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RESOLUTION NO. `(f t-(r <br /> A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br /> SOUTH BEND, INDIANA,ADOPTING A WRITTEN FISCAL PLAN AND <br /> ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO AN <br /> ANNEXATION AREA IN GERMAN TOWNSHIP <br /> (SHELLBARK ANNEXATION AREA) <br /> WHEREAS, there has been submitted to the Common Council of the City of South Bend, <br /> Indiana, an Ordinance and a petition by all (100%) property owners which proposes the <br /> annexation of real estate located in German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, which is <br /> more particularly described at Section I of this Resolution; and <br /> WHEREAS, the territory proposed to be annexed encompasses approximately 0.17 acres <br /> of vacant land, which property is at least 12.5% contiguous to the current City limits, i.e., <br /> approximately 50% contiguous, generally located northwest of Shellbark Avenue and Cleveland <br /> Road. It is anticipated that the annexation area will be used for a retention basin to provide <br /> drainage for an adjacent medical office facility; and <br /> WHEREAS, this development will require a basic level of municipal public services of a <br /> non-capital improvement nature, including police and fire protection, street and road <br /> maintenance, street sweeping, flushing, snow removal, and sewage collection, as well as services <br /> of a capital improvement nature, including street and road construction, sidewalks, street <br /> lighting, a sanitary sewer system, a water distribution system, and a storm water system and <br /> drainage plan; and <br /> WHEREAS, the South Bend Common Council now desires to establish and adopt a fiscal <br /> plan and establish a definite policy showing: (1) the cost estimates of services of a non-capital <br /> nature, including police and fire protection, street and road maintenance, street sweeping, <br /> flushing, and snow removal, and sewage collection, and other non-capital services normally <br /> provided within the corporate boundaries; and services of a capital improvement nature including <br /> street and road construction, street lighting, a sanitary sewer extension, a water distribution <br /> system, and a storm water system to be furnished to the territory to be annexed (2) the method(s) <br /> of financing those services; (3) the plan for the organization and extension of those services; (4) <br /> that services of a non-capital nature will be provided to the annexed area within one (1) year <br /> after the effective date of the annexation, and that they will be provided in a manner equivalent <br /> in standard and scope to similar non-capital services provided to areas within the corporate <br /> boundaries of the City of South Bend, regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, and <br /> population density; (5) that services of a capital improvement nature will be provided to the <br /> annexed area within three (3) years after the effective date of the annexation within the same <br /> manner as those services are provided to areas within the corporate boundaries of the City of <br /> South Bend regardless of similar topography,patterns of land use, or population density, and in a <br /> manner consistent with federal, state and local laws, procedures, and planning criteria; and (6) <br /> the plan for hiring the employees or other governmental entities whose jobs will be eliminated by <br /> the proposed annexation. <br />