12/09/91 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 9, 1991 services normally provided within the corporate boundaries, and services of a capital improvement nature, including street construction, street lighting, sewer facilities, and storm water drainage facilities to be furnished to the territory to be annexed; (2) the method(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 a manner equivalent in standard and scope to similar non -capital services provided to areas within the corporate boundaries of the City of South Bend, that have characteristic of topography, patterns of land use, and population density similar to that of the territory to be annexed; (5) that services of a capital improvement nature will be provided to the annexed area within three (3) years after 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 that have characteristics of topography, patterns of land use and population density similar to that of the territory to be annexed 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 Penn Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, described in Exhibit l.of Attachment "B", 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 equivalent in standard and scope to the services furnished by the City to other areas of the City which have characteristics of topography, patterns of land utilization and population density similar to said territory; and to furnish to said territory services of a capital improvement nature, such as street construction, street lighting, sewer facilities, and storm water facilities, 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 that have characteristics of topography, patterns of land use and population density similar to that of the territory to be annexed 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 described in Exhibit "B", attached hereto and made a part hereof, for the furnishing of said services to the territory to be annexed. Adopted this 9th day of December, 1991. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA s/John E. Leszczynski s/Katherine Humphreys s/Patricia E. DeClercq Attest: s/Sandra M. Parmerlee, Clerk