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CITY COUNCIL MEMORANDUM <br /> NO.2019-06 <br /> August 29,2019 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Moore Wolfe and City Council <br /> FROM: Scot Wrighton, City Manager <br /> Wendy Morthland, Corporation Counsel <br /> SUBJECT: ANNEXATIONS-COMPLETELY SURROUNDED 60 ACRES OR LESS <br /> RECOMMENDATION: On the Agenda are three separate ordinances annexing property that <br />, are completely surrounded by City of Decatur boundaries and are sixty (60) acres or less. State <br /> statutes provide that property that is completely surrounded and sixty(60)acres or less in size may <br /> be annexed by the municipality that surrounds it. <br /> On August 5, 2019, City Council passed Resolutions indicating the City's intent to annex <br /> these three properties at the on September 3,2019 Council Meeting and authorizing publication of <br /> a notice in a local newspaper. That notice indicating the City's intent to annex the subject <br /> properties was published for all three properties on August 10, 2019. Statutory notices were also <br /> sent by certified mail to the taxpayers of record, the owners, the appropriate Township, Fire <br /> Protection District, Public Library District, and County officials. <br /> All three properties are located in southwest Decatur. The annexation of these parcels is <br /> consistent with the policy previously articulated by the City Council: annex all surrounded parcels <br /> and those that are contiguous with a water service agreement in order to increase the census count <br /> and eliminate service islands. <br /> Staff recommends approval of the Ordinances. <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTIONS: There are no known or expected objections, filed at the time of <br /> this report. <br /> STAFF REFERENCE: Scot Wrighton, City Manager, at 424-2801. <br /> Wendy Morthland, Corporation Counsel, at 424-2807. <br /> BUDGET/TIME IMPLICATIONS: None. <br />