Consenting to annexation of territory by the Town of Roseland

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RESOLUTION NO. 90]1-9'1 A RESOLUTION CONSENTING TO ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY BY THE TOWN OF ROSELAND. WHEREAS, the Town of Roseland has acquired from the Indiana Toll Road Commission for use as a park a tract of land comprising approximately 9.5 acres lying south of the Town of Roseland and within the area of the interchange of the toll road and old U.S. 31 North, and which territory is presently outside the boundaries of the town and is within three (3) miles of the boundaries of the City of South Bend, which territory is more particularly described as follows, to wit: Part of the West Half (Z) of the Southwest Quarter (SW4) of Section Twenty -Five (25), and a part of the East Half (Z) of the Southeast Quarter (SE;) of Section Twenty -Six (26), Township Thirty -Eight (38) North, Range Two (2) East, bounded and described as follows: Beginning on the west line of Section twenty -five (25) at a point twenty -nine and nine hundred seventy -five thousandths (29.975) chains northerly measured on said west line, from the southwest corner of said section twenty -five (25); thence Easterly on the north line of the grantor's property ten and ten hundredths (10.10) chains to the west line of the right -of -way of the Michigan Central Railroad; thence Southerly on the west line of said railroad right -of -way about one thousand fifty (1050) feet to the northeasterly right -of -way line of the interchange connector for the Indiana East -West Toll Road; thence North forty -one (41) degrees fifty -five (55) minutes twenty -nine (29) seconds West one hundred seventy -nine (179) feet; thence North thirty -six (36) degrees fifteen (15) minutes twenty -three (23) seconds West two hundred and twenty -five hundredths (200.25) feet; thence North forty -one (41) degrees forty -eight (48) minutes fifty -four (54) seconds West two hundred four and eighty -five hundredths (204.85) feet; thence North thirty -three (33) degrees twenty -three (23) minutes thirty -eight (38) seconds West three hundred fifty and no hundredths (350.00) feet; thence North thirty - one (31) degrees thirty -nine (39) minutes twenty -four (24) seconds West one hundred fort. -three and sixty - seven hundredths (143.67) feet; thence North twenty (20) degrees thrity -four (34) minutes twenty -four (24) seconds West about one hundred eighty -two (182) feet of a point which is West of the point of beginning; thence East about thirty -seven (37) feet to the point of beginning, containing nine and five tenths (9.5) acres, more or less. WHEREAS, I.C. 36- 4- 3 -9(b) provides that a town wishing to annex territory which is within three (3) miles of the boundaries of a second class city must first obtain the consent of the legislative body of such city to the annexation. WHEREAS, said territory is not contiguous to the boundaries of the City of South Bend and the city does not have use or need for said territory at this time.