09/12/2005 Board of Public Works Minutes

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31- �EGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 12, '2005 WORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS: Section I. It is in the best interest of the City of South Bend and the area proposed to be annexed that the real property located in German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, described at Table 2 on pages 15-16 of Exhibit "A" (The Fiscal Plan) attached hereto and made a part hereof be annexed to the City of South Bend. Section II. That it shall be and hereby is now declared and established that it is the policy of the City of South Bend, by and through its Board of Public Works, to furnish to said territory services of a non -capital nature, such as street and road maintenance, street sweeping, flushing, and snow removal, within one (1) year of the effective date of the annexation in a manner equivalent in standard and scope to services furnished by the City to other areas of the City regardless of similar topography, patterns of land utilization, and population density; and to furnish to said territory, services of a capital improvement nature such as street and road construction, a street light system, a sanitary sewer system, a water distribution system, a storm water system and drainage plan, within three (3) years of the effective date of the annexation in the same manner as those services are provided to areas within the corporate boundaries of the City of South Bend regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, or population density. Section III. That the Board of Public Works shall and hereby does now establish and adopt the Fiscal Plan, attached hereto as Exhibit "A", and made a part hereof, for the furnishing of said services to the territory to be annexed, which provides, among other things, that an existing water main line should be sufficient to service this area; that adequate sewer service is presently available with upgrade of the lift station and some sections of the sewer main; that street lighting will be provided; that new public streets will be required to access the lots proposed for development with costs to be paid by the developer; and that the developer will pay the costs of an approved drainage plan which will be required in the annexation area. Adopted the 12th day of September 2005. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA s/Gary A. Gilot, President s/Carl P. Littrell, Member ATTEST: s/Angela K. Jacob, Clerk APPROVE LETTERS OF CREDIT Mr. Tony Molnar, Division of Engineering, submitted the following Letters of Credit to the Board and recommended approval: LETTER OF CREDIT NO. 405455 ISSUED BY: St. Joseph Capital Bank AMOUNT: $331,355.00 EXPIRES: August 31, 2006 LETTER OF CREDIT NO. 136 ISSUED BY: First Federal Savings Bank AMOUNT: $489,635.00 EXPIRES: March 2, 2006 IMPROVEMENT: Woodhaven Subdivision Mr. Gilot made a motion that the Letters of Credit, as outlined above, be approved. Mr. Littrell seconded the motion, which carried. FILING OF SAFETY REPORTS - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS