· Context
Council approves a replacement $120,000 TIRZ #1 agreement for the First Responders Memorial
The September 22, 2026 consent agenda included a Center City TIRZ #1 agreement with Friends of AJ Swope for the First Responders Memorial at 1018 South Polk Street. It replaces a 2022 agreement because of material changes to project details and commits the same $120,000 grant, from Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone funds, toward streetscape improvement costs. The agenda says no funds changed hands under the original agreement and payment remains contingent on project completion and acceptance. Draft minutes record the consent agenda passing 4-1.[1][2]
What the sources say
- ✓ Verified
Consent item 6.33 (September 22, 2026): "Center City TIRZ #1 Agreement with Friends of AJ Swope for project support of the First Responders Memorial." The agenda says the agreement replaces the original 2022 agreement "due to material changes to project details," commits the same $120,000 grant for streetscape improvements funded from Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone funds, that "No funds exchanged hands regarding the original agreement," and that payment remains contingent on project completion and acceptance at 1018 South Polk Street. [1]
- Grant
- $120,000
- ✓ Verified
Draft minutes of the September 22, 2026 meeting (in the October 13 agenda packet, for approval) record the consent agenda, including item 6.33, approved 4-1 with Councilmember Simpson against. [2]