08-10-98 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 10, 1998 Be it remembered that the Common Council of the City of South Bend met in the Council Chambers of the County -City Building on Monday, August 10, 1998, at 7:00 p.m. The meeting was called to order and the Pledge to the Flag was given. ROLL CALL Present: Council Members Aranowski, Pfeifer, Kelly, Varner, Ujdak, Coleman, Hosinski and Sniadecki Absent: Council Member Broden REPORT FROM THE SUB - COMMITTEE ON MINUTES To the Common Council of the City of South Bend: The sub - committee has inspected the minutes of the July 27, meeting of the Council and found them correct. Therefore, we recommend the same be approved. /s/ Sean Coleman /s/ David Varner Council Member Hosinski made a motion that the minutes of the July 27, 1998, meeting be accepted and placed on file, seconded by Council Member Sniadecki. The motion carried. SPECIAL BUSINESS RESOLUTION NO. 2662 -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 (PARK 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 annexed encompasses approximately 19.15 acres of unimproved, undeveloped field land, located directly west of the U.S. 31 Bypass and north of Brick Road in German township, St. Joseph County, Indiana; with 47% of its aggregate external boundaries coinciding with the boundaries of the City of South Bend, and which property is needed and can be used by the City of South Bend for development. Such development of the territory proposed to be annexed will require a basic level of municipal public services, including services of a non - capital nature such as fire and police protection, street and road maintenance, and services of a capital improvement nature, including street lighting; roads, curbs, sidewalks, sewer facilities and water facilities; and WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana now desires to 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 methods) 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