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Attachment 4 <br />9. District Issues Regarding Road Conditions – There are district issues that border <br />central Orange County. According to a comment received, Chief Brooks <br />indicated that there was a complaint from the Friends Community off Moorefields <br />Road. If the County, Efland or some citizen group wants Orange Rural Fire <br />protection extended into Friends Community, they are going to need to do some <br />road work. The roads into Friends Community are nearly impassible for fire <br />trucks and efforts in the past to improve the situation were met with resistance <br />from the residents. Obviously the ORFD Board has the final say over what the <br />fire departments cover but we should not take on Friends Community if the roads <br />are still over grown and too small for our trucks. <br /> <br />The County has no recourse for road maintenance and access on already <br />existing developments. If the property owners in Friends Community want <br />improved insurance ratings, they should ensure that whatever fire department <br />responds will have the ability to access their homes and properties. It is possible <br />that the response expectation could be put on Orange Rural, so it is important to <br />understand these concerns. We do not want more access problems and the <br />increased liabilities associated with them. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />126