Staff presented a status spreadsheet of projects currently in entitlement and entitled projects and told the commission the list was provided per the commission’s prior request.
Tatiana Marine, assistant planner, said the spreadsheet compiles projects currently pending entitlement approval and entitled projects and is intended for the commission’s information. Marine explained why recent phased work on the old school district building did not trigger the city’s public-art requirement: the building valuation thresholds are $500,000 for a new project and $250,000 for a remodel, and the work described by staff does not meet either threshold.
A commissioner expressed skepticism that the remodel work could be below the $250,000 threshold, saying, “I have built a lot of buildings in this town. It would be very hard to do a remodel of that size for 250 [thousand] or under.” The transcript records no further administrative appeal at the meeting; commissioners noted the spreadsheet was the first printed list of pending and entitled projects they had received.
Staff also reported the commission’s public-art account balance had not changed from an earlier figure of $3,097.50; staff said developers had not paid the remaining 50 percent of the public-art contribution because projects were not yet at final inspection.
The commission took no formal action on project entitlements at the July 21 meeting and did not overturn any building department valuations. Commissioners asked for continued access to the project spreadsheet and to be alerted when projects reach final inspection and payment milestones.