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<br />REGULAR MEETING MARCH 6, 2000
<br />ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 51-2000 - ADOPTING A WRITTEN FISCAL PLAN AND
<br />ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO AN ANNEXED AREA
<br />IN GERMAN TOWNSHIP (STASZEWSKI ANNEXATION)
<br />Upon a motion made by Mr. Littrell, seconded by Mr. Inks and carried, the following Resolution was
<br />adopted by the Board of Public Works. Mr. Larry Magliozzi, Planning Department, was present, and
<br />stated that this annexation has met the criteria of the process for the one-half acre of property on
<br />Olive Road, consisting of five (5) homes. The Redevelopment Department will demolish these homes
<br />for industrial development. Water and sewer service are in place.
<br />RESOLUTION NO. 51-2000
<br />A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND
<br />ADOPTING A WRITTEN FISCAL PLAN AND ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR THE
<br />PROVISION OF SERVICES TO AN ANNEXED AREA IN
<br />GERMAN TOWNSHIP (STASZEWSKI ANNEXATION)
<br />WHEREAS, there has been submitted to the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
<br />Indiana, an Ordinance which proposes the annexation of real estate located in German township, St.
<br />Joseph County, Indiana, which is described more particularly in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and
<br />incorporated herein; and
<br />WHEREAS, the property proposed to be annexed consists of approximately 0.5 acres having
<br />general boundaries on the east side of Olive Road approximately 1300 feet north of Cleveland Road
<br />and it is approximately 70% contiguous to the current City limits. The development of the territory
<br />proposed to be annexed will require a basic level of municipal public services, including street and
<br />road maintenance, sewage collection, solid waste and yard pickup as well as recycling services, and
<br />services of a capital improvement nature, including a sewer collection system, a water distribution
<br />system, and a street lighting system; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works now desires to establish and adopt a fiscal plan and
<br />establish a definite policy showing: (1) the cost estimates of services ofa non -capital nature, including
<br />street and road maintenance and other non -capital services normally provided within the corporate
<br />boundaries, and services of a capital improvement nature including street lighting (there being an
<br />existing sanitary sewer and water main), to be furnished to the territory to be annexed; (2) the method
<br />(s) of financing those services; (3) the plan for the organization and extension of those services; (4)
<br />that services of a non -capital nature will be provided to the annexed area within one (1) year after
<br />the effective date of the annexation, and that they will be provided in a manner equivalent in standard
<br />and scope to similar non -capital services provided to areas within the corporate boundaries ofthe City
<br />of South Bend, regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, and population density; (5) that
<br />services of a capital improvement nature will be provided to the annexed area within four (4) years
<br />after the effective date of the annexation within the same manner as those services are provided to
<br />areas within the corporation boundaries of the City of South Bend regardless of similar topography,
<br />patterns of land use, or population density, and in a manner consistent with federal, state and local
<br />laws, procedures, and planning criteria; and (6) the plan for hiring the employees or other
<br />governmental entities whose jobs will be eliminated by the proposed annexation.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF
<br />THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS:
<br />Section I. It is in the best interest of the City of South Bend and the area proposed to be
<br />annexed that the real property located in German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, described
<br />in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof, be annexed to the City of South Bend.
<br />Section II. It shall be and hereby is now declared and established that it is the policy of the
<br />City of South Bend, by and through its Board of Public Works, to furnish to said territory services
<br />of a non -capital nature, such as street and road maintenance within one (1) year of the effective date
<br />of the annexation, in a manner equivalent in standard and scope to services furnished by the City to
<br />other areas of the City regardless of similar topography, patterns of land utilization, and population
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