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Arts commissioners tell council state auditor found city failed to set aside required art funds for community center

Federal Way City Council · May 6, 2026
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Arts commissioners said the state auditor found the city did not properly set aside the 2% art fund required by Ordinance 94-217 for the Featherway Community Center project and urged the council to preserve the ordinance and work with commissioners to remedy compliance gaps.

Members of Federal Way’s Arts Commission pressed the City Council during public comment May 5 to address a state-auditor finding that the city did not comply with Ordinance 94-217 requiring set-aside of capital-project art funding.

Karen Brigado (speaker 22) told the council she is in possession of a state-auditor letter stating the community-center project met the definition of a…

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