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MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, October 1, 2007
3:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Agenda

Roll Call
Approval of Minutes
Action
Motion to approve September 10, 2007 Minutes.
Explanatory document: Draft minutes
President’s Report
Discussion
Current developments and announcements.
Interim 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
1. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of August 15, 2007.
2. Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of September 11, 2007.
3. Motion to approve the Street Artists Committee Meeting Minutes of September 12, 2007.
4. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of September 18, 2007.
5. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of September 19, 2007.
  
  Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Recommendations (September 11, 2007)
  Action
6. Motion for Interim Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Katharine Gin to produce the 15th anniversary visual and audio exhibitions for WritersCorps, to provide photography workshops for WritersCorps students, and to document the WritersCorps program in an amount not to exceed $75,000.
7. Motion to approve a grant for $5,000 for the San Francisco School Alliance for the Young at Art Youth Arts Festival.
8. Motion to pay the San Francisco Study Center $15,000 to translate and publish the Arts Education Master Plan into a multilingual publication.
9. Motion to increase the grant agreement to the Bayview Opera House, Inc., for a total grant not to exceed $103,466 for July 1–October 30, 2007, contingent upon a budget revision.
10. Motion to increase the 2007-2008 grant agreement to Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts for a total grant not to exceed $522,179, contingent upon a budget revision.
11. Motion to increase the 2007-2008 grant agreement to South of Market Cultural Center and sub-grantees for a total grant not to exceed $775,530, (including $583,012 to SomArts, $96,259 to sub-grantee Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, and $96,259 to sub-grantee Queer Cultural Center) contingent upon a budget revision.
12. Motion to increase the 2007-2008 grant agreement to African American Arts and Culture Complex for a grant not to exceed $466,331.
13. Motion to approve a $12,000 grant to CompassPoint Nonprofit Services to provide workshops and technical assistance.
14. Motion to approve a $22,000 grant to SomArts Cultural Center exclusively to support maintenance and facility repairs.
  
  Street Artists Committee Recommendations (September 12, 2007)
  Action
15. Motion to approve resolution commending Street Artist Fernando Hechavarria for bravery.
  
  Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (September 17, 2007)
  Action
16. Motion to approve 525 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco Public Uutilities Commission New Administration Building, Phase 2.
17. Motion to approve Lake Merced Pump Station Essential Upgrade, Phase 1.
18. Motion to approve Calaveras Dam Replacement, Electrical Control Buildings, Phase 1, contingent upon the creation of consistent rooflines.
  
  Executive Committee Recommendations (September 18, 2007)
  Action
19. Motion to approve the budget for the $550,000 Board of Supervisors’ addback to the Arts Commission’s FY 2007-2008 budget.
  
  Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (September 19, 2007)
  Action
20. Motion to approve the six final poster designs by the artist team of Packard Jennings and Steve Lambert, to be installed on Market Street from November 12, 2007 to March 13, 2008, for the Art on Market Street 2007 Kiosk Poster Series.
21. Motion to approve the completed artwork Six Degrees, by artists Reddy Lieb and Linda Raynsford, an assemblage of glass and metal circular elements, as installed on the wall of the lobby in the Glen Park Branch Library and to accept the artwork into the Civic Art Collection.
22. Motion to approve revised design as proposed by HOMEY for mural located at 24th and Capp Streets.
23. Motion to approve an honorarium of $2,000 to Amber Hasselbring for her participation in the Winter Workshop, November 9–December 22, 2007.
24. Motion to approve an artist honorarium in the amount of $500 to Rene Yanez for his efforts in coordinating the Day of the Dead installation at Grove Street. November 2–December 22, 2007.
25. Motion to approve location proposal for Harvey Milk Memorial sculpture on a south-facing wall in the Van Ness lobby of City Hall, pending approval of the site by the Harvey Milk City Hall Memorial Committee and the City Hall Preservation Advisory Committee.
26. Motion to approve the final design of two rolled-metal arches by artist Isis Rodriguez, one to be installed over an entryway gate at Rolph Playground and the other over an entryway gate at the Potrero del Sol Park.
27. Motion to approve the design development documents and mock-up of artist Hung Liu’s proposal for San Francisco International Airport.
28. Motion to approve the final design of artwork by Jon Rubin and Jim Goldberg for Minnie and Lovie Ward Recreation Center.
29. Motion to approve the final design of artwork by Bean Finneran for the west façade and both conceptual and final design for additional artwork at the northeast corner of Junipero Serra clubhouse.
Committee Reports
1. Executive Committee—P.J. Johnston, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Executive Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
2. Civic Design Committee—Andrea Cochran, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Civic Design Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
3. Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee—José Cuellar, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
  2. Action: Motion to approve the following individuals as application review panelists for Cultural Equity Grants:
    
    Ken Foster, Executive Director, Yerba Buena Center for the Art
    Jessica Robinson, Executive Director, CounterPULSE
    Sharon Tanenbaum, Executive Director, San Francisco Camerawork
    June Watanabe, Artistic Director, June Watanabe In Company
    
    Explanatory document: Panelist biographies
  3. Action: Motion to modify the 2005-06 Creative Space grant of $20,000 for ODC Theater from the original purpose of purchasing a telescopic theater seating system in the ODC Theater venue to the proposed purpose of repairing the performance floor in Studio B in the ODC Dance Commons venue which is serving as an interim performance venue during the renovations of the ODC Theater venue.
    Explanatory document: Memo from CEG Program Director San San Wong; and letter from Rob Bailis, Director, ODC Theater
4. Street Artists Committee—Alexander Lloyd, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Street Artists Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
  2. Action: Motion to approve proposal by Program Director for temporary winter holiday selling spaces for street artists in the Downtown area and at Harvey Milk Plaza; designation for November 15, 2007–January 15, 2008 (same spaces and same time period as approved for 2006-07).
  3. Action: Motion to deny issuance of certificate to former street artist Paula Datesh; request by Ms. Datesh for hearing to appeal recommendation of denial of issuance of certificate.
5. Visual Arts Committee—Jeannene Przyblyski, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
New Business
Discussion
Reports and Announcements
Discussion
Public Comment
Discussion
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.

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