Extend and provide utility services and to allocate costs to an area in Centre Township

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ORDINANCE NO. ' 1' ~ 1 ~ l1 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA TO EXTEND AND PROVIDE UTILITY SERVICES AND TO ALLOCATE COSTS TO AN AREA RECENTLY ANNEXED WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL CITY LIMITS AND TO AN AREA OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, LOCATED ALONG U.S. 31 SOUTH AND MAIN STREET IN CENTRE TOWNSHIP, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT Recently the City of South Bend annexed within its corporate limits a parcel of real estate containing approximately 196.29 acres of varied land located generally south of the St. Joseph Valley Parkway, along U.S. 31 in Centre Township, St. Joseph County, which annexation is commonly known as the U.S. 31 Annexation Area. At the time of annexation, some of the area was or had been serviced by municipal water and sewer facilities. It is in the best interest of the residents of the U.S. 31 South Annexation Area that City sewer and water services be provided, the furnishment of which will necessarily involve an area of land outside the corporate City limits near the U.S. 31 South Annexation Area, i.e., that land which is within 300 feet of the main line installation servicing the U.S. 31 South Annexation Area. Attached hereto as .Exhibit "C" is a map of the area and parcels of real estate affected generally by this Ordinance. Because the service area encompassed by this Ordinance involves land which was until recently outside the City limits, and it also includes an area that is not and has never been part of the City limits, it is appropriate that the costs to be borne by those owners of property in the area who are subject to this Ordinance be reasonably related to the actual costs incurred by the City in furnishing these services. This is consistent with the City's past practice of assessing all users of City utilities for a portion of the capital costs of the utility main line installations. The actual cost to the City of installing the sewer main line to the affected properties located both in the U.S. 31 Annexation Area and the nearby land outside the City limits is approximately $686,300 as bid by Selge Construction, the lowest bidder of bids received for this sewer by the Board of Public Works. The cost of the herein applicable water line extension portion of the project is roughly $38,000, as bid by the same contractor. The City desires to charge each property owner in the affected area for the water main extension portion of the prof ect a price based on the number of linear feet of main line servicing the property pursuant to the existent, approved water main line extension charges in effect for the Water Department a copy of which is attached as Exhibit "A", and which reflects a rate differential for City and Non-City resident users.