RESOLUTION NO. 23-2024
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<br />A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF
<br />SOUTH BEND, INDIANA ADOPTING A WRITTEN FISCAL PLAN AND
<br />ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO AN
<br />ANNEXATION AREA IN WARREN TOWNSHIP
<br />(CLEVELAND POPPY ANNEXATION AREA)
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<br /> WHEREAS, there has been submitted to the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
<br />Indiana, an Ordinance and a petition by all (100%) property owners which proposes the annexation
<br />of real estate located in Warren Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, which is more particularly
<br />described at Page 13 of Exhibit “A” attached hereto; and
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<br /> WHEREAS, the territory proposed to be annexed encompasses approximately 21.8 acres
<br />of land, which property is at least 12.5% contiguous to the current City limits, i.e., 16.8%
<br />contiguous, generally located at the northeast corner of Poppy Road and Cleveland Road (25471,
<br />25481, and 25491 Cleveland Road). It is anticipated that the annexation area will be used for
<br />office, warehouse, and storage development; and
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<br />WHEREAS, the development will require a basic level of municipal public services of a
<br />non-capital improvement nature, including street and road maintenance, street sweeping, flushing,
<br />snow removal, and sewage collection, as well as services of a capital improvement nature,
<br />including street and road construction, street lighting, a sanitary sewer system, a water distribution
<br />system, and a storm water system and drainage plan; and
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<br /> WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works now desires to establish and adopt a fiscal plan
<br />and establish a definite policy showing: (1) the cost estimates of services of a non-capital nature,
<br />including street and road maintenance, street sweeping, flushing, and snow removal, and sewage
<br />collection, and other non-capital services normally provided within the corporate boundaries; and
<br />services of a capital improvement nature including street and road construction, street lighting, a
<br />sanitary sewer extension, a water distribution system, and a storm water system to be furnished to
<br />the territory to be annexed; (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 equivalent in standard and scope to similar non-capital services
<br />provided to areas within the corporate boundaries of the City of South Bend, regardless of similar
<br />topography, patterns of land use, and population density; (5) that services of a capital improvement
<br />nature will be provided to the annexed area within three (3) years after the effective date of the
<br />annexation within the same manner as those services are provided to areas within the corporate
<br />boundaries of the City of South Bend regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, or
<br />population density, and in a manner consistent with federal, state and local laws, procedures, and
<br />planning criteria; and (6) the plan for hiring the employees of other governmental entities whose
<br />jobs will be eliminated by the proposed annexation.
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