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REGULAR MEETING MARCH 13, 2000
<br />population density, and in a manner consistent with federal, state and local laws; and (6) the plan for
<br />hiring the employees of other governmental entities whose jobs will be eliminated by the proposed
<br />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 />appropriate and the adoption of which as the plan and policy for the City of South Bend, the
<br />Common Council finds to 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 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 Centre Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, described
<br />more particularly as follows, be annexed to the City of South Bend:
<br />A parcel of land being of the East Half of Section 36, Township 37 North, Range 2
<br />East, Centre Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, and being more particularly
<br />described as follows:
<br />Commencing at the intersection of the Centerline of Johnson Road, also being the
<br />Old Indiana - Michigan Boundary Line, and the East Line of said Section 36, also
<br />being the Centerline of Miami Highway; thence North 89 Deg 50 Min 52 Sec West
<br />along said Centerline of Johnson Road, 1,307.63 feet to the Place of Beginning.
<br />Thence Northerly 40.00 feet to the North Right -Of -Way Line of Johnson Road;
<br />thence North 89 deg 50 Min 52 Sec West along said North Right -Of -Way Line,
<br />1,206.75 feet; thence South 0 Deg. 11 Min 27 Sec West, 285.12 feet; thence North
<br />89 Deg 48 Min 33 Sec West, 177.00 feet to the North -South Centerline of said
<br />Section 36; thence South 0 Deg 11 Min 27 Sec West along said North -South
<br />Centerline, 1,600.83 feet; thence North 86 Deg 41 Min 40 Sec West, 1377.72 feet;
<br />thence Northeasterly 718.93 feet; thence Easterly 414.58 feet; thence Northerly
<br />962.00 feet; thence Westerly 1,047.13 feet, thence Northerly 638.20 feet to the Place
<br />of Beginning.
<br />Section II. It shall be and hereby is now declared and established that it is the policy of the
<br />City of South Bend, to furnish services to said territory of a non - capital nature, such as street and
<br />road maintenance, police and fire protection, solid waste and yard pick -up as well as recycling
<br />services, within one (1) year of the effective date of the annexation, in a manner equivalent in
<br />standard and scope to the services furnished by the City to other areas of the city regardless of
<br />similar topography, patterns of land use, or population density; and to furnish to said territory
<br />services of a capital improvement nature, such as sewer and water facilities and a street lighting
<br />system, within four (4) years of the effective date of the annexation in the same manner as those
<br />services area provided to areas within the corporate boundaries of the City of South Bend regardless
<br />of similar topography, patterns of land use, or population density, and in a manner consistent with
<br />federal, state and local laws, procedures, and planning criteria.
<br />Section III. The South Bend Common Council for the City of South Bend shall and does
<br />hereby now establish and adopt the fiscal plan described in Exhibit "A ", attached hereto and made
<br />a part hereof, for the furnishing of said services to the territory to be annexed.
<br />Section IV. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and of its date of adoption
<br />by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor.
<br />s /Charlotte Pfeifer
<br />Member, South Bend Common Council
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