According to an email he sent to the Shaw neighborhood listserv this afternoon, Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans will shelve controversial legislation that would have given Shiloh Baptist Church a tax break on the development of several properties it owns along 9th Street NW. “In light of the community opposition to the legislation regarding the Shiloh Baptist Church’s properties, I have withdrawn the legislation and contacted Rev. Wallace Smith, Pastor of Shiloh, of such,” the email states. The proposed bill would have reclassified 1526, 1528, 1532, 1533 and 1534 9th Street NW as residential buildings, rather than vacant, if Shiloh met certain financial requirements — it could have saved the Church approximately $100,000 in taxes if it had passed.