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MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, September 13, 2004
3:00 p.m.
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70

Agenda

Roll Call
Approval of Minutes
Action
Motion to approve August 2, 2004 Minutes.
Explanatory document: Draft minutes
President’s Report
Discussion
Current developments and announcements.
Director’s Report
Discussion
Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements.
Consent Calendar
The following items are included in the Consent Calendar subject to withdrawal at the request of a Commissioner:

Approval of Committee Minutes
Action
1. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of August 16, 2004.
2. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of September 1, 2004.
  
  Community Arts and Education Committee Recommendations (June 8, 2004)
  Action
3. Motion to approve the Programs in the Community (PIC) grant to the following PIC grantee organizations, recommended by the PIC review panel, from the 2004-2005 Grants for the Arts Fund:
  
  Central City Hospitality House $15,000
  Programs for People $15,000
  San Francisco Women Against Rape $12,222
  Pacific News Service $14,000
  Rose Resnick Lighthouse for the Blind & Visually Impaired $10,500
  Eldergivers $14,000
  Filipino American Development Foundation $14,000
  St. John’s Educational Thresholds Center $14,000
  Chinatown Beacon Center $10,000
  Richmond District Neighborhood Center $10,000
  
  Total $128,722
  
  Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (August 16, 2004)
  Action
4. Motion to approve 10th and Market Street Project Phase 1.
  
  Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (September 1, 2004)
  Action
5. Motion to approve the loan of “18th St. Downgrade (1978),” a painting by Wayne Thiebaud, to the University of California Berkeley Art Museum for a two-year period (renewable).
6. Motion to approve Cliff Garten’s model and materials for an artist-designed handrail for Laguna Honda Hospital.
7. Motion to suspend the Civic Art Collection Loan Program at the discretion of the Director of Cultural Affairs until further notice as a result of budget cuts and the elimination of the position of Civic Art Collection Program Director.
8. Motion to enact a temporary moratorium on the acceptance of gifts until further notice at the discretion of the Director of Cultural Affairs as a result of budget cuts and the elimination of the position of Civic Art Collection Program Director.
9. Motion to approve the proposed installation of the Tony Bennett Heart Sculpture in Union Square for a two-year period (renewable).
Committee Reports
1. Executive Committee—Blanche Brown, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Executive Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
  2. Action: Motion to approve Public Art allocation for FY 2004-2005:
    
    Salaries $354,819
    Gallery Programming $35,000
    Staff Business travel $3,000
    Membership fees $5,000
    Computer hardware, software and consulting fees $10,000
    Web Design $2,000
    Office Supplies $6,000
    SFAC Image Committee $5,000
    
    Total Allocation $420,819
  3. Action: Motion to approve the proposed 2004-2005 Management Program Plan and grant allocation, not to exceed $314,572, for the African American Arts and Culture Complex.
  4. Action: Motion to approve the following 2004-2005 Neighborhood Festival Grants totalling $24,000:
    
    Bayview Hunters Point Senior Citizens Center, Andre’s Boarding and Boarding Care 4th of July Picnic $3,000
    Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center, Excelsior Festival $3,000
    Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, Inc., Potrero Hill Festival $3,000
    Precita Eyes Muralists Association, Inc., Urban Youth Arts Festival $3,000
    San Francisco SAFE, Annual Holiday Party Unity Parade & Rally $3,000
    Sunset Youth Services, Sunset Community Festival $3,000
    Treasure Island Homeless Development Initiative, Treasure Island Community Day $3,000
    United Council of Human Services, Harumbe Festival $3,000
    
    Total $24,000
2. Civic Design Committee—William Meyer, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Civic Design Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
3. Community Arts and Education Committee—Blanche Brown, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Community Arts and Education Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
  2. Action: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Andrew Saito to teach creative writing in the 2004-2005 WritersCorps in an amount not to exceed $20,000 from DCYF funds.
4. Street Artists Committee—Dugald Stermer, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Street Artists Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
  2. Action: Motion to approve proposal by Program Director for Board of Supervisors designation of temporary winter holiday selling spaces for street artists in the Downtown area and at Harvey Milk Plaza; designation for November 15, 2004 through January 15, 2005.
  3. Action: Motion to rescind Resolution No. 0714-03-198 authorizing honorarium payment of $60 per month to Mario Hernandez for storage of lottery supplies for daily street artists lottery.
  4. Action: Motion to approve honorarium payment of $60 per month to Coffee Adventures for storage of lottery supplies for daily street artists lottery.
5. Visual Arts Committee—Dugald Stermer, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
Action: Motion to Transfer Jurisdiction of DuMond Paintings from the Asian Art Commission
Explanatory document: Draft Transfer Agreement as approved by Asian Art Commission August 30, 2004

Presentation, discussion and possible action to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs, in consultation with the City Attorney’s Office, to negotiate, finalize and execute an agreement transferring jurisdiction over the DuMond Paintings from the Asian Art Commission to the San Francisco Arts Commission consistent with the terms and conditions of the September 2, 2004 draft Transfer Agreement, and to further authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs, in consultation with the City Attorney’s Office, to make any non-material changes, corrections or additions to the Transfer Agreement and to make any arrangements necessary to facilitate the transfer of jurisdiction over the DuMond Paintings to the Arts Commission.
Reports and Announcements
Discussion
Public Comment
Discussion
Adjournment
Action

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Notices
Explanatory documents are available for public inspection and copying at the Arts Commission office, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240, San Francisco, CA 94102, during regular business hours. Info: Sharon Page Ritchie, 415/252-2591.

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