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RESOLUTION NO. 19 18-"\
<br /> A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
<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 GERMAN TOWNSHIP
<br /> WHEREAS, there has been submitted to the Common Council of the
<br /> City of South Bend, Indiana, an ordinance which proposes the
<br /> annexation of the hereinafter described real estate located in German
<br /> Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana; and
<br /> WHEREAS, the territory proposed to be annexed is located to the
<br /> southwest of the intersection of Brick Road with Portage Road, within
<br /> the Northeast Quarter of Section 21, Township 38 North, Range 3 East,
<br /> German Township, and is proposed to be developed as an industrial
<br /> park, the development of which land as proposed will require a level
<br /> of municipal public services basic to the establishment and
<br /> maintenance of such development, which services shall include
<br /> services of a non-capital nature, including street and road
<br /> maintenance, and services of a capital improvement nature, including
<br /> street construction, street lighting, sewer facilities, and storm
<br /> water facilities; and
<br /> WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
<br /> now desires to establish and adopt a fiscal plan and establish a
<br /> definite policy showing ( 1) the cost estimates of services of a
<br /> non-capital nature, including street and road maintenance, police and
<br /> fire protection and other non-capital services normally provided
<br /> within the corporate boundaries, and services of a capital
<br /> improvement nature, including street construction, street lighting, .
<br /> water facilities, sewer facilities, and storm water drainage
<br /> facilities to be furnished to the territory to be annexed; (2) the
<br /> method(s) of financing those services; (3 ) the plan for the
<br /> organization and extension of those services; ( 4) that services of a
<br /> non-capital nature will be provided to the annexed area within one
<br /> ( 1) year after the effective date of the annexation, and that they
<br /> will be provided in a manner equivalent in standard and scope to
<br /> similar non-capital services provided to areas within the corporate
<br /> boundaries of the City of South Bend, that have characteristic of
<br /> topography, patterns of land use, and population density similar to
<br /> that of the territory to be annexed; ( 5) that services of a capital
<br /> improvement nature will be provided to the annexed area within three
<br /> ( 3) years after the effective date of the annexation in the same
<br /> manner as those services are provided to areas within the corporate
<br /> boundaries of the City of South Bend that have characteristics of
<br /> topography, patterns of land use and population density similar to
<br /> that of the territory to be annexed and in a manner consistent with
<br /> federal, state and local laws, procedures, and planning criteria; and
<br /> (6) the plan for hiring the employees of other governmental entities
<br /> whose jobs will be eliminated by the proposed annexation; and.
<br /> WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, the
<br /> Board of Public Safety of the City of South Bend, and the Board of
<br /> Water Works Commissioners of the City of South Bend have approved a
<br /> written fiscal plan and established a policy for the provision of
<br /> services to the territory to be annexed which plan and policy, as it
<br /> relates to the territory to be annexed, the Common Council finds to
<br /> be in the best interests of the City.
<br /> NOW,, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
<br /> OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS:
<br /> Section T_ That it is in the hest interest of the City of South
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