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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 2, 2015 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 6 -k <br />1 <br />SUBJECT: Approval to Extend the Cedar Grove Fire Insurance District Boundary <br />DEPARTMENT: Emergency Services PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Cedar Grove Fire Insurance District Map <br />Map of Proposed Property Transfer from <br />West Orange Fire Insurance District <br />to Cedar Grove Fire Insurance <br />District <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Jason Shepherd, 919 - 245 -6151 <br />PURPOSE: To approve the updated Cedar Grove Insurance District map which has been <br />expanded to include properties from the Efland Fire District that are not currently in the rated <br />insurance district. <br />BACKGROUND: This is the same concept used in the past by other county fire departments to <br />address the insurance concerns for property owners. <br />Certain properties in the northwest area of the Efland Fire District are located greater than six <br />miles from Efland Fire Station 2 located at 5800 US HWY 70 West. As a result those properties <br />are not in the West Orange Fire Insurance District and are rated as a protection class 10. Cedar <br />Grove Fire Department Station 2 is located at 5912 Pentecost Road in the southern area of the <br />Cedar Grove Fire Insurance District and serves an area which is adjacent to the Efland Fire <br />District. <br />The Fire Marshal's Office has worked with representatives from the Cedar Grove Fire <br />Department and the Efland Fire Department to identify the areas not in the rated West Orange <br />Fire Insurance District. Fire Marshal Staff has also worked with Orange County Geographic <br />Information Systems (GIS) to identify those parcels in the Efland Fire District that are not in the <br />West Orange Fire Insurance District. <br />Staff proposes to move these parcels into the Cedar Grove Fire Insurance District which will <br />allow fifty -five (55) property owners to be included in a rated insurance district and be eligible for <br />insurance premiums. GIS staff has completed a revised map of the Cedar Grove Fire Insurance <br />District showing those parcels now being added to the Cedar Grove Fire Insurance District. <br />Upon approval by the Board of County Commissioners, the Office of the State Fire Marshal can <br />legally approve the transfer of those affected parcels to the Cedar Grove Fire Insurance District. <br />