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Votes at a glance: Council advances rezones, budget moves and housing measures in June 22 session
Summary
The South Bend Common Council passed a package of ordinances and resolutions — including rezones for South Main (29‑26) and Coal Line Trail (32‑26), appropriations and transfers (33‑26, 34‑26), salary ordinance changes (35‑26), and housing support bills (31‑26, 36‑26, 37‑26) — mostly by unanimous roll calls.
At its June 22 meeting the South Bend Common Council approved a series of ordinances and resolutions in a single session after committee reports and public hearings. Highlights of action taken:
• Bill 29‑26 (rezoning at 4101 & 4115 South Main): Committee and council votes moved the rezoning from Suburban/Neighborhood to commercial to permit proposed flex‑workspace storage uses. Vote: 8‑0 to send with a favorable recommendation and later passage on third reading.
• Bill 31‑26 (Western Avenue PILOT): Committee recommended the PILOT to support Phase 1A of the Western Avenue transformation district (156 units with an affordability breakdown) and the full council later adopted the bill following committee action. Vote: committee favorable; full council passage recorded as 8 ayes.
• Bill 32‑26 (Coal Line Trail zoning): The city rezoned five parcels occupied by the Coal Line Trail to "open space" after a staff presentation; committee recommended favorable and the council adopted the ordinance. Vote: 8 ayes.
• Bill 33‑26, 34‑26 (appropriations and budget transfers) and Bill 35‑26 (salary ordinance amendments): Committee reports recommended approval and the council adopted these fiscal items on the consent of the body; roll calls recorded 8 ayes on each.
• Bills 36‑26 and 37‑26 (Beacon Heights forgivable loan and PILOT): After extended public comment and an amendment requiring semiannual updates with resident participation and an attorney letter from the developer to the city attorney, the committee sent both bills to the full council with a favorable recommendation; both substitute bills were later adopted by the full council with roll calls recorded as 8 ayes.
The meeting also included resolutions on purchase authority for a public‑works acquisition (26‑17), a council negotiating team for police contract talks (26‑19), and two reparatory‑justice resolutions (26‑16 and 26‑18) that the council adopted with unanimous votes.
