Arts_Task_Force
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 MEETING OF THE ARTS TASK FORCE
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
4:00 p.m.
City Hall Room 201
Revised Minutes
The meeting was called to order at 4:19 p.m.
- Roll Call
Voting Members Present
Karen Ames
Jeffrey Ferns
Rick Galbreath
Tim Gaskin
David Gluck
Elaine Katzenberger
Krissy Keefer
Tony Kelly
Pamela Wu Kochiyama
Maria X. Martinez
Anjali Nath
Vinay Patel
Pamela Peniston
Richard (Rick) Putz
Alma Robinson
Laird Rodet
Virginia (Ginny) Carollo Rubin
Darryl Smith
Marc Vogl
Debra Walker
Voting Members Excused
Ken Foster
Nonvoting Members Present
Mike Farrah
Tim Hallman
Renee Hayes
P.J. Johnston
John Killacky
Carolyn McMillan
Elizabeth Murray
Richard Newirth
Geraldine O’Brien
Charles Roppel
Nonvoting Members Absent
Bob Davis
Rich Hillis
Gloria Woo
NOTE: ALL VOTES ARE UNANIMOUS UNLESS OTHERWISE RECORDED.
- Announcements by the Chair
The Chair announced that this meeting would likely be continued to January 25 to resume discussions that may be incomplete as of the conclusion of the meeting.
Karen Ames objected to the continuance.
There was no public comment.
- Minutes
The minutes of September 21 and November 16, being the only minutes timely posted and distributed, were the only minutes eligible for approval. Tony Kelly moved, seconded by Pamela Peniston, approval of the September 21 minutes. Motion passed without objection. Rick Galbreath moved, seconded by David Gluck, approval of the November 16 minutes. Motion passed without objection.
- Update on Expenditures
Richard Newirth was recognized and presented documentation supporting reimbursement of the Arts Commission of services to the Task Force in the amount of $7040. It was noted that the $7040 was not for any overtime or actual expense accrued, but only an estimate of the value of the time that the Commission Secretary has spent in preparation, posting to the website and distribution via e-mail of minutes and agendae on behalf of the Task Force. The estimate was calculated based on $40 per hour multiplied by four hours per week average (i.e.10% of the weekly workload) multiplied by 44 weeks. Mr. Newirth offered, as justification of the reimbursement to the Arts Commission, that Commission business had been impacted by the delay of or inability to complete other work. Responding to questioning, Mr. Newirth added that these monies would be used to increase the hours of select part-time personnel.
Rick Putz moved, seconded by Laird Rodet, allocation of $7040 from the Task Force Recommendation Implementation Fund to the Arts Commission. Motion carried with Rick Galbreath and David Gluck dissenting.
There was no public comment.
- Update on Task Force Report
A draft Task Force Recommendation Report was circulated and it was noted that the drafting committee would meet to further refine the recommendation. Comments should be e-mailed to Elaine Katzenberger for inclusion. Mark Vogl added that an appendix of all documents submitted to the Task Force would be included as part of the final report.
Structure Recommendations: David Gluck was then recognized for an update on the Structure draft recommendations, and he distributed the draft language. Elizabeth Murray and John Killacky offered an alternative structure recommendation to be considered as a substitute for the draft recommendations. Discussion centered on the proposal on the Murray/Killacky plan that structural reform might be constrained, under their language, by the baseline requirement that Arts Commission General Fund support be reinstated to the FY2000 level. It was argued that such language could be construed as a condition precedent to structural reform implementation. Several torturous attempts were made to reform the language to the satisfaction of the membership with no consensus being reached.
Public Comment:
Andrew Wood, having attended the structure working group meeting of the previous week where the Murray/Killacky proposal was first introduced, said that there was no discussion that the proposal was a substitute for the structure recommendations under consideration.
Jeff Jones commented that it appeared that the substitute proposal seemed to have all new money going to the Arts Commission instead of the arts and cultural programs. Mr. Jones further counseled that there needed to be unity around this recommendation.
There was no further public comment.
Program Recommendations: Tony Kelly was then recognized, and he presented the latest draft of the Program recommendations. Mr. Kelly noted that the current draft had been reorganized for clarity, but the basic content had not changed since the last presentation. After a short discussion, Debra Walker moved, seconded by Vinay Patel, that the recommendation of the second bullet point on page two of the draft recommendations be moved to and become part of the Revenue recommendation. The motion was adopted without objection.
Public Comment:
An unidentified attendee appreciated the Program recommendations as an admirable list reflective of a lot of work, but said that there were no programs for affordable housing/space for artists.
Andrew Wood noted that the Revenue recommendations would advocate for full funding under the Hotel Tax Fund formula and warned against predicating recommendations on funding. Restructuring will also help find economies to be able to add capacity to programming and those funds could be further leveraged to expand available monies.
There was no further public comment.
The Program recommendations were then adopted by acclamation.
The discussion returned to the Structure Recommendations which resulted in consensus for the following language:
- Department of Culture: The current functions of the Arts Commission and Grants for the Arts shall reside in a newly-created Department of Arts and Culture.
- Arts Planning Council: A new advisory body shall be created to advise the Mayor and Board of Supervisors on matters related to public funding of the arts.
The purpose of the Arts Planning Council shall be to:
- Advise the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) on matters relating to public funding of the arts and the integration of the arts into Citywide strategic initiatives designed to solve urban issues facing our city. As an interim measure and during the formation of the Department of Arts and Culture, it shall also advise the Directors of Grants for the Arts and the Arts Commission.
- Review the progress of the Arts Element of the General Plan and assess community needs.
- Design and execute evaluation processes for the public funding of the arts.
- Assist DAC with developing public-private relationships and policies to expand the scope and scale of DAC-funded services.
- Review the CCSF arts budget and other major City department budgets and initiatives that have an impact on the Arts Plan.
Further discussion regarding the implementation plan ensued, with consensus being reached to include the Murray/Killacky proposal for the purposes of this binding vote with the caveat that refined language would be brought back for consideration/amendment at the next meeting.
Public Comment:
Jeff Jones said that the revenue proposals were seriously flawed, and that all discussion centered on bureaucracies getting funding restored instead of cultural centers and neighborhood arts. He said this was a big mistake, and that the Task Force was about to give away everything.
The Structure recommendations were then adopted by a vote of 18-2.
- Outreach Update
This item was continued at the discretion of the Chair.
- New Business
This item was continued at the discretion of the Chair.
- Public Comment
There was no further public comment.
- Adjournment
The meeting was continued to January 25, 2006, at 5:30 p.m. in Room 201 of City Hall.
3/13/06 DW/RG/spr
