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Public arts commissioners volunteer for zoning code stakeholder interviews
Summary
Public arts staff asked the commission to provide one or two members to participate in stakeholder interviews as part of the city's two-year zoning code update, and Commissioners Travis and Mojica volunteered.
Public arts staff asked the commission to provide one or two members to participate in stakeholder interviews as part of the city's two-year zoning code update, and Commissioners Travis and Mojica volunteered.
City Associate Planner Cynthia Schultz said the project is being led by a consultant team (identified in the meeting as Mintheer Harnish) and that stakeholder interviews will be performed by the consultant, not planning staff. Schultz described the broader effort as a roughly two-year "development code" update aimed at modernizing a code originally adopted in 1981 and amended many times since.
Schultz said interviews would typically be one session of about an hour to 90 minutes, and could be individual or small-group conversations (for example, one member of this commission and one member of another commission) so the consultant can capture a range of viewpoints. The commission was asked to provide perspectives both as arts commissioners and as community members.
Commissioner Travis and Commissioner Mojica volunteered to participate in the stakeholder interview process. The commission chair confirmed the volunteers and staff said they would provide contact information and follow up with scheduling.
No formal vote was recorded in the transcript; the record shows the commission accepted the request and two commissioners volunteered. Staff asked that volunteers consider also attending future public workshops and other engagement opportunities for the project as it proceeds.
Why it matters: the development code update could affect where and how public art and public spaces are regulated; the commission's participation is intended to ensure arts perspectives are included early in the consultant's stakeholder process.
Speakers quoted or relied on in this article are Cynthia Schultz (Associate Planner), "Anne" (the staff member who introduced the project and who was identified in the meeting as city management staff), Commissioner Travis (commissioner), and Commissioner Mojica (commissioner).
