06-26-00 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING JUNE 26, 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 Warren and German Townships, St. Joseph County, Indiana, described more particularly as follows, be annexed to the City of South Bend: That Part of the Northeast and Southeast Quarters of Section 24, Township 38 North, Range 1 East, Warren Township, and the Northwest Quarter of Section 19, Township 38 North, Range 2 East, German Township all in St. Joseph County, Indiana, which is described as: Beginning at the East Quarter Post of said Section 24; thence N. 00- 20'-57" E., 70.27 Ft. more or less along the North and South Quarter Line of said Section 24 and the West Line of Lot #3 of the Plat of "Kidder's Olive Road Minor Subdivision" as recorded by Document No. 9818752 in the Records of the St. Joseph County, Indiana, Recorder's Office to the southerly right -of -way line of the Indiana East -West Toll Road; thence N. 89- 47' -29" E. along the southerly line of said Toll Road and its easterly extension, 1119.37 Ft. to the east line of Olive Road; thence N. 00- 52' -04" W. (Assumed Bearing), 300.00 Ft. more or less to the intersection of said east line with the northerly Line of said Toll Road; thence S. 89- 20' -23" W. along said northerly line, 3795.28 Ft. more or less to the intersection of said northerly line with the North and South Quarter Line of said Section 24; thence S. 00- 08' -51" W., 1603.00 Ft. more or less; thence S. 89- 19'-02" E., 2471.39 Ft. more or less; thence S. 00- 40' -58" W., 535.40 Ft. more or less; thence N. 89- 42' -48" E., 208.02 Ft. more or less to the West Line of said Lot #3; thence along the West Line of said Lot #3, N. 00- 11' -18" E., 1765.66 Ft. more or less to the point of beginning. Containing 108.74 Acres More or Less. Subject to all legal highways, easements and restrictions of record. 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, a water distribution system (existing water main), street and road construction, and a street lighting system, 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.