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PlanningBoard | 2017-03-13 | 2 | Staff Member Gehrke responded in the affirmative. Board Member Knox White asked if there was consideration for partial funding of events that would have an appropriate portion of free tickets based on the city's contribution. Staff Member Gehrke said they did discuss that but they decided that public art needed to be open to the general public. Board Member Knox White asked what analysis was done to see how removing the cap would affect housing costs and ability for projects to be completed as we increase fees on new development. Staff Member Thomas said that increasing the costs of construction is a real concern and that this would contribute increasing the cost of market rate units that are constructed. He said he thinks it will be manageable. Board Member Mitchell asked for more details about how the staff administrative costs were being handled. Staff Member Thomas said they are asking for general fund monies to be used for staff time needed to administer the public art program. Board Member Burton asked if the language in the ordinance required dispersal of the funds every year. Staff Member Thomas said many years they do not have enough money to issue an RFP. He said they can clean up the language to make sure they do not imply that there will always be annual dispersals. Board Member Sullivan asked how much some of the public art pieces around town cost. Staff Member Thomas said they usually cost close to $150,000 in the larger projects. He said, at Grand Marina, for example, there were two pieces that probably cost around $75,000 each. Board Member Sullivan asked if they considered using nature as a criteria for evaluation, now that they are removing the maritime history requirements. Staff Member Gehrke said they could use Alameda's natural ecosystem as a criteria when evaluating proposals for how they relate to Alameda's heritage. President Köster asked if the physical art pieces could be temporary installations. Page 2 of 8 March 13, 2017 Planning Board Meeting | PlanningBoard/2017-03-13.pdf |