01/22/07 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 22, 2007 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, regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, and population density; (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 within 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; and (6) the plan for hiring the employees or other governmental entities whose jobs will be eliminated by the proposed annexation; and WHEREAS, the City of South Bend Board of Public Safety and Board of Public Works have each approved the written fiscal plan and policy and established a policy for the provision of services to the territory proposed to be annexed, which plan and policy the Common Council finds to be appropriate and in the best interest of the City, and which it desires to adopt. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS: Section L It is in the best interest of the City of South Bend and the area proposed to be annexed that the following described real property located in Clay Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, be annexed to the City of South Bend: THAT PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 38 NORTH, RANGE 3 EAST, CLAY TOWNSHIP, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA, WHICH IS DESCRIBED AS: BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE EAST RIGHT-OF- WAY LINE OF WILLIS AVENUE AND THE NORTH RIGHT-OF- WAY LINE OF VANESS AVENUE; THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, 119.80 FEET MORE OR LESS; THENCE WEST 356.00 FEET MORE OR LESS; THENCE NORTH 64.90 FEET MORE OR LESS; THENCE WEST 296.0 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF BURDETTE STREET; THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE 83.0 FEET MORE OR LESS; THENCE WEST 262.18 FEET MORE OR LESS, THENCE SOUTH 185.2 FEET MORE OR LESS; THENCE EAST 262.18 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF BURDETTE STREET; THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE 37.20 FEET MORE OR LESS; THENCE EAST 88.00 FEET MORE OR LESS: THENCES SOUTH 119.50 FEET TO THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF VANESS STREET; THENCE EAST ALONG NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF VANESS STREET A DISTANCE OF 564.00 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 3.10 ACRES MORE OR LESS. Section IL It shall be and hereby is now declared and established that it is the policy of the City of South Bend, to furnish to said territory services of anon-capital nature, such as police and fire protection, street and road maintenance, street sweeping, flushing, and 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 street and road construction, a street light system, a sanitary sewer system, a water distribution system, a storm water system and drainage plan, 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 regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, or population density.