February 4, 2013
MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, February 4, 2013
3:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
Agenda
- Roll Call
- Approval of Minutes
Action
Motion to approve January 7, 2013 Minutes.Explanatory Document: Draft minutes
- President’s Report
Discussion
Current developments and announcements, including discussion of the Mayor’s Art Award and the Heyday book, San Francisco: Arts for the City—Civic Art and Urban Change.
- Director’s Report
Discussion
Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements, including discussion of Central Market arts initiatives and annual filing of Form 700 and Sunshine Ordinance Declaration.
- 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- Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of December 17, 2012.
- Motion to approve the Street Artists Committee Meeting Minutes of January 9, 2013.
- Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of January 14, 2013.
- Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of January 16, 2013.
Street Artists Committee Recommendations (January 9, 2013)
Action - Motion to authorize the Program Director to request the Board of Supervisors for permanent designation of five (5) street artist selling spaces on Market Street, north side, between Spear and Steuart streets with a provision for artists not to use the spaces during large events.
Explanatory Documents: Map of proposed Spear Street spaces; Draft Board of Supervisors Resolution for Spear Street spaces
- Motion to approve re-issuance of former certificate number (#3629) to street artist Tanya Key (currently #7885).
- Motion to approve authorization of Street Artists Program Director to contract with City-approved vendors for jobs not exceeding $1,000 in painting and re-painting markings of street artist sales spaces subject to applicable City contracting provisions, certification of funds by the Controller’s office, and in consultation with the City Attorney’s office.
- Motion to rescind Arts Commission Resolution No. 65-89-228 (Granting Priority in Issuance of New Certificates to Former Certificate Holders), adopted June 5, 1989, and to adopt a new resolution regarding Priority in Issuance of New Certificates to Former Certificate Holders in order to authorize the Street Artists Program Director on behalf of the Executive Director of the Arts Commission (the “Director of Cultural Affairs”) to approve requests by former certificate-holders whose certificates have been expired for no longer than two (2) years, for issuance of new certificate with waiver of re-examination of their wares providing that such artists sell only the same items for which they were previously screened and issued a certificate and who have demonstrated ongoing compliance with the Street Artists Ordinance and corresponding regulations for the past three (3) consecutive years.
- Motion to authorize Street Artists Program Director to approve requests by certificate-holders for re-issuance of their previous certificate number where such number remains available.
Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (January 14, 2013)
Action - Motion to approve the Rainbow Honor Walk plaque design and placement.
- Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Cabrillo Clubhouse and Playground Renovation.
- Motion to approve Phase 1 of Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response Bond (“ESER”) 1, Fire Station #16.
Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (January 16, 2013)
Action - Motion to approve the site and final design of Ever Upward, a six-foot metal sculpture mounted on an eight-foot concrete column overlaid with mosaic tile by artists Isis Rodriguez and Jason Gilmore which will be installed at the northwest corner of Geneva and Mission streets. The sculpture is part of the Geneva Gateway Beautification project sponsored by Excelsior Action Group, funded by the Community Challenge Grant Program and the Office of Economic and Workforce Development and supported by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
- Motion to rescind Resolution No. 0507-12-146 authorizing the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Amy Blackstone for design, fabrication, transportation and installation of an artwork for Father Alfred E. Boeddeker Park in an amount not to exceed $25,600.
- Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Amy Blackstone for design, fabrication, transportation and installation of an artwork for Father Alfred E. Boeddeker Park in an amount not to exceed $32,560.
- Motion to approve Colette Crutcher’s final design for an artwork at Cabrillo Playground.
- Motion to approve the final design for Amy Ellingson’s artwork for San Francisco International Airport’s Boarding Area E in Terminal 3.
- Motion to approve the selected finalists for the Central Subway Union Square Market Street Station Glass Elevator and Deck Public Art Project: Amy Ellingson, Jim Isermann, Clare Rojas, and Jennifer Starkweather and Amanda Hughen.
- Motion to approve the Central Subway: Construction Barricade Temporary Art Project Outline for a program of temporary artwork on the barricades for Yerba Buena/Moscone and Chinatown Stations during construction from approximately mid-2013 through 2018.
- Motion to approve the Project Outline for San Francisco General Hospital Emergency Room Entry Wall Public Art Project.
- Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to increase Merge Conceptual Design’s contract from $47,000 to $90,000 for Design Development and Construction Documents for their artwork for the Public Safety Building.
- Motion to approve the final clay design by Jonah Hendrickson of the bust of Mayor Adolph Sutro to be installed at San Francisco City Hall.
Executive Committee Recommendations (January 28, 2013)
Action - Motion to approve recommendations to award thirteen grants totaling $282,860 in the 2012-2013 cycle of Cultural Equity Initiatives Level One grants to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each for the amounts listed below:
ABADA Capoeira San Francisco, $25,000
Acción Latina, $21,250
African American Shakespeare Company, $25,000
Anne Bluethenthal and Dancers (ABD Productions), $21,250
Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA), $25,000
Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, $25,000
Au Co Vietnamese Cultural Center, $21,250
Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts & Technology (BAYCAT), $15,000
CubaCaribe, $23,800
Genryu Arts, $21,250
Lenora Lee Dance, $18,710
Melody of China, Inc., $25,000
Queer Rebel Productions, $15,350
- Motion to approve recommendations to award four grants totaling $390,000 in the 2012-2013 cycle of Cultural Equity Initiatives Level Two grants to the following organizations and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each for the amounts listed below:
Galería de la Raza, $100,000
Zaccho Dance Theatre, $100,000
Chinese Cultural Productions, $100,000
509 Cultural Center/the luggage store, $90,000
- Motion to approve the following individuals as grant application review panelists for Cultural Equity Grants:
Renny Pritikin, Senior Adjunct Professor, California College of the Arts
Mimi Lok, Executive Director/Editor, McSweeney’s Voice of Witness Series
Ani Rivera, Executive Director, Galería de la Raza
Karen Lindblom, Associate Director, External Relations, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
- Motion to approve the Department of Public Works, notwithstanding Section 6.64 of the San Francisco Administrative Code, to modify its As-needed Architectural Services Contract with Tom Elliot Fisch, DPW Order No. 178,844, to complete the design and engineering services for the Bayview Opera House, a property owned by the Arts Commission and located at 4705 Third Street, by adding $150,000 and allowing contract service orders to be issued after three years from the date of award.
- Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of December 17, 2012.
- Committee Reports and Committee Matters
- Executive Committee—JD Beltran, Chair
- Discussion: Report from the Executive Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the agency.
- Action: Motion to approve proposed fiscal year 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 Arts Commission budget.
Explanatory Documents: FY2013-2014 and FY2014-2015 Draft Program Budget; FY2013-2014 and FY2014-FY2015 Budget Narrative; FY2013-2014 and FY2014-2015 Street Artists Program Fee Projection; FY2013-2014 and FY2014-2015 Draft Capital Budget; FY2013 Overhead Projection
Documents Submitted by the Public: Letter from Kathy Hallinan; Letter from William Clark; Letter from Adriana Berneike
- Discussion: Report from the Executive Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the agency.
- Civic Design Review Committee—Cass Calder Smith, Chair
- Discussion: Report from the Chair of the Civic Design Review Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
- Discussion: Report from the Chair of the Civic Design Review Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
- Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee—Sherene Melania, Chair
- Discussion: Report from the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
- Discussion: Report from the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
- Street Artists Committee—Gregory Chew, Chair
- Discussion: Report from the Chair of the Street Artists Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
- Action: Motion to approve requests by former certificate-holders for priority issuance of certificate with waiver of re-screening of wares: Susan Pete, Virginia Travers, Michelle Lee.
- Discussion: Report from the Chair of the Street Artists Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
- Visual Arts Committee—Barbara Sklar, Chair
- Discussion: Report from the Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
- Discussion: Opportunity for public comment on Roxy Paine’s proposal for a sculpture at Central Subway Yerba Buena/Moscone Station presented at the January 16, 2013 Visual Arts Committee meeting.
Explanatory Document: Roxy Paine Artwork proposal
- Discussion: Report from the Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
- Executive Committee—JD Beltran, Chair
- 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.)
- New Business and Announcements
Discussion
(This item is to allow the Commissioners to introduce new agenda items for consideration, to report on recent arts activities and to make announcements.) - Adjournment
Action
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Notices
Explanatory documents listed above, as well as documents created or distributed after the posting of this agenda to the Arts Commission will be available for public inspection and copying at the Arts Commission office, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 345, San Francisco, CA 94102, during regular business hours. Info: Sharon Page Ritchie, 415/252-2591. PLEASE NOTE: The Arts Commission often receives documents created or submitted by other City officials, agencies or departments after the posting of the Arts Commission agenda. For such documents or presentations, members of the public may wish to contact the originating agency if they seek documents not yet provided to the Arts Commission.
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