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RESOLUTION NO. 3 113-0-2—
<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 GERMAN
<br />TOWNSHIP (THE VILLAS AT LAKE BLACKTHORN ANNEXATION AREA A/K/A
<br />VACANT LAND ADJACENT TO THE NORTH AND EAST SIDE OF 24545 BRICK
<br />ROAD, ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE 31 BYPASS RAMP FROM /TO THE
<br />CLEVELAND/BRICK ROAD EXIT)
<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 38.08 acres
<br />of vacant land which is at least 12.5% contiguous to the current City limits, i.e., approximately
<br />41.6% contiguous to the current City limits, which property is located north of Brick Road and east
<br />of Orange Road in St. Joseph County, Indiana. This annexation area is intended to be used as a
<br />residential subdivision development. Accordingly, the annexation territory will require abasic level
<br />of municipal public services, of a non - capital improvement nature, including police and fire
<br />protection, street and road maintenance, street sweeping, flushing, snow removal, and sewage
<br />collection, as well as services of a capital improvement nature, including street and road
<br />construction, street lighting, a storm water system, a sanitary sewer system, and a water distribution
<br />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, police and fire protection,
<br />and other non - capital services normally provided within the corporate boundaries, and services of
<br />a capital improvement nature, including street and road construction, street lighting, a sanitary sewer
<br />extension, a water distribution system, and a storm water system to be furnished to the territory to
<br />be annexed; (2) the method (s) of financing those services; (3) the plan for the organization and
<br />extension of those services; (4) that services of a non - capital nature will be provided to the annexed
<br />area within one (1) year after the effective date of the annexation, and that they will be provided in
<br />a manner in standard and scope to similar non - capital services provided to areas within the corporate
<br />boundaries of the City of South Bend, regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, or
<br />population density; (5) that the services of a capital improvement nature will be provided to the
<br />annexed area within four (4) years after the effective date of the annexation in the same manner as
<br />the services are provided to areas within the corporate boundaries of the City of South Bend,
<br />regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, or population density, and in a manner
<br />consistent with federal, state and local laws; and (6) the plan for hiring the employees of other
<br />governmental entities whose jobs will be 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
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