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<br />REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 15, 1997
<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 of a 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 to be furnished to
<br />the territory to be annexed; (2) the method(s) of financing those services; (3) the plan for the
<br />organization and extension of those services; (4) that services of a non -capital nature will be provided
<br />to the annexed area within one (1) year after the effective date of the annexation, and that they will
<br />be provided in a manner equivalent in standard and scope to similar non -capital services provided to
<br />areas within the corporate boundaries of the City of South Bend, regardless of similar topography,
<br />patterns of land use, and population density; (5) that services of a capital improvement nature will be
<br />provided to the annexed area within four (4) years after the effective date of the annexation within
<br />the same manner as those services are provided to areas within the corporation boundaries of the City
<br />of South Bend regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, or population density, and in
<br />a manner consistent with federal, state and local laws, procedures, and planning criteria; and (6) the
<br />plan for hiring the employees of other governmental entities whose jobs will be eliminated by the
<br />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. That it is in the best interest of the City of South Bend and the area proposed to
<br />be 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. That it shall be and hereby is now declared and established that it is the policy of
<br />the City of South Bend, by and through its Board of Public Works, to furnish to said territory services
<br />of 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 the services furnished by the City
<br />to other areas of the City regardless of similar topography, patterns of land utilization, and population
<br />density; and to furnish to said territory services of a capital improvement nature, such as street
<br />lighting, street widening, if appropriate, and traffic signal installation, if appropriate, within four (4)
<br />years of the effective date of the annexation, in the same manner as those services are provided to
<br />areas within the corporate 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.
<br />Section III. That the Board of Public Works shall and does hereby now establish and adopt
<br />the fiscal plan, attached hereto and made a part hereof, for the furnishing of said services to the
<br />territory to be annexed.
<br />Adopted this 15th day of December, 1997.
<br />BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE
<br />CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
<br />s/Carl Littrell, Member
<br />s/James Caldwell, Member
<br />s/M. Catherine Roemer, Member
<br />ATTEST:
<br />s/Angela K. Jacob, Clerk
<br />ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 98-1997 - DISPOSAL OF CITY -OWNED PROPERTY
<br />Upon a motion made by Mr. Caldwell, seconded by Ms. Roemer and carried, the following
<br />Resolution was adopted by the Board of Public Works:
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