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Federal Way committee debates rewrite to clarify city's 2% public-art rule after auditor flags ambiguity
Summary
Committee members and public speakers debated a proposed rewrite of Ordinance 94-217 to clarify when the city must set aside 2% of qualifying capital costs for public art, with staff proposing a $350,000 threshold and exclusions for routine maintenance.
The Federal Way Finance, Economic Development and Regional Affairs Committee on April 28 debated a proposed rewrite of Ordinance 94-217 that would clarify when the city must set aside 2% of qualifying capital costs for public art.
The proposal, drafted by city legal staff and presented by Ryan, would narrow the ordinance's scope to publicly accessible new construction or projects above a $350,000 threshold, exclude routine maintenance and calculate the art contribution at time of contract award. Ryan said the rewrite responds to an ambiguity in the existing code and to a state auditor's interpretation that the city's past practice may not align with the ordinance text.
"There's some discrepancy here that this fund should have been funded at some point and it wasn't," Ryan told the committee,…
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