Resolution No 50-2022 - Adopting of a Fiscal Plan for the Cleveland-Shellbark Annexation Area

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RESOLUTION NO. 50-2022 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA ADOPTING A WRITTEN FISCAL PLAN AND ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO AN ANNEXATION AREA IN GERMAN TOWNSHIP (CLEVELAND-SHELLBARK ANNEXATION AREA) WHEREAS, there has been submitted to the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, an Ordinance and a petition by all (100%) property owners which proposes the annexation of real estate located in German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, which is more particularly described at Page 14 of Exhibit “A” attached hereto; and WHEREAS, the territory proposed to be annexed encompasses approximately 2.8 acres of land containing a commercial building, which property is at least 12.5% contiguous to the current City limits, i.e., 50.0% contiguous, generally located at the northwest corner of Cleveland Road and Shellbark Avenue (21275 Cleveland Road). It is anticipated that the annexation area will be used for a car wash; and WHEREAS, the development will require a basic level of municipal public services of a non-capital improvement nature, including street and road maintenance, street sweeping, flushing, snow removal, and sewage collection, as well as services of a capital improvement nature, including street and road construction, street lighting, a sanitary sewer system, a water distribution system, and a storm water system and drainage plan; and WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works now desires to establish and adopt a fiscal plan and establish a definite policy showing: (1) the cost estimates of services of a non-capital nature, including street and road maintenance, street sweeping, flushing, and snow removal, and sewage collection, and other non-capital services normally provided within the corporate boundaries; and services of a capital improvement nature including street and road construction, street lighting, a sanitary sewer extension, a water distribution system, and a storm water system to be furnished to the territory to be annexed; (2) the method(s) of financing those services; (3) the plan for the organization and extension of those services; (4) that services of a non-capital nature will be provided to the annexed area within one (1) year after the effective date of the annexation, and that they will be provided in a manner equivalent in standard and scope to similar non-capital services provided to areas within the corporate boundaries of the City of South Bend, regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, and population density; (5) that services of a capital improvement nature will be provided to the annexed area within three (3) years after the effective date of the annexation within 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, and in a manner consistent with federal, state and local laws, procedures, and planning criteria; and (6) the plan for hiring the employees of other governmental entities whose jobs will be eliminated by the proposed annexation.