09/23/71 Board of Public Works Special Meeting Minutes

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M► ► Special Meeting - September 23, 1971. A'special meeting of the Board of Public Works and Safety convened at 8:00 A.M. on September 23, 1971, with all members present. FINDINGS OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY - MAPLE LANE ANNEXATION ORDINANCE "TO THE SOUTH BEND COMMON COUNCIL: September 23, 1971. Subject: Maple Lane Annexation Ordinance "This is to certify that we, the Board of Public Works and Safety of the city of South Bend, Indiana, have examined the ordinance annexing the area described within the ordinance of the city of South Bend, together with city maps, utility locations, statistical reports and other data pertaining to the annexation and find as follows: 111. That the resident population of the area to be annexed exceeds three persons for each acre of land included within its boundaries. 112. That more than 60% of the area to be annexed is either subdivided or zoned for commercial, business or industrial uses. 9. That more than one -eighth of the aggregate external boundaries of the area to be annexed coincide with the boundaries of the City of South Bend. 114. That the City of South Bend through the Area Plan Commission of St. Joseph County has developed an overall comprehensive plan for annexation of the contiguous urban areas surrounding the City. 115. That the City has made an analysis of the cost of this annexation and has developed a fiscal plan and established definite policies to furnish the territory to be annexed with governmental and proprietary services substantially equivalent in standard and scope to those services furnished by the City to other areas of the City with- in a period not to exceed three years. 11By: THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY s/ Lloyd S. Taylor s/ S. J. Crumpacker s/ James A. Bickel ATTEST: s/ Doris Allen, Clerk." No further business came before the Board, and the meeting adjourned at 8:10 A. M. J I