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MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, February 7, 2005
3:00 p.m.
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70

Agenda

Roll Call
Approval of Minutes
Action
Motion to approve January 3, 2005 Minutes.
Explanatory document: Draft minutes
President’s Report
Discussion
Current developments and announcements, including proposed bylaw revisions and proposed budget.
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 Community Arts and Education Committee Meeting Minutes of January 11, 2005.
2. Motion to approve the Street Artists Committee Meeting Minutes of January 12, 2005.
3. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of January 18, 2005.
4. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of January 19, 2005.
5. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of January 24, 2005.
  
  Community Arts and Education Committee Recommendations (January 11, 2005)
  Action
6. Motion for the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with Katherine Gin to teach photography classes for WritersCorps youth and provide coordination for 2005 photography-related projects in an amount not to exceed $15,000 from DCYF.
7. Motion to approve architectural drawings for four ADA-compliant exit doors at Somarts Cultural Center.
8. Motion to revise Resolution No. 0913-04-188 by replacing “Chinatown Beacon Center” with “Community Educational Services on behalf of Chinatown Beacon Center.” The revised Resolution shall read as follows:
  
  Motion to approve the Programs in the Community (PIC) grant to the following PIC grantee organizations, recommended by the PIC review panel, from the 2004-2005 Grants for the Arts Fund:
  Central City Hospitality House $15,000
  Programs for People $15,000
  San Francisco Women Against Rape $12,222
  Pacific News Service $14,000
  Rose Resnick Lighthouse for the Blind & Visually Impaired $10,500
  Eldergivers $14,000
  Filipino American Development Foundation $14,000
  St. John’s Educational Thresholds Center $14,000
  Community Educational Services on behalf of Chinatown Beacon Center $10,000
  Richmond District Neighborhood Center $10,000
  
  TOTAL $128,722
  
  Executive Committee Recommendations (January 18, 2005)
  Action
9. Motion to approve the FY 2005-2006 Arts Commission budget submission to the Mayor’s Office.
10. Motion to approve the FY 2005-2006 Cultural Equity Grants budget.
11. Motion to approve the FY 2005-2006 Street Artists budget.
12. Motion to approve panel recommendations for 19 grants in the 2005 cycle of the Cultural Equity Initiatives—Level One category totaling $303,822.
13. Motion to approve the following panelists for Cultural Equity Grants panel pool:
  Robin Stanton, Aurora Theatre
  Alisa Rasera, Axis Dance
  Nora Heiber, AGMA, A.F.L.C.I.O.
  John Simpson, Theatre Rhinoceros
  
  Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (January 19, 2005)
  Action
14. Motion to approve the installation of Joyce Hsu’s “Odonata—Kinetic Dragonfly” in Holly Park and to accept the sculpture into the Civic Art Collection.
15. Motion to approve the following arts professionals for the Central Subway juror pool: Michelle Lopez, Suzette Min, June Lee, Mabel Wilson, Janet Bishop, Madeline Grynstein, Maya Emsden, Tad Savinar, Lewis DeSoto, Ned Kahn, Doug Hollis, and Anna Nabokov.
16. Motion to approve the Larsen Park Sava Pool public art plan and selection process.
17. Motion to approve the following individuals for the juror pool for the Larsen Park Sava Pool public art project: J.D. Beltran (artist), Larry Rinder (curator), Philip Linhares (curator), Katherine Westerhout (artist), and Berin Golonu (curator).
18. Motion to ratify the 2001 transfer of the five extant “Pageant of the Pacific” murals by Miguel Covarrubias from the Port of San Francisco to Treasure Island Development Authority.
19. Motion to deaccession object 1940.13.1-6 from Civic Art Collection.
20. Motion to approve the preservation and exhibition in Mexico of the five extant “Pageant of the Pacific” murals by Miguel Covarrubias, as agreed upon by the Treasure Island Development Authority, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Consulate General of Mexico.
21. Motion to approve the revised proposal by Ann Chamberlain and Bernie Lubell for Laguna Honda Hospital.
22. Motion to approve the final proposal by Suzanne Biaggi for Laguna Honda Hospital.
23. Motion to approve the removal of the Johanna Poethig murals at the Harvey Milk Recreation Arts Center.
24. Motion approve artist Laurel True’s mock-up and revised designs for the Ocean Avenue Streetscape Sun Spheres project, and to authorize the artist to proceed with fabrication.
25. Motion to approve Victor Zaballa’s revised design for two water-themed tile mosaic wall panels for the South East Water Pollution Control Plant.
26. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with Fire Clay Tile for fabrication and installation of two tile artworks designed by Victor Zaballa for the South East Water Pollution Control Plant in an amount not to exceed $47,000.
27. Motion to authorize the artists Johanna Poethig and Julio Morales to utilize an alternate fabrication and installation method for the Juvenile Hall Replacement Project Day Room soffits, and to increase their fabrication and installation contract amount by $8,700 for a total contract amount not to exceed $144,120 for this work.
28. Motion to approve the following arts professionals for the Academy of Sciences juror pool: Michelle Lopez, Suzette Min, June Lee, Mabel Wilson, Janet Bishop, Madeline Grynstein, Chris Bratton, and Karen Tsujimoto.
  
  Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (January 24, 2005)
  Action
29. Motion to approve Pier 96 Photovoltaic Panel Installation Phases 1, 2, and 3.
30. Motion to approve Larsen Park Sava Pool Renovation Phase 1.
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—William Meyer, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Civic Design Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
3. Community Arts and Education Committee—Blanche Brown, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Community Arts and Education Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
4. Street Artists Committee
  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 and waiver of re-screening of wares: Sum Yuen Lai, Thomas Sedlack, Stefanie Henkel, Li Xian Liang.
5. Visual Arts Committee
  1. Discussion: Report from Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
  2. Action: Motion to approve the selection of Mary Zlot as the designated arts professional representing the Academy of Sciences on the Academy of Sciences Art Advisory Committee.
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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