Resolution - Cape Fear Fire Srvs. District - #2011-20

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• for the district; and all other matters the Board believed to have a bearing on whether the proposed district should be established; and WHEREAS, because the proposed Cape Fear Fire Protection and Rescue Service District would include territory lying within the municipal limits of the Town of Broadway, a resolution of the governing body of the Town consenting to such inclusion has been duly adopted and the resolution is incorporated by reference as if fully set out herein and attached as Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, The Cape Fear Rural Fire Department has stations located in geographic locations within Lee County from which the Department can provide adequate fire protection and rescue services to the proposed Cape Fear Fire Protection and Rescue Service District; and WHEREAS, the officers of the Cape Fear Rural Fire Department have expressed a willingness and ability to provide fire protection and rescue services to the proposed Cape Fear Fire Protection and Rescue Service District which would maintain the fire protection class rating of the property within the proposed District. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Lee County Board of Commissioners as follows: 1. The Board does hereby make the following findings based upon (i) the report • provided to the Board pursuant to North Carolina General Statute 153A -302; (ii) comments made at the June 15, 2011 public hearing; and, (ii) additional evidence and information received by the Board: (a) A demonstrable need for fire protection and rescue services exists within the proposed Cape Fear Fire Protection and Rescue Service District; (b) It is impossible or impracticable to provide fire protection and rescue services on a county -wide basis; (c) It is economically feasible to provide fire protection and rescue services in the proposed Cape Fear Fire Protection and Rescue Service District without unreasonable or burdensome annual tax levies; and (d) There is a demonstrable demand for fire protection and rescue services by the property owners and persons residing in the proposed Cape Fear Fire Protection and Rescue Service District. 2. Based upon the foregoing findings and in accordance with the Act, the Board does hereby establish and define a tax supported service district for the provisions of fire protection and rescue services, which district is named the Cape Fear Fire Protection and • Rescue Service District and does hereby define the District as including the territory shown on