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BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION <br />Delivered Via Email <br />DATE: June 17, 2025 <br />TO: Pleasanton Mayor Jack Balch, Vice Mayor Jeff Nibert and <br />Councilmembers Craig Eicher, Matt Gaidos and Julie Testa <br />FROM: Lisa Vorderbrueggen, East Bay Governmental Affairs Executive <br />Director Lisa Vorderbrueggen <br />RE: Consent Calendar Item No. 9, Ordinance Establishing a Public Art <br />Contribution Requirement for Development <br />Dear Mayor Balch, Vice Mayor Nibert and Councilmembers: <br />BIA I Bay Area is a membership organization comprised of more than 400 companies engaged in developing, <br />entitling, designing and constructing new homes throughout the San Francisco region including Pleasanton. <br />I have been made aware of an item on the consent calendar for today's City Council meeting that would, if <br />enacted, add thousands of dollars to the cost of building much-needed new homes: a mandated public art fee. <br />While I understand from the staff report that the city brought this issue before the Civil Arts Commission, it <br />has not been presented to the homebuilding community. I respectfully request that the council delay the public <br />hearing until staff can meet with the development community and fully assess the impact the fee will have on <br />housing production in Pleasanton. <br />Sincerely yours, <br />51 <br />Lisa A. Vorderbrueggen <br />BIA jBay Area East Bay Executive Director for Government Affairs <br />l000 Burnett Ave., Ste. 340, Concord, CA 94520 <br />925-34$-1956 (cell) <br />lvorderbrueaaen Pbiabavarea.ora <br />cc: <br />Pleasanton City Manager Gerry Beaudin <br />Pleasanton City Clerk <br />