Meeting Information

Community_Arts_and_Education_Committee

COMMUNITY ARTS, EDUCATION, AND GRANTS COMMITTEE
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
4:30 p.m.
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70

Meeting Agenda

1. Cultural Equity Grant Program Director Report
   
   

2. WritersCorps Report
   
   

3. Community Arts and Education Program Director Report
   
   Motion to approve the Programs in the Community (PIC) grant to the following PIC grantee organizations, recommended by the PIC review panel, pending written confirmation from Grants for the Arts:
   
   Central City Hospitality House $19,000
   Eldergivers $19,000
   Urban Services YMCA $19,000
   Filipino-American Development Foundation $19,000
   Bayview Hunters Point Foundation for Bayview Hunters Point 3rd Street Youth Center and Clinic $19,000
   Larkin Street Youth Services $19,000
   Rose Resnick Lighthouse for the Blind & Visually Impaired $19,000
   Boys & Girls Clubs of SF $19,000
   Institute on Aging $19,000
   Youth Guidance Center $19,000
   San Francisco Parks Trust for Friends of Boeddeker Park $19,000
   Literacy for Environmental Justice $18,998.31
   World Savvy $19,000
   
   Motion to approve Neighborhood Festival grants pending written confirmation from Grants for the Arts:
   
   Uprising Community for Andrew’s Boarding and Boarding Care, Andrew's Boarding and Boarding Care’s 4th of July Picnic, $3,000
   San Francisco Foundation Community Initiative Funds for Excelsior Action Group, Excelsior Festival, $3,000
   San Francisco Parks Trust for Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema's Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema, $3,000
   Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, Inc., Potrero Hill Festival, $3,000
   Reclaiming Collective for Marigold Project’s Dia de los Muertos Festival of Altars, $2,500
   Visitacion Valley Community Development Corp for Visitacion Valley Business Opportunities and Outreach to Merchants’ Leland Avenue Street Fair, $3,000
   Community Development Institute for South of Market Community Action Network’s SOMAfest, $3,000
   Sunset Youth Services for Sunset District Neighborhood Coalition, Sunset Community Festival, $3,000 North of Market/Tenderloin Community Benefit District, Santa Sitings, $3,000
   San Francisco Foundation Community Initiative Funds for Portola Neighborhood Steering Committee, Portola Festival, $3,000
   OMI Cultural Participation Project, OMI International Family Festival, $3,000
   
   
4. Arts Education Report
   
   
5. Cultural Center Report
   
   
6. Buildings and Grounds Superintendent Report
   
   Motion to enter into a grant agreement, not to exceed $11,270, for graffiti abatement at Somarts.
   
   
7. New Business
   
   
8. Adjournment

RT 5/4/07

Notices
Explanatory documents are available for public inspection and copying at the Arts Commission office, 25 Van Ness Ave, Suite 240, San Francisco CA 94102 during regular business hours. Tel: INFO: (Ellen Shershow 415-252-2598).

Public comment in regard to specific items will be taken before or during consideration of the item.

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 Chair may order the removal from the meeting of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices.

Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance (San Francisco Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code sections 2.100 - 2.160) to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the Ethics Commission at 30 Van Ness, Suite 3900, San Francisco, CA 94102, telephone (415) 581-2300, fax (415) 581-2317 and website.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE
Government?s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decision 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 or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact Frank Darby by mail to Administrator, Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco CA 94102-4689; by phone at 415/554-7724; by fax at 415/554-7854; or by email at sotf@sfgov.org.

Citizens interested in obtaining a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance can request a copy from Mr. Darby or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, http://www.sfgov.org/sunshine/