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REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 25, 2010
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<br />nature, including police and fire protection, street and road maintenance, street sweeping,
<br />flushing, and snow removal, and sewage collection, and other non-capital services normally
<br />provided within the corporate boundaries; and services of a capital improvement nature including
<br />street and road construction, street lighting, a sanitary sewer extension, a water distribution
<br />system, and a storm water system to be furnished to the territory to be annexed (2) the method(s)
<br />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
<br />after the effective date of the annexation, and that they will be provided in a manner equivalent
<br />in standard and scope to similar non-capital services provided to areas within the corporate
<br />boundaries of the City of South Bend, regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, and
<br />population density; (5) that services of a capital improvement nature will be provided to the
<br />annexed area within three (3) years after the effective date of the annexation within the same
<br />manner as those services are provided to areas within the corporate boundaries of the City of
<br />South Bend regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, or population density, and in a
<br />manner consistent with federal, state and local laws, procedures, and planning criteria; and (6)
<br />the plan for hiring the employees or other governmental entities whose jobs will be eliminated by
<br />the proposed annexation.
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<br /> WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, and the Board of
<br />Public Safety of the City of South Bend, have each approved a written fiscal plan and established
<br />a policy for the provision of services to the territory proposed to be annexed, which plan and
<br />policy the Common Council finds to be appropriate and in the best interest of the City, and,
<br />which it desires to adopt.
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<br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
<br />CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS:
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<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 following described real property located in Clay Township, St. Joseph County,
<br />Indiana be annexed to the City of South Bend:
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<br />THAT PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 38 NORTH,
<br />RANGE 3 EAST, CLAY TOWNSHIP, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA, WHICH IS
<br />DESCRIBED AS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT # 27 IN THE
<br />PLAT OF “VANESS PLAT” AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK # 11 ON PAGE # 13 IN THE
<br />RECORDS OF THE ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA RECORDER'S OFFICE; THENCE
<br />NORTH A DISTANCE OF 140.00± FEET MORE OR LESS ALONG THE WEST LINE OF
<br />SAID LOT 27 AND A PORTION OF LOT 28 IN SAID PLAT; THENCE EAST PARALLEL
<br />WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT 28, A DISTANCE OF 356.00 FEET MORE OR
<br />LESS TO THE EAST LINE OF WILLIS AVENUE; THENCE SOUTH ALONG SAID EAST
<br />LINE A DISTANCE OF 14.70± FEET MORE OR LESS; THENCE WEST 60.00± FEET
<br />MORE OR LESS TO THE WEST LINE OF WILLIS AVENUE; THENCE SOUTH ALONG
<br />SAID WEST LINE 79.40± FEET MORE OR LESS; THENCE EAST 60.00± FEET MORE OR
<br />LESS TO THE EAST LINE OF WILLIS AVENUE; THENCE SOUTH ALONG EAST LINE
<br />OF WILLIS AVENUE A DISTANCE OF 50.47± FEET MORE OF LESS; THENCE WEST
<br />356.00± FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
<br />CONTAINING 1.04 ACRES MORE OR LESS.
<br />SUBJECT TO ALL LEGAL HIGHWAYS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF
<br />RECORD.
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<br /> Section II. It shall be and hereby is declared now and established that it is the policy of
<br />the City of South Bend, to furnish to said territory services of a non-capital nature, such as police
<br />and fire protection, street and road maintenance, street sweeping, flushing, and snow removal,
<br />within one (1) year of the effective date of the annexation in a manner equivalent in standard and
<br />scope to services furnished by the City to other areas of the City regardless of similar
<br />topography, patterns of land utilization, and population density; and to furnish to said territory,
<br />services of a capital improvement nature such as street and road construction, sidewalks, a street
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