MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, January 9, 2017
2:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Agenda

 
Arts Commissioners: JD Beltran, President; Roberto Ordeñana, Vice President
Gregory Chew, Charles Collins, Simon Frankel, Dorka Keehn, Sherene Melania, Abby Sadin Schnair, Marcus Shelby, Janine Shiota, Jessica Silverman, Barbara Sklar, Lydia So, Kimberlee Stryker, Paul Woolford; Rich Hillis, ex officio (non-voting)
 

1. Roll Call
    
2. Approval of Minutes
   Action
   Motion to approve December 5, 2016 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. Committee Reports and Committee Matters
   1. Civic Design Review Committee—Kimberlee Stryker, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Civic Design Review Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
          
   2. Visual Arts Committee—Dorka Keehn, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
          
   3. Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee—Sherene Melania, Chair
      1. Action: Discussion and possible motion to enter into a grant agreement with Richmond District Neighborhood Center for an amount not to exceed $20,000 to support the production of the Clement Street Art Walk.
          
      2. Action: Discussion and possible motion to enter into a grant agreement with Intersection for the Arts as fiscal sponsor for Uphill Arts for an amount not to exceed $56,000 for Where Art Lives.
          
      3. Action: Discussion and possible motion to approve the following panelists to serve, as selected by staff, on SFAC review panels for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 fiscal years:
         Rotimi Agbabiaka, artist
         Quinton Cabellon, consultant
         Genise Choy, Assistant Project Manager, Chinatown Community Development Center
         Jaime Cortez, artist
         Brad Erickson, Executive Director, Theatre Bay Area
         Adam Fong, Executive Director, Center for New Music
         Jay-Marie Hill, independent arts administrator
         Rhiannon MacFadyen, Co-Director, Emerging Arts Professionals San Francisco/Bay Area
         Rebeca Mauleón, Director of Education, SF Jazz
         D. Scott Miller, artist
         Ron P. Muriera, Commissioner, San Jose Arts Commission
         Nancy Ng, Director of Community Engagement, Luna Dance Institute
         Alleluia Panis, Executive and Artistic Director of Kularts; independent choreographer and director
         Randee Paufve, Artistic Director, Paufve | dance
         John Priola, artist, educator
         Jack Tse, Real Estate Consultant, Northern California Community Loan Fund
          
         Explanatory Document: Panelist biographies
6. 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 December 12, 2016.
       
   2. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of December 21, 2016.
       
      Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (December 12, 2016; link to agenda)
      Action
   3. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Yerba Buena Island Water Tanks Project.
       
   4. Motion to approve Phase 2 and 3 of the SFO Consolidated Administrative Campus Project.
       
   5. Motion to approve Phase 1 of the SFFD Ambulance Deployment Facility Project contingent upon 1) investigating the possibility of windows on the third floor of the Jerrold Avenue facing walls, 2) using glazed walls in the courtyard, 3) not using super graphics but integrating signage on the McKinnon Avenue gate, 4) exploring different materials that are more economical, and 5) considering the reassessment of internal programming to allow for more light, and 6) using similar design features and/or materials on the building and garage to represent one complex.
       
   6. Motion to approve Phase 1 of the SFO Long Term Parking Lot #2 Project contingent upon 1) developing detailed section and plan drawings of the landscape plaza façade, 2) investigating the façade treatments along the public realm, 3) integrating a program to the stairwells and tying portals and vertical circulation points for greater cohesion, 4) working with the selected public art artist to develop ideas early in the design, and 5) consider Roberto Burle-Marx as inspiration and precedent for the ground plane patterning and/or towers for plant display.
       
      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (December 21, 2016; link to agenda)
      Action
   7. Motion to approve the sculpture design of the Comfort Women Memorial, designed by Steven Whyte, as an intended gift to the City by the Comfort Women Justice Coalition for installation in St. Mary’s Square Extension. Design approval is exclusive of plaque or other signage text. The value of the gift inclusive of artist fees and fabrication cost is estimated to be up to $205,000.
       
   8. Motion to approve the selected artist Owen Smith for the Rossi Pool Improvement Project as recommended by the selection panel.
       
   9. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Owen Smith for design and construction documents of an artwork for the Rossi Pool Improvement Project in an amount not to exceed $58,250.
       
   10. Motion to approve Public Art Project Plan for the Westside Pump Station Reliability Improvements Project.
        
   11. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to increase Jason Jagel’s contract from $40,000 to $50,000 (an increase of $10,000) for the design, fabrication and installation of a barricade wall mural artwork for the San Francisco International Airport: Temporary Terminal 1. The contract amount has been increased to account for a larger scale project than initially anticipated due to design changes with Temporary Terminal 1.
        
   12. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to take action, without resolution of the Commission, on the approval of StreetSmARTS mural designs.
        
7. 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.)
    
8. Adjournment
   Action
    

posted 1/5/17, 4:30 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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利便参與會議的相關規定

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POLITICA DE ACCESO A LA REUNIÓN

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