Extend and Provide Utility Services to area within city known as Lots 11 through 23 of Hartman Terrace Subdivision

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ORDINANCE NO. ~ ~ O R' ~~ 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 KNOWN AS LOTS 11 THROUGH 23 OF HARTMAN TERRACE SUBDIVISION, LOCATED ON REASOR STREET, CENTRE TOWNSHIP, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT Presently, certain isolated portions of the City of South Bend do not have City water and sewer services due to lack of availability of sewer and/or water lines. This includes a segment of Reason Street encompassing twelve (12) separate parcels of real estate (approximately Eight (8) households). 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 tract of land on Reason Street including lots 11 through 23 of Hartman Terrace Subdivision, and 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 City has generally estimated the cost of installing the sewer main to the affected Reasor Street area to be about $105,000 as estimated by Ken Herceg & Associates, the engineer selected by the Board of Public Works for the sewer extension portion of this project whose plans and specifications were approved by the Board of Public Works, and the City has further estimated the cost of the water line extension portion of the project to be roughly $45,500 as estimated by the Water Works Division of the Department of Public Works which will perform the necessary construction. The City desires to charge each property owner in the affected area the sum of $2,000 as such property owner's share of the water main extension, and the sum of $3,000 for each such owner's share of the sewer line extension (a total of $5,000 per owner for sewer and water), which costs are roughly equivalent to the current cost of installing private well and septic systems, and the City will assume and pay the balance of the construction costs for sewer and water extension to the affected area from its sewer and water department capital budgets. 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. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY