Park impact fees will now be deposited into an impact fee fund designated by the Carmel City Council, and park impact fee credits provided as a bargaining chip to developers will need to be approved by council members.
The lifelike sculptures by the late New Jersey-based artist J. Seward Johnson will be arranged on a concrete platform on the west side of the Palladium performing arts center.
Brainard, 69, announced in September 2022 that he would not seek an eighth term. Sue Finkam, a Republican member of the Carmel City Council, will succeed him on Jan. 1.