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OFFICIAL MEETING NOTICE

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees

Thursday, March 11, 2004
12:00 Noon

233 Post Street, 6th Floor Conference Room
San Francisco, CA


AGENDA

ORDER OF BUSINESS


I.

Calling of the Meeting to OrderDiane B. Wilsey, President

 

 

II.

Calling of the Roll

 

 

 

Trustees:

Alvin H. Baum, Jr.
Richard P. Essey
George Hecksher
Diane B. Lloyd-Butler, Vice President/Marketing and Communications
Nion T. McEvoy
J. Alec Merriam, Vice President
Robert P. Morrow III
Marianne H. Peterson
Michael H. Podell
Shelagh Rohlen, Vice President/Annual Support
Randolph R. Scott, Vice President/Audience Development and Civic Affairs
Lonna Wais
Diane B. Wilsey, President

 

There will be an opportunity for public comment before or during each agenda item.



III.

Report of the President – Diane B. Wilsey

 

 

 

A. Consideration and Possible Action to Approve the Minutes of the January 22, 2004 Meeting of the Board of Trustees (See Appendix A – Draft Minutes) - Action

 

B. Report on Recent Developments Regarding the Building of a New
de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park - Discussion

 

C. Report on the Golden Gate Park Concourse Authority Underground Parking Facility   - Discussion

1. Report on a Letter to the Golden Gate Park Concourse Authority from the President of the Board of Trustees and the Director of Museums Dated March 2, 2004 Supporting Option 1 of the Proposed Concourse Circulation Patterns (See Appendix B) - Discussion

 

D. Report on the Cancellation of the May 13, 2004 Meeting of the Executive Committee   - Discussion

 

E. 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

1. Request for a Loan of a Painting to Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi for her Congressional Office (In Process)   - Action

2. Request for a Third Venue for a Loan Approved by the Executive Committee on September 11, 2003   - Action

3. Request for an Additional Work of Art for a Loan Approved by the Board of Trustees on June 26, 2003   - Action

 

B. Consideration and Possible Action to Accept a Bequest from Robert Anino of $100,000 for a Monument (Memorial Bench) to Composer Johann Strauss, Jr. (Resolution To Be Distributed At Meeting)   - Action

 

C. Report on the 2003 Annual Report of the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society Advisory Committee Submitted to the Board of Supervisors (See Appendix D – 2003 Annual Report)   - Discussion

 

 

 

D. Report on City Budget   - Discussion

 

E. Report on Current and Future Exhibits   - Discussion

 

F.  Other Informational Items   - Discussion

V.

Public Comment

Members of the public may address the Executive Committee on items 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 E – List of Board and Executive Committee Meetings, Events and Exhibitions)   - Discussion

VII.

Adjournment  - Diane B. Wilsey, President   - Action


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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/sfbos.org/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.

Lobbyist Registration and Reporting Requirements – Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Campaign & Governmental Conduct Code § 2.100] to register and report lobbying activity.  For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the San Francisco Ethics Commission at 30 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 3900, San Francisco, CA, 94102; telephone (415) 581-2300; fax (415) 581-2317; web site:  sfgov.org/ethics.