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MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, June 1, 2009
3:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Agenda

Roll Call
Approval of Minutes
Action
Motion to approve March 9, 2009 Minutes.
Motion to approve April 6, 2009 Minutes.

Explanatory documents: Draft minutes
President’s Report
Discussion
Current developments and announcements, including a brief update on City budget issues.
Director’s Report
Discussion
Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements, including an update on the Bufano sculptures installed at Valencia Gardens.
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 March 23, 2009.
2. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of April 22, 2009.
3. Motion to approve the Street Artists Committee Meeting Minutes of May 6, 2009.
  
  Street Artists Committee Recommendations (May 6, 2009)
  Action
4. Motion to approve policy of receiving street artist application and certificate fee payments in the form of checks or money orders only (no cash).
5. Motion to approve authorization of street artists to sell their wares as permitted by Department of Parking and Traffic for a “mini-plaza” proposed by the Castro Upper Market Benefit Community District for 17th Street, at Castro and Market Streets; motion to approve authorization of Street Artists Program Director to request Board of Supervisors for temporary designation of street artist spaces in “mini-plaza” proposed for 17th Street, at Castro and Market Streets.
  
  Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (May 11, 2009)
  Action
6. Motion to approve Phase 1 of the Crystal Springs/San Andreas Transmission System Upgrade with the contingency to look at alternatives to fiberglass and present creative solutions to the roof.
7. Motion to approve Phase 2 of the Golden Gate Library Renovation with the contingency to revise the landscape plan of the street trees.
8. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Sunol Yard Prefabricated Structures.
  
  Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (May 18, 2009)
  Action
9. Motion to approve Phases 1 and 2 of the Bayview/Anna E. Waden Branch Library with the contingency to find more appropriate courtyard trees, resolve maintenance of the green roof, and revise of the design of the corner entry.
10. Motion to approve Phase 1 of the Sunol Valley Water Treatment Plant.
11. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the San Antonio Back-Up Pipeline.
12. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the La Grande Pump Station.
13. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Tesla Treatment Facility.
14. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Bay Division Pipeline Reliability Upgrade—Tunnel Shaft Structures.
15. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Bay Division Pipeline Reliability Upgrade—Pipeline No. 5.
16. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Calaveras Dam Replacement Project—Dam Crest Electrical Building and Downstream Electrical Building.
  
  Executive Committee Recommendations (May 26, 2009)
  Action
17. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the San Francisco Symphony to produce the 2009 Summer and the Symphony concert series, in an amount not to exceed $1,737,925.
  
  Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (May 27, 2009)
  Action
18. Motion to approve the following individuals as candidates for the SOMA West Public Art Selection Panel:
  Sheila Ghidini, Artist and Educator
  Stephanie Syjuco, Artist
  Patricia Rodriguez, Artist, Gallery Manager, Mission Cultural Center
  John Roloff, Artist, Educator
  Pamela Winfrey, Curator, Senior Artist, Exploratorium
  Courtney Fink, Director, Southern Exposure
  Maysoun Wazwaz, Exhibitions Program Manager, Southern Exposure
  Barry McGee, Artist
  Aaron Noble, Artist
  Clare Rojas, Artist
  Rigo 23, Artist
  Glen Helfand, Writer, Curator, Educator
  Richard Berger, Artist, Educator
  Shelley Willis, Public Art Administrator
  Terri Cohn, Curator, Art Historian
  Matt Heckert, Artist, Educator
  Hou Hanru, Director of Exhibitions, San Francisco Art Institute
19. Motion to approve an honorarium in the amount of $3000 to Jamie Vasta for her participation in the exhibition Conversation 5: Nicholas and Sheila Pye and Jamie Vasta, July 24–September 19, 2009 at the SFAC Gallery at 401 Van Ness.
20. Motion to approve an honorarium in the amount of $1200 to Ajit Chauhan for his participation in a solo exhibition of a new site-specific sculpture at the Arts Commission Gallery Grove Street installation space from July 24 through September 19, 2009.
21. Motion to approve the proposal design of the bust of Adolph Sutro, a proposed gift to the City from the United Humanitarian Mission, designed by Jonah Hendrickson.
22. Motion to approve the design proposal by Walter Kitundu for Terminal Two of San Francisco International Airport.
23. Motion to approve the design proposal by Charles Sowers for Terminal Two of San Francisco International Airport.
24. Motion to approve the following artists from the General Hospital Acute Care Unit Artist Short Lists (approved by the Arts Commission with resolution numbers 1201-08-298 and 1201-08-299) to create proposals for the following sites: (1) Tom Otterness for the Potrero Avenue Pedestrian Entry and Walkway; (2) Lena Wolff for the Second Floor Corridor Wall(s); (3) Paul Kos for the Surgery Waiting Room (or Surgery Waiting Room Entry Courtyard); and (4) Masayuki Nagase for the Roof Garden.
25. Motion to select Kathy Bradford to be included in the pool of seven semifinalists and Joel Meyerowitz as an alternate to create proposals for the light court windows and curved glass elements for Floors 3 through 7 at the General Hospital Acute Care Unit.
26. Motion to approve the following seven artists from the General Hospital Acute Care Unit Artist Short Lists (approved by the Arts Commission with resolution numbers: 1201-08-298 and 1201-08-299) as semifinalists to create proposals for the light court windows and curved glass elements on Floors 3 through 7: Stephen Galloway, Mildred Howard, Paul Marioni, Julio Morales, Anna Murch, Seyed Alavi, and Kathy Bradford.
27. Motion to approve the artist selection panel’s recommendation of the following artists as finalists for the Leland Avenue Streetscape public art project: Michael Arcega, Julio Cesar Morales, and Michael Passmore/REBAR as semi-finalists.
28. Motion to approve the proposal by artist Ron Moultrie Saunders for the Bayview/Anna E. Waden Branch Library and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Ron Moultrie Saunders for the design, fabrication and transportation of an artwork in an amount not to exceed $75,000.
Committee Reports and Committee Matters
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 Review Committee—Cass Calder Smith, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Civic Design Review Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
  2. Action: Motion to approve Phase 1 of the Central Subway.
3. Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee—Maya Draisin, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
  2. Action: Motion to approve the following individual as a grants application review panelist for Cultural Equity Grants:
    
    Paula Allen, Traditional Resource Specialist, United Indian Health Services, Inc.
    
    Explanatory document: Biographical notes
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 requests by former certificate-holders for priority issuance of certificate with waiver of re-screening of wares: Daniel Hennessey, Billy Powell, Alexandria Zyo, Jerry Limon, Vicky Carp, Maryann Milburn, Nancy Pearlman, Laura Mendoza.
  3. Action: Motion to approve honorarium payment of $100 to Jimmy Sha for assisting Program Director in painting permanent spaces for street artists in Hallidie Plaza.
  4. Action: Motion to approve waiver of 15-day policy in obtaining a certificate: Pamela Little.
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
(This item is to allow Commissioners to introduce new agenda items for consideration.)
Reports and Announcements
Discussion
(This item is to allow the Commissioners to report on recent arts activities and make announcements)
Public Comment
Discussion
(This item is to allow members of the public to comment generally on matters within the Commission’s purview as well as to suggest new agenda items for the Commission’s consideration.)
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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