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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 5, 2007 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~ - K <br />SUBJECT: Approval of Tax-Exempt Financing Arrangement for Efland Volunteer Fire <br />Company, Inc. to Construct a New Fire Substation <br />DEPARTMENT: Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT (S): <br />Attachment 1. Letter from Efland <br />Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. Board of <br />Directors President <br />Attachment 2. Map of Parcel <br />Attachment 3. October 11, 2007 Letter <br />from Orange County Planning and <br />Inspections Department to Greg Andrews, <br />Re :Efland Fire Department Construction <br />Project <br />Attachment 4. Public Hearing Legal <br />Notice <br />Attachment 5. Fire District's Minutes <br />from September 26, 2007 Public Meeting <br />Attachment 6. Fire Service. Agreement <br />Attachment 7. Certificate of Approval <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Donna Coffey 245-2151 <br />Mike Tapp 245-3030 <br />PURPOSE: To approve a request from Efland Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. to enter into atax- <br />exempt financing arrangement to construct a new fire substation and authorize the Board of <br />Commissioner Chair to sign the appropriate documents related to the financing arrangement. <br />BACKGROUND: On September 20, 2005, the Board of County Commissioners approved atax- <br />exempt financing arrangement for Efland Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. to purchase land with <br />the intent to build a second fire station on the site. In the attached letter addressed to the <br />County Budget Office, Ronnie L. McAdams, President of the Efland Volunteer Fire Company, <br />Inc. confirmed the department's intent to proceed with the construction project (Attachment 1 of <br />this abstract). <br />The property, located on Highway 70 across from Hancor Corporation, offers direct access to <br />both Highway 70 and Frazier Road (Attachment 2 of this abstract is a tax map of the property). <br />Prior to the purchase of the land, members from the Efland Fire Department worked with the <br />County's Fire Marshal, and staff from the Planning and Inspections and Environmental Health <br />departments to ensure that the 19-acre site met regulations and requirements necessary for <br />future construction of the substation. On October 11, 2007, the Orange County Planning and <br />