03/02/98 Board of Public Works Minutes

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072 REGULAR MEETING MARCH 2, 1998 ADOPTING A WRITTEN FISCAL PLAN AND ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO AN ANNEXED AREA IN GERMAN TOWNSHIP (KIDDER ANNEXATION) WHEREAS, there has been submitted to the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, an ordinance which proposes the annexation of the real estate described hereinafter as Exhibit "A", located in German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana; and WHEREAS, the territory proposed to be voluntarily annexed by more than 51% of the owners of such annexed land, consists of approximately 21.86 +/- acres currently vacant, but proposed to be developed for two offices/warehousing facilities. It is located at the Northwest Corner of Olive Road & Cleveland Road with more than 1/8 of its aggregate external boundaries contiguous with the present boundaries of the City of South Bend, i.e., roughly 22% contiguous. The development of the territory proposed to be annexed will require a basic level of municipal public services, including street and road maintenance, and services of a capital improvement nature, including sewer facilities, water facilities and storm water facilities; and WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works now desires to establish and adopt a fiscal plan and establish a definite policy showing: (1) the cost estimates of services of a non -capital nature, including street and road maintenance and other non -capital services normally provided within the corporate boundaries, and services of a capital improvement nature including sewer facilities, and storm water drainage facilities to be furnished to the territory to be annexed; (2) the merhod(s) of financing those services; (3) the plan for the organization and extension of those services; (4) that services of a non - capital nature will be provided to the annexed area within one (1) year after the effective date of the annexation, and that they will be provided 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; (5) that services of a capital improvement nature will be provided to the annexed area within four (4) years after the effective date of the annexation, and that they will be provided in the same manner as those services are provided to areas within the corporation boundaries of the City of South Bend regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, or population density, and in a manner consistent with federal, state and local laws, procedures, and planning criteria, and (6) the plan for hiring the employees of other governmental entities whose jobs will be eliminated by the proposed annexation. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS: Section I. That it is in the best interest of the City of South Bend and of the area proposed to be annexed that the real property located in German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, described in Exhibit "A" 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, within one (1) year of the effective date of the annexation, in a manner as provided by the City to other areas of the City regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, or population density; and to furnish to said territory services of a capital improvement nature, such as sewer facilities, and storm water facilities, 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 and in a manner consistent with federal, state and local laws, procedures, and planning criteria. Section III. That the Board of Public Works shall and does hereby now establish and adopt the fiscal plan, attached hereto and made a part hereof, for the furnishing of said services to the territory to be annexed.