Indiana Code Title 36. Local Government § 36-10-4-12

Sec. 12. The board may develop open spaces for park, recreational, or civic purposes in cities where areas have become blighted or require redevelopment for the public welfare in cooperation with the redevelopment commission and the plan commission for the city, providing out of park funds, by bond issue, from other available funds, or by the receipt of grants or donations for such purposes the money necessary for the redevelopment commission to acquire the areas for the department and paying the money to the redevelopment commission for the project.