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RESOLUTION NO. <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, <br />INDIANA, ADOPTING A WRITTEN FISCAL PLAN AND ESTABLISHING A POLICY <br />FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO AN ANNEXATION AREA IN <br />GERMAN TOWNSHIP <br />(JIM & DONNA GREGAR/ARTHUR & NANCY BEALL ANNEXATION AREA) <br />WHEREAS, there has been submitted to the Common Council of the City of South Bend, <br />Indiana, an Ordinance and a petition by the sole (100 %) property owner which proposes the <br />annexation of real estate located in German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, which is <br />described more particularly in Section I of this Resolution, and; <br />WHEREAS, the territory proposed to be annexed encompasses approximately 1.03 acres <br />of land containing two single family homes, which property is at least 12.5% contiguous to the <br />current City limits, i.e., approximately 93% contiguous, generally located at the northeast comer of <br />Cleveland Road and Brick Road. It is anticipated that in the future the annexation area may be <br />developed for either commercial or industrial use, which will require a basic level of municipal <br />public services, of a non - capital improvement nature, including police and fire protection, street and <br />road maintenance, street sweeping, flushing, snow removal, and sewage collection, as well as <br />services of a capital improvement nature, including street and road construction, street lighting, a <br />sanitary sewer system, a water distribution system, a storm water system and drainage plan; and <br />WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, now desires to <br />establish and adopt a fiscal plan and establish a definite policy showing: (1) the cost estimates of <br />services of a non - capital nature, including street and road maintenance, sewage collection, street <br />sweeping, flushing, and snow removal, police and fire protection, and other non - capital services <br />normally provided within the corporate boundaries, and services of a capital improvement nature, <br />including street and road construction, street lighting, a sanitary sewer extension, a water <br />distribution system, and a storm water system to be furnished to the territory to be annexed; (2) the <br />method(s) of financing those services; (3) the plan for the organization and extension of those <br />services; (4) that services of a non - capital nature will be provided to the annexed area within one (1) <br />year after the effective date of the annexation, and that they will be provided in a manner in standard <br />and scope to similar non - capital services provided to areas within the corporate boundaries of the <br />City of South Bend, regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, or population density; (5) <br />that the services of a capital improvement nature will be provided to the annexed area within three <br />(3) years after the effective date of the annexation in the same manner as the services are provided <br />to areas within the corporate boundaries of the City of South Bend, regardless of similar topography, <br />patterns of land use, or population density, and in a manner consistent with federal, state and local <br />laws; and (6) the plan for hiring the employees of other governmental entities whose jobs will be <br />eliminated by the proposed annexation; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, and the Board of Public <br />Safety of the City of South Bend, have each approved a written fiscal plan and established a policy <br />for the provision of services to the territory proposed to be annexed, which plan and policy the <br />