05-27-97 Council Meeting Minutes

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EGULAR MEETING MAY 27.1997 Be it remembered that the Common Council of the City of South Bend met in the Council Chambers of the County -City Building on Tuesday, May 27, 1997, 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, Broden, Varner, Ujdak, Coleman, Hosinski and Sniadecki Absent: None 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 May 12, meetings of the Council and found them correct. Therefore, we recommend the same be approved. /s/ Roland Kelly /s/ David Varner Council Member Coleman made a motion that the minutes of the May 12, 1997, meeting be accepted and placed on file, seconded by Council Member Hosinski. The motion carried. SPECIAL BUSINESS RESOLUTION 2460 -97 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 CENTRE AND PENN TOWNSHIPS (EMRO /NDCU 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 hereinafter described real estate located in Centre and Penn Townships, St. Joseph County, Indiana; and WHEREAS, the territory proposed to be annexed encompasses approximately 9.5 acres of land, used primarily for commercial and office purposes, located at the northwest and southeast corners of Ironwood and Ireland Roads, fifty -one (51) percent of its aggregate external boundaries coninciding with the boundaries of the City of South Bend; approximately seventy -two (72) percent subdivided. Sewer and municipal water service is available to the annexation area, but development of the territory proposed to be annexed will require additional street lighting and additional police protection, street and road maintenance; 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 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