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REGULAR MEETING JUNE 14, 2004 said territory services of a capital improvement nature, such as street and road construction, street lighting, a sanitary sewer extension, a water distribution system, and a storm water system, 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, and in a manner consistent with federal, state and local laws, procedures, and planning criteria. Section III. The Common Council for the City of South Bend shall and does hereby now establish and adopt The Fiscal Plan as set forth in Exhibit "A ", attached hereto and made a part hereof, for the furnishing of said services to the territory to be annexed, which Fiscal Plan provides among other things, that there will be cost sharing between the City and the owner for construction and installation of various public works within the annexation area. Section IV. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and of its date of adoption by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor. s/Karen L. White Member of the Common Council Councilmember Kuspa, Chairperson, Zoning & Annexation Committee, reported that this Committee met this afternoon and it was the consensus of the Committee to send this bill to the full Council with a favorable recommendation. Mr. Larry Magliozzi, Assistant Director, Community Development, 12th Floor County -City Building, South Bend, Indiana, made the presentation for this resolution. Mr. Magliozzi informed the Council that this fiscal plan represents the policy for the annexation of property in Penn Township, St. Joseph County. The annexation area is generally located east of Ironwood Road, east and immediately adjacent to the Stonehedge Estates development. The area to be annexed is approximately 36.82 acres. The developer Always Development Corporation is proposing a single family subdivision to be called Deer Hollow. There will be no additional public expenditures needed to extend existing water and sewer main facilities. Street lighting will be required to be installed by the developer at the expense of the City, using the standard terms of the City's contract with AEP, on those rights -of -way within the subdivision. Additional revenue to the General Fund from this Annexation Area will be more than sufficient to pay for the street light operations. The roads in Deer Hollow will remain unconnected to the City's street network until Staffordshire subdivision is built out to make connection to Deer Hollow. The City will seek an agreement with Saint Joseph County concerning this arrangement. The net effect of this agreement will be neutral to both parties. The new street will add mileage to the roadway inventory, and this new mileage will add to the state's payments to the Motor Vehicle Highway Fund, and the Local Road and Street Fund which will be sufficient for street maintenance, sweeping and snow removal. The City has agreed to assist Always Development with the cost of raising the standard of infrastructure development to meet the City of South Bend Standards for Design and Construction. Sidewalks will be installed through the terms and conditions of the City's Good Neighbor program with the City paying the owner's share of the program. The City will pay the cost differential between county and city road construction standards. A Public Hearing was held on the Resolution at this time. There being no one present wishing to speak to the Council either in favor of or in opposition to this Resolution. 9