11-26 Ordinance Authorizing Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) for Heritage Trails South Bend, LP (Substitute)

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Filed in Clerk's Office Mar 18, 2026 SUBSTITUTE BILL NO. 11-26 Bianca Tirado City Clerk, South Bend, IN ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AUTHORIZING PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES FOR HERITAGE TRAILS SOUTH BEND, LP STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT The City of South Bend, Indiana(the"City")is a duly organized municipal corporation and political subdivision under the laws of the State of Indiana, and the Common Council of the City is the legislative body of the City(the"Common Council"). Heritage Trails South Bend, LP (the "Owner") has confirmed to the City that the Owner will develop, own, and operate an affordable rental apartment facility on the +/- 9.64 acre site located at 314 W. Chippewa Avenue, South Bend, Indiana and identified as Parcel Number 71- 08-26-200-004.000-002 in the St. Joseph County Assessor's records which real estate is legally described on Exhibit A attached hereto (the "Property"), and to be known as Heritage Trails (the "Project"). The Project will be developed, constructed, and operated for the purpose of providing housing to income eligible persons under the federal low-income housing tax credit program in 26 U.S.C. §42 and will be subject to an extended use agreement under 26 U.S.C. §42(the"Extended Use Agreement")as administered by the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority ("IHCDA") for a period of at least fifteen(15)years. Pursuant to the Extended Use Agreement, the apartment units in the Project will be available for rent to residents whose incomes do not exceed sixty percent (60%) or less of the applicable area median income. Additionally, pursuant to the Extended Use Agreement, the Project will be limited to charging rents as determined in accordance with the Extended Use Agreement and, from time to time, by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (the "Restricted Rents"). The Owner qualifies as a "property owner" under I.C. 36-1-8-14.3(d) and the Owner has agreed to make certain payments in lieu of taxes (each payment, a"PILOT", and collectively,the "PILOTs"), and the City and Owner desire to document that agreement in a written agreement which is attached to this Ordinance as Exhibit B(the"PILOT Agreement").