Hi Ronda—

We are not city government, but we worked with our City-County Council to craft the attached ordinance that requires developers receiving city incentive funds for certain eligible projects to contribute 1% of the incentive amount to the city's Public Art for Neighborhoods Fund, or they can put public art of at least the same 1% value in their development in lieu of the contribution.  It’s very new and we are still working out some procedures, but basically if they choose the in-lieu option they have to submit a public art plan for review by the supervisory body called for in the ordinance.  Something like this could work for you.

I’m happy to answer any questions!

Best,

Julia Muney Moore
Director of Public Art

Arts Council of Indianapolis
924 N. Pennsylvania St.
Indianapolis, IN  46204
o (317) 631-3301 x240
m (317) 332-8382
jmoore@indyarts.org