01-11-71 Council Committe of the Whole Meeting Minutes

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488 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING JANUARY 11, 1971 IlDecember 9, 1970 Mr. Robert Laven President South Bend Common Council 227 West Jefferson Boulevard South Bend, Indiana II Dear Mr. Laven, This will confirm our telephone conversation of December 8, 1970, concerning the possible annex- ation of the Healthwin Hospital property by the City of South Bend. iThe Board of Managers of Healthwin Hospital discussed this question at its last regular meeting on November 24, 1970. IIThe concensus of the Board is that there will be no opposition on the part of the Board to this annexation. IlVery truly yours, /s/ Wallace D. Buchanan, M.D. President Board of Managers Healthwin Hospital II WDB : vh II November 20, 1970 Mr. Robert Laven, President City of South Bend Common Council South Bend, Indiana II Dear Mr. Laven: t e Board of County Commissioners has no objection to your annexation plan which includes the althwin Hospital property. Furthermore, we see no reason why there should be any objection on the part of the Healthwin Board. If you wish to call Dr. Buchanan at Healthwin in regard to this, you may. Sincerely, /s/ Keith A. Klopfenstein, President ST. JOSEPH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 11 KAK /vrk City Attorney S. J. Crumpacker explained the annexation laws and declared that the annexation was voluntary, since it was sought by the owners of the land, and therefore many of the criteria that apply 1 to annexation requirements do not apply, therefore, the Council was treating the petition for annexation as a voluntary annexation proposal. Those speaking against the proposed annexation were: Mr. Keith E. Gillette, 19491 Brick Road, South Bend; Mr. Lloyd Marlin, President of the Concerned Clay Citizens Committee; Mr. Otis Romine, Clay Township Trustee; Mr. James Reinbold, 17841 Ponader Drive, South Bend; Mrs. Bert McClellan Mrs. Moore, 20447 Darden Rd.; Mrs. George Craig, 19645 Glendale Avenue; Mr. Clarence E. Manion, 51187 Laurel Road; Mr. Kenneth Yeagley, 4306 Meadow Lane and R. Kent Rowe, attorney, who represente4 the Concerned Citizens for Clay Township. Mr. Manion said this annexation is astep in the direction of the complete urbanization of St. Joseph County which began with the annexation of the Darden Road project and if the city limits are extended to Auten Road, it can immediately annex the territory adjacent to it to the East going to the Elkhart and Michigan line. Mr. Yeagley, speaking for the Meadowview Home Owners, said the home owners of the Cleveland & Ironwood area are not pleased with the annexation proposal, Mr. Lloyd Marlin stated that the City cannot now maintain proper care of streets, water and sewer in South Bend and city problems will increase if they annex. Mr. Romine said developers are welcome in the community and Clay has no objections to orderly annexation. He claimed the residents of Clay Township would betaking on added tax burdens in which they have no voice and they cannot be assured of city services. He asked that the proposed plan be abandoned. Mr. James Reinbold said he was attending the meeting and speaking because he didn't want to see Clay Township lose the newly developed Clay Park. Mrs. Helen Burns, 51006 Lily Rd. asked that a study ,of the school situation be made before annexation is done. Mr. Henry Keultjes, 53220 Juniper Rd. and Clay businessman, said the school situation in Clay high schools is crowded and very bad. Mr. Otis Romine read a letter from the Clay Township Advisory Board as follows: