Will there ever be a total and complete cost breakdown for the Dreiseitl related art costs–the design, the extra charges with Quinn Evans meetings, the costs for changing the original building design at the last minute, etc.?

2. “Finally, AAPAC has a two-month window of opportunity to create public art in the new library underground parking structure, which is yet to be constructed. The commission would have to work with the architect in order to incorporate their plans for a piece of artwork into his drawings.”

Is this the Per Cent For Art Program or the Parking Structure and City Building Art Program? Will this ‘rush’ to be included in the Library Parking Structure project and lack of planning require even more extra costs with this ‘two-month window’ ala the Dreiseitl fiasco?

3. In order to make sure this process is open and transparent, are all email discussions for these two project available to the public, even if private email accounts were used?

4. “… funding of $25,000 per year for five years for FestiFools, an arts organization that holds an annual parade and educational workshops”

So the A2PAC might be funding local nonprofits with taxpayer dollars, for parades and workshops? Shouldn’t this money go to actual ART and not second hand funding of friends of the committee?

5. For the A2PAC (and all other city commissions and boards while we’re at it) and the board members–shouldn’t everyone involved in this team be required to release financial disclosure startements as part of the process so taxpayers can see if there are any obvious conflicts of interest? The possible funding for the Festifools and ‘workshops’ seems to be getting very close to the line.

6. Funding ‘art’ is one thing. Funding ‘the arts’ sounds like the creation of a slush fund that will primarily benefit ‘friends and associates’ of the committee.

7. A webpage for the A2PAC, if needed, should be part of the City of Ann Arbor webpage and if the techincal requirements aren’t up to what is needed, the commission needs to deal with the city and correct, not spend more funds for their own.

8. “Zuellig said they found out that the commission can add more members, but only after the city council votes to change the Percent for Art program ordinance concerning AAPAC. [AAPAC allocates money generated through the Percent for Art program, which captures 1% of the cost of a public building project, with a cap of $250,000 per project.] Zuellig advised against an ordinance change, saying that it “may have unintended consequences that we don’t want to deal with.””

What would be the ‘unitended consequences’? A new and complete evaluation by City Council, the A2PAC and the past failures?