MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, March 4, 2019
2:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Agenda

 
Arts Commissioners: Roberto Ordeñana, President; Kimberlee Stryker, Vice President
JD Beltran, Charles Collins, Mary Jung, Dorka Keehn, Nabiel Musleh, Linda Parker Pennington, Abby Sadin Schnair, Marcus Shelby, Janine Shiota, Jessica Silverman, Barbara Sklar, Lydia So, Paul Woolford; Rich Hillis, ex officio (non-voting)
 

1. Roll Call
    
2. Approval of Minutes
   Action
   Motion to approve February 4, 2019 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, legislative and programming developments and announcements.
    
5. Cultural Services Allocation Plan for 2019-2024
   Action
   Discussion and possible motion to approve proposed Cultural Services Allocation Plan for 2019-2024.
    
   Explanatory Documents: Cultural Services Allocation Plan
    
6. 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. Community Investments Committee—Charles Collins, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Community Investments Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
          
      2. Action: Discussion and possible motion to approve the following panelist to serve, as selected by staff, on San Francisco Arts Commission review panels for the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 fiscal years:
         Dina Zarif Asiaban, Program Director, Red Poppy Art House
          
         Explanatory Documents: Panelist biography (pdf)
          
      3. Action: Discussion and possible motion to approve a recommendation to award a Special Projects Grant funded by the District 8 Participatory Budget process to the Castro Upper Market Community Benefit District Inc., in support of its Beauty from Blank Walls Neighborhood Mural Project and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract not to exceed $25,000 at this time.
          
   3. Visual Arts Committee—Dorka Keehn, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
          
      2. Action: Discussion and possible motion to approve the temporary placement of artwork by Earl Spea, Tana Quincy, Jennifer Harris, Rhonel Roberts, Mikal Malkovich and Sarah Young on six Bigbelly compacting trash containers in the Hayes Valley merchant corridor for a period of two years commencing March 2019 through March 2021 using only private funds at no cost to the City.
          
         Explanatory Documents: Staff Report, Wrap Decal Specifications, Artist Proofs
          
7. Consent Calendar
   The following items are included in the Consent Calendar subject to withdrawal at the request of a Commissioner.
    
   1. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of January 28, 2019.
       
   2. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of February 11, 2019.
       
   3. Motion to approve the Street Artists Committee Meeting Minutes of February 12, 2019.
       
   4. Motion to approve the Community Investments Committee Meeting Minutes of February 12, 2019.
       
      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (December 19, 2018; link to agenda)
      Action
       
   5. Motion to rescind Resolution No. 0604-18-183, the approval of Kaiser/von Roenn Studio as the selected fabricator for artist Tomie Arai’s Central Subway: Chinatown Station Public Art Project, as recommended by the Artwork Fabricator Selection Panel.
       
   6. Motion to rescind Resolution No. 0604-18-184, which authorized the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Kaiser/von Roenn Studio for an amount not to exceed $294,400 for final development of artwork design specification, fabrication, transportation and installation consultation of an artwork by Tomie Arai for the exterior and platform level of Central Subway: Chinatown Station.
       
   7. Motion to approve Moon Shadow Glass (DBA Moon Shadow Etchers Inc.) as the selected fabricator for artist Tomie Arai’s Central Subway Chinatown public art project, as recommended by the Artwork Fabricator Selection Panel.
       
      Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (February 11, 2019; link to agenda)
      Action
       
   8. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Angelo Rossi Pool Improvement Project contingent upon adding the Libertia plant back into the planting palette.
       
      Community Investments Committee Recommendations (February 12, 2019; link to agenda)
      Action
       
   9. Motion to provide the 2019 fiscal year cost of living adjustment (“COLA”) increase of $18,421.86 to the African American Art and Culture Complex (“AAACC”) $15,415.32 to AAACC and a $3,006.54 increase to the sub-grantee, Queer Cultural Center (“QCC”); and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement not to exceed $690,084 at this time; $577,476 to AAACC and $112,608 to QCC.
       
   10. Motion to provide the 2019 fiscal year cost of living adjustment (“COLA”) increase of $9,691.35 to the Bayview Opera House and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement not to exceed $363,040 at this time.
        
   11. Motion to provide the 2019 fiscal year cost of living adjustment (“COLA”) increase of $16,259.26 to Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement not to exceed $609,134 at this time.
        
   12. Motion to provide the 2019 fiscal year cost of living adjustment (“COLA”) increase of $21,174.53 to SOMArts Cultural Center, $18,167.99 to SOMArts and $3,006.54 to sub-grantee, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (“APICC”); and to approve an additional $20,000 to provide third party organizational support; and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement not to exceed $813,303 at this time; $700,695 to SOMArts and $112,608 to APICC.
        
   13. Motion to increase the total amount of the personal service contract with MJM Management Group (authorized by Resolution No. 0806-18-240) by $20,000, to provide onsite management for the Embarcadero Plaza art vendor market and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract not to exceed $80,000 at this time.
        
       Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (February 20, 2019; link to agenda)
       Action
        
   14. Motion for the Director of Cultural Affairs to approve artists’ honoraria for the following individuals participating in the SFAC Main Gallery exhibition With(out) With(in) the very moment, opening April 18, 2019: $3,000 to Daniel Ostrow (on behalf of the Ed Aulerich-Sugai estate); $1,500 to Cliff Hengst; $900 to Mark Paron; $800 each to Elliott Anderson, Adam Ansell, Nancer Lemoins and Anton Steubner; and $700 to Mark Garrett.
        
       Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (January 16, 2019; link to agenda)
       Action
        
   15. Motion to approve as installed the completed artwork titled All My Friends at Once, 2018, by Jason Jägel, located at Balboa Pool.
        
   16. Motion to approve the Design Development Phase deliverables (artwork renderings) by Jorge Pardo for his artwork at the Van Ness BRT Geary Street station.
        
   17. Motion to rescind Resolution No. 1106-17-347 to approve the public art project outline for Geneva Powerhouse and Resolution No. 0806-18-247 approving the selected artist, Alison Pebworth, and conceptual proposal for an artwork for the Geneva Powerhouse public art project as recommended by the artist selection panel. The art enrichment project funding will be deferred until Phase II of the Geneva Powerhouse project.
        
   18. Motion to approve artist Robert Minvervini’s Design Development Phase material sample for the San Francisco International Airport: Terminal 1, Boarding Area B, Holdroom 14 Project.
        
   19. Motion to approve the updated final design development documents reflecting a revised rendering of the Mission neighborhood mosaic panel
        
   20. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to increase the Agreement for Services between Mosaika and Emily Fromm from $230,000 to an amount not to exceed $258,534 (an increase of $28,534) for the San Francisco International Airport: Terminal 1 Center AC-06 Public Art Project.
        
   21. Motion to approve Time, Turn and Light, 2019, three bronze sculptures by Woody De Othello, as installed on the new outdoor terrace of the San Francisco International Airport’s International Terminal, Boarding Area G.
        
   22. Motion to approve the selected artist, Hood Design Studio, Inc. for Fire Station 35, as recommended by the Fire Station 35 Artist Selection Panel.
        
   23. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with Hood Design Studio, Inc., for an amount not to exceed $560,000 for design, engineering, fabrication, transportation and installation consultation of an artwork for Fire Station 35.
        
   24. Motion to approve as installed the completed artwork titled Point Cloud, 2019, by Leo Villareal located within the enclosed pedestrian bridge over Howard Street at Moscone Center.
        
   25. Motion to approve as installed the completed artwork titled Geneses, 2018, by Christine Corday located on the north side of Howard Street at Moscone Center.
        
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 2/27/19, 6:00 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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