18-57 Blad Annexation Area Fiscal Plan

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the proposed annexation. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,INDIANA,AS FOLLOWS: Section I. It is in the best interest of the City of South Bend and the area proposed to be annexed that the following described real property located in Portage Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana be annexed to the City of South Bend: A Part of the East Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 21, Township 37 North, Range 2 East, Portage Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the Northwest Corner of the East Half of the Northeast Quarter of Said Section 21; thence South along the West Line of Said East Half of the Northeast Quarter to the North Line of Lot 1, Great Lakes Minor Subdivision, recorded January 27, 1999 as instrument number 9903194 in the St. Joseph County Recorder's Office; thence North 89° 22' 59"E, 555.45 feet to the Northeast Corner of Said Lot 1; thence North 570 feet more or less along the existing City of South Bend City Limits; thence East 765 feet more or less along Said existing City Limits to the East Line of the Northeast Quarter of Section 21; thence North along Said East Line and the existing City Limits, 1,700 feet more or less; thence West parallel to the North Line of the Northeast Quarter of Said Section 21, 100 feet more or less;thence North 100 feet more or less to the North Line of the Northeast Quarter of Section 21 and the existing City Limits; thence West along Said North Line and the existing City Limits to the place of beginning. Containing 61.3 acres, more or less. Section II. It shall be and hereby is now declared and established that it is the policy of the City of South Bend, to furnish to said territory services of a non-capital nature, such as police and fire protection, street and road maintenance, street sweeping, flushing, and snow removal, within one (1) year of the effective date of the annexation in a manner equivalent in standard and scope to services furnished by the City to other areas of the City regardless of similar topography, patterns of land utilization, and population density; and to furnish to said territory, services of a capital improvement nature such as street and road construction, sidewalks, a street light system, a sanitary sewer system, a water distribution system, a storm water system and drainage plan, within three (3) years of the effective date of the annexation in the same manner as those services are provided to areas within the corporate boundaries of the City of South Bend regardless of similar topography,patterns of land use, or population density. Section III. That the Common Council shall and does hereby now establish and adopt the Fiscal Plan, attached hereto as Exhibit"A", and made a part hereof, for the furnishing of said services to the territory to be annexed, which provides, among other things, that the public sanitary sewer and water network is available with capacity sufficient to service this area with the developer to pay the costs for lateral extensions and any improvements in sewer or water