Meeting Information

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MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, August 4, 2003
3:00 p.m.
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70

Minutes
President Gatti called the meting to order at 3:05 p.m.

1. Roll Call
   Commissioners Present
   Stanlee Gatti
   Anne Brauer
   Blanche Brown
   Andrea Cochran
   Rod Freebairn-Smith
   Ralph Guggenheim
   William Meyer
   Dugald Stermer
   
   Commissioners Absent
   Eddie Marshall
   Janice Mirikitani
   Denise Roth
   Barbara Stauffacher Solomon
   Ethel Pitts Walker
   Dede Wilsey
   
   
2. Approval of Minutes
   The following Resolution was Moved by President Gatti, Seconded, and unanimously Adopted:
   RESOLUTION NO. 0804-03-199: APPROVAL OF MINUTES ADOPTED
   RESOLVED, that this Commission does hereby approve the Minutes of the Regular Monthly Meeting of July 14, 2003.
   
   NOTE: ALL ADOPTIONS ARE UNANIMOUS UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
   
   
3. President's Report
   President Gatti welcomed new Commissioner, Anne Brauer, who will be sitting on the Performing Arts and Street Artists Committees.
   
   
4. Director's Report
   Director of Cultural Affairs Richard Newirth reported that Commission Secretary Sally Wisnia had retired after ten and a half years at the Arts Commission. Thien Lam, formerly the Arts Education Program Assistant, is filling in as interim secretary.
   
   He announced that the Arts Commission gallery had a successful opening for the Murphy Fellowships Award Exhibition, as well as the Art in City Hall exhibition in partnership with the Rose Resnick LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
   
   He spoke of the incredibly successful free concert in Dolores Park sponsored by the Arts Commission and the San Francisco Symphony. The concert drew a large crowd even though there was not an enormous amount of publicity. The concert will most probably take place in Dolores Park again next year although the question of moving the location around to other neighborhood parks is being discussed.
   
   He reported on the status of the Diller and Scofidio Moscone project. It is projected to be completed in October.
   
   
5. Consent Calendar
   Item #13 on the agenda was removed from the Consent Calendar.
   
   RESOLUTION NO. 0804-03-200
   Approval: RESOLVED, that this Commission does hereby adopt the following items on the amended Consent Calendar and their related Resolutions:
   
   Approval of Committee Minutes
   
   1. RESOLUTION NO. 0804-03-201: Motion to approve the Civic Design Committee Meeting Minutes of July 21, 2003.
      
      Executive Committee Recommendations (07/29/03)
   2. RESOLUTION NO. 0804-03-202: Motion to review and approve the following to the Cultural Equity Grants panel pool (6/17/03 EC):
      
      Norman Gee, Artistic Director Oakland Public Theatre
      Nola Yee, member of the board of Pacific Islander's Cultural Association
      Jennifer Walsh, Executive Director Abada-Capoeira
      Jose Marquez, Multimedia artist, Professor CCAC
      Julio Morales, Artist, Professor San Francisco Art Institute
      
      
   3. RESOLUTION NO. 0804-03-203: Motion to review and approve the following to the Cultural Equity Grants panel pool:
      
      Beverly Greene, Small Press Distibution
      Kathy Barr, San Francisco Center for the Book
      Sean Lim, Asian American Theatre Co.
      Tamara Foster, Brava!
      Virginia Reed, Theater Director
      Olivia Malabuyo, Bindlestiff Studio
      Toby Leavitt, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival
      
      
   4. RESOLUTION NO. 0804-03-204: Motion to approve recommendations for 46 grants in the 2003 cycle of Organization Project category totaling $555,492.
      
      
   5. RESOLUTION NO. 0804-03-205: Motion to approve the following Public Art Allocations for FY 2003-04:
      
      Salaries $315,054
      Gallery Programing $35,000
      Staff Business Travel $3,000
      Membership Fees $5,000
      Computer hardware, software & consulting fees $10,000
      Misc. Admin. Expenses $3,000
      SFAC Image Committee $5,000
      Total Allocation $376,054
      
      Civic Design Committee Recommendations (07/21/03)
   6. RESOLUTION NO. 0804-03-206: Motion to approve Lincoln Park Pump Station Phase 2
      
      
   7. RESOLUTION NO. 0804-03-207: Motion to approve Richmond Branch Library Phase 1 & 2
      
      
   8. RESOLUTION NO. 0804-03-208: Motion to approve Koret Children's Quarters Renovation Phase 1
      
      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (07/16/03)
   9. RESOLUTION NO. 0804-03-210: Motion to approve the mural design by Mona Caron at 3857 20th Street funded by the Mayor's Neighborhood Beautification Fund.
      
      
   10. RESOLUTION NO. 0804-03-211: Motion to approve the mural design by Juana Alicia Montoya at the corner of York Street and 24th Street funded by the Mayor's Neighborhood Beautification Fund and Portrero Nuevo Fund.
       
       
   11. RESOLUTION NO. 0804-03-212: Motion to approve the final design and budget of artwork by Amy Blackstone for Helen Wills Playground and authorization to the Director of Cultural Affairs to modify the artist's contract to include fabrication, transportation and installation services for the artwork, for a total contract amount not to exceed $35,000.
       
       
   12. RESOLUTION NO. 0804-03-213: Motion to approve final design by John Wehrle for the Ocean View Branch Library.
       
       
   13. RESOLUTION NO. 0804-03-214: Motion to approve preliminary design for three pre-cast concrete animal sculptures (sea turtle, hermit crab and pelican) as presented by Vicki Sauls for the Koret Children's Quarters Renovation.
       
       
6. Committee Reports
   1. Executive Committee -- Stanlee Gatti, Chair
      
      1. Report from Chair of Executive Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
         
         
   2. Civic Design Committee--Stanlee Gatti, Chair
      1. Report from Chair of Civic Design Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
         
         
   3. Community Arts and Education Committee -
      1. RESOLUTION NO. 0804-03-209: Motion for Director of Cultural Affairs to enter in contract with the following individuals to teach and mentor in the 03-04 WritersCorps program. Funding sources include Department of Children, Youth and Their Families, Department of Juvenile Probation, and Youth Arts Fund:
         
         Toussaint Haki Stewart $22,000(DCYF)
         Jime Salcedo -Malo $29,000(DCYF)
         
         
   4. Street Artists Committee - Dugald Stermer, Chair
      1. Report from Chair of Street Artists Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
         
      2. RESOLUTION NO. 0804-03-215: Motion to approve requests by former certificate-holders for priority issuance of certificate with waiver of re-screening of wares:
         
         Lisa Kristine
         Daniel J. Rhodes
         Kimberly Vick
         
         
   5. Visual Arts Committee -- Ralph Guggenheim, Chair
      
      1. Report from Chair of Civic Design Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
         
         
7. Reports and Announcements
   Rod Freebairn-Smith commended the enormous amount of work by Arts Commission staff in compiling Executive Committee panel comments.
   
   
8. Public Comment
   Ernestine Weiss gave public comment on the Yin and Yang sculpture. She opposed the placement downtown behind Justin Hermann Plaza and said it was ill-suited due to minimal foot traffic and the likeliness of it’s being graffitied.
   
   Ms. Weiss also contested the placement of the Lincoln brigade memorial. She was against its being placed in the park where trees would have to be ripped out. Richard Newirth pointed out that the Arts Commission was only responsible for the approval of the design of the piece, not its placement.
   
   
9. Adjournment
   There being no further business, the Meeting adjourned at 3:38 p.m.
   
   Approved by Richard Newirth, Director of Cultural Affairs
   
   RN/tl 8/6/03