Fiscal Plan for U.S. 31 South Annexation Area in Centre Township

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RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND ADOPTING A WRITTEN FISCAL PLAN AND ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO AN ANNEXED AREA IN CENTRE TOWNSHIP (U.S. 31 SOUTH ANNEXATION) WHEREAS, there has been submitted to the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, an ordinance which proposes the annexation of the real estate described hereinafter as Exhibit "A ", located in Centre Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, and which also proposes a reclassification of the zoning to a combination of "C" Commercial, "A" Height & Area; "C" Commercial, "C" Height & Area; "D" Light Industrial, "A" Height & Area; and "A" Residential, "A" Height & Area; and WHEREAS, the territory proposed to be annexed encompasses approximately 196.29 acres of varied use land including residential, commercial, and industrial, among others, located south of the St. Joseph Valley Parkway, between U.S. 31 and Main Street, in Centre Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, with approximately 15.1% of its aggregate external boundaries coinciding with the boundaries of the City of South Bend, and which property is needed and can be used by the City of South Bend for commercial and residential development. Such development of the territory proposed to be annexed will require a basic level of municipal public services, including services of a non - capital nature such as fire and police protection, and street and road maintenance, and services of a capital improvement nature, including street lighting, roads, curbs, sidewalks, sanitary sewer and storm facilities, and water facilities; and WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, the Board of Public Safety of the City of South Bend, and the Board of Water Works Commissioners 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 to be annexed, which plan and policy the Common Council finds appropriate and the adoption of which as the plan and policy for the City of South Bend the Common Council finds to be in the best interests of the City. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS: Section I. That 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,