November 1, 2010

MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, November 1, 2010
3:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Agenda

1. Roll Call
   
   
2. Approval of Minutes
   Action
   Motion to approve October 4, 2010 Minutes.
   
   Explanatory documents: Draft minutes
   
   
3. President’s Report
   Discussion
   Current developments and announcements.
   
   
4. Director’s Report
   Discussion
   Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements.
   
   
5. 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 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of July 26, 2010.
       
   2. Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education, and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of October 12, 2010.
       
   3. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of October 20, 2010.
       
      
      Community Arts, Education, and Grants Committee Recommendations (August 10, 2010)
      Action
   4. Motion for the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the following teaching artists to work in the WritersCorps program for 2010-2011:
      
      Martha Aracely Gonzalez, $36,700
      Carrie Leiser-Williams, $37,410
      Richard D’Elia, $36,120
      Judith Tannenbaum, $59,000
      Minna Dubin, $32,400
       
      
      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (October 20, 2010)
      Action
   5. Motion to approve construction document phase deliverables (pedestrian gate latch post design and location plan) by Eric Powell for the Cayuga Playground Public Art Project.
       
   6. Motion to approve design development phase deliverables (final placement of art panels) by Michael Bartalos for the Mission Playground Public Art Project.
       
   7. Motion to approve the relocation of the Art on Market Street Poster Series from the older triangular kiosks to 18 new bus shelters (two posters per bus shelter) for a total of 36 ad panels on downtown Market Street between the Embarcadero and 8th Street.
       
   8. Motion to approve design development phase deliverables (revised design of sculptural artwork elements) by Bryan Tedrick for Sunset Playground.
       
   9. Motion to approve the design development phase deliverables (decorative frame and details of artwork installation) by Paul Kos for the Surgery Waiting Room (B1) at the General Hospital Acute Care Unit.
       
   10. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to modify the agreement with Paul Kos to increase the agreement by $7,505 (for upgrade on artwork display monitors) for a total contract amount not to exceed $97,505 for artwork for General Hospital Acute Care Unit: Surgery Waiting Room (B1).
        
   11. Motion to approve the construction document phase deliverables (project budget) for light court windows and curved glass element for art glass by Mildred Howard for General Hospital Acute Care Unit: Floor 3.
        
   12. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to modify the agreement with Mildred Howard to increase the agreement by $188,800 for a total contract amount not to exceed $203,800 for design, fabrication and transportation of artwork for General Hospital Acute Care Unit: Floor 3.
        
   13. Motion to approve the construction document phase deliverables (final art glass samples and project budget) for light court windows and curved glass element for art glass by Stephen Galloway for General Hospital Acute Care Unit: Floor 4.
        
   14. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to modify the agreement with Stephen Galloway to increase the agreement by $103,039 for a total contract amount not to exceed $124,039 for design, fabrication and transportation of artwork for General Hospital Acute Care Unit: Floor 4.
        
   15. Motion to approve the construction document phase deliverables (final design imagery and project budget) for light court windows and curved glass element for art glass by Julio Cesar Morales for General Hospital Acute Care Unit Floor 6.
        
   16. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to modify the agreement with Julio Cesar Morales to increase the agreement by $131,531 for a total contract amount not to exceed $146,531 for design, fabrication and transportation of artwork for General Hospital Acute Care Unit: Floor 6.
        
   17. Motion to approve Amy Ellingson’s color palette for terrazzo floor at the San Francisco International Airport: Boarding Area E.
        
   18. Motion to approve the following finalists for the Veteran’s Memorial Project: Larry Kirkland with J. Douglas Macy; Norman Lee with SWA Group; and Susan Narduli with Andrea Cochran.
        
   19. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into an agreement for conceptual design with the teams of 1) Larry Kirkland and J. Douglas Macy; 2) Norman Lee and SWA Group and 3) Susan Narduli and Andrea Cochran for an amount not to exceed $20,000 ($15,000 design fee with a $5,000 travel allowance for out-of-town team members).
        
   20. Motion to pay the following artists an honorarium of $1,000 in return for license to the City to make a limited edition of reproductions of their following artworks for display in resident rooms at Laguna Honda Hospital: Rob Badger’s Golden Gate Bridge in Fog at Sunrise from Marin and Horses and Aspens in Fall Foliage; Jennifer Bain’s Phoenix and Yellow Bud; Brian Blood’s Lakeside Poppies; Frank Espada’s Marisol Collection #12, Marisol Collection #15 and Marisol Collection #17; Jack Fulton’s Altura, Earth Day and Mono Lake; Jan Gauthier’s Novato Wetlands and Last Light, Horse Hill; Tom Griscom’s Ocean Beach, San Francisco (people) and Ocean Beach, San Francisco (cliff); Susan Grossman’s Cross Wires; Mildred Howard’s Jam’s Sons 1997; Lucia Hye Yoon Joo’s Mother and Child: Inside out III, Mother and Child: Inside out VII, and Mother and Child: Inside out VIII; Dale Kistemaker’s Blossoms; Lisa Kristine’s First Rain, Lanterns China, and Los Niños; John McCormick’s Third Wind; Stephen McMillan’s Big Sur; Jim McVicker’s Luffenholtz Beach; Gary Morgret’s Fall on Porter Creek; Kerry Vander Meer’s Alhambra #10 and Reunion #38; Pamela Wilson-Ryckman’s Taking In—Holly Park, Taking In—Dolores Park and Taking In—Lincoln Park; and Lena Wolff’s Flight Pattern.
        
   21. Motion to approve the modification of Peter Richards and Susan Schwartzenberg’s proposal for the Philosopher’s Way to include an accessible loop, and increase in project budget of $46,000 to provide curb cuts and street crossing improvements at Mancel and Visitacion Streets to provide access from the parking lot to the accessible loop.
        
   22. Motion to approve the work order for the Department of Public Works for $46,000 to provide engineering, planning and construction of the curb cuts and other street improvements at Mancel and Visitacion Streets to provide access from the parking lot to the Philosopher’s Way accessible loop.
        
   23. Motion to approve the design development phase deliverables (revised artwork design reducing the elements from nine to eight) by Cliff Garten for artwork for the General Hospital Acute Care Unit: Entry Drive Median.
        
       
       Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (October 18, 2010)
       Action
   24. Motion to approve Phase 1 of the Regional Groundwater Storage and Recovery Project.
        
       
       Executive Committee Recommendations (October 25, 2010)
       Action
   25. Motion to approve a grant to the Center for Cultural Innovation for a study of the needs of the arts community, the current state of cultural equity in the arts and an assessment of effective grantmaking practices, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement in the amount of $80,000.
       
        
6. Nomination and Election of Arts Commission Officers
   Action
   Motion to nominate and elect officers of the Arts Commission (President and Vice President).
   
   
7. 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. Discussion: Strategic Plan First Quarter Report
         Update on first-quarter implementation of the Arts Commission’s Strategic Plan.
          
          
      3. Action: Motion to:
         (1)  Accept an increased work order from the San Francisco Redevelopment Authority (“SFRA”) to the Arts Commission, including any future increases that the SFRA may authorize from time to time, for the Arts Commission’s services and related administrative costs to help facilitate, support, and encourage the operational and financial stability of the Mexican Museum, including the Mexican Museum’s programs and activities, as an important cultural resource;
         
         (2)  Approve any corresponding amendments made by the Director of Cultural Affairs, in consultation with the City Attorney’s Office, to the May 4, 2010 Memorandum of Understanding between the SFRA and the Arts Commission to reflect these work order funding increases from the SFRA, including but not limited to, any changes in scope of services or budget allocations for specific services; and
         
         (3)  Approve any corresponding amendments made by the Director of Cultural Affairs, in consultation with the City Attorney’s Office, to the grant agreement from the Arts Commission to the Mexican Museum to reflect the the above-listed SFRA funding increases and budget allocations.
         
          
   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 Program.
          
   4. Street Artists Committee—Gregory Chew, 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: Daniel Hennessy, Michael Galicia, Owen Stenzel, Hsien Jen Chiu.
          
      3. Action: Motion to approve honorarium payment of $300 plus materials to Mario Hernandez for assisting the Program Director, Howard Lazar, in painting permanent and winter holiday spaces.
          
   5. Visual Arts Committee—Lorraine García-Nakata, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
          
8. 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.)
   
   
9. Reports and Announcements
   Discussion
   (This item is to allow the Commissioners to report on recent arts activities and make announcements.)
   
   
10. New Business
    Discussion
    (This item is to allow Commissioners to introduce new agenda items for consideration.)
    
    
11. 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.

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

The ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the Chair may order the removal from the meeting of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices.