01/28/02 Board of Public Works Minutes

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021 REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 28, 2002 Section I. That 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 more particularly at Table I, page 11 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, 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 a sanitary sewer system, a water distribution system, street and road construction, and a street lighting system within four (4) 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 does hereby 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 in relevant part that existing water and sewer mains are sufficient to service this area, that the Motor Vehicle Highway Fund and Local Road and Street Fund will provide sufficient revenue to pay for street maintenance, sweeping and snow removal and, that the City of South Bend will bear the expense of electricity for a street lighting system from the General Fund, all as set more specifically at page 5 and 7 of Exhibit "A". Adopted the 23rd day of January 2002. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA s/Gary Gilot, President s/Donald E. Inks, Member APPROVAL OF AUTHORIZATION FOR ENTRY UPON PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR DRILLING PURPOSES Mr. Gilot stated that the Board is in receipt of an Authorization For Entry Upon Public Property for Drilling Purposes submitted by Mr. Alan Schmidt, RMT, Inc., 222 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 820, Chicago, Illinois. The document requests access to property along the 2000 block of West Washington Street, West Orange (between Huey and Grant Streets), and O'Brien Street (between Orange and West Washington Streets), South Bend, Indiana, for the purpose of drilling holes and test wells. This permission will be needed until February 15, 2002. Therefore, Mr. Gilot made a motion that the request be approved. Mr. Inks seconded the motion which carried. APPROVE CONSENT TO ANNEXATION AND WAIVER OF RIGHTS TO REMONSTRATE Mr. Gilot stated that the Board is in receipt of a Consent to Annexation and Waiver of Right to Remonstrate as submitted by Ferdinand J. and Sandra J. Krizmanich. The Consent indicates that in consideration for permission to tap into the public sanitary sewer system of the City, to provide sanitary sewer service to 18000 Bariger Place, South Bend, Indiana, (Key #02-1171-8158), the Krizmanichs' waive and release any and all right to remonstrate against or oppose any pending or future annexation of the property by the City of South Bend. Therefore, Mr. Gilot made a motion that the Consent be approved. Mr. Inks seconded the motion which carried. APPROVE AND/OR RELEASE CONTRACTOR AND EXCAVATION BONDS Mr. Anthony Molnar, Engineer, Division of Engineering, recommended that the following Contractors and Excavation Bonds be approved and/or released as follows: BOND OF CONTRACTOR LaMar Colley dba Colley Concrete Released effective January 23, 2002 Ziolkowski Construction, Inc. Approved January 23, 2002