Resolution - 2 Dist. in Cape Fear District - #2011-11

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2011 - // LEE COUNTY ©o0Qa (3 as 9 a0© • Committed Today for a Better Tomorrow RESOLUTION AND ORDER MAKING FINDINGS CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TWO FIRE, AMBULANCE AND RESCUE SERVICE DISTRICTS WITHIN THE EXISTING CAPE FEAR RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT AND DIRECTING STAFF TO TAKE ALL ACTIONS THAT WILL ALLOW THIS BOARD TO MAKE A FINAL LEGAL DECISION CONCERNING WHETHER TO ESTABLISH THE SAME WHEREAS, a majority of the property owners and residents in the Clearwater Drive residential community have petitioned this Board to transfer by July 1, 2011 the responsibility of providing fire protection services in the area from the Cape Fear Rural Fire Protection District to the City of Sanford with the purpose of improving the area's fire protection class rating when the new annual ratings are established, and; WHEREAS, this Board has received and considered information from the County Attorney that the County's contract with the Cape Fear Fire Department not only requires the Department to provide fire protection services but also requires it to provide ambulance and rescue services, and; • WHEREAS, the Law and Finance Committee of the Sanford City Council at its April 13, 2011 meeting expressed, by consensus opinion, support for the petition and the availability and willingness of the City of Sanford and the Sanford Fire Department to provide fire protection, ambulance and rescue services to the Clearwater area similar to that provided to property owners and residents within the city limits for approximately $36,000 during Fiscal Year 2010- 2011, which would improve the area's fire protection class rating, and; WHEREAS, officers of the Cape Fear RFP District and the Lee County Fire Advisory Board have considered and presented to this Board other options to provide fire protection, ambulance and rescue services to the Clearwater area that would improve the area's fire protection class rating, but expressed no preference concerning which option should be implemented, and; WHEREAS, this Board received and considered the County Attorney's opinion that the only action that could result in transferring the responsibility to provide fire protection, ambulance and rescue services in the Clearwater area from the Cape Fear Rural Fire Protection District to the City of Sanford by the deadline sought by the Clearwater property owners is by the establishment of two service districts in the exiting Cape Fear District, pursuant to Chapter 153A, Article 16, Part 1 of the North Carolina General Statutes, one for the Clearwater area and the other for the remaining Cape Fear area, and; • 1