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MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, December 4, 2006
3:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Agenda

Roll Call
Approval of Minutes
Action
Motion to approve November 6, 2006 Minutes.
Explanatory document: Draft minutes
President’s Report
Discussion
Current developments and announcements.
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 Street Artists Committee Meeting Minutes of October 11, 2006.
2. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Special Meeting Minutes of November 6, 2006.
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 approve the following Public Art Fund allocations for FY 2006-2007:
    Art Gallery: $20,000
    Shared Administrations (rent, IT costs, etc.): $30,000
    Office relocation (renovation costs, moving, equipment etc.): $25,000
    Total: $75,000
  3. Action: Presentation, discussion and possible action to approve a Commission Attendance Policy to comply with Board of Supervisors Resolution 502-06 (urging Commissions to adopt an internal attendance policy) and the Mayor’s directive dated September 18, 2006 (urging Commissioners to adopt specific baseline standards for commissioner attendance).
    Explanatory document: Draft Attendance Policy
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 increase the 2006-2007 grant agreement to the African American Art and Culture Complex by an amount not to exceed $38,245, for a total grant not to exceed $408,979, from the Hotel Tax Fund Cultural Center allocation.
  3. Action: Motion to increase the 2006-2007 grant agreement to the Bayview Opera House, Ruth Williams Memorial Theatre, Inc. by an amount not to exceed $9,883, for a total grant not to exceed $286,731, from the Hotel Tax Fund Cultural Center allocation.
  4. Action: Motion to increase the 2006-2007 grant agreement to the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts by an amount not to exceed $16,571, for a total grant not to exceed $482,446, from the Hotel Tax Fund Cultural Center allocation.
  5. Action: Motion to increase the 2006-2007 grant agreement to SomArts by an amount not to exceed $18,502, for a total grant not to exceed $538,535, from the Hotel Tax Fund Cultural Center allocation.
  6. Action: Motion to increase the 2006-2007 sub-grantee agreement to the Queer Cultural Center by an amount not to exceed $3,047, for a total grant not to exceed $88,917, from the Hotel Tax Fund Cultural Center allocation.
  7. Action: Motion to increase the 2006-2007 sub-grant agreement to the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center by an amount not to exceed $3,047, for a total grant not to exceed $88,917, from the Hotel Tax Fund Cultural Center allocation.
  8. Action: Motion to increase the 2006-2007 sub-grant agreement to the Native American Cultural Center by an amount not to exceed $3,047, for a total grant not to exceed $88,917, from the Hotel Tax Fund Cultural Center allocation.
  9. Action: Motion to increase the contract for WritersCorps teacher Meroe (also known as Mahru) Elahi from $28,410.88 to $29,810.88 to cover teaching hours from October 2006 through June 2007.
  10. Action: Motion to approve a grant of up to $10,000 for the San Francisco Foundation Community Initiatives Fund for fiscal year 2006-2007 in support of the Arts Education Funders Collaborative, with funds from the Youth Arts Fund (PAR056).
  11. Action: Motion to approve a grant of $4,500 to the San Francisco Community Initiatives Fund to support a twenty-hour-per-week Arts Education intern from mid-November 2006 through June 2007, with funds from the Youth Arts Fund (PAR056).
  12. Action: Motion to approve recommendations to award fourteen grants in the 2006-2007 cycle of Cultural Equity Grants—Level One, to the following organizations and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreement with each:
    
    Queer Cultural Center: $25,000
    Fresh Meat Productions (Fiscal Sponsor: Queer Cultural Center): $25,000
    Gen Taiko (Fiscal Sponsor: Asian Improv): $25,000
    Dance Brigade: $25,000
    Asian Improv Arts: $25,000
    Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu: $25,000
    Northern California Music and Art Cultural Center: $25,000
    Carnaval San Francisco (Fiscal Sponsor: Mission Neighborhood Centers): $25,000
    Asian American Orchestra (Fiscal Sponsor: Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California): $25,000
    Oasis for Girls (Fiscal Sponsor: The Tides Center): $25,000
    First Voice: $25,000
    La Pocha Nostra: $25,000
    World Arts West: $25,000
    Zaccho Dance Theatre: $25,000
    
    TOTAL: $350,000
    
    Explanatory document: Panel comments
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: Douglas Lepre.
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 accept into the Civic Art Collection Shining Paths—San Francisco Sister Cities, sixteen silvered glass gobos, projectors, mount brackets and mirrors, by Lewis deSoto for San Francisco International Airport.
  3. Action: Motion to approve the multi-panel mural design by Deidre De Franceaux and Santie Huckaby on the retaining wall on the 1700 block of Quesada Avenue, celebrating the Quesada Avenue community garden and funded by the Mayor’s Neighborhood Beautification Fund.
  4. Action: Motion to approve the temporary installation by Jen Pack of a fifty-foot-long green fabric “grass” line to be located on the north slope of Bernal Hill for two weeks in January 2007.
  5. Action: Motion to accept into the Civic Art Collection From the Heart Outwards, nineteen cold-cast bronze and aluminum tiles, by Vicki Saulls for the Eureka Valley Recreation Center.
  6. Action: Motion to accept into the Civic Art Collection Welcome Hands, four cast concrete tiles, by Vicki Saulls for the Eureka Valley Recreation Center.
  7. Action: Motion to authorize for the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into an agreement with Clare Rojas for $3,000 to develop a design proposal for a gateroom wall at San Francisco International Airport.
  8. Action: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the artist team of Amanda Hughen and Jennifer Starkweather to design and fabricate a series of posters, with related public outreach activities, for the Art on Market Street 2007 Program, in an amount not to exceed $18,000.
  9. Action: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the artist team of Anita Margrill and Nobuho Nagasawa for fabrication and transportation of insulated glass units for two art glass curtainwalls for the façade of the Metro East Light Rail Maintenance and Operations Facility, as part of the Third Street Light Rail Project, for an amount not to exceed $140,000.
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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