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RESOLUTION NO.
<br />A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND
<br />ADOPTING A WRITTEN FISCAL PLAN AND ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR THE
<br />PROVISION OF SERVICES TO AN ANNEXED AREA IN PENN TOWNSHIP
<br />(VOCO, INC., ANNEXATION)
<br />WHEREAS, there has been submitted to the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
<br />Indiana, an ordinance and a petition by more than 51 % of the property owners which proposes the
<br />annexation ofthe real estate located in Penn Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, more particularly
<br />described in Section I of this Resolution, which Ordinance also proposes a change in zoning from
<br />"R" Residential, to "C" Commercial, "A" Height and area, effective upon annexation; and
<br />WHEREAS, the territory proposed to be annexed encompasses approximately 14 acres of
<br />vacant, undeveloped land having general boundaries on the northeast corner of Ironwood and
<br />Ireland Roads, which is approximately 76% contiguous to the current City limits. The development
<br />of the territory proposed to be annexed will require a basic level of municipal public services,
<br />including police and fire protection, street and road maintenance, sewage collection, solid waste and
<br />yard pickup as well as recycling services, and services of a capital improvement nature, including
<br />construction of streets and roads, a sewer collection system, a water distribution system, and a street
<br />lighting 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 a sewer collection system, a water distribution system, and
<br />a street lighting system; (2) the method (s) of financing those services; (3) the plan for the
<br />organization and extension of those services; (4) that services of a non - capital nature will be
<br />provided to the annexed area within one (1) year after the effective date of the annexation, and that
<br />they will be provided in a manner in standard and scope to similar non - capital services provided to
<br />areas within the corporate boundaries of the City of South Bend, regardless of similar topography,
<br />patterns of land use, or population density; (5) that the services of a capital improvement nature will
<br />be provided to the annexed area within four (4) years after the effective date of the annexation in the
<br />same manner as the services are provided to areas within the corporate boundaries of the City of
<br />South Bend, regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, or population density, and in a
<br />manner consistent with federal, state and local laws; and (6) the plan for hiring the employees of
<br />other 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, the Board of Public
<br />Safety of the City of South Bend, and the Board of Water Works Commissioners of the City of
<br />South Bend, have each approved a written fiscal plan and established a policy for the provision of
<br />services to the territory proposed to be annexed, which plan and policy the Common Council finds
<br />to be appropriate and in the best interest of the City, and, which it desires to adopt.
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