10-25-10 Common Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETINGOCTOBER 252010 , maintain the facility without burden to other ratepayers. The South Bend Water Works currently has a 6” main on the west side of Willis Avenue that will provide sufficient capacity for the annexation area. Extensions of, or taps into sanitary sewer and water lines shall be governed by I.C. 36-9-22-2, I.C. 8-1.5-3 and 4, and the rules and regulations of the South Bend Water Works and Sewer Utility. The developer of this property will be required to install a street lighting system. Additional revenue to the General Fund from this annexation area will be sufficient to pay for street light operations. There are no waivers of annexation in effect for the Annexation Area. No new public streets have been proposed for this development. Approximately 270 feet of Willis Avenue will be annexed. Thus, 400 feet of the street will be within the City. Maintenance of this street segment will be included in the working agreement between South Bend and saint Joseph County to share routine maintenance activity on boundary areas. Drainage facilities will be required to be constructed by the developer and meet the latest City of South Bend standards. The annexation area would be expected to be added to the already existing Beat 11. Police patrols, traffic enforcement, and emergency responses will be part of the services the City will offer to this area. This proposed annexation would require officers to cover a relatively small additional area to this beat. At this time it is not expected that this annexation would cause calls for service to increase significantly and it is not anticipated that it will be necessary to increase police patrols beyond the already existing beat patrol at this time. The area under consideration is not expected to cause any unusual problems. At the present time the cost for servicing the proposed area is not expected to impact the existing budget of the Police Department with any significance. However, this area, as well as all other areas of the City, will continually be monitored for level of service demands and other criteria that would necessitate additional resources through budgetary increases or possibly shifting of existing resources, such as a beat restructure. Police services and response time in this area can be expected to be comparable and consistent with that as in all other areas of the City. Police coverage to this area could begin immediately upon annexation and coordination of the conversion of the 911 emergency phone systems for that area. The City provides fire response with a fully staffed, full time fire department housed in 12 fire stations strategically located throughout the city. The Annexation Area will be serviced primarily by Station #3, located at 1805 McKinley Avenue, approximately 1.9 miles away. Additional Fire Department units would respond from Fire Station #2 located at 430 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive which is approximately 2.9 miles away and Fire Station # 9 at 2520 Mishawaka Ave., which is approximately 3.0 miles away and Fire Station #1 at 1222 S. Michigan which is approximately 3.7 miles away. The South Bend Fire Department does not foresee any unusual fire protection problems related to this annexation. Response times will be comparable to other areas of the City. No additional equipment will need to be purchased or personnel hired to service the Annexation Area. Adequate water supply will be necessary as development takes place. The City, under contract with St. Joseph County, provides emergency medical response to the unincorporated areas of St. Joseph County. Of the seven ambulances currently in service, 3 are dedicated for response to the unincorporated areas. These are Medic Units #10, 11 and 12. The Annexation Area is currently being serviced by Medic #11, located at Fire Station #11 at 3505 N. Bendix. Upon incorporation, the Annexation Area will be serviced by Medic #3, located at Fire Station #2, 430 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, which is approximately 2.6 miles away and Medic #2, located at Fire Station #1, 1222 S. Michigan Street. Emergency medical response will continue to be provided by the City of South Bend. Response times will be comparable to other areas of the City. No Additional equipment will need to be purchased or personnel hired to service the Annexation Area. The Annexation Area will be added to Code Enforcement Area 4. Wastewater treatment services are supported by user fees, and are paid through the Water Works billing system. Solid Waste, industrial, commercial and apartment customers are not served by the Bureau of Solid Waste. The annexation will contain multi-family residential units. They will have centralized waste collection locations. A licensed private waste hauler will be required to serve these developments. As single-family, duplex units are constructed, the Division of Environmental Services could service them at the rates noted below. The City of South Bend provides a wide range of services other than those noted above, such as the Mayors office, the Legal Department, and the Parks 6