06-23-08 Council Meeting Agenda & Packet

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL 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 following described real property located in German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana be annexed to the City of South Bend: A part of the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section Numbered 22, Township Numbered 38 North, Range Numbered 2 East, lying East of the State Road leading from South Bend to Niles, Michigan, known as Portage Highway, more particularly described as follows, to -wit: Beginning at the intersection of the East and West center line of said Section Numbered 22, Township and Range aforesaid with the center line of said Portage Highway; thence Southeasterly along the center line of said highway a distance of 385 feet to the point of beginning of this description; thence Northeasterly at right angles to the centerline of said Portage Highway, 209.38 feet to a point on the East line of the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of said Section Numbered 22; which point is 283.6 feet South of the East and West centerline of said Section Numbered 22; thence South along the East line of the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of said Section Numbered 22, 503.25 feet to a point in the center line of said Portage Highway; thence Northwesterly with the center line of said Highway, 176.5 feet to a point; thence continuing Northwesterly with the center line of said highway, 363.9 feet to the place of beginning. Excepting from the above described tract of land a parcel more particularly described as beginning at a point on the East line of the West Half of the Southwest Quarter, said point being 283.60 South of the East -West centerline of said Section 22; thence continuing South 00 °00'00" East, a distance of 4.73 feet; thence South 69 °10'06" West, a distance of 167.71 feet to the Easterly right -of- way line of Portage Road; thence along said right -of -way line North 20 °43'37" West, a distance of 5.15 feet; thence North 69 °24'54" East, a distance of 169.38 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to legal highways. Section II. That 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 a non - 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, sidewalks, 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