Fiscal Plan for Rainbow Child Annexation Area in Clay Township

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WHEREAS, The Board of Public Works and the Board of Public Safety of the City of South Bend, have each approved a written fiscal plan and established a policy for the provision of services to the territory proposed to be annexed, which plan and policy the Common Council finds to be appropriate and in the best interest of the City, and, which it desires to adopt. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. It is in the best interest of the City of South Bend and the area proposed to be annexed that the following described real property located in Clay Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana be annexed to the City of South Bend: Part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 29, Township 38 North, Range 3 East located in St. Joseph County, Indiana described as follows: Commencing at the Southeast Corner of said Quarter Quarter Section thence North 00 degrees 17 minutes 29 seconds East along the East Line of said Quarter Quarter Section 200.00 feet to the Point of Beginning of the herein described parcel; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 197.64 feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 80.00 feet; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 143.66 feet to the eastern right -of -way of State Road 23; thence continuing North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 123.62 feet to the western right -of -way of State Road 23; thence North 43 degrees 16 minutes 41 seconds East along last said right -of -way 430.58 feet; thence South 89 degrees 04 minutes 26 seconds East 121.78 feet to the eastern right -of -way of State Road 23; thence continuing South 89 degrees 04 minutes 26 seconds East 49.97 feet; thence South 00 degrees 17 minutes 29 seconds West along said east line 390.71 feet to the Point of Beginning containing 2.65 Acres more or less. SECTION II. That it shall be and hereby is now declared and established that it is the policy of the City of South Bend, to furnish to said territory services of a non - capital nature, such as police and fire protection, street and road maintenance, street sweeping, flushing, and snow removal, within one (1) year of the effective date of the annexation in a manner equivalent in standard and scope to services furnished by the City to other areas of the City regardless of similar topography, patterns of land utilization, and population density; and to furnish to said territory, services of a capital improvement nature such as street and road construction, sidewalks, a street light system, a sanitary sewer system, a water distribution system, a storm water system and drainage plan, within three (3) years of the effective date of the annexation in the same manner as those services are provided to areas within the corporate boundaries of the City of South Bend regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, or population density. SECTION III. That the South Bend Common Council, shall and does hereby now establish and adopt the Fiscal Plan, attached hereto as Exhibit "A ", and made a part hereof, for the furnishing of said services to the territory to be annexed, which provides, among other things, that the existing public water main on the west side of State Road 23 is adequate to cover the needs of this