Commissioners grant façade flexibility to FISAM pumps; remove masonry requirement from SIP contingencies

The Plan Commission considered a Specific Implementation Plan modification for FISAM pumps (3139 Deming Way). Hal Rberly, the architect, and Kevin Fee, president of Firstand Pumps, explained budget pressures tied to automation and interior equipment and requested flexibility on exterior materials to keep the project viable. Fee said the company faces substantial capex increases and argued that exterior masonry would add roughly $250,000 to costs: "...putting some brick and masonry in some of those areas is an extra $250,000. It may not seem like a lot, but I can tell you right now it's a conversation every day of how we're trying to make the dollars work to put the equipment inside the facility."