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South Bend City Hall Phone 311 inside City limits <br /> 215 S.Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.Blvd. - Z Email 311@southbendin.gov <br /> Suite 500 0.3TH��, Website Southbendin.gov <br /> South Bend,IN 46601 <br /> James Mueller,Mayor '� = S• <br /> • <br /> Filed in Clerk's Office <br /> PEACE <br /> %le ` 'a Jun 3, 2026 <br /> r<z'" 1865 Bianca [irado <br /> City Clerk, South Bend, IN <br /> City of South Bend <br /> Department of Community Investment <br /> June 2 2026 <br /> Council Member Canneth Lee <br /> President Chairperson <br /> South Bend Common Council Community Investment Committee <br /> South Bend City Hall, 3rd Floor South Bend Common Council <br /> South Bend, Indiana 46601 South Bend City Hall, 3rd Floor <br /> South Bend, Indiana 46601 <br /> RE: Bill No. 31-26: An Ordinance of the Common Council of the City of South Bend, JJ <br /> Indiana, Authorizing Payments in lieu of Taxes for Western Avenue I, LLC 1, <br /> Dear President Lee and Chairperson, <br /> Please find attached Bill No. 31-26 for first reading, which has been filed for the Common <br /> Council's consideration pursuant to Indiana Code 36-1-8-14.3(e). <br /> 1 <br /> Indiana Code 36-1-8-14.3 et seq. authorizes the City to enter into a payment in lieu of taxes <br /> (PILOT)agreement with a property owner of a qualifying affordable housing development. Such <br /> an agreement sets the amount and schedule of each payment, which the City must deposit into an <br /> affordable housing fund and is used to directly support the development, preservation, or <br /> accessibility of affordable housing within the community. Bill No. 31-26 provides the necessary <br /> authorization for a PILOT for Western Ave Transformation District, a new affordable housing <br /> development located on W. Western Ave.,just west of S. Taylor Street and to be owned by <br /> Western Avenue I, LLC. <br /> Western Ave Transformation District is a planned 156-unit mixed income housing development <br /> by developer The Michaels Organization, a New Jersey-based company specializing in multi- <br /> family developments. The project was awarded low-income housing tax credits by the Indiana <br /> Housing and Community Development Authority. 110 of the units for the new project will be <br /> reserved for households earning at or below 60 percent of the area median income. <br />