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WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, and the Board of
<br />Public Safety of the City of South Bend, have each approved the written fiscal plan as amended
<br />and established a policy for the provision of services to the territory proposed to be annexed,
<br />which plan and policy the Common Council finds to be appropriate and in the best interest of the
<br />City, and, which it desires to adopt.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
<br />CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS:
<br />Section I. It is in the best interest of the City of South Bend and the area proposed to be
<br />annexed that the following described real property located in German Township, St. Joseph
<br />County, Indiana, annexed to the City of South Bend:
<br />A part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 22, Township 38 North, Range 2 East,
<br />German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana and being more particularly
<br />described as follows:
<br />Commencing at the northwest corner the Northwest Quarter of Section 22; thence
<br />South 00'22'11 " West along the west line of said Northwest Quarter, a distance
<br />of 129.38 to the west line's intersection with the westerly right -of -way line of
<br />Portage Avenue and the east line of Field Pointe Subdivision Phase 2 Section 3 as
<br />shown in the Office of the Recorder of St. Joseph County, Indiana as Instrument
<br />No. 0003856, said point being the point of beginning; thence North 69 °38'41"
<br />East, at right angles with said westerly right -of -way line, a distance of 70 feet,
<br />more or less to the easterly right -of -way line of said Portage Avenue; thence
<br />South 20 °21'19" East along said easterly right -of -way line, a distance of 384.09
<br />feet; thence South 69 °38'41" West, at right angles with said easterly right -of -way
<br />line, a distance of 70 feet, more or less to a point on the westerly right -of -way line
<br />of said Portage Avenue being the northeast corner of Lot 9 as shown on the
<br />recorded plat of Field Pointe Phase Three in said Recorder's Office as Instrument
<br />No. 0051408; thence South 75 °13'56" West along the north line of said Lot 9, a
<br />distance of 140.81 feet to the northwest comer of said Lot 9, said point also being
<br />on said east line of Field Pointe Phase 2 Section 3; thence North 00'22'11" East
<br />along said east line, a distance of 396.01 feet to the point of beginning containing
<br />1.24 acres more or less.
<br />Section H. It shall be and hereby is now declared and established that it is the policy of
<br />the City of South Bend, to furnish services to said territory of a non - capital nature, such as police
<br />and fire protection, street and road maintenance, sewage collection, street sweeping, flushing, and
<br />snow removal, within one (1) year of the effective date of the annexation, in a manner equivalent
<br />in standard and scope to the services furnished by the City to other areas of the City regardless of
<br />similar topography, patterns of land use, or population density; and to furnish to said territory
<br />services of a capital improvement nature, such as street and road construction, street lighting, a
<br />sanitary sewer extension, a water distribution system, a storm water system, and drainage plan,
<br />within three (3) years of the effective date of the annexation in the same manner as those services
<br />are provided to areas within the corporate boundaries of the City of South Bend regardless of
<br />similar topography, patterns of land use, or population density, and in a manner consistent with
<br />federal, state and local laws, procedures, and planning criteria.
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