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SUBSTITUTE
<br />RESOLUTION NO. 12 1 O -R D
<br />A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
<br />OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND ADOPTING A
<br />WRITTEN FISCAL PLAN AND ESTABLISHING A
<br />POLICY FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO
<br />AN ANNEXED AREA IN GERMAN TOWNSHIP
<br />WHEREAS, there has been submitted to the Common Council of the
<br />City of South Bend, Indiana, an ordinance which proposes the
<br />annexation of the hereinafter described real estate located in German
<br />Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana; and
<br />WHEREAS, the territory proposed to be annexed is adjacent to
<br />and /or near the Michiana Regional Airport and is to be developed, as
<br />part of the City's Airport 2010 project, which development will
<br />require a level of municipal public services basic to the
<br />establishment and maintenance of such development, which services
<br />shall include services of a non - capital nature, including street and
<br />road maintenance, fire and police protection, and services of a
<br />capital improvement nature, including street construction, street
<br />lighting, sewer facilities, water facilities and storm water
<br />facilities; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
<br />now desires to establish and adopt a fiscal plan and establish a
<br />definite policy showing (1) the cost estimates -of services of a
<br />non - capital nature, including street and road maintenance, police and
<br />fire protection and other non - capital services normally provided
<br />within the corporate boundaries, and services of a capital
<br />improvement nature, including street construction, street lighting,
<br />water facilities, sewer facilities, and storm water drainage
<br />facilities to be furnished to the territory to be annexed; (2) the
<br />method(s) of financing those services; (3) the plan for the
<br />organization and extension of those services; (4) that services of a
<br />non - capital nature will be provided to the annexed area within one
<br />(1) year after the effective date of the annexation, and that they
<br />will be provided in a manner equivalent in standard and scope to
<br />similar non - capital services provided to areas within the corporate
<br />boundaries of the City of South Bend, that have characteristic of
<br />topography, patterns of land use, and population density similar to
<br />that of the territory to be annexed; (5) that services of a capital
<br />improvement nature will be provided to the annexed area within three
<br />(3) years after the effective date of the annexation in the same
<br />manner as those services are provided to areas within the corporate
<br />boundaries of the City of South Bend that have characteristics of
<br />topography, patterns of land use and population density similar to
<br />that of the territory to be annexed and in a manner consistent with
<br />federal, state and local laws, procedures, and planning criteria; and
<br />(6) the plan for hiring the employees of other governmental entities
<br />whose jobs will be eliminated by the proposed annexation; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, the
<br />Board of Public Safety of the City of South Bend, and the Board of
<br />Water Works Commissioners of the City of South Bend have approved a
<br />written fiscal plan and established a policy for the provision of
<br />services to an area which includes the territory to be annexed, which
<br />plan and policy, as it relates to the territory to be annexed, the
<br />Common Council finds appropriate and the adoption of which as the
<br />plan and policy for the City of South Bend the Common Council finds
<br />to be in the best interests of the City.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF
<br />THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS:
<br />Section I. That it is in the best interest of the City of South
<br />Bend and of the area proposed to be annexed that the following
<br />described real property located in German Township, St. Joseph
<br />County, Indiana, be annexed to the City of South Bend:
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