Committee discusses voluntary 1% for art program and recent Medley development examples

Aug 13, 2026

Staff described the city's voluntary 1% for art program (encouraging developers to allocate roughly 1% of development costs to public art); committee discussed limited formal participation to date and cited the Medley development as an example with planned integrated installations.

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Staff explained how the city’s voluntary '1% for art' program works: developers are encouraged to include artwork roughly equal to 1% of development costs. "So the 1% for our program, we encourage a development to voluntarily add art to what they're doing equal to 1% of their development costs," staff said.

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