05-22-00 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING MAY 22.2000 other governmental entities whose jobs will be eliminated by the proposed annexation; and WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, the Board of Public Safety of the City of South Bend, and the Board of Water Works Commissioners of the City of South Bend, have each approved a written fiscal plan 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 I. It is in the best interest of the City of South Bend and the area proposed to be annexed that the real property located in Penn Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, described more particularly as follows, be annexed to the City of South Bend: That part of the Northwest quarter of Section 29, Township 37 North, Range 3 East, Penn Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana which is described as: Beginning at a point on the existing municipal corporate limit line which is N. 89 -- 49'-19" E., 165.00 ft. more or less from a point on the West line of said Section 29, which point is S. 00-- 00' -00" W., 1969.76 ft. from the Northwest corner of said Section 29; thence N. 89o- 49 -19" E. along said corporate limit line, 827.88 ft. to the West line of a parcel of ground owned by Edward Rose of Indiana and known as tax Key No. 26- 1034 - 0578.01 in the records of the Auditor of St. Joseph County, Indiana; thence S. 00-- 05' -50" E. along said West line and its southerly extension, 678.87 ft. more or less to the South right -of -way line of Ireland Road; thence S. 89 -- 57'-24" W. along said South line, 652.57 ft. more or less to the existing corporate line of the City of South Bend; thence along said corporate line, N. 00-- 08' -23" E., 70.00 ft. more or less to the North line of Ireland Road; thence S. 89-57-24" W., 300.96 ft. more or less along said North line of Ireland Road and its westerly extension and said corporate line of the City of South Bend to a point of intersection with the East line of Ironwood Road extended South; thence continuing along said corporate line and the East line of Ironwood Road and its southerly extension, N. 00-- 00' -00" E., 325.00 ft. more or less; thence continuing along said corporate line for the next two courses, N. 90-- 00' -00" E., 125.00 ft. more or less and N. 00-- 00' -00" E., 300 ft. more or less to the point of beginning. Section II. It shall be and hereby is now declared and established that it is the policy of the City of South Bend, to furnish services to said territory of a non - capital nature, such as street and road maintenance, police and fire protection, street sweeping, flushing, and snow removal, sewage collection, solid waste and yard pick -up as well as recycling services, within one (1) year of the effective date of the annexation, in a manner equivalent in standard and scope to the services furnished by the City to other areas of the City regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, or population density; and to furnish to said territory services of a capital improvement nature, such as a sewer collection system (existing), a water distribution system (existing water main), road construction (to be done and paid for by the developer), and a street lighting system (to be done and paid for by the developer), within four (4) 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, and in a manner consistent with federal, state and local laws, procedures, and planning criteria. Section III. The South Bend Common Council for the City of South Bend shall and does hereby now establish and adopt the fiscal plan described in Exhibit "A ", attached hereto and made a part hereof, for the furnishing of said services to the territory to be annexed.