MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
1:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Please note change of time and room for this meeting; the meeting room is again 416.
 
Revised Agenda
 
 

1. Roll Call
    
2. 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.)
    
3. Approval of Minutes
   Action
   Motion to approve July 6, 2015 Minutes.
   
   Explanatory Document: Draft minutes
    
4. Director’s Report
   Discussion
   Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements.
    
5. Presentation by Entertainment Commission Executive Director
   Discussion
   Presentation by San Francisco Entertainment Commission Director Jocelyn Kane.
    
6. Individual Artists Space Need Analysis Report
   Discussion
   Presentation by Communications Director Kate Patterson-Murphy and ACLS Fellow Dr. Anh Thang Dao-Shah on Arts Commission survey of artist space neeeds.
    
7. Committee Reports and Committee Matters
   1. Visual Arts Committee—Dorka Keehn, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
          
      2. Action: Closed Session—Conference with Legal Counsel for Anticipated Litigation Regarding Use of Film Stills in Proposed Art on Market Street Installation (up to two cases).
          
         1. Discussion: Public Comment on All Matters Pertaining to the Closed Session.
             
         2. Action: Vote on Whether to Hold Closed Session to Confer with Legal Counsel under San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.10(d) and California Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2).
             
         3. Closed Session pursuant to Government Code Sections 54956.9(d)(2) and 54956.9(e)(2) and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.10(d).
             
         4. Discussion: Conference with Legal Counsel—Anticipated Litigation (City as Defendant)
             
            Reconvene in Open Session
             
         5. Action: Possible Report on Action Taken in Closed Session pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.1(a)(2) and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.12(b)(2).
             
         6. Action: Vote to elect whether to disclose any or all discussions held in Closed Session (San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.12(a)).
             
   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. Executive Committee—JD Beltran, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Executive Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the department.
          
   4. Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee—Sherene Melania, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
          
      2. Action: Discussion and possible motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with teaching artist Christine Anderson to work in the WritersCorps program for 2015-2016 in an amount not to exceed $50,000.
          
         Explanatory Documents: 2015-2016 WritersCorps Teaching Artist Bio (pdf)
          
   5. Street Artists Committee—Barbara Sklar, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Street Artists Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
          
8. 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 Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of July 14, 2015.
       
   2. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of July 15, 2015.
       
   3. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of July 20, 2015.
       
   4. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of July 27, 2015.
       
   5. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of August 17, 2015.
       
   6. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of August 19, 2015.
       
      Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Recommendations (July 14, 2015; link to agenda)
      Action
   7. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the following teaching artists to work in the WritersCorps program for 2015-2016 in amounts not to exceed the following:
      Madeleine Clifford, $42,000
      Minna Dubin, $31,000
      Roseli Ilano, $29,000
      Sandra Garcia, $35,000
      Anne Rovzar, 42,000
      Harold Terezon, $42,000
       
      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (July 15, 2015; link to agenda)
      Action
   8. Motion to approve the mural design, Tower, by Mel Waters to be painted on a mural site located at 754 Washington Street. The mural is a project of the Arts Commission’s StreetSmARTS Program, funded by the Department of Public Works.
       
   9. Motion to approve the mural design, Compassion, by Eli Lippert to be painted on a mural site located at 201 Middlepoint Street. The mural is a project of the Arts Commission’s StreetSmARTS Program, funded by the Department of Public Works.
       
   10. Motion to approve the mural design, Take Flight, by Cameron Moberg to be painted on a mural site located at 2352 Mission Street. The mural is a project of the Arts Commission’s StreetSmARTS Program, funded by the Department of Public Works.
        
   11. Motion to approve the mural, Discovery 2, by Josh Talbott to be painted on a mural site located at 3600 Mission Street. The proposed mural is 10 feet by 7 feet and will cover three sides of the structure. The project is sponsored by the College Hill Neighborhood Association and will be funded with an Invest in Neighborhoods Initiative Grant from the Office of Economic and Workforce Development.
        
   12. Motion to approve Jenifer Wofford as a finalist for the Public Utilities Commission Storm Drain Murals Pilot Project due to an approved finalist and the alternate being unable to participate. Ms. Wofford is the next highest ranking candidate recommended by the Public Utilities Commission Storm Drain Murals Selection Panel.
        
   13. Motion to approve the Construction Document Phase deliverables (artwork installation mock-up and LED program animation) by Erwin Redl (dba Paramedia LLC) for the Central Subway Union Square/Market Street Station Concourse.
        
   14. Motion to approve an artist honorarium in the amount of $2,000 to Sarah Smith for the preparation of artwork to be installed at the SFAC Galleries Grove Street Window Installation space in October 2015.
        
   15. Motion to approve Jim Campbell and Werner Klotz’s Design Development deliverables: Attachment System Drawings, for the Central Subway Union Square/Market Street Station Platform Level.
        
   16. Motion to approve Catherine Wagner’s revised Design Development documents and glass sample for the Head House of the Central Subway, Yerba Buena/Moscone Station. The approved revision includes the proposed change of location and materials of the entryway art panel. That panel will now be executed in glass as part of the entryway glass curtain wall.
        
   17. Motion to approve the selected finalists Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Nancy Rubins, and Yinka Shonibare (with Urs Fisher as an alternate) for the Howard Street Bridge Sculpture Opportunity, and Olaf Breuning, Mark Dion, and Peter Shelton, (with Liz Glynn as an alternate) for the West Bridge Sculpture Opportunity as recommended by Artist Selection Panel for the Moscone Expansion Public Art Projects.
        
   18. Motion to pay an honorarium between $2,000 and $5,000, per the project Request for Qualifications/Proposals, to the following artists for the Moscone Expansion Public Art Projects: Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Nancy Rubins, and Yinka Shonibare (with Urs Fisher as an alternate) for the Howard Street Bridge Sculpture Opportunity, and Olaf Breuning, Mark Dion, and Peter Shelton, (with Liz Glynn as an alternate) for the West Bridge Sculpture Opportunity.
        
   19. Motion to approve place names (part of Design Development deliverables) for Scott Oliver’s artwork Points of Departure, for the Masonic Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project.
        
   20. Motion to approve final design for Adriane Colburn’s fence design for Guy Place.
        
   21. Motion to approve the final poster designs for Kelly Inouye’s Art on Market Kiosk Poster Series, Iconic City Hall, September 14, 2015–January 4, 2016, pending final copyediting review of poster text by staff.
        
   22. Motion to approve the following finalists for the 2016 Art on Market Street Kiosk Posters Series as recommended by the Art on Market Street Selection Panel: Lauren Bartone, Taraneh Hemami, Scott Oliver and Tracey Snelling.
        
   23. Motion to approve the Conceptual Design Phase deliverables by Jorge Pardo for the Van Ness Avenue Bus Rapid Transit.
        
   24. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to increase Jorge Pardo’s contract from $25,000 to $830,000 (an increase of $805,000) to include Design Development, Construction Documents, Fabrication, Transportation and consultation during Installation, for the Van Ness Avenue Bus Rapid Transit due to a contract modification to increase the artist’s scope of work.
        
   25. Motion to approve the Final Design Phase deliverables by Carmen Lomas Garza for artworks at 17th Street and Folsom Park.
        
   26. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with artist Vanessa Marsh for an amount not to exceed $15,600 for the purchase of six editioned photographs from the Everywhere All at Once series, for installation at San Francisco International Airport: Terminal 3 East.
        
   27. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with artist Sanaz Mazinani for an amount not to exceed $15,000 for the purchase of six editioned photographs from the Forever in the Sky series, for installation at San Francisco International Airport: Terminal 3 East.
        
   28. Motion to approve three completed mosaic artworks as installed by Lena Wolff for the General Hospital Acute Care Building, Floor 2: Tree of Life (5 feet, 6 inches tall by 6 feet, 3 inches wide); Quail and Monkey Branch (5 feet 6 inches tall by 9 feet 5 inches wide); and Circular Path (5 feet, 6 inches tall by 7 feet, 3 inches wide), all 2015.
        
   29. Motion to approve Paul Kos’s completed digital video installation artwork, titled Quaking Aspens, 2015, as installed in the General Hospital Acute Care Building, Surgery Waiting Room (Basement 2 Level).
        
   30. Motion to approve the completed carved stone artwork titled Breath Between Sky and Ocean, 2015, by Masayuki Nagase as installed in the General Hospital Acute Care Building, Roof Garden (Level 7).
        
   31. Motion to approve the completed stained glass and aluminum artwork titled The Streets and Hills of San Francisco, 2015, by Arthur Stern as installed in the General Hospital Acute Care Building, Floor 6.
        
   32. Motion to approve the completed tile mosaic artwork titled Amate, 2015, by Jetro Martinez as installed in the General Hospital Acute Care Building, Emergency Department Entrance.
        
       Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (July 20, 2015; link to agenda)
       Action
   33. Motion to approve Phases 1, 2, and 3 of Mountain Lake Park Project.
        
   34. Motion to approve Phases 1, 2, and 3 of Portsmouth Square Garage Improvements Project.
        
   35. Motion to approve conceptual review of Treasure Island Signage Master Plan Project.
        
   36. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Moscone Expansion Project.
        
   37. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the San Francisco International Airport Interim Boarding Area B project.
        
   38. Motion to approve Post-Phase 3 changes to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner project, contingent upon: (1) eliminating cement plaster finish CP3 on the façade and changing those areas to CP2; and (2) using taller plantings behind the seating to create a buffer between the parking area and the plaza.
        
   39. Motion to approve the extension of the display of Pause, a project of the Living Innovation Zone, through October 21, 2016.
        
   40. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Chinatown Plaza Central Subway project, contingent upon eliminating the faceting of the outermost frame for the ceiling of the arbor, changing it to radius, and submitting an updated ceiling plan for the arbor, with cross-section, for final review.
        
       Executive Committee Recommendations (July 27, 2015; link to agenda)
       Action
   41. Motion to retroactively approve the acceptance of 28 donations to the Arts Commission totaling $27,975 for support of the Civic Art Collection’s maintenance, WritersCorps and the SFAC Galleries. The donors who each contributed more than $100 in the aggregate are: Eva Yarmo, the Rothman Family Trust, David Wessel, Diane B. Wilsey, Elin Barnes, Joyce Friedman, Sylvia Brown, Swig Family Foundation, Diane Goldstein, Edward Lin, the Taube Family Foundation, Trax Ceramic Gallery. These donors also include Lauran Weinmann and Jeffrey Weinmann ($500), Myra Block Kaiser and George Kaiser ($1,000), Ian Berke ($200), Amy Ress ($300), Zephyr Realty ($2,500) and Boston Properties ($7,500).
        
   42. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement with Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in the amount of $75,000 to support the next phase of the Market Street Prototyping Festival, based on secured funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
        
       Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (August 17, 2015; link to agenda)
       Action
   43. Motion to approve Phase 1 of the San Francisco International Airport (“SFO”) Firehouse #3, contingent upon (1) using the design in the upper right of the design progression page presented at this meeting, with further refinement of the windows and panel size and proportion; (2) making the storefront proportional to the overall structure; (3) adding plantings to the concrete barriers; and (4) studying alternative signage.
        
   44. Motion to approve Phases 2 and 3 of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Operators Facilities—Parkridge Drive and Burnett Avenue Project, contingent upon adequately lighting the dark side of the structure.
        
       Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (August 19, 2015; link to agenda)
       Action
   45. Motion to approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection the artwork titled Spiral of Gratitude, 2014 by Shimon Attie (aka Scott Attie, Attie Art Projects) with Vale Bruck, as installed in the lobby of the Public Safety Building at Third and Mission Rock streets. The artwork consists of a 16-1/2 feet long by 10 feet diameter glass cylinder suspended from a skylight, and the cylinder is inscribed with a ceramic fritted poem by Vale Bruck. Other elements of the artwork include: metal, custom lighting and paint, and bas-relief text on cast concrete blocks on the entry lobby’s rear wall. The artwork was dedicated on April 16, 2015.
        
   46. Motion to approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection the artwork titled First Responder Plaza, 2014 by Paul Kos, as installed in the south plaza of the Public Safety Building at Third and Mission Rock streets. The artist-designed plaza features three icons: a spruce tree, a bell and a star. Suspended from a painted metal arch at the center is a 21,060-lb. cast bronze bell that rings three times daily at noon. The installation also includes a carved seven-pointed black granite star, with surrounding granite pavers and landscaping, including a Serbian spruce tree. The artwork was dedicated on April 16, 2015.
        
   47. Motion to approve the completed installation of Dahlias, 2013 by Colette Crutcher, a galvanized iron artwork at Cabrillo Playground.
        
   48. Motion to approve an honorarium in the amount of $7,000 to Annette Jannotto, the lead artist of a collaborative effort that will also involve artist Olivia Ting, for the development and installation of a site-specific installation in the new SFAC Gallery in the War Memorial Veterans Building.
        
   49. Motion to approve an honorarium in the amount of $7,000 to Kevin Chen for his curatorial work on the inaugural exhibition for the new SFAC Gallery in the War Memorial Veterans Building.
        
   50. Motion to approve the completed installation of (Untitled) Large Variation, 2015, a 10 feet by 109 feet mosaic mural by Amy Ellingson at San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 3.
        
   51. Motion to approve the completed installation of Voyage, 2015 by Val Britton, 9-1/2 feet by 55 feet glass artwork at San Francisco International Airport, Control Tower.
        
   52. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with artist Laurie O’Brien for an amount not to exceed $54,000 for design, fabrication, transportation and installation consultation of the peephole infrastructure and two animated video artworks (of approximately one minute duration) for the San Francisco International Airport: Temporary Terminal 1.
        
   53. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with artist Kota Ezawa for an amount not to exceed $9,990 for two animated video artworks (of approximately one minute duration) for the San Francisco International Airport: Temporary Terminal 1.
        
   54. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with artist Signe Baumane for an amount not to exceed $9,990 for two animated video artworks (of approximately one minute duration) for the San Francisco International Airport: Temporary Terminal 1.
        
   55. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with artist Jason Jägel for an amount not to exceed $40,000 for design, fabrication, transportation and installation of a barricade mural artwork for the San Francisco International Airport: Temporary Terminal 1.
        
   56. Motion to approve the conceptual proposal by Tracey Snelling, A Utopian City, 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.
        
   57. Motion to approve the conceptual proposal by Lauren Bartone, neoTOPIA, 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.
        
   58. Motion to approve revised design at entry to gardens for Mark Brest van Kempen’s artwork for the Alameda Creek Watershed Center.
        
   59. Motion to approve the selected artist Cliff Garten and the artist’s conceptual proposal for the Bayview Gateway, as recommended by the Bayview Gateway Public Art Project Selection Panel.
        
   60. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with artist Cliff Garten, for the design and implementation of an artwork in an amount not to exceed $445,000.
        
   61. Motion to approve Construction Document Phase deliverables (which include engineering and written cost estimates) by Adriane Colburn for an artwork for Daggett Park.
        
   62. Motion to approve the Design Development phase of artworks by Michael Arcega entitled Auspicious Clouds, a series of benches inspired by Asian cloud motifs, for the Broadway Chinatown Streetscape Improvement Project.
        
   63. Motion to approve the de-installation and removal to storage of St. Francis, 1973 by Ruth Wakefield Cravath, a concrete and Plexiglas sculpture, approximately 27 feet high x 10 feet wide x 10 feet deep, (SFAC Accession Number 1973.27) commissioned for Candlestick Park and currently located at 490 Jamestown Avenue.
        
   64. Motion to approve the temporary removal of Roof Mural, 1974 by Gerald Concha, a 25 feet x 10 feet mosaic mural (SFAC Accession Number 1977.57) from the roof of the San Francisco General Hospital mechanical building for building repairs and for subsequent reinstallation and conservation.
        
       Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Recommendations (September 8, 2015; link to agenda)
       Action
   65. Motion to approve the following recommendation: “Resolved that, pursuant to Administrative Code Section 67.6(a), the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee hereby confirms that, effective October 1, 2015, its regular meetings shall occur at 1:00 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month at 401 Van Ness Avenue, in Room 125.”
        
   66. Motion to approve the following panelists to serve, as selected by staff, on San Francisco Arts Commission review panels for the 2015-2018 Fiscal Years:
       Idris Ackamoor, Executive Director, Cultural Odyssey
       Stella Adelman, Theater and Adult Program Director, Dance Brigade's Dance Mission Theater
       Shalini Agrawal, Director, Center for Art and Public Life at California College of the Arts
       Aliza Arenson, Associate Director of Development, Individual Giving, A.C.T.
       Esailama Artry-Diouf, Program Assistant, City of Oakland Cultural Funding Program
       Linda Ayres-Frederick, Executive Artistic Director, Phoenix Arts Association Theatre
       Joey Babbitt, Community Affairs Manager, Stern Grove Festival Association
       Marie Beichert, CFRE, Fundraising Counsel, granthelper.com
       Amy Berk, Visual Artist and Educator, San Francisco Arts Institute and UC Berkeley Extension
       Megan Brian, Assistant Director, Education and Public Practice, SFMOMA
       Joshua Raoul Brody, Musician
       Tod Brody, Executive Director, Opera Parallèle
       Dudley Brooks, Artistic Director, Run For Your Life!
       Ellen Bruno, Film Producer/Director, BrunoFilms
       Chan Celeste, Managing Director, Queer Rebels
       Kevin B. Chen, Manager Artist Studio and Public Programs, de Young Museum
       Brett Conner, Grants Manager, Department of Children, Youth and Their Families
       Joseph Copley, Company Manager, ODC/Dance
       Karl Cronin, Managing Director, AXIS Dance Company
       Roberta D'Alois, Playwright/Artistic Director, Jump! Theatre
       Christian Davies, Performance and Film Program Associate, SFMOMA
       Elise DeMarzo, Director of Public Art, City of Palo Alto
       Paul Dresher, Artistic Director, Musical Traditions/Paul Dresher Ensemble
       T. Kebo Drew, Managing Director, Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project
       Shiree Dyson, Consultant
       Laura Elaine Ellis, Executive Director, African & African American Performing Arts Coalition
       Dominique Enriquez, Program Coordinator, Civic Arts Education
       Katie Fahey, Program Officer, Arts, Kenneth Rainin Foundation
       Sofia Fojas, Teacher on Special Assignment, Instrumental Music, SFUSD
       Gabriela Frank, Composer, G. Schirmer
       Deborah Frieden, Principal, Deborah Frieden & Associates
       Julie Fry, President & CEO, Cal Humanities
       Cherry Galette, Co-Founder and Director, Mangos With Chili
       Stephen Galloway, Artist in photography, installation and public art
       Emily Garvie, Executive Director, Young Audiences of Northern California
       Eileen Goldenberg, Artist, Eileen P Goldenberg ART
       Kate Goldstein, Development Manager, Brava! for Women in the Arts
       Kenny Gong, Realtor, Paragon Real Estate
       Jonas Goslow, Artist and developer
       Adriana Grino, Program Assistant, Arts, Kenneth Rainin Foundation
       Lisa Grodin, Director of Education, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
       Alexa Hall, ISC Coordinator, Oakland Museum of California
       Elizabeth Harvey, Art Educator and Regional Director, Visual Thinking Strategies
       Jackie Hasa, Co-Managing Director, David Brower Center
       Katharine Hawthorne, Dancer and choreographer
       Leticia Hernandez, Community Engagement Specialist
       Barbara Heroux, Executive Director, Volti
       Elisa Huerta, Program Director, University of California Berkeley Multicultural Community Center
       Cristina Ibarra, Event Producer/Manager, LATE NITE ART and Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
       Ethel Jimenez, Fine Art Photographer, Ethel Jimenez Photographer
       Mary Ellyn Johnson, Head of Exhibitions, swissnex San Francisco
       Julie Kahn, Visual artist, producer and director
       Brian Karl, Curator/Professor, California College of the Arts/Wendi Norris Gallery
       Nancy Karp, Artistic Director and Choreographer, New Arts Foundation/Nancy Karp + Dancers
       Roko Kawai, Performing Arts Manager of Contextual Programming, YBCA
       Lily Kharrazi, Program Manager, Alliance for CA Traditional Arts (ACTA)
       Emily Klion, Executive Director, San Francisco Youth Theatre
       Carolyn Kuali`i, President/Director, Kua`aina Associates, Inc.
       Sunshine Lampitoc Smith, Institutional Giving Manager, Z Space
       Lori Laqua, Executive Director, Z Space
       Joan Lazarus, Dancer and arts educator
       Terri Le, Marketing Assistant, Charles M. Schulz Museum
       Lex Leifheit, Nonprofit Business Development Manager, City and County of San Francisco
       Emily Leighton, Senior Designer, Tellart
       Madeleine Lim, Executive Director, Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP)
       Tatjana Loh, Photographer; Development Director, The Women's Building
       Ariel Luckey, Playwright, Actor, Poet, Educator, Organizer
       Nicole Lungerhausen, Grant writer, grant program coordinator, independent consultant
       Whitney Lynn, Lecturer, Stanford University
       Kyle Marinshaw, Consultant, WolfBrown; Program Officer, Koret Foundation
       Katynka Martinez, Associate Professor, San Francisco State University
       Marc Mayer, Senior Educator of Contemporary Art, Asian Art Museum
       Kristine Mays, Visual artist
       Daniella McCormack, Development & Communications Coordinator, BAYCAT
       Annie McGeady, Freelancer
       Frank Merritt, Principal, Jensen Architects
       Angelica Muro, Assistant Professor of Integrated Media & Photography, Cal State Monterey Bay
       Tony Natsoulas, Exhibitions Consultant and Artist, Blue Line Arts
       Lenore Naxon, President, California Presenters
       Cassie Newman, Manager, Brave New Voices Grants & Consulting Services, Youth Speaks
       Masashi Niwano, Festival and Exhibitions Director, Center for Asian American Media
       Ramekon O'Arwisters, Curator of Exhibition, SFO Museum
       Sarita Ocón, Actor, Visual Artist, Digital Media Arts Educator
       Ellen Oh, Associate Director, Institute for Diversity in the Arts, Stanford
       Emiko Ono, Program Officer, Performing Arts, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
       Laura Page, Arts & Education Program Manager, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
       Michelle Parker, Project Manager, Foundation and Government Support, KQED, Inc.
       Jeanne Powell, Writing Coach, University of San Francisco
       Sheila Pressley, Director of Education, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
       J. John Priola, Artist; Educator, San Francisco Arts Institute
       Robertino Ragazza, Photographer, Ceramics Artist; Curator, San Jose Nuevo Flamenco
       Rebecca Ratzkin, Senior Consultant, WolfBrown
       Jerome Reyes, Artist Liaison & Faculty, Stanford University, Institute for Diversity in the Arts
       Michelle Reynolds, Program Director, Dancers' Group
       Whitney Ricketts, Head of Community & Artist Relations, NeonMob
       Camellia Rodriguez-SackByrne, Co-founder/Co-organizer, Neighborhood Performance Project
       Barrie Rokeach, Artist, Aerial Photography
       Tere Romo, Program Officer, Arts & Culture, San Francisco Foundation
       Reuben Roqueñi, Program Officer, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
       Beth Rubenstein, Legislative Aide, Office of Supervisor John Avalos
       Federico Salas, Independent consultant
       Diane Sanchez, Retired Director of Community Investment, EastBay Community Foundation
       Christopher Schardt, Founder, LED Labs
       Kevin Seaman, curator/writer, retired from Pacific Film Archive
       Steve Seid, Curator, writer, retired from Pacific Film Archive
       Kevin Simmonds, Writer
       Joti Singh, Artistic Director, Duniya Dance and Drum Company
       Deborah Slater, Artistic Director, Deborah Slater Dance Theater
       Krista Smith, Director of Development, Frameline
       Robin Sohnen, Founder, Executive Director, Each One Reach One
       Ernesto Sopprani, Director, THEOFFCENTER / AIRSPACE Residency
       Jeremy Stone, Art Advisor, Business Matters in the Visual Arts
       Jayna Swartzman-Brosky, Program Director, Center for Cultural Innovation
       Jaime Talley, Teacher, California Virtual Academies
       Sharon Tanenbaum, Principal Consultant, Sharon Tanenbaum & Associates
       Aileen Tat, Development Associate, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
       Rob Taylor, Grants Manager, Bay Area Video Coaltiion (BAVC)
       Liz Tenuto, Choreographer, Dance Instructor, Dance and a Half
       Weston Teruya, Visual Artist, Commissioner, Berkeley Civic Arts Commission
       Sarah Thibault, Co-Director, Royal Nonesuch Gallery
       Kaitlin Trataris, Gallery Sitter/Art Installer, San Francisco Art Institute
       Beth Waldman, Arts Consultant, WaldmanArts
       Birhane Webster, Artist, Studio Owner, The Dark Theory Project
       Alec White, HBIC, AWW MGMT
       Samuel White Swan-Perkins, Owner, White Swan-Perkins Cultural Consulting
       Charles Wilmoth, Associate Director of Development, California Institute of Integral Studies
       Pamela Winfrey, Senior artist, Exploratorium
       Jenifer Wofford, Artist and Educator, Wofflehouse
       Rebecca Wolfe, Program Manager, Strategic Student Initiatives, The Center for Art and Public Life
       Termeh Yeghiazarian, Artist, Art Instructor
       Torange Yeghiazarian, Artistic Director, Golden Thread Productions
       Jess Young, Interim Executive Director, SOMArts Cultural Center
       Isabel Yrigoyen, Associate Director of Performing Arts, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
        
       Street Artists Committee Recommendations (September 9, 2015; link to agenda)
       Action
   67. Motion to approve the following recommendation: “Resolved that, pursuant to Administrative Code Section 67.6(a), the Advisory Committee of Street Artists and Crafts Examiners Committee hereby confirms that, effective October 1, 2015, its regular screening meetings shall occur at 9:30 a.m. on the last Thursday of each month at 401 Van Ness Avenue, in Room 125.”
        
   68. Motion to approve the following recommendation: “Resolved that, pursuant to Administrative Code Section 67.6(a), the Street Artists Committee hereby confirms that, effective October 1, 2015, its regular meetings shall occur at 2:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of odd-numbered months at 401 Van Ness Avenue, in Room 125.”
        
   69. Motion to approve recommendation to place the eight (8) permanent street artist spaces located on Market Street, north side, at Drumm Street, adjacent to the cable car, into a separate lottery called “Drumm Street Lottery.”
        
9. 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.)
    
10. Adjournment
    Action
     

posted 9/11/15 1:00 p.m.
revised 9/14/15 5:00 p.m. spr

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In order to assist the City’s efforts to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illnesses, multiple chemical sensitivity, or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical‐based products. Please help the City accommodate these individuals.

To obtain a disability‐related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, to participate in the meeting, please contact Sharon Page Ritchie, 415/252-2591, at least 48 hours before the meeting, except for Monday meetings, for which the deadline is 4:00 p.m. the previous Friday.

Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance (San Francisco Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code sections 2.100-2.160) to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the Ethics Commission at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 220, San Francisco, CA 94102, telephone 415/252-3100, fax 415/252-3112 and website.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE

Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decision in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people’s business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people’s review. For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact Frank Darby by mail to Administrator, Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco CA 94102-4689; by phone at 415-554 7724; by fax at 415-554 7854; or by email at sotf@sfgov.org.

Citizens interested in obtaining a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance can request a copy from Mr. Darby or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, http://www.sfgov.org/sunshine/

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 415-252-2591. Late requests will be honored if possible. The hearing room is wheelchair accessible.


利便参與會議的相關規定

根據美 國殘疾人士法案和語言服務條例，中文、西班牙語、和/或美國手語翻譯人員在收到要求後將會提供翻譯服務。另外，我們將盡力提供擴音設備。同時也將會 提供不同格式的會議資料， 和/或者提供閱讀器。此外，翻譯版本的會議記錄可在委員會通過後提供。上述的要求，請於會議前最少48小時致電 415-252-2591向 Sharon Page Ritchie, Commission Secretary, 提出。逾期提出的請求，若可能的話，亦會被考慮接納。聽證室設有輪椅通道。


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 415-252-2591. 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 415-252-2591. 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.