REGULAR MEETING. JANUARY 12, 1998
<br />POLICY FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO
<br />AN ANNEXED AREA IN GERMAN TOWNSHIP
<br />(MEADOW WOOD II ANNEXATION)
<br />WHEREAS, there has been submitted to the Common Council of the
<br />City of South Bend, Indiana, an ordinance which proposes the
<br />annexation of the real estate described hereinafter as Exhibit
<br />"A ", located in German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana; and
<br />WHEREAS, the territory proposed to be voluntarily annexed by
<br />more than 51% of the owners, encompasses of approximately 16.8 of
<br />acres of land currently vacant, but proposed to be developed for
<br />a single family residential community. It is located at the
<br />southwest corner of Brick Road and Portage Road, in German
<br />Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana; with approximately 49% of
<br />its aggregate external boundaries coinciding with the boundaries
<br />of the City of South Bend. The development of the territory
<br />proposed to be annexed will require a basic level of municipal
<br />public services, including fire and police protection, street and
<br />road maintenance, water and sewer service, and services of a
<br />capital improvement nature, including street lighting; potential
<br />street widening and traffic light installation; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
<br />Indiana now desires to establish and adopt a fiscal plan and
<br />establish a definite policy showing (1) the cost estimates of
<br />services of a non - capital nature, including street and road
<br />maintenance, police and fire protection and other non - capital
<br />services normally provided within the corporate boundaries, and
<br />services of a capital improvement nature, including street
<br />construction, street lighting, water facilities, sewer
<br />facilities, and storm water drainage facilities to be furnished
<br />to the territory to be annexed; (2) the method(s) of financing
<br />those services; (3) the plan for the organization and extension
<br />of those services; (4) that services of a non - capital nature will
<br />be provided to the annexed area within one (1) year after the
<br />effective date of the annexation, and that they will be provided
<br />in a manner equivalent in standard and scope to similar non -
<br />capital services provided to areas within the corporate
<br />boundaries of the City of South Bend, that have characteristic of
<br />topography, patterns of land use, and population density similar
<br />to that of the territory to be annexed; (5) that services of a
<br />capital improvement nature will be provided to the annexed area
<br />within four (4) years after the effective date of the annexation
<br />in the same manner as those services are provided to areas within
<br />the corporate boundaries of the City of South Bend, regardless of
<br />similar topography, patterns of land use or population density,
<br />and in a manner consistent with federal, state and local laws,
<br />and (6) the plan for hiring the employees of other governmental
<br />entities whose jobs will be eliminated by the proposed
<br />annexation; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works of the City of South
<br />Bend, the Board of Public Safety of the City of South Bend, and
<br />the Board of Water Works Commissioners of the City of South Bend
<br />have approved a written fiscal plan and established a policy for
<br />the provision of services to the territory to be annexed which
<br />plan and policy, as it relates to the territory to be annexed,
<br />the Common Council finds to be in the best interests of the City.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
<br />CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS:
<br />Section I. That it is in the best interest of the City of
<br />South Bend and of the area proposed to be annexed that the real
<br />property located in German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana,
<br />described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof,
<br />be annexed to the City of South Bend.
<br />Section II. That it shall be and hereby is now declared and
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