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REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 12, 2004
<br /> ZONING AND ANNEXATION COMMITTEE
<br /> Ervin Kuspa, Chairperson Roland Kelly, Member
<br /> Ann Puzzello, Vice-Chairperson Sean Coleman, Member
<br /> SUB-COMMITTEE ON MINUTES
<br /> Karen L. White, Chairperson
<br /> Dr. David Varner, Vice-Chairperson
<br /> RESOLUTION 04-04 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
<br /> OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, ADOPTING A WRITTEN
<br /> FISCAL PLAN AND ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR THE
<br /> PROVISION OF SERVICES TO AN ANNEXATION AREA IN
<br /> GERMAN TOWNSHIP (OMAR M. ABUHILAL
<br /> 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 the sole (100%)property owner which proposes the
<br /> annexation of real estate located in German 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 2.09 acres
<br /> of land containing one house, which property is at least 12.5% contiguous to the current City
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<br /> limits. i.e., approximately 50.8% contiguous, generally located on the west side of Portage Road,
<br /> approximately 3,200 feet north of Cleveland Road, German Township, Indiana. This annexation
<br /> area will require a basic level of municipal public services of a non-capital improvement nature,
<br /> including police and fire protection, street and road maintenance, street sweeping, flushing, snow
<br /> removal, and sewage collection, as well as services of a capital improvement nature, including
<br /> street lighting, a sanitary sewer system, a water distribution system and a storm water system;
<br /> 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 a non-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 nature,
<br /> including street lighting, a sanitary sewer system, a water distribution system, and a storm water
<br /> system to be furnished to the territory to be annexed; (2) the method(s) of financing those
<br /> services; (3) the plan for the organization and extension of those services; (4)that services of a
<br /> non-capital nature will be provided to the annexed area within one (1) year after the effective
<br /> date of the annexation, and that they will be provided in a manner in standard and scope to
<br /> similar non-capital services 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; (5) that
<br /> the services of a capital improvement nature will be provided to the annexed area within three (3)
<br /> years after the effective date of the annexation in the same manner as the services are provided to
<br /> areas within the corporate boundaries of the City of South Bend, regardless of similar
<br /> topography, patterns of land use, or population density, and in a manner consistent with federal,
<br /> state and local laws; and (6) the plan for hiring the employees of other governmental entities
<br /> whose jobs will be eliminated by the proposed annexation; and
<br /> WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, and the Board of
<br /> Public Safety of the City of South Bend, have each approved a written Fiscal Plan and
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