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3 ~ REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 25, 2006
<br />WHEREAS, there has been submitted to the Common Council of the City of
<br />South Bend, Indiana, an Ordinance and a petition by all (100%) property owners which
<br />proposes the annexation of real estate located in Centre Township, St. Joseph County,
<br />Indiana, which is more particularly described at Page 15 of Exhibit "A" attached hereto;
<br />and
<br />WHEREAS, the territory proposed to be annexed encompasses approximately 55
<br />acres of agricultural land, which property is at least 12.5% contiguous to the current City
<br />limits, i.e., approximately 35.7% contiguous, generally located directly south and
<br />adjacent to the existing Southfield Village subdivision, east of Miami Street and south of
<br />Kern Road. It is anticipated that the annexation area will be developed for single-family
<br />homes, condominiums and office-retail land uses.
<br />This mix of uses will require a basic level of municipal public services of a non-
<br />capital improvement nature, including street and road maintenance, street sweeping,
<br />flushing, snow removal, and sewage collection, as well as services of a capital
<br />improvement nature, including street and road construction, street lighting, a sanitary
<br />sewer system, a water distribution system, and a storm water system and drainage plan;
<br />and
<br />WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works now desires to establish and adopt a
<br />fiscal plan and establish a definite policy showing: (1) the cost estimates of services of a
<br />non-capital nature, including street and road maintenance, street sweeping, flushing, and
<br />snow removal, and sewage collection, and other non-capital services normally provided
<br />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
<br />distribution system, and a storm water system to be furnished to the territory to be
<br />annexed (2) the method(s) of financing those services; (3) the plan for the organization
<br />and extension of those services; (4) that services of anon-capital nature will be provided
<br />to the annexed area within one (1) year after the effective date of the annexation, and that
<br />they will be provided in a manner equivalent in standard and scope to similar non-capital
<br />services provided to areas within the corporate boundaries of the City of South Bend,
<br />regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, and population density; (5) that
<br />services of a capital improvement nature will be provided to the annexed area within
<br />three (3) years after the effective date of the annexation within the same manner as those
<br />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
<br />manner consistent with federal, state and local laws, procedures, and planning criteria;
<br />and (6) the plan for hiring the employees or other governmental entities whose jobs will
<br />be eliminated by the proposed annexation.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC
<br />WORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS:
<br />Section I. It is in the best interest of the City of South Bend and the area proposed
<br />to be annexed that the real property described more particularly at Page 15 of Exhibit "A"
<br />attached hereto be annexed to the City of South Bend.
<br />Section II. That it shall be and hereby is now declared and established that it is
<br />the policy of the City of South Bend, by and through its Board of Public Works, to
<br />furnish to said territory services of anon-capital nature, such as street and road
<br />maintenance, street sweeping, flushing, and snow removal, within one (1) year of the
<br />effective date of the annexation in a manner equivalent in standard and scope to services
<br />furnished by the City to other areas of the City regardless of similar topography, patterns
<br />of land utilization, and population density; and to furnish to said territory, services of a
<br />capital improvement nature such as street and road construction, a street light system, a
<br />sanitary sewer system, a water distribution system, a storm water system and drainage
<br />plan, within three (3) years of the effective date of the annexation in the same manner as
<br />those services are provided to areas within the corporate boundaries of the City of South
<br />Bend regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, or population density.
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<br />Section III. That the Board of Public Works shall and does hereby now establish
<br />and adopt the Fiscal Plan, attached hereto as Exhibit "A", and made a part hereof, for the
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