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RESOLUTION NO. 3 3 S y— Oaf
<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 />CENTRE TOWNSHIP
<br />(HIDDEN CREEK LLC, 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 ofreal estate located in Centre Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, which is described
<br />more particularly in Section I of this Resolution, and;
<br />WHEREAS, the territory proposed to be annexed encompasses approximately 31.33 acres
<br />of vacant land, which property is at least 12.5% contiguous to the current City limits, i.e.,
<br />approximately 100% contiguous, and is generally located on the north side of Jackson Road,
<br />approximately 2,000 feet west of Main Street, Centre Township, Indiana. This annexation territory
<br />is intended for development as a single family home subdivision and will require a basic level of
<br />municipal public services of a non - capital improvement nature, including police and fire protection,
<br />street and road maintenance, street sweeping, flushing, snow removal, and sewage collection, as
<br />well as services of a capital improvement nature, including street and road construction, street
<br />lighting, a sanitary sewer system, a water distribution system and a storm water system; 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
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