May 6, 2013
MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, May 6, 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 April 1, 2013 Minutes.Explanatory Document: Draft minutes
- 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- Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of April 9, 2013.
- Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of April 15, 2013.
- Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of April 17, 2013.
Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Recommendations (April 9, 2013)
Action - Motion to provide a grant to Mission Cultural Center for the Latino Arts for the sole purpose to improve and upgrade camera security systems for enhanced safety of the facility for an amount not to exceed $30,000 from maintenance and repair funds.
- Motion to provide a grant to SOMArts Cultural Center for the sole purpose to improve and upgrade camera security systems for enhanced safety of the facility for an amount not to exceed $25,000 from maintenance and repair funds.
- Motion to approve recommendations to award one grant totaling $12,750 in the 2012-2013 cycle of Organization Project Grants to the following organization, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement with the organization for the amount listed:
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, $12,750
- Motion to approve recommendations to award 41 grants totaling $478,431 in the 2012-2013 cycle of Organization Project Grants to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreements with each organization for the amounts listed:
3rd i South Asian Independent Film Festival, $12,750
African & African American Performing Arts Coalition, $12,750
ArtSpan, $11,250
Asian Contemporary Arts Consortium San Francisco, $11,250
Asian Improv aRts, $12,750
Capacitor Performance, $11,250
Center for the Art of Translation, $12,750
Chrysalis Studio, $11,050
Circuit Network, $12,750
Croatian American Cultural Center, $12,750
Crowded Fire Theatre Company, $6,000
Cutting Ball Theatre Company, $12,750
Dance Brigade, $12,750
Dancers’ Group, $12,750
Eye Zen Art, $12,750
First Voice, $12,750
Fresh Meat Productions, $12,750
Garrett + Moulton Productions, $12,750
Girl Talk, $7,500
inkBoat, $11,250
Joe Goode Performance Group, $11,250
LEVYdance, Inc., $11,250
Litquake, $11,250
Musical Traditions, Inc./Paul Dresher Ensemble, $12,750
Out of Site: Center for Arts Education, $11,250
OX, $12,750
PlayGround, $12,750
Post:Ballet, $12,750
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project, $12,750
Radar Productions, $12,750
Root Division, $12,750
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, $11,250
San Francisco Hip Hop DanceFest, $11,250
San Francisco Silent Film Festival, $11,250
San Francisco Transgender Film Festival, $6,715
Sixth Street Photography Workshop, $11,250
Southern Exposure, $12,750
Stepology, $11,250
Switchboard Music Festival, $9,166
Theatre of Yugen, $12,750
Volti, $11,250
- Motion to approve recommendations to award eight grants totaling $75,500 in the 2012-2013 cycle of Native American Arts & Cultural Traditions to the following individual and organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each individual and organization for the amounts listed:
Asociación Mayab, $15,000
Instituto Familiar de la Raza, $1,000
Instituto Familiar de la Raza, $7,000
Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu, $7,500
Ohlone Profiles Project, $7,500
Ross Cunningham, $7,500
Seventh Native American Generation, $15,000
The Cultural Conservancy, $15,000
- Motion to approve recommendations to award one grant totaling $7,500 in the 2012-2013 cycle of Native American Arts & Cultural Traditions to the following organization, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement with the organization for the amount listed:
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, $7,500
Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (April 15, 2013)
Action - Motion to approve the design and general placement of the Mission Dolores Plaque, with the contingency that the word “Neighborhood” be spelled out, and that the project return for Phase 2 and 3 review with sufficient technical details appropriate to the review phase, such as the landscape architect’s drawing showing placement, orientation and anchoring for the plaque.
- Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Kimbell Playground renovation on the condition that the gate be rectangular rather than rounded, and contingent on submission of final documents from the successful bidder; any significant changes will require additional review.
- Motion to approve Phase 3 of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s Operator Convenience Facilities to be located on Geary Boulevard near 32nd Avenue.
- Motion to approve Phases 1 and 2 of the San Francisco International Airport West Field Cargo Redevelopment Facility contingent on adding more color and increasing the contrast between the roof and the walls, with informal review prior to Phase 3.
- Motion to approve Phase 1 of the Sunol Yard Improvement.
- Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Bayview Opera House.
- Motion to approve Phase 1 of the Mission Bay Playground.
- Motion to approve Phase 3 of Fire Station #36 renovation, with the contingency that the windows should not be red.
- Motion to approve Phases 2 and 3 of the Angelo J. Rossi Playground Restroom Replacement contingent on making the color palette more vibrant, including a richer green tile for greater contrast, and making the metal grillwork black.
Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (April 17, 2013)
Action - Motion to approve the mural, Bean Soup Literary Mural, by lead artist Susan Cervantes on the fence at 3145–23rd Street (at Shotwell Street). The proposed mural (9’ x 140’) encloses the All in Common Community Garden. The project is sponsored by Precita Eyes, funded by Community Challenge Grant and supported by the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department.
- Motion to approve Amy Ellingson’s final designs, including the revised color palette samples and mock-up, for the Design Development and Construction Document phases for her project at San Francisco International Airport’s Boarding Area E in Terminal 3.
- Motion to approve the proposal by Leslie Shows for an artwork for the ticketing hall wall of the Central Subway: Yerba Buena/Moscone Station as recommended by the Central Subway: Yerba Buena/Moscone Station Ticketing Hall Wall Public Art Selection Panel.
- Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into an agreement with Leslie Shows for an amount not to exceed $400,000 to design, fabricate and transport an artwork for the ticketing hall wall of the Central Subway: Yerba Buena/Moscone Station.
- Motion to approve Rebar Art and Design Studio’s final design for an artwork at Palega Playground.
- Motion to approve Colette Crutcher’s final alternate design for an artwork at Cabrillo Playground.
- Motion to approve 50% Construction Documents for Veteran’s Memorial fountain and monument.
- Motion to rescind Arts Commission Resolution 0107-13-019, increasing Narduli Studio’s contract from $221,450 to $234,250.
- Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to modify the Agreement with Narduli Studios to increase the contract from $221,450 to $244,250 in order to provide signed stamped structural engineering drawings and calculations for the memorial and fountain, and to provide an approved construction mock-up of the rammed earth wall, demonstrating both color and texture, and construction specifications for the rammed earth wall construction.
- Motion to approve the proposal by Clare Rojas for a permanent artwork for the Central Subway: Chinatown Station Crosscut Cavern Wall as recommended by the Central Subway: Chinatown Station Crosscut Cavern Wall Public Art Selection Panel.
- Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into an agreement with artist Clare Rojas for an amount not to exceed $325,000, to design, fabricate and transport a permanent artwork to be installed on the crosscut cavern wall of the Central Subway Chinatown Station.
- Motion to approve the project approach of installing a fence and pursuing future lighting solutions to deter vandalism around the monument of Walter McKinley by Robert Ingersoll Aitken, located in the Panhandle section of Golden Gate Park.
- Motion to approve five of the six mock-up poster designs, with the sixth to be determined, for Sanaz Mazinani’s Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series, July–October, 2013.
- Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs or his/her staff designee to approve temporary public art projects on public property that have a duration of seven days or less.
- Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of April 9, 2013.
- 2013-2017 Strategic Planning Discussion
Discussion
Presentation of benchmark study and initial assessment results.
- 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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ACCESSIBLE MEETING POLICY
Per the American Disabilities Act and the Language Access Ordinance, Chinese, Spanish, and/or American Sign Language interpreters will be available upon request. Additionally, every effort will be made to provide a sound enhancement system, meeting materials in alternative formats, and/or a reader. Minutes may be translated after they have been adopted by the Commission. For all these requests, please contact Sharon Page Ritchie, Commission Secretary, at least 48 hours before the meeting at 415-252-2591. Late requests will be honored if possible. The hearing room is wheelchair accessible.
利便参與會議的相關規定
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