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RESOLUTION NO. 3331_0q
<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 />PENN TOWNSHIP
<br />(ALWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ANNEXATION AREA)
<br />WHEREAS, there is pending before the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
<br />Indiana, an Ordinance which proposes the annexation of real estate located in Penn Township, St.
<br />Joseph County, Indiana, which is described more particularly in Section I of this Resolution, and;
<br />WHEREAS, the territory proposed to be annexed encompasses approximately 36.82 acres
<br />of vacant land, which property is at least 12.5% contiguous to the current City limits, i.e.,
<br />approximately 50% contiguous, generally located east of Ironwood Road, east of and immediately
<br />adjacent to the Stonehedge Development. This annexation territory is intended for development as
<br />a single family home subdivision, and will require a basic level of municipal public services of a
<br />non - capital improvement nature, including police and fire protection, street and road maintenance,
<br />street sweeping, flushing, snow removal, and sewage collection, as well as services of a capital
<br />improvement nature, including street and road construction, street lighting, a sanitary sewer system,
<br />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
<br />Common Council finds to be appropriate and in the best interest of the City, and, which it desires
<br />to adopt.
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