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REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 18, 1991
<br />RESOLUTION NO. 8-1991
<br />A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
<br />OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND ADOPTING A
<br />WRITTEN FISCAL PLAN AND ESTABLISHING A
<br />POLICY FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO
<br />AN ANNEXED AREA IN CENTRE TOWNSHIP
<br />WHEREAS, there has been submitted to the Common Council of
<br />the City of South Bend, Indiana, an ordinance which proposes the
<br />annexation of the hereinafter described real estate located in
<br />German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana; and
<br />WHEREAS, the territory proposed to be annexed is a 34 acre
<br />tract of land located to the south of the City of South Bend and
<br />west of the intersection of Jackson and Miami Roads, which tract
<br />the petitioner wishes to develop for residential use, which
<br />development will require a level of municipal public services
<br />basic to the establishment and maintenance of such development,
<br />which services shall include services of a non -capital nature,
<br />including street and road maintenance, fire and police
<br />protection, and services of a capital improvement nature,
<br />including street construction, street lighting, sewer facilities,
<br />water facilities and storm water facilities; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend,
<br />Indiana, now desires to establish and adopt a fiscal plan and
<br />establish a definite policy showing (1) the cost estimates of
<br />services of a non -capital nature, including street and road
<br />maintenance and other non -capital services normally provided
<br />within the corporate boundaries, and services of a capital
<br />improvement nature, including street construction, street
<br />lighting, water facilities, sewer facilities, and storm water
<br />drainage facilities to be furnished to the territory to be
<br />annexed; (2) the method(s) of financing those services; (3) the
<br />plan for the organization and extension of those services; (4)
<br />that services of a non -capital nature will be provided to the
<br />annexed area within one (1) year after the effective date of the
<br />annexation, and that they will be provided in a manner equivalent
<br />in standard and scope to similar non -capital services provided to
<br />areas within the corporate boundaries of the City of South Bend,
<br />that have characteristic of topography, patterns of land use, and
<br />population density similar to that of the territory to be
<br />annexed; (5) that services of a capital improvement nature will
<br />be provided to the annexed area within three (3) years after the
<br />effective date of the annexation in the same manner as those
<br />services are provided to areas within the corporate boundaries of
<br />the City of South Bend that have characteristics of topography,
<br />patterns of land use and population density similar to that of
<br />the territory to be annexed and in a manner consistent with
<br />federal, state and local laws, procedures, and planning criteria;
<br />and (6) the plan for hiring the employees of other governmental
<br />entities whose jobs will be eliminated by the proposed
<br />annexation; and.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
<br />OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS:
<br />Section I. That it is in the best interest of the City of
<br />South Bend and of the area proposed to be annexed that the real
<br />property located in Centre Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana,
<br />described in Exhibit 111" to Attachment "B", attached hereto and
<br />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
<br />established that it is the policy of the City of South Bend, by
<br />and through its Board of Public Works, to furnish to said
<br />territory services of a non -capital nature, such as street and
<br />road maintenance, within one (1) year of the effective date of
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