|
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.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
<br />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 County,
<br />Indiana, be annexed to the City of South Bend: "Lot number 1 (One) of the Recorded plat of Lynn
<br />D. Daugherty's Minor Subdivision, being a part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 17, T. 38 N.,
<br />R. 2 E. German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana ".
<br />Section II. It shall be and hereby is now declared and established that it is the policy of the
<br />City of South Bend, to furnish services to said territory of a non - capital nature, such as police and
<br />fire protection, street and road maintenance, sewage collection, street sweeping, flushing, and snow
<br />removal, within one (1) year of the effective date of the annexation, in a manner equivalent in
<br />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 ofthe City of South Bend regardless of similar
<br />topography, patterns of land use, or population density, and in amanner consistent with federal, state
<br />and local laws, procedures, and planning criteria.
<br />Section III. The Common Council for the City of South Bend shall and does hereby now
<br />establish and adopt The Fiscal Plan as set forth in Exhibit "A ", attached hereto and made a part
<br />hereof, for the fiunishing of said services to the territory to be annexed, which Fiscal Plan provides
<br />among other things, that existing water mainlines and sewer mainlines will be sufficient to service
<br />this area, with sewer upgrades to be provided in the future; that no new street lighting will be needed;
<br />that no new streets are contemplated at this time for this annexation area; and that runoff from this
<br />property is accommodated in the roadside drainage system.
<br />
|