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MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, July 7, 2008
3:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Agenda

Roll Call
Approval of Minutes
Action
Motion to approve June 2, 2008 Minutes.
Explanatory document: Draft minutes
President’s Report
Discussion
Current developments and announcements.
Director’s Report
Discussion
Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements.
Gallery Director’s Report
Discussion
Presentation by Gallery Director Meg Shiffler reviewing Gallery activities during her tenure beginning in late 2005.

Supplemental Document: Exhibition summary statistics.
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 Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of May 19, 2008.
2. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of May 21, 2008.
3. Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of June 10, 2008.
4. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of June 16, 2008.
5. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of June 17, 2008.
  
  Community Arts, Education, and Grants Committee Recommendations (June 10, 2008)
  Action
6. Motion to fund Brothers for Change to support the Western Addition Black Family Day Festival for a grant for $3,000.
7. Motion to award a grant to the City Lights Foundation in the amount of $5,000 to support printing costs for the National WritersCorps Teachers’ Anthology to be published in 2009.
8. Motion to approve the proposed 2008-2009 Management and Program Plan and budget for the Bayview Opera House, Inc., for a grant not to exceed $302,939, contingent upon completion of revisions.
9. Motion to approve the proposed 2008-2009 Management and Program Plan and budget for Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts for a grant not to exceed $521,336, contingent upon completion of revisions.
10. Motion to approve the proposed 2008-2009 Management and Program Plan and budget for South of Market Cultural Center and sub-grantees for a grant not to exceed $749,128, contingent upon completion of revisions (including $570,652 to SomArts, $89,238 to sub-grantee Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center contingent upon completion of revisions, and $89,238 to sub-grantee Queer Cultural Center).
11. Motion to approve the proposed 2007-2008 Management and Program Plan and budget for the African American Arts and Culture Complex for a grant not to exceed $462,627, contingent upon completion of revisions.
  
  Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (June 16, 2008)
  Action
12. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Sunnyside Conservatory.
13. Motion to approve the Phase 1 of the Sunol Yard with contingency of addressing storm water treatment, views from the road, sustainability, and development of a site plan.
14. Motion to approve changes to the previously approved Phase 3 design of the SFMTA Transit Shelters.
  
  Executive Committee Recommendations (June 17, 2008)
  Action
15. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs, or his designee, in consultation with the City Attorney’s Office, to proceed with and implement a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency (“SFRA”) to use SFRA funds to help support and encourage the operational and financial stability of the Mexican Museum, as well as the public programs and activities of the Mexican Museum as an important cultural and community resource, subject to the adoption of the MOU by the Redevelopment Agency Commission.
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—Jeannene Przyblyski, 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 Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
  2. Action: Motion to amend Resolution No. 0602-08-127, awarding Neighborhood Festival grants, to reflect the correct fiscal sponsor for the Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema. The corrected information for this grantee is as follows:
    
    Urban Resource Systems for Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema to support the Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema, $3,000
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: Marc Melancon, Heidi Wyckoff, Larry Lowell, Ava Austin, Ming Hu, Danny Yin, John Thomas Hayes, Linda LaTouche.
  3. Action: Motion to authorize Program Director to request Board of Supervisors for temporary designation for six (6) months of nine (9) street artist spaces for weekend usage on Market Street, north side, at Steuart Street.
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 approve a series of seven murals on roll-down metal gates in front of the following businesses along the 24th Street corridor; La Espiga De Oro, Lo Cost Meats, Casa Lucas Market and Mani Vanh Thai Restaurant. Lead artists Eli Lippert, Fred Alvarado and Catalina Gonzalez will work with youth from the Urban Youth Arts Program and the Mission Girls Mural Project. Painting will commence in early July, 2008 and be complete by late August, 2008.
  3. Action: Motion to approve artist honorarium in the amount of $500 for artist Jacqueline Gordon for her installation at 155 Grove Street to be installed July 18, 2009.
New Business
Discussion
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.

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

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