10-23-06 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 23, 2006 Boulevard. Mr. Mariani stated that additional capacity will be required to serve the annexation area. Additional public and private expenditures will be needed to extend existing water main facilites as part of the redevelopment of the area. 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. No waivers of annexation are in effect fro the Annexation Area. Edison Road will be added to the City’s roadway inventory. The mileage of the existing road and any new roads that might be developed within the property will add to the State’s payments to the Motor Vehicle Highway Fund and Local Road and Street Fund sufficient for street maintenance, sweeping, and snow removal. As presented, the annexed segments of Edison Road will be maintained by City forces. Landscaping, mowing and maintenance of such for the portion will be maintained by City forces. Landscaping, mowing and maintenance of such for the portion of Edison Road within the annexation area will be completed by the University of Notre Dame. The annexation area would be expected to be added to the already existing Beat 11. The Annexation Area is located in an area of the city that is expected to continue to grow, both in commercial development as well as residential. 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 exiting resources, such as beat restructure. Councilmember Varner noted that in the last paragraph of the Resolution it is noted that there is insufficient capacity for water. Water as well as sewer service is available in sufficient capacity and it is required that the developer will pay the costs of sewer and water extensions to the project site as needed. Building plans and other information to satisfy these requirements must be submitted by the Developer to the City. Councilmember Varner asked if the water is there in capacity or not. Mr. Mariani stated that it is his understanding and that maybe Gary Gilot, could speak more directly to this. Mr. Mariani stated that he has not be privy to all of the conversations, but in terms of providing the sewer and water laterals from the existing mains, (Dr. Varner reiterated that he is talking about capacity), his understanding is to provide the appropriate water capacity for that entire development that would include the Tech Park as well as the residential retail components, additional capacity on the water side would need to be added. th Gary Gilot, Director, Public Works, 13 Floor County-City Building, 227 W. Jefferson Blvd., South Bend, Indiana, advised that there is sufficient capacity at the north pumping station and Edison Well Field to support this development area in the north east from two direction there are some pretty decent size mains twenty inch and above that come from the two well fields, they need to get some ten inch and larger distribution mains that would loop through this development area in the Notre Dame Woods. So that is the deficiency area and they are planning and working the engineering now to make sure that they have adequate flow and adequate pressure for any of their consumptive needs or their fire protection. A Public Hearing was held on the Resolution at this time. There was no one present wishing to speak in favor of this Resolution. The following individual spoke in opposition of this bill. Ms. Jessica Payne, 1119 N. Frances, South Bend, Indiana, spoke in opposition to this resolution. She realizes that the annexation is just the very first part of the concept of the University’s plan for that area. Her concerns go far beyond just the annexation, but what their vision is for the future. Being a resident of the northeast neighborhood for her entire life, she has grave concerns about the introduction of the housing developments that they 7