03-23-98 Council Meeting minutes

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REGULAR MEETING MARCH 23, 1998 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS: Section I. That it is in the best interest of the City of South Bend and of the area proposed to be annexed that the real property located in German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof, 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 to furnish to said territory services of a non - capital nature, such as street and road maintenance, police and fire protection, within one (1) year of the effective date of the annexation, in a manner equivalent in standard and scope to the services furnished by the City to other areas of the City which have characteristics of typography, patterns of land utilization and population density similar to said territory; and to furnish to said territory services of a capital improvement nature, such as street construction, street lighting, water facilities, sewer facilities, and storm water facilities, within four (4) 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 that have characteristics of topography, patterns of land use and population density similar to that of the territory to be annexed and in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, procedures, and planning criteria. Section III. That the Common Council of the City of South Bend shall and does hereby now establish and adopt the fiscal plan, described in Exhibit "B" attached hereto and made a part hereof, for the furnishing of said services to the territory to be annexed. Section IV. This resolution shall be in full force and effect upon its adoption by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor. /s/ Sean Coleman Member, Common Council A public hearing was held on the resolution at this time. Larry Magliozzi, Planning & Neighborhood Development, made the presentation for the resolution. He advised the Council that this was a voluntary annexation of vacant property on the south side of Brick Road. He reported that the petitioners were proposing to construct an office facility on this site, and that all City services can be provided to the area. Council Member Aranowski made a motion to adopt this resolution, seconded by Council Member Broden. The resolution was adopted by a roll call vote of eight ayes. RESOLUTION NO. 2580 -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 KIDDER 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 Voluntarily annexed by more than 51% of the owners, consists of approximately 21.86 +/- acres currently vacant, but proposed to be developed for two offices /warehousing facilities. It is located at the northeast corner of Olive Road and Cleveland Road, with more than 1/8 of its aggregate external boundaries i.e., roughly 22% contiguous.