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CITY C(JUNCIL MEMURANDUM <br /> Nq.2019-12 <br /> October 1Q,2019 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Moore Wolfe and City Council <br /> FR4M: Scot Wrightan, 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 cornpleteiy surrounded by City of Decatur boundaries and are sixty (60) acres <br /> ar less. State statutes provide that property that is completely surrounded and sixty (60} acres or <br /> less in size rnay be annexed by the municipality that surrounds it. <br /> On September 16, 20I9, City Council passed Resolutions indicating the City's intent ta <br /> annex these thirteen praperties at the 4ctober 21, 2019 Council Meeting and autharizing <br /> publication of a notice in a local newspaper. That notice indicating the City's intent to annex the <br /> subject properties was published far all thirteen properties an September 21, 2019. Statutory <br /> notices were also provided to the taxpayers of record, the owners,the apprapriate Township, Fire <br /> Protection District, Public Library District, and County officials. <br /> The annexation af these parcels is consistent with the palicy previously articulated by the <br /> City Council: annex all surraunded parcels and those that are contiguaus with a water service <br /> agreement in order to increase the census count and eliminate service islands. <br /> Staff recommends approval of the Ordinances. <br /> POTENTIAL 4BJECTIUNS. There are no known ar expected abjections, filed at the time of <br /> this report. <br /> STAFF REFERENCE: Scot Wrightan,City Manager,at 424-2841. <br /> Wendy Morthland, Corporation Counsel,at 424-2807. <br /> BITDGET/TIME IMPLICATI4N5: Nane. <br />