Fiscal Plan for Mahler/Stidham Annexation Area in German Township

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WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, and the Board of Public Safety of the City of South Bend, have each approved a written Fiscal Plan and established a policy for the provision of services to the territory proposed to be annexed, which plan and policy the Common Council finds to be appropriate and in the best interest of the City, and, which it desires to adopt. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS: Section I. It is in the best interest of the City of South Bend and the area proposed to be annexed that the real property located in German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, described more particularly as follows, be annexed to the City of South Bend: A PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SEC 19, TOWNSHIP 38 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST; A PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 38 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST, ALL IN GERMAN TOWNSHIP, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE OLIVE ROAD COMMERCE PARK, SECTION 2; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND CORPORATE LIMITS TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 1 OF MILLER -OWENS MINOR SUBDIVISION; THENCE WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SUBDIVISION 660 FEET; THENCE NORTH PARALLEL TO THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND CORPORATE LIMITS TO THE NORTH RIGHT -OF -WAY LINE OF CLEVELAND ROAD; THENCE EAST ALONG SAID RIGHT -OF -WAY LINE TO A POINT 340 FEET FROM THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND CORPORATE LINE, ALSO BEING THE WEST PROPERTY LINE OF A PARCEL OWNED BY ERNEST AND BERNICE MAHLER, TAX KEY NUMBER 04- 1011 -0189; THENCE NORTH TO THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND CORPORATE LIMITS AT THE SOUTH LINE OF THE OLIVE ROAD COMMERCE PARK SECTION ONE SUBDIVISION; THENCE EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF OLIVE ROAD COMMERCE PARK 330.24 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. Section II. It shall be and hereby is now declared and established that it is the policy of the City of South Bend, to furnish services to said territory of a non - capital nature, such as police and fire protection, street and road maintenance, sewage collection, street sweeping, flushing, and snow removal, within one (1) year of the effective date of the annexation, in a manner equivalent in standard and scope to the services furnished by the City to other areas of the City regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, or population density; and to furnish to said territory services of a capital improvement nature, such as street and road construction, street lighting, a sanitary sewer extension, a water distribution system, and a storm water system, within four (4) years of the effective date of the annexation in the same manner as those services are provided to areas within the corporate boundaries of the City of South Bend regardless of similar topography, patterns