03-23-98 Council Meeting minutes

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REGULAR MEETING MARCH 23, 1998 1519 Evergreen P1., Elkhart) spoke in favor of this resolution indicating the Isabel helped him by giving him on the job training. Council Member Kelly made a motion to adopt the resolution, seconded by Council Member Ujdak. The resolution was adopted by a roll call vote of eight ayes. Isabel thanked the Council for the resolution. RESOLUTION NO. 2579 -98 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND ADOPTING A WRITTEN FISCAL PLAN AND ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO AN ANNEXED AREA IN GERMAN TOWNSHIP (FISKARS ANNEXATION) WHEREAS, there has been submitted to the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, an ordinance which proposes the annexation of the real estate described hereinafter as Exhibit "A ", located in German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana; and WHEREAS, the territory proposed to be Voluntarily annexed by more than 51% of the owners, consists of approximately 1.8 acres currently vacant, but proposed to be developed into a small office complex. It is generally located on the south side of Brick Road approximately 250' east of the New Cleveland Road Extension, with approximately 57% of its aggregate external boundaries coinciding with the boundaries of the City of South Bend. The development of the territory proposed to be annexed will require a basic level of municipal public services, including fire and police protection, street and road maintenance, water and sewer service, and services of a capital improvement nature, including street lighting; potential street widening and traffic light installation; and WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana desires to now establish and adopt a fiscal plan and establish a definite policy showing (1) the cost estimates of services of a non - capital nature, including street and road maintenance, police and fire protection and other non - capital services normally provided within the corporate boundaries, and services of a capital improvement nature, including street construction, street lighting, water facilities, sewer facilities, and storm water drainage facilities 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 services of a non - capital nature 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 a manner equivalent in standard and scope to similar non - capital services provided to areas within the corporate boundaries of the City of South Bend, that have characteristic of topography, patterns of land use, and population density similar to that of the territory to be annexed; (5) that services of a capital improvement nature will be provided to the annexed area within four (4) years after 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, and (6) the plan for hiring the employees of 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 approved a written fiscal plan and established a policy for the provision of services to the territory to be annexed which plan and policy, as it relates to the territory to be annexed, the Common Council finds to be in the best interests of the City.