MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, December 7, 2015
2:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Agenda

1. Roll Call
    
2. Approval of Minutes
   Action
   Motion to approve November 2, 2015 Minutes.
    
   Explanatory Document: Draft minutes
    
3. General 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.)
    
4. Director’s Report
   Discussion
   Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements.
    
5. Budget and Legislative Analyst’s Report on the City’s Public Art Programs
   Discussion
   Presentation of the Board of Supervisors’ Budget and Legislative Analyst’s October 29, 2015 Review of Public Art Programs.
   
   Explanatory Document: Budget and Legislative Analyst’s Report
    
6. Committee Reports and Committee Matters
   1. Executive Committee—JD Beltran, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Executive Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
          
   2. Civic Design Review Committee—Cass Calder Smith, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Civic Design Review Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
          
   3. Street Artists Committee—Barbara Sklar, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Street Artists Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
          
   4. Visual Arts Committee—Dorka Keehn, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
          
7. 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 October 19, 2015.
       
   2. Motion to approve the Street Artists Committee Meeting Minutes of November 4, 2015.
       
   3. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of November 16, 2015.
       
   4. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of November 18, 2015.
       
      Street Artists Committee Recommendations (November 4, 2015; link to agenda)
      Action
   5. Motion to authorize Street Artists Program Director to request Board of Supervisors for permanent designation of four (4) street artist spaces located on Market Street, north side, Drumm to Steuart streets.
       
      Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (November 16, 2015; link to agenda)
      Action
   6. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Moccasin Control Building.
       
   7. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Balboa Park Pool project.
       
   8. Motion to approve Phase 1 of the Verizon Cell Sites on Streetlight Poles in Mission Bay project; and to authorize administrative review of Phases 2 and 3 unless there is significant change.
       
   9. Motion to approve Phase 1 of the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, 99 Grove Street AT&T Wireless Attachments project.
       
   10. Motion to approve Phase 1 of the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, 99 Grove Street Verizon Wireless Attachments project.
        
   11. Motion to approve Phase 1 of the 1 South Van Ness, Market and Van Ness, Verizon Site project.
        
   12. Motion to approve Phase 1 of the 1 South Van Ness, T-Mobile New Wireless Facility project.
        
       Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (November 18, 2015; link to agenda)
       Action
   13. Motion to remove the following items from the list of approved artworks to be reproduced and installed at the General Hospital Acute Care Building (Resolution No. 0303-14-082) due to lack of availability:
       Eileen David: Bernal Slice #2; Kite Hill; Potrero
       Sarah Winkler: Solar Harvest: 10 a.m.
        
   14. Motion to approve the following artworks for reproduction and installation at the General Hospital Acute Care Building:
       Eileen David: Noe Valley Morning; Castro Slice #5
       Sarah Winkler: Under a Big Sky
        
   15. Motion to approve In the Spirit of Oneness, by artist Jason Jägel to be painted on a mural site located at 152 Clement Street. The proposed mural is 16 feet by 85 feet. The project is sponsored by the Clement Street Merchants Association and is funded by the City and County of San Francisco.
        
   16. Motion to approve the addition of four stiffener plates at the locations where the four legs meet the inverted pyramid, for the structural stability and safety of the garden entry sculpture by Mark Brest van Kempen for the new Alameda Creek Watershed Center.
        
   17. Motion to approve an artist honorarium in the amount of $1,800 to Guillermo Gómez-Peña for the research and development of a public program to accompany the inaugural SFAC Gallery (Veterans Building) exhibition Bring it Home.
        
   18. Motion to approve an increase in the artist honorarium to Tsherin Sherpa from $700 to $1,500 for his participation in the inaugural SFAC Gallery (Veterans Building) exhibition Bring it Home. The increase in Mr. Sherpa’s honorarium is due to an unanticipated cost related to framing a large painting for the exhibition.
        
   19. Motion to approve the Final Design Phase deliverables (rendering) by Jason Jägel for the Central Subway: Construction Barricade Temporary Public Art Project for Yerba Buena/Moscone Station.
        
   20. Motion to approve the completed glass with vitreous enamels and polyester film interlayer artwork titled Forever Yours, 2015, by Mildred Howard as installed in the General Hospital Acute Care Building, Floor 3.
        
   21. Motion to approve the completed glass with vitreous enamels and sandblasting titled Revival, 2015, by Nancy Blum as installed in the General Hospital Acute Care Building, Floor 5.
        
   22. Motion to approve the completed glass with vitreous enamels titled Repeat Melody, 2015, by Julio César Morales as installed in the General Hospital Acute Care Building, Floor 6.
        
   23. Motion to approve the completed stained glass artwork titled River of Time, 2015, by Alan Masaoka as installed in the General Hospital Acute Care Building, Floor 7.
        
   24. Motion to approve the selected finalists, Val Britton, Ron Moultrie Saunders and Amanda Weil, as recommended by the Fire Station #5 Public Art Selection Panel to develop conceptual proposals for the Fire Station #5 Improvement Project.
        
   25. Motion to approve the conceptual proposal by Jeff Canham for the 2016 Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the artist to develop and complete six unique poster designs for an amount not to exceed $8,000.
        
   26. Motion to approve the selected artist team Wowhaus, as recommended by the Noe Valley Town Square Artist Selection Panel to create an artwork for the new Noe Valley Town Square.
        
       Executive Committee Recommendations (November 23, 2015; link to agenda)
       Action
   27. Motion to approve the following panelists to serve, as selected by staff, on SFAC review panels for the 2015-2018 Fiscal Years:
       Michelle Bermúdez, Manager of Collaborative Philanthropy, Northern California Grantmakers
       Anushka Fernandopulle, Management Consultant, Anushka Consulting & Coaching
       Brian Freeman, playwright
       Christie Harbinski, Construction Consultant Manager, 380
       Zakiya Harris, Programming Strategist, Impact Hub Oakland
       Karen Jenkins-Johnson, Founder, Jenkins Johnson Gallery
       Maria Jenson, Community Relations Public Partnership Manager, SFMOMA
       Fernando Martí, printmaker, community architect, writer, poet
       Jonathan Moscone, Chief of Civic Engagement, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
       Evren Odcikin, director
       Trevor Parham, Founder and Director, Oakstop
       Steven Suzuki, Co-Principal Architect for Asian Neighborhood Design
       Cynthia Taylor, Associate Director of Public Programs, Oakland Museum of California
       Valerie Troutt, artist, teacher, activist
        
8. New Business and Announcements
   Discussion
   (This item is to allow the Commissioners to introduce new agenda items for consideration, to report on recent arts activities and to make announcements.)
    
9. Adjournment
   Action
    

posted 12/4/15 12:30 p.m. spr

Notices
Explanatory documents listed above, as well as documents created or distributed after the posting of this agenda to the Arts Commission will be available for public inspection and copying at the Arts Commission office, 401 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 325, San Francisco, CA 94102, during regular business hours. Info: Sharon Page Ritchie, 415/252-2256. PLEASE NOTE: The Arts Commission often receives documents created or submitted by other City officials, agencies or departments after the posting of the Arts Commission agenda. For such documents or presentations, members of the public may wish to contact the originating agency if they seek documents not yet provided to the Arts Commission.

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ACCESSIBLE MEETING POLICY

Per the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Language Access Ordinance, Chinese, Spanish, and/or American Sign Language interpreters will be available upon request. Additionally, every effort will be made to provide a sound enhancement system, meeting materials in alternative formats, and/or a reader. Minutes may be translated after they have been adopted by the Commission. For all these requests, please contact Sharon Page Ritchie, Commission Secretary, at least 48 hours before the meeting at 415-252-2256. Late requests will be honored if possible. The hearing room is wheelchair accessible.


利便参與會議的相關規定

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POLITICA DE ACCESO A LA REUNIÓN

De acuerdo con la Ley sobre Estadounidenses con Discapacidades (Americans with Disabilities Act) y la Ordenanza de Acceso a Idiomas (Language Access Ordinance) intérpretes de chino, español, y lenguaje de señas estarán disponibles de ser requeridos. En adición, se hará todo el esfuerzo posible para proveer un sistema mejoramiento de sonido, materiales de la reunión en formatos alternativos, y/o proveer un leedor. Las minutas podrán ser traducidas luego de ser aprobadas por la Comisión. Para solicitar estos servicios, favor contactar a Sharon Page Ritchie, Commission Secretary, por lo menos 48 horas antes de la reunión al 415-252-2256. Las solicitudes tardías serán consideradas de ser posible. La sala de audiencia es accesible a silla de ruedas.


PATAKARAN PARA SA PAG-ACCESS NG MGA MITING

Ayon sa batas ng Americans with Disabilities Act at ng Language Access Ordinance, maaring mag-request ng mga tagapagsalin wika sa salitang Tsino, Espanyol at/o sa may kapansanan pandinig sa American Sign Language. Bukod pa dito, sisikapin gawan ng paraan na makapaglaan ng gamit upang lalong pabutihin ang inyong pakikinig, maibahagi ang mga kaganapan ng miting sa iba’t ibang anyo, at/o isang tagapagbasa. Ang mga kaganapan ng miting ay maaring isalin sa ibang wika matapos ito ay aprobahan ng komisyon. Sa mga ganitong uri ng kahilingan, mangyari po lamang makipag ugnayan kay Sharon Page Ritchie, Commission Secretary, sa 415-252-2256. Magbigay po lamang ng hindi bababa sa 48 oras na abiso bago ng miting. Kung maari, ang mga late na hiling ay posibleng tanggapin. Ang silid ng pagpupulungan ay accessible sa mga naka wheelchair.