Extend and provide Utility services to Portage township area known as a portion of Jackson Subdivision

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ORDINANCE NO. ~ ~ S ~O AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA TO EXTEND AND PROVIDE UTILITY SERVICES TO AN AREA WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL CITY LIMITS IN PORTAGE TOWNSHIP KNOWN AS A PORTION OF THE JACKSON SUBDIVISION,. BORDERING ON HUEY STREET, AND ON HAMILTON STREET,'IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT Presently, certain isolated portions of the City of South Bend do not have City water and/or sewer services due to lack of availability of sewer and/or water lines. This includes a segment of Huey Street encompassing fourteen (14) separate parcels of real estate (approximately nine (9) households), and a segment ofHamilton Street encompassing two separate parcels ofreal estate (one (1) household. When sewer and water services were provided to other City dwellers in the past, the benefitted property owners assumed a significant portion of the costs of the necessary construction through Barrett law assessments which have since been paid off, or by payment in a lump sum at the time vacant real estate was developed. The City now desires to extend utility service lines to an affected area in the Jackson Subdivision (unrecorded) consisting of a tract of land on Huey Street, specifically Lots 81, 82, 83, the North half of 84, the South half of 84, 85, 86, the East half of 89, the East half of 90, 91, 92, the Southeast half of 93, the Northeast half of 93, and 94; and also including a tract of land on Hamilton Street, specifically a portion of Lot 56, Jackson Subdivision. The City further desires to provide for the cost and method of paying for such utility extension construction pursuant to the City's general authority under I.C. 36-9-23-1 et seq. and specifically I.C. 36-9-23-10. The cost of installing the sewer main to the affected properties located on Hamilton Street, Huey Street, and Bergan Street in South Bend, Indiana is around $208,850 as estimated by, the engineer selected by the Board of Public Works for the sewer extension portion of the project whose plans and specifications were approved by the Board of Public Works, and the cost of the water line extension portion of the prof ect is roughly $29,325. However, the water extension is the completion of a prior project for which the residents have already paid. The City desires to charge each property owner in the affected area the sum of $3,000 for each such owner's share of the sewer line extension, which cost is roughly equivalent to the current cost of installing a private septic system (excluding service line connection costs), and the City will assume and pay the balance of the construction costs for sewer and water extension. All of the owners of the affected real estate have been notified generally and informally of the City's intent, cost estimates, and of the owners' expected cost sharing.