01/19/2011 Board of Public Safety Meeting

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REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 19, 2011 The meeting was held in the Board of Public Works Meeting Room, 13th Floor County City Building, South Bend, Indiana. ACCEPT MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS President Dempsey advised that if there were no objections by members of the Board, the minutes of the Public Agenda Session, Executive Session, and Regular Meetings of the Board held on December 29, 2010 would be accepted with the noted corrections. ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 07 -2011 — ADOPTING A WRITTEN FISCAL PLAN AND ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO AN ANNEXATION AREA IN CENTRE TOWNSHIP Mr. Michael Divita, Community and Economic Development, informed the Board that this annexation was requested by the property owner at 61175 Miami St. and includes that property consisting of approximately one and a half acres. He stated Police Beat No. 16 will serve this area and Fire Station No. 10, Medic No. 1, and Medic No. 2 will serve the annexed area. Mr. Divita noted this will not require additional equipment or personnel on the part of the Fire or Police Departments. Upon a motion made by Mr. Cottrell, seconded by Mr. BonDurant and carried, the following Resolution was adopted by the Board of Public Works: RESOLUTION NO. 07-2011 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, ADOPTING A WRITTEN FISCAL PLAN AND ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO AN ANNEXATION AREA IN CENTRE TOWNSHIP (HENRY ANNEXATION AREA) WHEREAS, there has been submitted to the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, an Ordinance and a petition by all (100 %) property owners which proposes the annexation of real estate located in Centre Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, which is more particularly described at Page 13 of Exhibit "A" attached hereto; and WHEREAS, the territory proposed to be annexed encompasses approximately 1.21 acres of land containing a single family home, which property is at least 12.5% contiguous to the current City limits, i.e., approximately 21.6% contiguous, generally located near the southwest corner of Miami Street and Farmington Lane (61175 Miami Road). It is anticipated that the annexation area will continue to be used for a single family residence. This use will require a basic level of municipal public services, including the provision of police and fire protection; and WHEREAS, the Board of Public Safety now desires to establish and adopt a fiscal plan and establish a definite policy showing: (1) the cost estimates of police and fire protection 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 those services 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 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 (5) 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 SAFETY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS: Section I. It is in the best interest of the City of South Bend and the area proposed to be annexed that the real property described more particularly at Page 13 of Exhibit "A" attached hereto be annexed to the City of South Bend. Section II. 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 Safety, to furnish to said territory police and fire services within one (1) year of the effective date of annexation in a manner equivalent in