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ORDINANCE NO. L 6 0Z (o -) I AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING TO THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND CERTAIN TERRITORY CONTIGUOUS THERETO STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT Petitions have been filed by the owners of land in certain territory, hereinafter described, contiguous to the present bound- aries of the City of South Bend requesting annexation of such territory to the City. The petitioners comprise over 51% of the owners of land in the territory. The territory comprises 2,528 acres, has an aggregate external boundary of approximately 70,335 feet, of which approximately 28,480 feet are contiguous to the existing boundaries of the City of South Bend. The Board of Public Works, Board of Public Safety and the Water Works Commissioners of the City of South Bend, have established by Resolution a fiscal plan and established a definite policy showing; (1) the cost estimates of planned services to be furnished to the territory to be annexed; (2) the methods of financing the planned services; (3) the plan for the organization and extension of the services; (4) the furnishing of services of a non - capital nature including police protection, fire protection and street and road maintenance to the territory within one year from the effective date of annexation, which services will be in a manner equivalent in standard and scope to those non - capital services provided to areas within the City of South Bend which have similar topography, patterns of land utilization and population density; (5) services of a capital improvement nature including street lighting, sewer facilities, water facilities, and storm water drainage facilities to be provided to the territory with- in three years of the effective date of the annexation in the same manner as those services are provided to areas within the City of South Bend which have similar topography, patterns of land utilization and population density, and in a manner consistent with federal, state and local laws, procedures and planning criteria; (6) the show- ing that no jobs of employees of other governmental entities will be eliminated by the proposed annexation. The territory is needed and can be used by the City for its future development in the reasonably near future. It is the intent and purpose of this Ordinance to hereby adopt, confirm and incorporate herein the said Resolutions of the Board of Public Works, Board of Public Safety and Water Works Commissioners as such plan and policy of the City of South Bend. It is the further intent of this Ordinance to incorporate herein the various petitions for annexation of the petitioning land owners of land located within the territory. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana: SECTION I. The petitions of owners of land within a certain territory requesting the annexation of such territory to the City of South Bend are incorporated herein, made a part hereof and marked Exhibits A through N . SECTION II. The Resolutions of the Board of Public Works, Board of Public Safety and Water Works Commissioners of the City of South Bend, developing a fiscal plan and establishing a definite policy for the furnishing of services of a non - capital and capital improvement nature to the territory are hereby adopted and approved and are incorporated herein, made a part hereof and marked Exhibits 0 1 P , and Q ,respectively.