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Commission elects new chair and vice chair; staff removes some online attachments after phishing concerns
Summary
The Downtown Design Commission elected Eric Schmit as chair and Mariana Sarver as vice chair; Planning staff also said they removed certain administrative-approval attachments from online packets after applicants were targeted with fraudulent emails using PrimeGov data.
At the May 21 meeting the Downtown Design Commission elected Eric Schmit to the chair position and Mariana Sarver to the vice chair position. The nominations were made from the floor, seconded and approved by the commissioners.
During communications, Planning Department staff provided administrative updates on public art and park work — including sculptures near Bank First Tower and revisions at Wiley Post Park related to the USS Oklahoma City component — and mentioned ongoing activity in the boathouse district. Staff also warned commissioners about a recent pattern of fraudulent emails that used data scraped from PrimeGov and other city sites to impersonate the city and request payment from applicants.
"There has been an issue with someone taking data from PrimeGov and from other city sites and then using that to send fraudulent emails to applicants," staff said, describing emails that contained accurate application and property details and directed recipients to click links and pay money. To reduce applicants' exposure, planning staff said they had removed documents from posted administrative approval packets that included personal information and would provide files on request or instructions to find administrative approvals online.
The commission set its next meeting for Thursday, June 18.
