Meeting Information

Full_Commission

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

Agenda

1. Roll Call
   
   
2. Approval of Minutes
   Action
   Motion to approve February 7, 2005 Minutes.
   Explanatory document: Draft minutes
   
   
3. President’s Report
   Discussion
   Current developments and announcements, including proposed bylaw revisions and proposed budget.
   
   
4. Director’s Report
   Discussion
   Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements, including Sunshine and Ethics training, and Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700).
   
   
5. 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 February 9, 2005.
      
      
   2. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of February 28, 2005.
      
      
      Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (February 28, 2005)
      Action
   3. Motion to approve Embarcadero Odor and Corrosion Control Ventilation Elements, Phase 3.
      
      
   4. Motion to approve Mission Creek Park North, Parcels NP-4–NP-5 Maintenance Building and Kayak Storage Building, Phase 1.
      
      
6. 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.
         
         
      2. Action: Motion to approve Mission Creek Park North, Parcels NP-4–NP-5 Maintenance Building and Kayak Storage Building, Phase 2.
         
         
   3. Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee—Blanche Brown, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
         
         
      2. Action: Motion to approve the following panelists for the Cultural Equity Grants panel pool:
         
         Allison Asercion, National Institute of Artists with Disabilities
         Douglas Conrad, former general manager of The Marsh
         John Simpson, playwright and former development director of Theatre Rhinoceros
         Robin Stanton, business manager, First Voice
         Eleanor San San Wong, consultant and fundraiser
         Elizabeth Greene, administrative director, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
         Christian Phillips, artistic director, Actors Theatre
         Janet Garvin, development director, San Francisco Girls Chorus
         Catherine Chang, architect
         Alisa Rasera, Axis Dance Company
         
         Explanatory document: Memo from Cultural Equity Grants Program Director Jewelle Gomez
         
         
   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: Debra Kurfuss, Dax Tran-Caffee, Carlos Martinez, Eva Letts, Rebecca Faerstein.
         
         
   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 authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to increase artist Vicki Saulls’s North Beach Pool Contract by an amount not to exceed $15,546, for a new total contract amount not to exceed $74,848, to correct an accounting error in the contract’s second amendment issued in July 2003. The scope of the contract will not change.
         
         
      3. Action: Motion to approve the following pool of arts professionals to serve on upcoming panels for new public art projects commencing in 2005:
         
         Regina Almaguer, public art curator
         Jaren Bonillo, artist, Art Education Program Manager, Southern Exposure
         Courtney Fink, Executive Director, Southern Exposure
         Donna Graves, public art curator
         Leslie Holzman, former Public Art Coordinator, City of Oakland
         Steve Huss, Public Art Program Manager, City of Oakland
         Mark Johnson, artist/faculty, SFSU
         Chris Johnson, CCA faculty
         Leonard Hunter, artist/faculty, SFSU
         Marina McDougal, filmmaker, formerly at CCA
         Tara McDowell, Associate Curator, SFMOMA
         Anna Novakov, SFAI
         Sabina Ott, SFAI faculty
         Mary Rubin, San Jose Public Art Program
         Saudi Sanchez, former staff, San Jose Public Art Program
         Donna Schumacher, artist/architect
         Beau Takahara, artist/arts administrator
         Lewis Watts, artist/faculty, UC Berkeley
         
         
7. Adoption of Revised Bylaws
   Copies of the proposed revised bylaws were distributed at the Commission’s meeting on February 7, 2005.
   Action: Motion to adopt revised bylaws.
   Explanatory document: Bylaws
   
   
8. Reports and Announcements
   Discussion
   
   
9. Public Comment
   Discussion
   
   

10. 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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