Adopting written Fiscal Plan and establishing a policy for the provisions of services to an annexations area in Clay township (John Roy Annexation Area)

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a policy for the provision of services to the territory proposed to be annexed, which plan and policy the Common Council finds to be appropriate and in the best interest of the City, and, which it desires to adopt. 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 Clay Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, be annexed to the City of South Bend: THAT PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 38 NORTH, RANGE 3 EAST, CLAY TOWNSHIP, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA, WHICH IS DESCRIBED AS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT #41 IN THE PLAT OF "VANESS PLAT" AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK #11, PAGE #13, AS RECORDED IN THE RECORDS OF THE ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA RECORDERS OFFICE, THENCE WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 41 AND ITS WESTERLY EXTENSION 260.00 FEET MORE OR LESS TO A POINT ON THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF WILLIS AVENUE; THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE 129.80 FEET MORE OR LESS; THENCE EAST 260.00 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 41 IN SAID PLAT; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 129.80 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 0.77 ACRES MORE OR LESS. SUBJECT TO ALL LEGAL HIGHWAYS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD. 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 services to said territory of anon-capital nature, such as police and fire protection, street and road maintenance, sewage collection, 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 the services furnished by the City to other areas of the City regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, or population density; and to furnish to said territory services of a capital improvement nature, such as street and road construction, street lighting, a sanitary sewer extension, 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, and in a manner consistent with federal, state and local laws, procedures, and planning criteria.