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MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, July 6, 2009
3:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place


Agenda

  1. Roll Call

  2. Approval of Minutes
    Action

    Motion to approve May 4, 2009 Minutes.
    Motion to approve June 1, 2009 Minutes.

    Explanatory documents: Draft minutes

  3. President’s Report
    Discussion

    Current developments and announcements, including a brief update on City budget issues.

  4. Director’s Report
    Discussion

    Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements.

  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 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of March 23, 2009.

    2. Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education, and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of June 9, 2009.

    3. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of June 17, 2009.

      Executive Committee Recommendations (May 26, 2009)
      Action
    4. Motion to approve the selection of the Department of Human Resources Workforce Development Team as a strategic planning consultant for the Arts Commission (including corresponding workorder of funds).

      Community Arts, Education, and Grants Committee Recommendations (June 9, 2009)
      Action
    5. Motion to approve the Programs in the Community (“PIC”) grant to the following organizations, recommended by the PIC review panel, pending confirmation of funding in the 2009-2010 City budget:

      Eldergivers, $16,500
      Youth Guidance Center, $16,500
      Central City Hospitality House, $16,500
      Urban Services YMCA, $16,500
      Edgewood Center for Children and Families, $16,000
      UCSF Foundation, $16,000
      Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco, $16,000
      Larkin Street Youth Services, $16,000
      A Home Within, $16,000
      TOTAL: $146,000

    6. Motion to approve Neighborhood Festival grants to the following organizations pending confirmation of funding in the 2009-2010 City budget:

      Richmond District Neighborhood Center to support Multicultural Children’s Arts Fair, $3,000
      Chinatown Community Development Center to support Arts in the Alley, $3,000
      Sunset Youth Services for the Sunset District Neighborhood Coalition to support Sunset Community Festival, $3,000
      Japanese Community and Cultural Center of Northern California to support 18th Annual Children’s Day Festival, $3,000
      North of Market/Tenderloin Community Benefit District to support North of Market/Tenderloin Safe Streets Holiday Street Festival, $3,000
      Community Initiatives for the Portola Neighborhood Steering Committee to support the Seventh Annual Portola Festival, $3,000
      Counterpulse for Marigold Project to support Festival of Altars, $3,000
      Neighborhood Parks Council for Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema to support Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema Festival, $3,000
      Precita Eyes Mural Arts Center for Precita Valley Neighbors to support Neighborhood Arts Festival, $3,000
      Visitacion Valley Community Development Corp to support 4th Annual Leland Avenue Street Fair, $3,000
      Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, Inc. to support Potrero Hill Festival, $3,000
      Community Initiatives for Excelsior Action Group to support Annual Excelsior Festival, $3,000
      OMI Cultural Participation Project to support Ninth Annual OMI International Family Festival, $3,000
      TOTAL: $39,000

    7. Motion to approve a grant to Bayview Opera House, Inc. for 2009-2010, not to exceed $90,000, with remaining grant allocation approved upon review of Management and Programming Plan and Budget.

    8. Motion to approve a grant to Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts for 2009-2010, not to exceed $185,000, with remaining grant allocation approved upon review of Management and Programming Plan and Budget.

    9. Motion to approve a grant to African American Art and Culture Complex for 2009-2010, not to exceed $155,000, with remaining grant allocation approved upon review of Management and Programming Plan and Budget.

    10. Motion to approve a grant to SOMArts Cultural Center and sub-grantees for 2009-2010, not to exceed $259,000 (including $213,000 to SOMArts, $23,000 to sub-grantee Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center and $23,000 to sub-grantee Queer Cultural Center).

      Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (June 15, 2009)
      Action
    11. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the SFMTA Cable Car Kiosk.

    12. Motion to approve Phase 2 of the Chinese Recreation Center with the contingency of presenting a revised landscape plan and creative options for the surface of the monolith.

    13. Motion to approve Phase 2 of the Sunol Valley Water Treatment Plant.

    14. Motion to approve Phase 2 of the San Antonio Back-Up Pipeline—Chemical Facility and Electrical Control Building

      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (June 17, 2009)
      Action
    15. Motion to approve the artist selection panel’s recommendation of the following artists as finalists for the Church and Duboce Muni Track and Streetscape Improvement public art project: Masayuki Nagase, Primitivo Suarez-Wolfe, and Matthew Passmore/REBAR as finalists and Donald Fortescue as the alternate.

    16. Motion to approve preliminary design illustrations by Lena Wolff with feedback by the Commission for an artwork for the second floor corridor of the General Hospital Acute Care Unit.

    17. Motion to approve the kiosk poster proposal by artist Pamela Wilson Ryckman for the Art on Market Street 2009-2010 Program and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract for an amount not to exceed $16,000 to design and print six posters and coordinate an auxiliary public program.

    18. Motion to approve the kiosk poster proposal by artist Jonathan Burstein for the Art on Market Street 2009-2010 Program and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract for an amount not to exceed $16,000 to design and print six posters and coordinate an auxiliary public program.

    19. Motion to approve the artist selection panel’s recommendation of the following artists as finalists for the Valencia Streetscape public art project: Michael Arcega, Ana Teresa Fernandez, Brian Goggin, and Misako Inaoka.

    20. Motion to approve the following arts professionals as possible members of the General Hospital Acute Care Unit Art Steering Committee: Rene Yáñez, curator, artist, and writer; Carolina Ponce de León, Executive Director, Galeria de la Raza; Debra Cullinan, Executive Director, Intersection for the Arts; Jennie E. Rodríguez, Executive Director, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts; and René de Guzman, Senior Curator, Oakland Museum.

      Executive Committee Recommendations (June  24, 2009)
      Action
    21. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to provide an honorarium to Denise Bradley for her general services with the Arts Commission pertaining to facility pre-development management in an amount not to exceed $3,000.

  6. 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.

    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 individuals as grants application review panelists for Cultural Equity Grants:

        Nínive Calegari, Co-founder and Executive Director, 826 Valencia
        Kenneth Foster, Executive Director, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
        John Killacky, Program Officer, Arts and Culture, San Francisco Foundation
        Kathy Littles, Cultural Funding Program Coordinator, City of Oakland
        Jan Masaoka, Director and Editor-in-Chief, Blue Avocado
        Herman J. Milligan, Jr., VP/Competitive Intelligence, Enterprise Marketing/Marketing Insights and Measurement, Wells Fargo & Company
        Cora Mirikitani, President and CEO, Center for Cultural Innovation
        Ted Russell, Senior Program Officer for the Arts, the James Irvine Foundation

        Explanatory documents: Cultural Equity Grants Biographies of Grants Application Review Panelists

      3. Action: Motion to enter into a 2009-2010 grant agreement with Community Initiatives in an amount not to exceed $10,000 to support the arts education program intern.

    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: Min Xiong Li, Marvin Kirkland, Yi Xie, Sarah Huntoon, Rachelle Essandoh-Wing, Miguel Paez, Ye Naugle.

    5. Visual Arts Committee—Jeannene Przyblyski, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.

  7. New Business
    Discussion
    (This item is to allow Commissioners to introduce new agenda items for consideration.)

  8. Reports and Announcements
    Discussion
    (This item is to allow the Commissioners to report on recent arts activities and make announcements)

  9. 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.)

  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.

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

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