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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOpening of Bids - Sale of CIty Property - 3814 S Michigan St & Vacant Lot 39 - KR PalmerFrom:K.R. Palmer To:BPW Bids Subject:Fwd: Parcels Adjacent to Palmer"s Funeral Home Date:Tuesday, March 10, 2026 4:07:50 PM Attachments:image001.png Notice to Bidders 3814 S Michigan St.pdf Notice to Bidders VAC LOT 39 MICHIGAN.pdf 3814 S Michigan St Aerial.pdf Thank you for your patience! The Board of Public Works approved the two City-owned parcels adjacent to yours on S Michigan to go up for public bid at today’s meeting. Please send an email to the address below with your bid on each parcel, which cannot be lessthan the minimum bid of $8,450 for Lot 39 and $7,550 for 3814 S Michigan St , along with your name, address, and contact information by 4/14/2026 at 9am. I’ve included the Notice toBidders and an aerial of the lots for reference! Please accept my bid for the two lots as stated above. 8450 for Lot 39 and 7550 for 3814 S. Michigan St.. Thanks you. K. R. Palmer Palmer Funeral Homes p: 574-289-2848 | Cell: 574-360-4977 www.palmerfuneralhomes.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Erin Michaels <emichaels@southbendin.gov> Date: Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 2:23 PMSubject: RE: Parcels Adjacent to Palmer's Funeral Home To: K.R. Palmer <kr@palmerfuneralhomes.com>Cc: John Piraccini <johnpiraccini7@gmail.com>, Joseph R. Molnar <jrmolnar@southbendin.gov> Good afternoon Mr. Palmer, Thank you for your patience! The Board of Public Works approved the two City-ownedparcels adjacent to yours on S Michigan to go up for public bid at today’s meeting. Please send an email to the address below with your bid on each parcel, which cannot be less than the minimum bid of $8,450 for Lot 39 and $7,550 for 3814 S Michigan St , along withyour name, address, and contact information by 4/14/2026 at 9am. I’ve included the Notice to Bidders and an aerial of the lots for reference! - bpwbids@southbendin.gov If you have any questions just let me know! Erin V. Michaels Property Development ManagerDepartment of Community Investment215 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Suite 500South Bend, IN 46601 (574)235-5931 www.southbendin.gov We deliver services that empower everyone to thrive. Excellence | Accountability | Innovation | Inclusion | Empowerment From: K.R. Palmer <kr@palmerfuneralhomes.com> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2026 10:37 AM To: Erin Michaels <emichaels@southbendin.gov> Cc: John Piraccini <johnpiraccini7@gmail.com>; Joseph R. Molnar <jrmolnar@southbendin.gov> Subject: Re: Parcels Adjacent to Palmer's Funeral Home Thanks much! Kindest Regards, K. R. Palmer Palmer Funeral Homes p: 574-289-2848| cell: 574-360-4977 www.palmerfuneralhomes.com On Feb 13, 2026, at 10:29 AM, Erin Michaels <emichaels@southbendin.gov>wrote:  Good morning Mr. Palmer, Thank you for confirming! We have reviewed the state statute and can confirmthat the assessed value cannot be lowered at this time. However, if you were topurchase the property you could appeal the assessment with the County during theavailable window to do so. I will work on drafting up the documents to bring these parcels to the Board of Public Works for open bid and once we have everything in place and a date set forthe meeting I will be in touch! <image001.png> Erin V. Michaels Property Development ManagerDepartment of Community Investment215 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Suite 500South Bend, IN 46601 (574)235-5931 www.southbendin.gov We deliver services that empower everyone to thrive. Excellence | Accountability | Innovation | Inclusion | Empowerment From: K.R. Palmer <kr@palmerfuneralhomes.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2026 10:18 AM To: Erin Michaels <emichaels@southbendin.gov> Cc: John Piraccini <johnpiraccini7@gmail.com>; Joseph R. Molnar <jrmolnar@southbendin.gov> Subject: Re: Parcels Adjacent to Palmer's Funeral Home Erin, If the assessed value cannot be lowered, we will still be interested in moving forward. Thank you. K. R. Palmer Palmer Funeral Homes p: 574-289-2848 | Cell: 574-360-4977 www.palmerfuneralhomes.com On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 11:35 AM K.R. Palmer <kr@palmerfuneralhomes.com>wrote: Erin, Thanks for the email. We would be interested. And without the parcelsactually having an egress/ingress anymore, due to the proximity of the frontage to the round about, do you think the assessed value could be lowered? We havebeen maintaining the tree line and lawn since we have owned the other properties. Thanks for your consideration. Kindest Regards, K. R. Palmer Palmer Funeral Homes p: 574-289-2848| cell: 574-360-4977 www.palmerfuneralhomes.com On Feb 4, 2026, at 9:26 AM, Erin Michaels <emichaels@southbendin.gov> wrote:  Thank you for the connection John and nice to meet you Mr.Palmer! The City would be interested in potentially selling these parcelsadjacent to the Palmer’s Funeral Home parking lot on S MichiganSt. However, per state law we have to put them up for public bid atthe Board of Public Works and the minimum bid price must equalthe assessed values of the parcels which is $16,700. Also just a note, if the parcels were sold any development on theproperty must go through all necessary permitting approvals. Please let me know if you would like to proceed with this requestto purchase and Joe and I can work on determining when we couldget on an agenda to place these parcels up for bid! <image001.png> Erin V. Michaels Property Development ManagerDepartment of Community Investment215 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Suite 500South Bend, IN 46601 (574)235-5931 www.southbendin.gov We deliver services that empower everyone to thrive. Excellence | Accountability | Innovation | Inclusion | Empowerment From: John Piraccini <johnpiraccini7@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2026 1:56 PM To: Joseph R. Molnar <jrmolnar@southbendin.gov>; Erin Michaels <emichaels@southbendin.gov> Cc: K. R. Palmer <kr@palmerfuneralhomes.com> Subject: Parcels Adjacent to Palmer's Funeral Home Joe and Erin, Per our previous conversations, I wanted to get you in contact with KR Palmer, the owner of Palmer's to facilitate the purchase of thelots adjacent to his parking lot at the Chippewa location. I reattached the aerial for convenience. Thanks, -- JOHN A. PIRACCINI COLDWELL BANKER COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE GROUP 1539 N. Ironwood Dr. South Bend, IN 46635 Dir. Line: (574) 243-9522 Cell: (574) 360-6881 Fax: (574) 387-4331 ________________ CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the City ofSouth Bend’s network. 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Therefore,the sender does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a consequence of E-Mail transmission. If verification is required, please requesta hard-copy version. NOTICE TO BIDDERS SALE OF CITY-OWNED PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the City of South Bend, Indiana ("the City"), through its Board of Public Works (the "Board"), is offering for sale the following parcel of real estate located in South Bend, Indiana. Address: 3814 S MICHIGAN ST, SOUTH BNED, IN 46614 Parcel No. 018-7148-5275 Legal Description: 150 Ft W End Lot 39 Ex 5 Ft N Side Chippewa Hts 2nd Plat The City has received a petition to purchase the above-described parcel of property, which is held by the Board on behalf of the City pursuant to Indiana Code 36-9-6-3(a). The Board is offering the property for sale to the highest bidder in excess of the minimum offering price or otherwise in accordance with Indiana Code 36-1-11-5. Tracts with an assessed value less than $10,000.00 based on the most recent assessment of the tract are not required to be appraised. The tract’s assessed value is $7,900. for property tax purposes. The minimum offering price is $7,550. Bidders will be responsible for the cost of advertising, a sales disclosure form, transfer, and recording upon a successful negotiation and sale of the tract. The cost of advertising is estimated at $100, a sales disclosure form is estimated at $20, transferring is estimated at $10, and recording is estimated at $26. In compliance with Indiana Code 36-1-11-16, this parcel may not be sold to a person who owes delinquent taxes, special assessments, penalties, interest or cost directly attributable to a prior tax on a tract of real property listed under Indiana Code 6-1.1-24-1. An offer to purchase the parcel that is submitted by a trust must identify each beneficiary of the trust and settler empowered to evoke or modify the trust. The address of the property as described above must be included in the subject line of the email to which you have attached your bid. The name of the bidder, address, contact email address and phone number must be included in the body of the email. Bids to purchase said parcel must include price bid for the property plus an explanation of the bidder’s intended use of the property and be received electronically at bpwbids@southbendin.gov on or before: (4/14/26 at 9:00 a.m.) BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS Hillary Horvath, Clerk Publish Two (2) Times: (3/13/26 3/20/26) NOTICE TO BIDDERS SALE OF CITY-OWNED PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the City of South Bend, Indiana ("the City"), through its Board of Public Works (the "Board"), is offering for sale the following parcel of real estate located in South Bend, Indiana. Address: VAC LOT 39 MICHIGAN, SOUTH BEND, IN 46614 Parcel No. 018-7148-5276 Legal Description: Lot 39 Ex W 150 Ft Chippewa Hts 2nd Plat The City has received a petition to purchase the above-described parcel of property, which is held by the Board on behalf of the City pursuant to Indiana Code 36-9-6-3(a). The Board is offering the property for sale to the highest bidder in excess of the minimum offering price or otherwise in accordance with Indiana Code 36-1-11-5. Tracts with an assessed value less than $10,000.00 based on the most recent assessment of the tract are not required to be appraised. The tract’s assessed value is $8,800. for property tax purposes. The minimum offering price is $8,450. Bidders will be responsible for the cost of advertising, a sales disclosure form, transfer, and recording upon a successful negotiation and sale of the tract. The cost of advertising is estimated at $100, a sales disclosure form is estimated at $20, transferring is estimated at $10, and recording is estimated at $26. In compliance with Indiana Code 36-1-11-16, this parcel may not be sold to a person who owes delinquent taxes, special assessments, penalties, interest or cost directly attributable to a prior tax on a tract of real property listed under Indiana Code 6-1.1-24-1. An offer to purchase the parcel that is submitted by a trust must identify each beneficiary of the trust and settler empowered to evoke or modify the trust. The address of the property as described above must be included in the subject line of the email to which you have attached your bid. The name of the bidder, address, contact email address and phone number must be included in the body of the email. Bids to purchase said parcel must include price bid for the property plus an explanation of the bidder’s intended use of the property and be received electronically at bpwbids@southbendin.gov on or before: (4/14/26 at 9:00 a.m.) BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS Hillary Horvath, Clerk Publish Two (2) Times: (3/13/26 3/20/26)