HomeMy Public PortalAbout15-1989-15 RESOLUTION NO. 1989 - 15
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A FISCAL
PLAN FOR ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY
AREA I (FRAZIER STREET)
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Greencastle,
Indiana, is considering the annexation of certain territory to
the City of Greencastle, Indiana, and;
WHEREAS, the area to be annexed is AREA I (Frazier Street) ,
an approximately 85 acre tract which is located at the northwest
corner of the existing Greencastle boundary and is bounded by the
Conrail Railroad to the north and the existing Greencastle
boundary to the west, south and east, and is legally described as
follows:
Commencing at the Northwest corner of the
Northwest Quarter (SW 1/4) of Section 15, Township
14 North, Range 4 West; thence South along the
West line of said section to the Southerly right-
of-way line of the C.C.C. and St. Louis Railroad;
thence Southwesterly along said southerly right-
of-way line to the Southerly right-of-way line of
the Monon Railroad, the point of beginning; thence
Southwesterly along the Southerly right-of-way
line of the C.C.C. and St. Louis Railroad, to a
point 200 feet Easterly of the Easterly right-of-
way line of Indiana Rte. 43 (U.S. 231) ; thence
Southerly, 200 feet East of, and parallel to, the
right-of-way line of Indiana Rte. 43 (U.S. 231) to
the extension of the North line of Carp Street
(now Earp Street) ; thence East to the Northerly
right-of-way line, of the Monon Railroad; thence
Northeasterly, along said Northerly right-of-way
line, to the East line extended to College Avenue;
thence South, along the East line of College
Avenue extended, to the Southerly right-of-way
line of the Monon Railroad; thence Northeasterly,
along the Southerly right-of-way line of the Monon
Railroad to the point of Beginning.
WHEREAS, approximately 60% of the area's perimeter is
contiguous to the existing Greencastle boundary, and;
WHEREAS, in order to comply with I.C. 36-4-3-13(c) (3) (d) ,
the Common Council of the City of Greencastle, Indiana, is
required to adopt a written fiscal plan prior to the passage of
such annexation ordinance.
NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Common Council of the
City of Greencastle, Indiana, that the written fiscal plan for
r^1 the are proposed to be annexed is as follows:
1. Cost Estimates of Capital Services.
a. Water -- $500.00
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b. Sanitary Sewer Construction -- $102,000.00
c. Street and Road Construction -- $35,000.00
d. Fire Hydrants -- 3 @ $1,500: $4,500.00
e Signage: $172.00
2. Annual Cost Estimate of Planned Services.
a. Police -- $5,000.00 *
b. Fire -- $ 0.00
c. Fire Hydrants -- 3 @ $166.76: $500.28
d. Street Lights -- 1 @ $90.96: $90.96
e. Parks and Recreation -- $1,000.00 *
f. Street and Road Maintenance: $392.00
g. Planning and Building Department: $500.00 *
h. Administrative Services: $500.00 *
* includes all proposed annexation areas.
3. Method of Financing Services.
Sewer facilities will be financed with sewer funds
available for expansion of services. The provision of
police and fire protection, and maintenance of streets
and roads will be absorbed by the present budgets for
those departments.
4. Plan for Organization and Extension of Services.
Sewer facilities will be extended within three (3)
years after the effective date of annexation. Police,
Fire, Street Maintenance and Trash Collection will be
available immediately upon annexation.
5. Non-Capital Services.
Planned services of a non-capital nature, including
police protection, fire protection, street and road
maintenance, and other non-capital services normally
provided within the corporate boundaries, will be
provided to the annexed territory within one (1) year
after the effective date of annexation, and that they
will be provided in a manner equivalent in standard and
scope to those non-capital services provided to areas
within the corporate boundaries that have similar
topography, patterns of land use, and population
density.
6. Capital Improvements.
Services of a capital improvement nature, including
street construction, street lighting, sewer facilities,
water facilities, and stormwater drainage facilities,
will be provided to annexed territory within three (3)
years after the effective date of annexation, in the
same manner as those services have been provided to
area within the corporate boundaries that have similar
topography, patterns of land use, and population
density, and in a manner consistent with federal,
state, and local laws, procedures, and planning
criteria.
7. Plan for Hiring Governmental Employees.
It is not anticipated that jobs of employees of other
governmental entities will be eliminated by the
proposed annexation. Therefore, no plan for hiring
such governmental employees is necessary.
8. This Fiscal Plan is based upon the final Fiscal Impact
Analysis For Proposed Annexation prepared by Triad
Associates, Inc.
The Common Council of the City of Greencastle hereby
approves and adopts the foregoing as the written fiscal plan for
the area sought to be annexed this 8th day of August, 1989.
COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF GREENCASTLE, INDI,ANA /2
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Sheri Z. Roach ., Conway_
Susan V. Murray Robe�t P. S'dlack
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Michael W. Lkicki
Approved and signed by me this 8th day of Aug st, 1989, at
II:5? o'clock, _ 2__.m.
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Michael M. Harmless,
ATTES , ,/ / Mayor
JuditY A. Berr , (l
Clerk reasurer
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