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REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 10, 2024 261
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<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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<br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF
<br />THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS:
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<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 described more particularly at Page 13 of Exhibit “A” attached
<br />hereto be annexed to the City of South Bend.
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<br /> Section II. That it shall be and hereby is now declared and established that it is the policy
<br />of the City of South Bend, by and through its Board of Public Works, to furnish to said territory
<br />services of a non-capital nature, such as street and road maintenance, street sweeping, flushing,
<br />and snow removal, within one (1) year of the effective date of the annexation in a manner
<br />equivalent in standard and scope to services furnished by the City to other areas of the City
<br />regardless of similar topography, patterns of land utilization, and population density; and to furnish
<br />to said territory, services of a capital improvement nature such as street and road construction, a
<br />street light system, a sanitary sewer system, a water distribution system, a storm water system and
<br />drainage plan, within three (3) years of the effective date of the annexation in the same manner as
<br />those services are provided to areas within the corporate boundaries of the City of South Bend
<br />regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, or population density.
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<br /> Section III. That the Board of Public Works shall and does hereby now establish and adopt
<br />the Fiscal Plan, attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit “A”, and made a part hereof,
<br />for the furnishing of said services to the territory to be annexed, which provides, among other
<br />things, that the public sanitary sewer and water network is available with capacity sufficient to
<br />service this area with costs for extensions, any improvements in sewer or water capacity, and a
<br />City-approved drainage system to be paid for by the developer, all in compliance with state and
<br />local law; that no additional street lighting will be necessary and any future lighting especially of
<br />a decorative nature or with underground wiring will be at the developer/owner’s expense; and that
<br />no new public streets will be required.
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<br />Section IV. To the extent required by the City, sidewalks should be provided by the
<br />owner/developer along public streets and must comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act
<br />(ADA) under the PROWAG standards.
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<br />Section V. It is required as a condition of annexation that any future alterations to the
<br />property meet the City of South Bend’s building and zoning requirements.
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<br />Adopted the 10th day of December, 2024.
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<br />CITY OF SOUTH BEND
<br />BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
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