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CITY COUNCIL MEMORANDUM <br /> NO. 2019-12 <br /> Clctober 10,2019 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Maore Walfe 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 six separate ordinances annexing thirteen(13)total <br /> properties that are campletely surrounded by City of Decatur boundaries and are sixty{b0) acres <br /> ar less. State statutes provide that praperty that is completely surrounded and sixty (60) acres ar <br /> less in size may be annexed by the municipality that surraunds it. <br /> On September 16, 2019, City Council passed Resolutions indicating the City's intent to <br /> annex these thirteen praperties at the {�ctober 21, 2fl19 Council Meeting and authorizing <br /> publication af a notice in a local newspaper. That notice indicating the City's intent to annex the <br /> subject properties was published fc�r a11 thirteen praperties on September 21, 2019. Statutory <br /> natices were also provided to the taxpayers of record, the owners, the appropriate Township, Fire <br /> Protection District, Public Library District, and County afficials. <br /> The annexation of these parcels is consistent with the policy previously articulated by the <br /> City Council: annex a11 surrounded parcels and those that are cantiguous with a water service <br /> agreement in order to increase the census count and elirninate service islands. <br /> Staff recommends approval of the 4rdinances. <br /> POTENTIAL QBJECTIQNS: There are no known or expected objectians, filed at the time of <br /> this report. <br /> STAFF REFERENCE: Scot Wrighton, City Manager, at 424-2801. <br /> Wendy Morthland, Corporation Counsel,at 424-28Q7. <br /> BUDGETITIME IMPLICATIONS: None. <br />