protection in this area and <br /> the Town actually receives revenue of approximately six hundred dollars ($600)annually <br /> from a tax rate of 2.9 cent to provide that protection. <br /> The resolution will re-establish the record of the boundary of the Greater Chapel Hill Fire <br /> District and will satisfy the remaining requirements for the Department of Insurance's fire <br /> insurance rate inspection. <br /> The agreement is between the Town of Chapel Hill and the County for the provision of <br /> fire service to the Greater Chapel Hill Fire District at a tax rate of 2.9 cent. <br /> Recommendation The manager recommends the resolution be adopted,the agreement <br /> approved and authorize the Chair to sign both. <br />