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OFFICIAL MEETING NOTICE

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees

Thursday, May 10, 2001

12:00 Noon

Administrative Offices

233 Post Street, 6th Floor Conference Room

San Francisco, California

AGENDA

ORDER OF BUSINESS

I.

Calling of the Meeting to Order - Diane B. Wilsey, President

 
     

II.

Calling of the Roll

 
     
 

Trustees:

    Alvin H. Baum, Jr.

    Belva Davis, Vice President/Civic Affairs and Audience Development

Richard P. Essey

George Hecksher

    J. Burgess Jamieson

    Diane B. Lloyd-Butler, Vice President/Marketing and Communications

Nion T. McEvoy

    J. Alec Merriam, Vice President

    Robert P. Morrow III, Vice President/Finance

    Marianne H. Peterson

    Shelagh Rohlen, Vice President/Annual Support

    Lonna Wais

    Diane B. Wilsey, President

 
     
 

There will be an opportunity for public comment on each agenda item.

 
     

III.

Report of the President - Diane B. Wilsey

 
     
 

A. Consideration and Possible Action to Approve the Minutes of the April 12, 2001 Meeting of the Board of Trustees (See Appendix A - Draft Minutes)

Action

     
 

B. Consideration and Possible Action to Adopt a Resolution to Approve the Report of the Acquisitions Committee of The Fine Arts Museums Foundation of April 20, 2001; Accept the Works of Art Acquired through Purchase and Donation as Gifts from The Fine Arts Museums Foundation; Accept One Work of Art from the Estate of Florence Richardson Wyckoff; Approve the Resolution Recommending First Step Deaccessioning for the Ovila Portal in the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum as an Initial Step Towards the Transfer of the Ovila Portal

    from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco to the University of

    San Francisco; Amend the Resolution Waiving Second Step Deaccessioning for Works of Art Recommended for First Step Deaccessioning by the Acquisitions Committee at its Meetings on September 26, 2000, December 1, 2000, and April 20, 2001 to Include the June 1, 2001 Acquisitions Committee Meeting; Approve the Resolution to Sell Works of Art on Loan to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in Accordance with the California Abandoned Property Statute; Approve the Works of Art Recommended for First Step Deaccessioning Set Forth in Appended Lists A and B; and Approval of the Deaccessioning Statement Dated March 6, 2001 - J. Alec Merriam, Chair and Vice President (See Appendix B - Report of the Acquisitions Committee of The Fine Arts Museums Foundation of April 20, 2001)

    1. Purchases

    2. Gifts Offered to the Foundation

    3. Resolution Accepting One Work of Art from the Estate of Florence Richardson Wyckoff

    4. Resolution Recommending First Step Deaccessioning for the Ovila Portal in the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum as an Initial Step Towards the Transfer of the Ovila Portal from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco to the University of

      San Francisco

    5. Amendment of the Resolution Waiving Second Step Deaccessioning for Works of Art Recommended for First Step Deaccessioning by the Acquisitions Committee at its Meetings on September 26, 2000, December 1, 2001, and April 20, 2001 to Include the June 1, 2001 Acquisitions Committee Meeting

    6. Resolution to Sell Works of Art on Loan to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in Accordance with the California Abandoned Property Statute

    7. Deaccessioning - Step 1 / List A

    8. Deaccessioning - Step 1 / List B

    9. Deaccessioning Statement

    10. Purchases Reported for the Record

    RESOLVED, That the Board of Trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of

San Francisco does hereby approve the appended April 20, 2001 Report of the Acquisitions Committee of The Fine Arts Museums Foundation including the works of art acquired through purchase and donation as gifts from The Fine Arts Museums Foundation; the resolution accepting one work of art from the Estate of Florence Richardson Wyckoff; the resolution recommending first step deaccessioning for the Ovila Portal in the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum as an initial step towards the transfer of the Ovila portal from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco to the University of San Francisco; the amendment of the resolution waiving second step deaccessioning for works of art recommended for first step deaccessioning by the Acquisitions Committee at its meetings on September 26, 2000, December 1, 2001, and April 20, 2001 to Include the June 1, 2001 Acquisitions Committee meeting; the resolution to sell works of art on loan to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in accordance with the California Abandoned Property Statute; approval of the works of art recommended for first step deaccessioning set forth in appended Lists A and B, and the Deaccessioning Statement dated March 6, 2001.

Action

 

C. Report on Recent Developments Regarding the Plans to Build a New

    de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park

Discussion

 

D. Report of the Ad Hoc Committee to Evaluate the Director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Discussion

 

E. Consideration and Possible Action to Change the Date of the September 13, 2001 Meeting of the Executive Committee to September 20, 2001

    RESOLVED, That the date of the September 13, 2001 Executive Committee meeting as set by Board Resolution 1353 on September 7, 2000, be changed to Thursday, September 20, 2001 with the time and location of the meeting remaining the same, namely, 12:00 noon in the 6th Floor Conference Room of the Administrative Offices at 233 Post Street, San Francisco.

Action

 

F. Other Informational Items

Discussion

IV.

Director’s Report - Harry S. Parker III

 
 

A. Consideration and Possible Action to Approve Loan Requests (See

    Appendix C - Loan Requests)

Action

 

B. Consideration and Possible Action to Adopt a Resolution to Transfer Funds in the Admission Fund for the Fiscal Year 2001-2002

    RESOLVED, That the Board of Trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco does hereby authorize the Controller of the City and County of San Francisco to transfer monthly excess revenue over monthly admission operating expenses in the Admission Fund (2S CRF RPD) Index Code 615001 to Project PFAADM, Index Code 615001 on a monthly basis for the fiscal year 2001-2002 in conjunction with the Asian Art Museum transfer of monies into Project PAA002; and, be it

    FURTHER RESOLVED, That the funds in project PFAADM are to be used to reimburse the Corporation of The Fine Arts Museums for expenses incurred on behalf of the Museums.

Action

 

C. Report on City Budget

Discussion

 

D. Current and Future Exhibits

Discussion

 

E. Other Informational Items

Discussion

     

V.

Public Comment

Members of the public may address the Executive Committee on items not on the agenda that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Speakers may address the Executive Committee for up to three minutes; the President or the Executive Committee may limit the total comment to thirty minutes.

 
     

VI.

Meeting Schedule, Future Events and Current and Future Exhibits (See Appendix D- List of Board and Executive Committee Meetings, Events and Exhibition)

Discussion

     

VII.

Adjournment - Diane B. Wilsey, President

Action

Public Meeting Requirements Relating to Accessibility

The subsequent information is in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); the following will be made available upon request: (1) American sign language interpreters; (2) a sound enhancement system; (3) a meeting agenda available in alternative formats; and (4) a reader during the meeting. To arrange for these services, please contact Judy Gough at (415) 750-3669 at least two working days prior to a meeting. A late request will be honored if possible. Minutes of the meeting will be made in alternative formats upon request. Meeting agendas are available on the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco website, www.thinker.org.

In order to assist the City’s efforts to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illnesses, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, those attending public meetings are reminded that others may be sensitive to various chemical based products. Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.

For access to 233 Post Street by BART, get off at the Montgomery Street Station. MUNI’s wheelchair-accessible No. 38 line may also be taken to Geary and Stockton Streets, as well as wheelchair-accessible No. 2 line (east bound), which stops close to 233 Post Street. For more information about MUNI’s accessible services, call (415) 923-6142. Accessible parking space (disabled-designated) is available at the Stockton-Sutter Parking Garage.

Accessible seating for persons with disabilities (including those using wheelchairs) will be available. For Telecommunication Device for the Deaf (TDD), the Museums use the California Relay Service.

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 President may order the removal from the meeting of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of cell phones, pagers, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices.

Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance

Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils, and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people’s business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people’s review. For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force:

Donna Hall, Administrator

    Sunshine Ordinance Task Force

    City Hall, Room 409

    1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

    San Francisco, CA 94102-4683

    Office: (415) 554-7724

    Fax: (415) 554-7854

    E-mail: Donna_Hall@ci.sf.ca.us

Copies of the Sunshine Ordinance can be obtained from the Clerk of the Sunshine Task Force, the San Francisco

Public Library and on the City’s website at www.ci.sf.ca.us/bdsupvrs/sunshine.

If you are unable to attend the meeting, you may submit written comments to Judy Gough, Fine Arts Museums of

San Francisco, 233 Post Street, 6th Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94108. Public documents referred to in the agenda may be inspected at the Administrative Offices of the Fine Arts Museums located at 233 Post Street, 6th Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94108. Please contact Judy Gough at (415) 750-3669 to make arrangements.