MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, October 5, 2015
2:00 p.m.
City Hall Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Minutes

Commission President JD Beltran called the meeting to order at 2:10 p.m.

1. Roll Call
    
   Commissioners Present
   JD Beltran, President
   Gregory Chew
   Charles Collins
   Dorka Keehn
   Sherene Melania
   Roberto Ordeñana
   Marcus Shelby
   Janine Shiota
   Jessica Silverman
   Cass Calder Smith
    
   Commissioners Absent
   Abby Sadin Schnair, Vice President
   Simon Frankel
   Barbara Sklar
   Kimberlee Stryker
   Paul Woolford
   Kathrin Moore, ex officio
    
2. Consent to 5M Project Development Agreement Arts Program
   In consideration for the many members of the public in attendance to make public comment, President Beltran took this item out of order.
    
   Mr. DeCaigny introduced the 5M project and the proposed role of the Arts Commission, and directed the Commission’s attention to Exhibit H, regarding the arts and culture program, for which the Commission’s consent was being requested. He introduced Project Manager Anne Taupier of the Office of Economic and Workforce Development to review the project. She discussed the project, the draft development agreement and community benefits, and the process of required hearings and approvals by several City bodies, including the Planning Commission, with final hearing and approval by the Board of Supervisors. She added that all of the obligations in the draft agreement run with the land in case of a sale. She discussed the arts program and community benefits, including the donation of the Dempster Building, at 447 Minna Street, to the Community Arts Stabilization Trust (“CAST”) along with funds to renovate it for nonprofit arts and culture organizations, as well as the donation of funds for arts programming to be distributed by the Arts Commission in the form of competitive grants.
    
   Mr. DeCaigny invited the Executive Director of CAST, Moy Eng to describe the organization. She explained how the organization was born, to help save, preserve and create affordable, below-market spaces for artists and arts organizations. She named CAST’s funders, and described some of its first successful projects. She discussed some of the goals for 447 Minna, and CAST’s next steps, including facilitating discussions within the community over several months about how best to use this resource. The Commission asked about community outreach and involvement, and discussed the valuation of the building and other elements of the plan. The Commission also discussed the proposed Filipino Cultural District. Mr. DeCaigny pointed out the many additional steps before funds are actually disbursed, and that the actual dollar amounts allocated will be based on a percentage of hard construction costs and thus can't be specified today. He added that the funds won't be available for several years, giving ample time for a structured and formal community engagement process.
    
   The Commission discussed proposed amendments to Exhibit H, striking Paragraph B(2)(a) and amending Paragraph B(2)(b) to distribute 100% of the Arts Programming Funds through the Arts Commission; amending the last sentence of Paragraph (B)(2)(b) to strike the requirement for matching grants; and amending Paragraph (B)(3) to award Non-Profit Arts Facilities Funds to a nonprofit organization through a competitive process rather than specifying the Northern California Community Loan Fund (“NCCLF”). They emphasized the need for community voices to be heard, and for a thorough and deliberative process for allocating funds.
    
   The Commission also asked about jobs created by the project and what was currently on the site.
    
   President Beltran called for public comment.
   
   Public Comment:
    
   Speakers included: Aureen Almario, Hayato Yoshida and Don Wood, all of Bindlestiff Studio; TJ Basa of Kearny Street Workshop and Bindlestiff Studio, Jason Bayani of Kearny Street Workshop, Randy Rollison of Intersection for the Arts, Josette Melcher, Ada Chan of the Pilipino Heritage District/FADF, Vinay Patel of the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, Lorna Velasco of Bindlestiff, Shelley Trott of CAST, and Jericho Saria, Julie Kuwabara and Chris Hunt of Bindlestiff, and Dr. Eric Peto of San Francisco State University. They spoke about their histories and experiences with the nonprofit organizations in the project area and the importance of supporting the Filipino community, and the families, in the district, and some expressed support for implementation of a Filipino Cultural Heritage District. Others expressed thanks for the support of CAST and NCCLF.
    
   There was no further public comment.
    
   The Commission expressed appreciation for the public comment. Mr. DeCaigny and President Beltran reviewed the proposed amendments listed above and called for a vote. The motion was unanimously approved as follows.
    
   RESOLUTION NO. 1005-15-271: WHEREAS, on September 17, 2015, the San Francisco Planning Commission certified a final Environmental Impact Report under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) for the 5M Project; and
    
   WHEREAS, in approving the 5M Project, the Planning Commission, pursuant to Motion Number 19459, adopted findings under CEQA, including the Statement of Overriding Considerations, and adopted a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, both of which are incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.
    
   NOW THEREFORE IT IS RESOLVED THAT the Arts Commission does hereby (1) consent to and agree to be bound by the Development Agreement by and between the City and County of San Francisco and the 5M Project, LLC as it relates to matters under the Arts Commission’s jurisdiction, including the Arts Program, as described in Section 5.4.2.1 and Exhibit H therein, as amended, (2) authorize and direct the Director of Cultural Affairs to execute the Arts Commission Consent to the Development Agreement, in substantially the form set forth on page 74 of the Development Agreement, and (3) adopt the CEQA findings and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program.
    
    
   Commissioner Silverman left the meeting at 3:31 p.m.
    
3. Approval of Minutes
   Public Comment:
   Paula Datesh objected that the minutes were posted late at 6:30 p.m.
    
    
   There was no further public comment, and the minutes were unanimously approved as follows.
    
   RESOLUTION NO. 1005-15-269: Motion to approve September 15, 2015 Minutes.
    
4. Director’s Report
   Mr. DeCaigny reported on various activities of the agency, including installation of new banners in the North Light Court at City Hall, installation of new public art projects, the Arts Education conference at the African American Art and Culture Complex, WritersCorps' participation in LitCrawl, the Galleries' fundraising Passport event in Japantown, the installation of the new Grove Street window exhibition, the advance invitation to the opening of the first exhibition in the new main Galleries space at 401 Van Ness on January 22, 2016, and the awarding of the Governor's Historic Preservation Award to Coit Tower.
    
   There was no public comment.
    
5. New Committee Meeting Address
   There was no public comment, and the motion was unanimously approved as follows.
    
   RESOLUTION NO. 1005-15-270: Resolved that, pursuant to Administrative Code Section 67.6(a), effective October 1, 2015, the regular meetings of the Civic Design Review Committee shall occur at 3:00 p.m. on the third Monday of each month at 401 Van Ness Avenue, in Room 125, the regular meetings of the Executive Committee shall occur at 12:30 p.m. on the fourth Monday of each month at 401 Van Ness Avenue, in Room 125 and meetings of the Nominating Committee shall occur at 401 Van Ness Avenue, in Room 125.
    
6. Committee Reports and Committee Matters
   1. Executive Committee—JD Beltran, Chair
      1. President Beltran reported that there had been no meeting, and she presented the following motion, which Mr. DeCaigny briefly discussed. There was no public comment, and the motion was unanimously approved as follows.
          
         RESOLUTION NO. 1005-15-272: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement with Americans for the Arts in an amount not to exceed $10,000 to support a national study on arts and economic prosperity, with San Francisco data provided by the San Francisco Arts Commission.
          
   2. Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee—Sherene Melania, Chair
      1. Commissioner Melania introduced the following motion. Commissioner Ordeñana recused himself from consideration of the item because of the relationship of the Queer Cultural Center to his employer, the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center. He left the room at 3:51 p.m.
          
         Commissioner Melania called for a vote on the item below. There was no public comment, and the motion was unanimously approved as follows with the recusal of Commissioner Ordeñana.
          
      2. RESOLUTION NO. 1005-15-273: Motion to approve the proposed FY2015-2016 Management and Programming Plan and Budget for each of the following Cultural Centers, not to exceed the following amounts:
         African American Art and Culture Complex (“AAACC”), $623,298: $521,588 to AAACC, and $101,710 to sub-grantee Queer Cultural Center
         SOMArts Cultural Center, $716,530: $614,820 to SOMArts, and $101,710 to sub-grantee Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center
         Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, $550,184
         Bayview Opera House, Inc., $327,905
          
         Commissioner Ordeñana returned to the room at 3:52 p.m.
          
   3. Street Artists Committee—Barbara Sklar, Chair
      1. In the absence of Commissioner Sklar, Commissioner Chew explained that he had reported on the Committee's September meeting at the prior meeting of the full Commission.
          
         Public Comment:
         Ms. Datesh said that the minutes were incorrect, and criticized how the meeting had been conducted. She said that there was an ongoing investigation of street artist Manual Loli and asked the Commission to pursue it.
          
          
         There was no further public comment.
          
   4. Visual Arts Committee—Dorka Keehn, Chair
      1. Commissioner Keehn made no report, noting that the Director's report covered the subject. There was no public comment.
          
7. Consent Calendar
   There was no public comment, and the Consent Calendar was approved unanimously as follows.
    
   RESOLUTION NO. 1005-15-274:
   Approval: RESOLVED, that this Commission does hereby adopt the following items on the Consent Calendar and their related Resolutions:
    
   Approval of Committee Minutes
   1. RESOLUTION NO. 1005-15-275: Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of September 8, 2015.
       
   2. RESOLUTION NO. 1005-15-276: Motion to approve the Street Artists Committee Meeting Minutes of September 9, 2015.
       
   3. RESOLUTION NO. 1005-15-277: Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of September 16, 2015.
       
      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (September 16, 2015)
   4. RESOLUTION NO. 1005-15-278: Motion to approve the mural design Don’t Dump Oil, by artist Cameron Moberg, to be painted on a mural site located at 1449 Mendell Street. The proposed mural is 25 feet by 100 feet. The project is sponsored by Bayview Opera House and funded by the Department of the Environment (“SF Environment”) and California's Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (“CalRecycle”).
       
   5. RESOLUTION NO. 1005-15-279: Motion to approve the mural design Bee Sting, by artist Shawn Bullen, to be painted on a mural site located at 342 Hayes Street. The proposed mural is 30 feet by 40 feet. The project is sponsored by San Francisco Beautiful and is funded by a Community Challenge Grant.
       
   6. RESOLUTION NO. 1005-15-280: Motion to rescind RESOLUTION NO. 0706-15-195: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into an agreement with Joseph Kosuth for the development of a preliminary design proposal for the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Public Art Trust project in an amount not to exceed $25,000.
       
   7. RESOLUTION NO. 1005-15-281: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into an agreement with Joseph Kosuth for the development of a preliminary design proposal for the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Public Art Trust project in an amount not to exceed $30,000 which includes a $5,000 reimbursable allowance for approved expenses.
       
   8. RESOLUTION NO. 1005-15-282: Motion to approve the mural design Celebrating 150 Years of Compassionate, Dedicated Service to the Community, by artists Elaine Chu and Yukako Ezoe Onodera, at Laguna Honda Hospital to be painted on a mural site located at 375 Laguna Honda Boulevard. The proposed mural is 5 feet by 200 feet. The project is sponsored by the Precita Eyes Muralists Association, Inc. and funded by Tides Foundation, Zellerbach Foundation, Fleishacker Foundation, Laguna Honda Hospital and an individual donor.
       
   9. RESOLUTION NO. 1005-15-283: Motion to approve revised colors (part of conceptual design) for Scott Oliver's artwork Points of Departure, for the Masonic Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project.
       
   10. RESOLUTION NO. 1005-15-284: Motion to approve the Conceptual Design Phase deliverables by Ben Trautman for the Randall Museum Redesign project.
        
   11. RESOLUTION NO. 1005-15-285: Resolved that, pursuant to Administrative Code Section 67.6(a), the Visual Arts Committee hereby confirms that, effective October 1, 2015, its regular meetings shall occur at 3:00 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month at 401 Van Ness Avenue, in Room 125.
        
   12. RESOLUTION NO. 1005-15-286: Motion to approve the revised Project Outline for Fire Station #5.
        
   13. RESOLUTION NO. 1005-15-287: Motion to approve the conceptual design of a black galvanized metal fence at the top of the steps of Robert Ingersoll Aitken’s William McKinley, 1904, a historic monument of bronze, granite and marble (SFAC Accession Number 1904.2.a-b) approximately 34 feet tall by 42 feet diameter, located on the Baker Street entrance to the Golden Gate Park Panhandle.
        
   14. RESOLUTION NO. 1005-15-288: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Douglas Hollis for an amount not to exceed $333,373 for the completion of the artwork project by Anna Valentina Murch for the General Hospital Acute Care Building: Plaza.
        
   15. RESOLUTION NO. 1005-15-289: Motion to approve the completed glass with polyester film interlayer artwork, titled Redbud Redux Suite, 2015, by Stephen Galloway as installed in the General Hospital Acute Care Building, Floor 4.
        
   16. RESOLUTION NO. 1005-15-290: Motion to approve the completed installation of two mosaic murals and terrazzo floor design by Rupert Garcia in the lobby of the General Hospital Acute Care Unit.
        
   17. RESOLUTION NO. 1005-15-291: Approval of the public art plan for the San Francisco International Airport Administrative Complex.
        
   18. RESOLUTION NO. 1005-15-292: Motion to approve the mural design Everyone Deserves a Home, by artists Antoine Marnata and Roberto Gonzalez to be painted on a mural site located at 238 Eddy Street. The proposed mural is 70 feet by 110 feet. The project is sponsored by DISH SF and funded by a Community Challenge Grant, DISH SF, First Amendment Gallery (“1AM”), and individual donations.
        
8. General Public Comment
   There was no further public comment.
    
9. New Business and Announcements
   Mr. DeCaigny announced the appointment by Commission President Beltran of the Nominating Committee: Commissioners Frankel and Shiota, with Commissioner Collins as Chair.
    
   There was no public comment.
    
10. Adjournment
    Mr. DeCaigny sadly announced the passing of three friends of the arts in San Francisco: Mark Rucker of ACT, Grace Lee Boggs and Joan Mankin.
     
    There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 4:02 p.m. in memory of Mark Rucker, Grace Lee Boggs and Joan Mankin.

posted 10/19/15, 1:45 p.m. spr
revised 10/30/15, 2:00 p.m.
approved 11/2/15
 

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