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MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, August 6, 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 June 4, 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 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of May 15, 2007.
2. Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of June 12, 2007.
3. Motion to approve the Street Artists Committee Meeting Minutes of June 13, 2007.
4. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of June 18, 2007.
5. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of June 19, 2007.
6. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of June 20, 2007.
7. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of July 16, 2007.
8. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of July 17, 2007.
9. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of July 18, 2007.
  
  Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Recommendations (June 12, 2007)
  Action
10. Motion to enter into a grant agreement with the San Francisco Community Initiatives Fund in the amount not to exceed $25,000 to support an arts education intern.
11. Motion to approve the proposed 2007-2008 Management and Program Plan and budget for the Bayview Opera House, Inc., for a grant not to exceed $95,494 for operations and programming July 1–October 30, 2007, contingent upon completion of revisions.
12. Motion to approve the proposed 2007-2008 Management and Program Plan and budget for Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts for a grant not to exceed $481,686, contingent upon completion of revisions.
13. Motion to approve the proposed 2007-2008 Management and Program Plan and budget for South of Market Cultural Center and sub-grantees for a grant not to exceed $715,391, contingent upon completion of revisions (including $537,803 to SomArts, $88,794 to sub-grantee Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center contingent upon completion of revisions, and $88,794 to sub-grantee Queer Cultural Center).
14. Motion to withhold funding to SomArts sub-grantee Native American Cultural Center until a proposed 2007-2008 Management and Program Plan and budget is submitted and approved.
  
  Street Artists Committee Recommendations (June 13, 2007)
  Action
15. Motion to approve amendment of street artist space-assignment lottery procedure to require lottery helper who records lottery numbers on pulled lottery slips to announce artists’ names and lottery numbers.
  
  Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (June 18, 2007)
  Action
16. Motion to approve New Portola Branch Library—Phase 3.
17. Motion to approve Alemany Pump Station Upgrade—Phase 3.
  
  Executive Committee Recommendations (June 19, 2007)
  Action
18. Motion to approve the proposed 2007-2008 Management and Program Plan and budget for the African American Arts and Culture Complex for a grant not to exceed $411,720.
19. Motion to approve the allocation of $50,000 from the Public Art Fund to support an interim Deputy Director or contractor(s) to assist in the chief financial officer (“CFO”) duties, as well as other administrative functions of the Deputy Director.
20. Motion to revise Resolution Number 0604-07-160, to increase the contract with the San Francisco Symphony to produce the annual Summer in the City concert series to a total amount of $1,621,577.
  
  Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (June 20, 2007)
  Action
21. Motion to approve H.O.M.E.Y. design proposal for a mural at 24th and Capp Streets.
22. Motion to approve an additional artist honorarium in the amount of $3,000 for Mark Lee Morris for his participation in the upcoming Conversations 4 exhibition. This additional amount will increase his total honorarium from the previously approved $1,000 to $4,000.
23. Motion to approve an honorarium in the amount of $500 to artist Renee Gertler for her participation in Renee Gertler: Flood at the Grove Street window installation site.
24. Motion to approve the final design of four glass and metal panel shutters for the Portola Branch Library by artist Dana Zed, and to authorize the artist to move to the fabrication phase of her artwork.
25. Motion to approve the following mock-ups of Takenobu Igarashi’s artworks for Laguna Honda Hospital:
  • Living Room terra cotta artwork
  • Dining Room terra cotta artwork
  • Residence Floor artwork
  • Residence Floor artwork
26. Motion to approve the revised scope for Cliff Garten’s sculptural handrail to include the link and knuckle buildings (600 linear ft.), and to include bronze as the revised material.
27. Motion to approve the June, 2007, revised guidelines for the Civic Art Collection.
28. Motion to approve regilding the bust of Giuseppe Verdi monument by Ozario Grossoni in order to restore the sculpture according to the artist’s original intent, and to refabricate one new plaque to replace the two missing original plaques.
29. Motion to authorize staff to proceed with first round of artist selections for artworks that will be integral to construction using pre-qualified artists pool and additional recruited artists.
30. Motion to approve the following candidates to serve on the artist selection panels for the Central Subway transit stations: representatives from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Museum of the African Diaspora, the Asian Art Museum, and the Jewish Museum; as well as the Chinatown Community Development Center, the Union Square Association, the Yerba Buena Alliance and other artists’ spaces and community groups as appropriate.
31. Motion to approve the temporary exhibition of a sculpture entitled Crouching Spider by artist Louise Bourgeois in the Pier 14 Plaza along the Embarcadero for a period not to exceed one year, commencing November, 2007, pending approval from the Port Commission and resolution of issues regarding liability, safety and security.
32. Motion to approve ADA required handrail design for the Endangered Garden project at the Sunnydale Pump Station.
  
  Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (July 16, 2007)
  Action
33. Motion to approve Palace of Fine Arts Park Restoration Phase IIC—Phase 3 on the condition of resolving bench selection.
34. Motion to approve Vista Francisco Pump Station Upgrade—Phase 1.
35. Motion to approve Sensu Element, San Francisco Japantown—Phase 3.
  
  Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (July 18, 2007)
  Action
36. Motion to approve the final fabrication and installation of artist Vicki Saulls’ pre-cast concrete sculptures of a Sea Turtle, Pelican and three Hermit Crabs in the Koret Children’s Quarter, formerly known as Children’s Playground, at Golden Gate Park.
37. Motion to accept into the Civic Art Collection artist Vicki Saulls’ pre-cast concrete sculptures of a Sea Turtle, Pelican and three Hermit Crabs in the Koret Children’s Quarter, formerly known as Children’'s Playground, at Golden Gate Park.
38. Motion to approve the final fabrication and installation of artist Gerald Heffernon’s sculpture Rabbinoid on Cell Phone in Pine Lake Park.
39. Motion to accept into the Civic Art Collection artist Gerald Heffernon’s sculpture Rabbinoid on Cell Phone in Pine Lake Park.
40. Motion to approve the final fabrication and installation of artist Wang Po Shu’s Ghinlon/Transcope, installed at twelve locations along Octavia Boulevard from Market Street to Patricia’s Green.
41. Motion to accept into the Civic Art Collection artist Wang Po Shu’s Ghinlon/Transcope, installed at twelve locations along Octavia Boulevard from Market Street to Patricia’s Green.
42. Motion to approve an honorarium in the amount of $675.00 to Thom Sempere for his role as a juror for the Our World exhibition at City Hall, July 12–September 21, 2007.
43. Motion to approve the design development of artwork by Susan Schwartzenberg and Michael Davis for Harvey Milk Center for Recreational Arts.
44. Motion to approve color samples (Drylac color RAL 1000) for Takenobu Igarashi sculpture.
45. Motion to approve possible purchase of a Gwynn Murrill sculpture for the San Francisco Zoo.
46. Motion to authorize the Interim Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Gwynn Murrill to fabricate and transport Hawk V ($29,000) for the San Francisco Zoo.
47. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs (or the Interim Director of Cultural Affairs) to take action, without a resolution of the full Commission, on the following items: Approve contracts or purchase orders with conservators, art technicians, or other qualified contractors for the purposes of performing conservation, maintenance and repair on works of art in the City’s collection; and approve contracts with art service providers for the transport and storage of artwork.
48. Motion to accept the McLaren Park selection panel’s recommendation of the following artists as finalists for the McLaren Park project: Gloria Bornstein, Mark Brest van Kempen, and the alternate team of Susan Schwartzenberg and Peter Richards; and to authorize the Interim Director of Cultural Affairs to pay each of the artists or artist teams an honorarium of $1,000 for the development of a site-specific proposal for the project.
49. Motion to establish a jury pool for the Randall Museum Project to include the following individuals: Randall Museum Trustee Rebecca Woodson, Randall Museum Director Chris Boettcher, a staff representative from the Recreation and Park Department, Walter Kitundu, Peter Richards, Pamela Winfrey, Deborah Cullinan, Mark Brest van Kempen, Ray Beldner, Ann Trinca, Stephanie Johnson, Craig Nagasawa, Safi Jiroh, Sonia Manjon, Ted Purves, Emily Keeler, a staff representative from 826 Valencia, and Eduardo Pineda.
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. Action: Motion to authorize the Interim Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Economic Research Associates in an amount not to exceed $75,000 to explore the feasibility of developing a performing arts/arts-related center that includes gallery and administrative uses at the Grove Street gallery and lot site along with the three adjacent lots on Grove and Van Ness.
  3. Action: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs, or the Interim Director of Cultural Affairs, to conduct all negotiations, and to execute and submit all documents including, but not limited to, applications, agreements, payment requests and so on, which may be necessary for grant-funded activities for the Portals of the Past monument and the James A. Garfield and Giuseppe Verdi monuments in Golden Gate Park.
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 Neighborhood Festival grants as follows:
    
    Au Co Vietnamese Cultural Center, Au Co Mid-Autumn Festival, $3,000
    Treasure Island Homeless Development Initiative, Treasure Island Community Day Festival, $3,000
  3. Action: Motion for the Interim Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the following individuals, not to exceed the amounts listed, to teach creative writing to San Francisco youth and participate in the WritersCorps program in a total amount not to exceed $338,007.
    
    Milta Ortiz, $32,800
    Cindy Je, $32,800
    Myron Michael Hardy, $35,900
    Melissa Domi Lozano, $32,800
    Karla Sheryl Robinson, $32,800
    Meroe Elahi, $38,200
    Alberto Palomar, $38,200
    Katharine Gin, $37,507
    Judith Tannenbaum, $57,000
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 former certificate-holders for priority issuance of certificate with waiver of re-screening of wares: Ed Brandstetter, Laura Waterman, Joan Anderson, BeAuna Clark, Douglas Brett, Swabry Maawy, Ravit Maman, Joe Russo.
5. Visual Arts Committee—Jeannene Przyblyski, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
  2. Action: Motion to approve the Black Rock Arts Foundation’s temporary mosaic project by artist Jennifer Alexander at Juri Commons, based on staff inspection of the completed proposal.
New Business
Discussion
Reports and Announcements
Discussion
Public Comment
Discussion
Adjournment
Action

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Notices
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