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Watsonville adopts public‑art master plan to guide spending from developer 'percent for the arts' fee
Summary
Council unanimously adopted the 2025 Watsonville Arts Plan, following year‑long community engagement; plan formalizes how the 0.75% developer 'percent for the arts' fee will be used and advances a California cultural‑district application.
The Watsonville City Council unanimously adopted a public‑art master plan on Aug. 26 that lays out community‑driven priorities for public art, cultural programming and artist support and sets a framework for spending the city's 'percent for the arts' developer fee.
Deputy City Manager and Parks Director Nick Kolobakib and consultant Jasmine Metcalfe described a year of community engagement (more than 10 group sessions and roughly 510 survey responses) and a broad cultural‑asset inventory that includes people, places, public art…
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