09/25/06 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 25, 2006 ~ J 3 sewer system, a water distribution system, and a storm water system and drainage plan; and WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works 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, street sweeping, flushing, and snow removal, and sewage collection, and other non-capital services normally provided within the corporate boundaries; and services of a capital improvement nature including street and road construction, street lighting, a sanitary sewer extension, a water distribution system, and a storm water system 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 anon-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, regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, and population density; (5) that services of a capital improvement nature will be provided to the annexed area within three (3) years after the effective date of the annexation within 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; and (6) the plan for hiring the employees or other governmental entities whose jobs will be eliminated by the proposed annexation. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS 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 described more particularly at Page 15 of Exhibit "A" attached hereto be annexed to the City of South Bend. Section II. That it shall be and hereby is now declared and established that it is the policy of the City of South Bend, by and through its Board of Public Works, to furnish to said territory services of anon-capital nature, such as street and road maintenance, street sweeping, flushing, and snow removal, within one (1) year of the effective date of the annexation in a manner equivalent in standard and scope to services furnished by the City to other areas of the City regardless of similar topography, patterns of land utilization, and population density; and to furnish to said territory, services of a capital improvement nature such as street and road construction, a street light system, a sanitary sewer system, a water distribution system, a storm water system and drainage plan, within three (3) 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. Section III. That the Board of Public Works shall and does hereby now establish and adopt the Fiscal Plan, attached hereto as Exhibit "A", and made a part hereof, for the furnishing of said services to the territory to be annexed, which provides, among other things, that the public sanitary sewer and water network is available with capacity sufficient to service this area; that street lighting, parking and will be installed at the developer's expense; and that a street drainage plan will be also be planned, provided and paid for by the developer subject to compliance with state and local law. ' Section IV. In consideration of pedestrian safety and proper vehicular movement, it is required as a condition of annexation that the developers give very careful consideration to vehicular access and circulation as well as pedestrian movement for the developments within the annexation area. If possible, the site should include open space that could be linked in the future to other areas nearby as part of a larger multi-use path/open space network. It should also be required that neo-traditional building/site design elements be included in terms of context, setback, orientation, spacing, style, massing, height, entry, fenestration, materials, accessory buildings, landscape buffering and lighting that achieve development and design of the highest possible quality. It is required that the annexation area integrate harmoniously with the surrounding land uses.