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MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, August 3, 2009
3:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Agenda

Roll Call
Approval of Minutes
Action
Motion to approve June 1, 2009 Minutes.

Explanatory documents: Draft minutes
President’s Report
Discussion
Current developments and announcements, including a brief update on City budget issues.
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 July 6, 2009.
2. Motion to approve the Street Artists Committee Meeting Minutes of July 8, 2009.
3. Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of July 14, 2009.
  
  Street Artists Committee Recommendations (July 8, 2009)
  Action
4. Motion to approve election procedure for five (5) members of Street Artists Liaison Committee.
  
  Community Arts, Education, and Grants Committee Recommendations (July 14, 2009)
  Action
5. Motion for the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the following teaching artists to work in the WritersCorps program for 2009-2010:
  Milta Ortiz, $37,000
  Cindy Je, $37,000
  Myron Michael Hardy, $37,000
  Martha Aracely Gonzalez, $37,000
  Judith Tannenbaum, $59,000
  Neelanjana Banerjee, $33,000
  Carrie Leilam Love, $33,000
  Richard D’Elia, $33,000
6. Motion to approve the proposed 2009-2010 Management and Program Plan and budget for the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, for a grant not to exceed $526,067, contingent upon completion of revisions and submissions.
7. Motion to approve the proposed 2009-2010 Management and Program Plan and budget for Queer Cultural Center for a total grant to SOMArts for sub-grantee Queer Cultural Center not to exceed $96,974, contingent upon completion of revisions and submissions.
  
  Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (July 20, 2009)
  Action
8. Motion to approve Phase 1 and 2 of the Harding Park Recycled Water Project.
9. Motion to approve Phase 1 of the Sunset Playground Renovation Project with the contingency that the landscape plan be revised for Phase 2 submittal.
10. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Visitacion Valley Branch Library.
11. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Anza Branch Library.
12. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Ortega Branch Library.
13. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Merced Branch Library.
14. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Hayes Valley Playground.
Committee Reports and Committee Matters
1. Executive Committee—P.J. Johnston, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Executive Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
2. Civic Design Review Committee—Cass Calder Smith, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Civic Design Review Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
3. Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee—Maya Draisin, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
4. Street Artists Committee—Alexander Lloyd, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Street Artists Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
  2. Action: Motion to approve requests by former certificate-holders for priority issuance of certificate with waiver of re-screening of wares: Sharon Tang, Rachelle Essandoh-Wing, Viviane Davilla, Erin Cowan, Larry Rosenbloom.
  3. Action: Motion to approve request by applicant for waiver of 15-day policy in obtaining street artist certificate: Julian Dash.
5. Visual Arts Committee
  1. Discussion: Report from Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
  2. Action: Motion for final approval and authorization of the final contract payment to artist Eric Powell for Ocean Current, the installed steel wall sculptural relief, approximately 28 feet long and 4 feet high, weighing approximately 400 pounds, with a curvilinear open design, bolted to the wall above bookshelves in the Main Reading Room of the Ingleside Branch Library.
  3. Action: Motion to accept into the Civic Art Collection Ocean Current, the installed steel wall sculptural relief, approximately 28 feet long and 4 feet high, weighing approximately 400 pounds, with a curvilinear open design, bolted to the wall above bookshelves in the Main Reading Room of the Ingleside Branch Library by artist Eric Powell, commissioned for the San Francisco Public Library.
  4. Action: Motion to approve a painted mural on four sides of the PUC Substation across from the Alice Griffith Opportunity Center in Bayview Hunters Point by Precita Eyes muralists Susan Cervantes and Malik Seneferu in collaboration with residents of the Alice Griffith Housing Development, Bayview Koshland Fellows and Communities of Opportunity.
  5. Action: Motion to approve an honorarium of $2,000 to artist Christina Seely for ten photographs to be duplicated on banners in the North Light Court of City Hall.
  6. Action: Motion to approve an honorarium of $3,000 to Justine Topfer for project management of the North Light Court Banner Project featuring photographs by Christina Seely.
  7. Action: Motion to approve the kiosk poster project proposal by artist Binh Danh for the Art on Market Street 2009-2010 Program and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Binh Danh for an amount not to exceed $16,000 for the design development and printing of the proposed poster designs and coordination of a project-related public event.
  8. Action: Motion to approve an honorarium of $2,000 to Sheila Ghidini for her design of a work of art for the 9-1-1 Plaza, upon the cancellation of the project by the Department of Emergency Services.
  9. Action: Motion to approve an increase of $18,000 in the amount of the contract with Susan Schwartzenberg to provide artwork for Harvey Milk Recreation Center for a total contract amount not to exceed $80,000, for modifications to lighting and plinths and installation of protective glazing at the exterior window walls and related expenses.
  10. Action: Motion to approve the following arts professionals as possible members of artist selection panels for San Francisco General Hospital Acute Care Unit:
    Carolina Ponce de León, Executive Director, Galería de la Raza
    Debra Cullinan, Executive Director, Intersection for the Arts
    Betti-Sue Hertz, Director of Visual Arts, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
    Lucinda Barnes, Chief Curator, Berkeley Art Museum
    Michael Schwager, Consulting Curator, Di Rosa Preserve
    Walter Hood, landscape architect and artist
    Barbara Goldstein, Public Art Director, San Jose Public Art Program
    Joseph Becker, Assistant Curator of Architecture and Design, SFMOMA
    Jennie E. Rodríguez, Executive Director, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
    René de Guzman, Senior Curator, Oakland Museum
    Karen Tsujimoto, Senior Curator, Oakland Museum
    Hung Liu, artist
    Diana Pumpelly Bates, artist
New Business
Discussion
(This item is to allow Commissioners to introduce new agenda items for consideration.)
Reports and Announcements
Discussion
(This item is to allow the Commissioners to report on recent arts activities and make announcements)
Public Comment
Discussion
(This item is to allow members of the public to comment generally on matters within the Commission’s purview as well as to suggest new agenda items for the Commission’s consideration.)
Adjournment
Action

7/30/09 spr

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.

Public comment in regard to specific items will be taken before or during consideration of the item.

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