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RESOLUTION NO. 3 S ~ I' ~~o
<br />A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,
<br />INDIANA, ADOPTING A WRITTEN FISCAL PLAN AND ESTABLISHING A POLICY
<br />FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO AN ANNEXATION AREA
<br />IN CENTRE TOWNSHIP
<br />(KENDALL WEISS, LLP ANNEXATION AREA)
<br />WHEREAS, there has been submitted to the Common Council of the City of South
<br />Bend, Indiana, an Ordinance and a petition by the sole (100%) property owner which proposes
<br />the annexation of real estate located in Centre Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, which is
<br />described more particularly in Section I of this Resolution, and;
<br />WHEREAS, the territory proposed to be annexed encompasses approximately 69.94
<br />acres of vacant, unimproved land, which property is at least 12.5% contiguous to the current City
<br />limits, i.e., approximately 18% contiguous, generally located adjacent to and west of the current
<br />Lafayette Falls residential development. It is anticipated that the annexation area will be
<br />developed as a residential subdivision. Such residential 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 sewage
<br />collection, as well as services of a capital improvement nature, including street and road
<br />construction, street lighting, a sanitary sewer system, a water distribution system, and a storm
<br />water system and drainage plan; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, now desires to
<br />establish and adopt a fiscal plan and establish a definite policy showing: (1) the cost estimates of
<br />services of anon-capital nature, including street and road maintenance, sewage collection, street
<br />sweeping, flushing, and snow removal, police and fire protection, and other non-capital services
<br />normally provided within the corporate boundaries, and services of a capital improvement
<br />nature, including street and road construction, street lighting, a sanitary sewer extension, a water
<br />distribution system, and a storm water system to be furnished to the territory to be annexed; (2)
<br />the method(s) of financing those services; (3) the plan for the organization and extension of those
<br />services; (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 manner in
<br />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, or
<br />population density; (5) that the 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 in the same manner
<br />as the services are provided to areas within the corporate boundaries of the City of South Bend,
<br />regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, or population density, and in a manner
<br />consistent with federal, state and local laws; and (6) the plan for hiring the employees of other
<br />governmental entities whose jobs will be eliminated by the proposed annexation; and
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