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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA <br />COUNTY OF CABARRUS <br /> <br />AGREEMENT <br /> <br /> THIS AGREEMENT, by and between the Pitts Volunteer Fire <br />Department, Inc. (hereafter "Pitts VFD"), the City of Concord, a <br />municipal corporation (hereafter "Concord"), and Cabarrus County, <br />a political subdivision of the State of North Carolina (hereafter <br />"the County"), <br /> <br /> W I T N E $ S E T H , that W H E R E A S <br /> <br /> 1. Concord has exercised its statutory rights under the law <br />to annex additional areas into the city limits; and <br /> <br /> 2. Some of th~ additional annexed areas are in the portion <br />of the County presently within the boundaries of the Pitts VFD <br />fire tax district; and <br /> <br /> 3. The County currently contracts with Pitts VFD for fire <br />service throughout the Pitts VFD fire tax district, and for that <br />service a fire service tax has been levied upon the Pitts VFD <br />fire tax district; and <br /> <br /> 4. Because of the annexations, the area and tax base which <br />will remain within the Pitts VFD fire tax district will decrease <br />to a point where continuing the fire service of the Pitts VFD <br />will soon become impracticable; <br /> <br /> 5. The County has a need for a location for an emergency <br />services facility, and Concord has a need for a location for a <br />fire station to serve the incorporated areas of the community. <br /> <br />NOW , THEREFORE , <br /> <br /> The parties have hereby agreed, based upon mutual <br />consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is admitted <br />and acknowledged by all the parties, entered into this Agreement, <br />with terms and conditions as follows: <br /> <br /> 1. Purpose. The purpose of this Agreement is to (a) <br />facilitate the dissolution of the Pitts Volunteer Fire <br />Department, Inc.; (b) provide for fire protection in those areas <br />now served by the Pitts Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.; and (c) <br />provide Concord and the County with facilities for expanded fire, <br />ambulance and law enforcement service to those areas now served <br />by Pitts Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. <br /> <br /> 2. Special Legislation. The parties will support special <br />local legislation in the General Assembly to permit the <br /> <br /> <br />