Fiscal Plan for Wal-mart Portage Annexation Area in German Township

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RESOLUTION NO. ,25 'V 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 GERMAN TOWNSHIP (WALMART /PORTAGE 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 German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana; and WHEREAS, the territory proposed to be annexed encompasses approximately 12.2 acres of land, presently used primarily for residential purposes but contemplated for commercial development and located on the west side of Portage Avenue, approximately 2,500' north of Cleveland Road in German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana; with 53% of its aggregate external boundaries coinciding with the boundaries of the City of South Bend; and this territory is needed and and can be used by the City of South Bend for its development in the reasonably near future. The development of the territory proposed to be annexed will require a basic level of municipal public services, including fire and police protection, street and road maintenance, water and sewer service, and services of a capital improvement nature, including street lighting; potential street widening and traffic light installation; and WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, now desires to establish and adopt a fiscal plan and establish a definite policy showing: (1) the cost estimates of services of a non - capital nature, including street and road maintenance, police and fire protection, and other non - capital services normally provided within the corporate boundaries, and services of a capital improvement nature, including street lighting; (2) the method(s) of financing those services; (3) the plan for the organization and extension of those services; (4) that services of a non - capital nature will be provided to the annexed area within one (1) year after the effective date of the annexation, and that they will be provided in a manner in standard and scope to similar non - capital services provided to areas within the corporate boundaries of the City of South Bend, regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, or population density; (5) that services of a capital improvement nature will be provided to the annexed area within four (4) years after the effective date of the annexation in the same manner as the 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; and (6) the plan for hiring the employees of other governmental entities whose jobs will be eliminated by the proposed annexation; 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 proposed 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.