Fiscal Plan for Arby's Annexation Area in Centre Township

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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 Centre Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, described more particularly as follows, be annexed to the City of South Bend: Part of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 2, Township 36 North, Range 2 East, Centre Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the Westerly right of way line of U.S. Highway 31 and the Southerly right of way line of Kern Road; thence North 89 degrees - 29 feet - 4 inches West on the Southerly right of way line of Kern Road, a distance of 311.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees - 18 feet - 32 inches West, a distance of 294.87 feet; thence South 89 degrees - 09 feet - 17 inches East, a distance of 222.81 feet to the Westerly right of way line of U.S. Highway 31; thence North 16 degrees - 54 feet - 34 inches East on said West right of way line, a distance of 308.70 feet to the point of beginning. Together with the following described tract: Beginning at the intersection of the Westerly right of way line of U.S. Highway 31 and the Southerly right of way line of Kern Road; thence Westerly on the Southerly right of way line of Kern Road to the Northwest comer of the above described tract; thence North to the Northerly right of way line of Kern Road; thence Easterly on the Northerly right of way line of Kern Road to the Westerly right of way line of U.S. Highway 31 and the Westerly corporation line of the City of South Bend; thence South on said Westerly line to the point of beginning. The area of the described tract is 2.145 acres, more or less. Section H. 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, 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 a sanitary sewer system, a water distribution system, street and road construction, and a street lighting 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 of land use, or population density, and in a manner consistent with federal, state and local laws, procedures, and planning criteria.