REGULAR MEETING APRIL 9, 2001
<br />i.e. approximately 23.8% contiguous, generally located on the south side of Kern Road
<br />approximately 1,200 feet West of U.S. 31 South in Centre Township, Indiana. The annexation
<br />territory is proposed for development of a single - family subdivision and will require a basic level
<br />of municipal public services, of a non - capital improvement nature, including police and fire
<br />protection, street and road maintenance, street sweeping, flushing, snow removal, and sewage
<br />collection, and services of a capital improvement nature, including street and road construction, a
<br />street lighting system, a storm water system, a sanitary sewer system, and a water distribution
<br />system; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, now desires to
<br />establish and adopt a fiscal plan and establish a definite policy showing: (1) the cost estimates of
<br />services of a non - capital nature, including street and road maintenance, police and fire protection,
<br />and other non - capital services normally provided within the corporate boundaries, and services of
<br />a capital improvement nature, including a sewer collection system, a water distribution system, and
<br />a street lighting system; (2) the method (s) of financing those services; (3) the plan for the
<br />organization and extension of those services; (4) that services of a non - capital nature will be
<br />provided to the annexed area within one (1) year after the effective date of the annexation, and that
<br />they will be provided in a manner in standard and scope to similar non - capital services provided to
<br />areas within the corporate boundaries of the City of South Bend, regardless of similar topography,
<br />patterns of land use, or population density; (5) that the services of a capital improvement nature will
<br />be provided to the annexed area within four (4) years after the effective date of the annexation in the
<br />same manner as the 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; and (6) the plan for hiring the employees of
<br />other governmental entities whose jobs will be eliminated by the proposed annexation; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, the Board of Public
<br />Safety of the City of South Bend, and the Board of Water Works Commissioners of the City of
<br />South Bend, have each approved a written fiscal plan and established a policy for the provision of
<br />services to the territory proposed to be annexed, which plan and policy the Common Council finds
<br />to be appropriate and in the best interest of the City, and, which it desires to adopt.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
<br />OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS:
<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 real property located in Clay Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, described more
<br />particularly as follows, be annexed to the City of South Bend:
<br />THAT PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP
<br />37 NORTH, AND THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 2,
<br />TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, ALL IN RANGE 2 EAST, CENTRE TOWNSHIP, ST.
<br />JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA WHICH IS DESCRIBED AS:
<br />BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH QUARTER LINE OF
<br />SAID SECTION 2, WHICH IS S. 01 - 13' -22" E., 995.88 FT. (REC. 1000.00 FT.)
<br />MORE OR LESS FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTHEAST
<br />QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 2; THENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF
<br />A PARCEL OF GROUND DESCRIBED BY DOCUMENT NO. 9631733 IN
<br />THE RECORDS OF THE ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA RECORDER'S
<br />OFFICE FOR THE NEXT TWO COURSES, N. 89 - 59' -48" E., 925.18 FT. MORE
<br />OR LESS AND N. 00 - 48' -29" W., 1020.00 FT. TO THE NORTH LINE OF KERN
<br />ROAD; THENCE N. 89 - 44' -09" E. ALONG SAID NORTH LINE, 255.25 FT.
<br />MORE OR LESS; THENCE S. 00 - 05' -05" E., 1593.99 FT. MORE OR LESS
<br />ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID PARCEL DESCRIBED IN DOCUMENT NO.
<br />9631733 AND THENCE CONTINUING ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF SAID
<br />PARCEL FOR THE NEXT FOUR COURSES, S. 89 - 10' -04" W., 18.36 FT. MORE
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