Adopting Fiscal Plan to an Annexation Area in Portage Township Mayflower-Western

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS: Section I. It is in the best interest of the City of South Bend and the area proposed to be annexed that the following described real property located in Portage Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana be annexed to the City of South Bend: A part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 8, Township 37 North, Range 2 East, Portage Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, which is described as: beginning at a point 1 foot South of the intersection of the South right-of-way line of Western Avenue extended East with the Centerline of Mayflower Road and the existing Corporation line for the City of South Bend; thence South along said Centerline and Corporation line a distance of 588.90 feet more or less; thence West along a line which is parallel to and 20 feet North of the Centerline of Vacated Huron Street and its Easterly extension a distance of 240 feet more or less to a point which is 50 feet North of the Northeast corner of a parcel of ground identified with Tax Key Number 17- 1034-095401 in the Records of the Auditor's Office of St. Joseph County, Indiana; thence South along the East line of said Parcel and its Northerly extension a distance of 200 feet more or less to the South line of Lot# 68 in the Plat of"Grouse's Addition" as recorded in the Records of the St. Joseph County, Indiana Recorder's Office; thence West along the South line of said Lot# 68 and Lot # 54 in said Plat a distance of 389 feet more or less to a point 1 foot East of the East right-of-way line of Hollywood Boulevard; thence North parallel to and 1 foot East of said East line a distance of 610 feet more or less; thence East a distance of 139 feet more or less to the Northeast corner of a Parcel of ground identified with Tax Key Number 17-1034-0928 in the records of said Auditor's Office; thence South along the East line of said Parcel a distance of 100 feet more or less to the North line of Lot # 56 in said Plat; thence East along said North line a distance of 160 feet more or less to the Southwest corner of Lot # 61 in said Plat; thence North along the West line of said Lot# 61 a distance of 269 feet more or less to a point 1 foot South of the South right-of-way line of Western Avenue; thence East parallel to and 1 foot South of said South line a distance of 330 feet more or less to the point of beginning. Section II. It shall be and hereby is now declared and established that it is the policy of the City of South Bend, to furnish to said territory services of a non-capital nature, such as police and fire protection, street and road maintenance, street sweeping, flushing, and snow removal, within one (1) year of the effective date of the annexation in a manner equivalent in standard and scope to services furnished by the City to other areas of the City regardless of similar topography, patterns of land utilization, and population density; and to furnish to said territory, services of a capital improvement nature such as street and road construction, sidewalks, a street light system, a sanitary sewer system, a water distribution system, a storm water system and drainage plan, within three (3) years of the effective date of the annexation in the same manner as those 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. Section III. The South Bend Common Council, shall and does hereby now establish and adopt the Fiscal Plan, attached hereto as Exhibit"A", and made a part hereof, for the furnishing