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RESOLUTION NO. 3 ~ ~ ~' ~
<br />A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH
<br />BEND, INDIANA, ADOPTING A WRITTEN FISCAL PLAN AND
<br />ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO AN
<br />ANNEXATION AREA
<br />IN CENTRE TOWNSHIP, U.S. 31 SOUTH
<br />(SHOEMAKER ANNEXATION AREA)
<br />WHEREAS, there has been submitted to the Common Council of the City of
<br />South Bend, Indiana, an Ordinance and a petition by the sole (100%) property owner
<br />which proposes the annexation of real .estate located in Centre Township, St. Joseph
<br />County, Indiana, which is described more particularly in Section I of this Resolution,
<br />and;
<br />WHEREAS, the territory proposed to be annexed encompasses approximately
<br />.821 acres of vacant land, which property is at least 12.5% contiguous to the current City
<br />limits, i.e., approximately 46.3% contiguous, generally located at the southeast corner of
<br />U.S. 31 and Detroit Street. It is anticipated that the annexation area will be developed for
<br />a single-story office-retail building and a parking lot. This use will require a basic level of
<br />municipal public services of anon-capital improvement nature, including police and fire
<br />protection, street and road maintenance, street sweeping, flushing, snow removal, and
<br />sewage collection, as well as services of a capital improvement nature, including street
<br />and road construction, street lighting, a sanitary sewer system, a water distribution
<br />system, and a storm water system and drainage plan; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, now
<br />desires to establish and adopt a fiscal plan and establish a definite policy showing: (1) the
<br />cost estimates of services of anon-capital nature, including street and road maintenance,
<br />sewage collection, street sweeping, flushing, and snow removal, police and fire
<br />protection, and other non-capital services normally provided within the corporate
<br />boundaries, and services of a capital improvement nature, including street and road
<br />construction, street lighting, a sanitary sewer extension, a water distribution system, and
<br />a storm water system to be furnished to the territory to be annexed; (2) the method(s) of
<br />financing those services; (3) the plan for the organization and extension of those services;
<br />(4) that services of anon-capital nature will be provided to the annexed area within one
<br />(1) year after the effective date of the annexation, and that they will be provided in a
<br />manner in standard and scope to similar non-capital services provided to areas within the
<br />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
<br />nature will be provided to the annexed area within three (3) years after the effective date
<br />of the annexation in the same manner as the services are provided to areas within the
<br />corporate boundaries of the City of South Bend, regardless of similar topography,
<br />patterns of land use, or population density, and in a manner consistent with federal, state
<br />and local laws; and (6) the plan for hiring the employees of other governmental entities
<br />whose jobs will be eliminated by the proposed annexation; and
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