24-34 Resolution Adopting a Written Fiscal Plan and Establishing a Policy for the Provision of Services to the Cleveland Poppy Annexation Area in Warren Township

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or other governmental entities whose jobs will be eliminated by the proposed annexation. NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS: Section I. It is in the best interest of the City of South Bend and the area proposed to be annexed that the following described real property located in Warren Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, be annexed to the City of South Bend: That part of the South Half of Section 24 and the North Half of Section 25, both in Township 38 North, Range 1 East, Warren Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, which is more particularly described as: Northwest corner of a parcel of ground described in deed document number 9349703 in the records of the St. Joseph County, Indiana Recorder's Office; thence east (all bearings assumed)along the north line of said parcel and the existing City of South Bend municipal corporate limit line,a distance of 706.79 feet more or less to the northeast corner of a parcel of ground described in said deed document; thence south along the east line of said parcel and its southerly extension, a distance of 1356.5 feet more or less to a point on the south right-of-way line of Cleveland Road; thence west along said south line, a distance of 727.2 feet more or less to the intersection of the south line of said Cleveland Road with the west right-of-way line of Poppy Road; thence north, a distance of 80 feet more or less to the north right-of-way line of said Cleveland Road;thence east along said north line, a distance of 40 feet more or less, to a point on the west line of said parcel; thence north along the west line of said parcel, a distance of 1297 feet more or less to the point of beginning. Containing 21.83 acres more or less. Subject to all legal highways, easements and restrictions of record. Section II. It shall be and hereby is now declared and established that it is the policy of the City of South Bend, to furnish to said territory services of a non-capital nature, such as police and fire protection, street and road maintenance, street sweeping, flushing, and snow removal, within one (1) year of the effective date of the annexation in a manner equivalent in standard and scope to services furnished by the City to other areas of the City regardless of similar topography, patterns of land utilization, and population density; and to furnish to said territory, services of a capital improvement nature such as street and road construction, sidewalks, a street light system, a sanitary sewer system, a water distribution system, a storm water system and drainage plan, 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. Section III. The South Bend Common Council, shall and does hereby now establish and adopt the Fiscal Plan, attached hereto and fully incorporated herein as Exhibit "A", and made a part hereof,for the furnishing of said services to the territory to be annexed,which provides,among 2