MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION

Monday, December 7, 2020
2 p.m.
Remote Meeting via video and teleconferencing

This meeting is being held by teleconference pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 and the Fifth Supplement to the Mayoral Proclamation Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency.

During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) emergency, the Arts Commission’s regular meeting room, City Hall, Room 416, is closed. Meetings of the Arts Commission will convene remotely.

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Amended Agenda

Arts Commissioners: Roberto Ordeñana, President; Kimberlee Stryker, Vice President
Yahuk Askew, JD Beltran, Charles Collins, Suzie Ferras, Mary Jung, Dorka Keehn, Nabiel Musleh, Linda Parker Pennington, Abby Sadin Schnair, Marcus Shelby, Janine Shiota, Debra Walker, Paul Woolford; Joel Koppel, ex officio (non-voting)

1. Roll Call
    
    
2. Approval of Minutes
   Action
   1. Motion to approve October 23, 2020 Minutes.
       
      Explanatory Document: Draft Minutes
       
   2. Motion to approve November 2, 2020 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. Announcement by Commission President regarding appointment of new Director of Cultural Affairs
   Discussion
    
6. Nomination and Election of Arts Commission Officers
   Action
   
   Discussion and possible motion to nominate and elect officers of the Arts Commission (President and Vice President) for a term beginning on January 1, 2021. The Nominating Committee approved the slate of Roberto Ordeñana as President and Janine Shiota as Vice President.
   
    
7. Racial Equity Action Plan Update 
   Discussion
   
   Presentation by Sandra Panopio, Senior Racial Equity & Policy Analyst
   
   Explanatory Document: SFAC Phase 1 Racial Equity Action Draft Plan
    
8. Committee Reports and Committee Matters
    
   1. Executive Committee – Roberto Ordeñana, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Executive Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
      2. Action: Discussion and possible motion to approve recommendations to award two (2) Special Project Grants, funded by District Supervisor Add-Backs to the following organizations and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with the each organization for amounts not to exceed the following at this time:
         1. District 5 – Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $26,250 to support administrative operations and infrastructure.
         2. Citywide – San Francisco Trans March (Fiscal Sponsor: QCC-The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture), $12,750 to support an LGBT historical event.
             
   2. Civic Design Review Committee—Kimberlee Stryker, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Civic Design Review Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
          
   3. Visual Arts Committee—Dorka Keehn, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
          
9. 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 Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of November 16, 2020
   2. Motion to approve the Nominating Committee Meeting Minutes of November 20, 2020.
   3. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of November 18, 2020.
      
      Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (November 16, 2020); link to agenda)
      Action
   4. Motion to approve a single review of the Bayview Gateway Project.
   5. Motion to approve Phase 2 of the San Francisco Botanical Garden Nursery Replacement Project.
   6. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Golden Gate Park Golf Course Clubhouse Project.
   7. Motion to approve Phase 1 and 2 of the Treasure Island Stage 2 Utility Enclosure Project.
   8. Motion to adopt proposed changes to the Civic Design Guidelines under the following sections: Informal Work Sessions, Administrative Review, Small Project Review, and Exempt Projects.
      
      Executive Committee Recommendations (November 23, 2020; link to agenda)
      Action
   9. Motion to approve the recommendation to award the Arts Hub grant to Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement not to exceed $250,000 at this time.
   10. Motion to approve the recommendation to award the Universal Basic Income grant to Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement not to exceed $870,000 at this time.
   11. Motion to approve the recommendation to award the Re-Opening Safely grant to Community Vision Capital & Consulting and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement not to exceed $800,000 at this time.
   12. Motion to approve the recommendation to award the Sankofa Initiative Professional Development and Wellness grant to Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement not to exceed $225,000 at this time.
   13. Motion to approve recommendations to award twenty-five (25) Special Project Grants, funded by District Supervisor Add-Backs to the following organizations and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each organization for amounts not to exceed the following at this time:
       1. District 3 –North Beach Business Association, $21,250 to support “First Friday” Arts Walk & Arts in Storefronts event.
       2. District 5 – African American Art and Culture Complex, $68,000 to support administrative operations and infrastructure.
       3. District 5 – African American Art and Culture Complex, $25,000 to support arts workshops and mentorship programs for youth.
       4. District 5 –  First Voice Inc., $10,000 to support storytelling and mentorship programs for youth.
       5. District 5 –  Fillmore Jazz Ambassadors (Fiscal Sponsor: Renaissance Parents of Success), $5,000 to support afterschool flute programs for youth.
       6. District 5 –  Mission Art 415 Inc., $40,000 to support mural creation and preservation.
       7. District 8 –  Noe Valley Chamber Music, $12,750 to support Classical music programs for youth.
       8. District 8 – The Marsh, a breeding ground for new performance, $42,500 to support theatre programs for youth.
       9. District 8 – Fresh Meat Productions, $21,250 to support the Trans Dance Festival.
       10. District 9 – Fresh Meat Productions, $25,000 to support transgender dance programming.
       11. District 9 – Galeria Studio 24, $50,000 to support administrative operations and infrastructure.
       12. District 9 –  The Dance Brigade A New Group from Wallflower Order, $50,000 to support administrative operations and infrastructure.
       13. Citywide –The Marigold Project (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $85,000 to support capacity building for the Día De Los Muertos Cultural Event.
       14. Citywide – First Voice Inc., $85,000 to support Asian Pacific Islander arts programming.
       15. Citywide – First Voice Inc., $50,000 to support Asian American artists.
       16. Citywide – QCC-The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture, $34,000 to support capacity building.
       17. Citywide – California Lawyers for the Arts Inc., $20,000 to support citywide arts services.
       18. Citywide – Dancers Group, $20,000 to support citywide arts services.
       19. Citywide – Intersection for the Arts, $20,000 to support citywide arts services.
       20. Citywide – Theatre Bay Area, $20,000 to support citywide arts services
       21. Citywide – Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (Fiscal Sponsor: QCC-The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture), $12,000 to support Native American cultural activities.
       22. Citywide – International Indian Treaty Council, $12,000 to support Native American cultural activities.
       23. Citywide –Yerba Buena Arts & Events, $24,500 to support Native American arts and cultural events.
       24. Citywide –  Uphill Arts (Fiscal Sponsor: Independent Arts and Media), $56,000 to support an anti-tagging program for youth.
       25. Citywide – Arts Education Alliance of the Bay Area (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $30,000 to support arts education providers.
   14. Motion to approve an allocation of $500,000 from the Public Art Trust for the following purposes:
       the hiring of a facilitator to engage in an inclusive and meaningful dialog with a broad and diverse representation of the public in response to Mayor Breed’s directive that the Arts Commission evaluate the City’s monuments and memorials and a series of temporary public art projects that respond to the outcome of the public engagement process. To the extent that the Commission appropriated those funds for San Francisco-based arts organizations for capital improvement projects under RESOLUTION NO. 0402-18-121 on April 2, 2018 that portion of RESOLUTION NO. 0402-18-121 is rescinded.
       
       Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (November 18, 2020, link to agenda)
       Action
   15. Motion to to approve Chinese Pattern and Landscape Mural, a mural design by artist Sorell Tsui. The mural will cover the north side of 1201 Powell St., facing Woh Hei Yuen Park. The painted mural will be two panels; the left panel measuring approximately 45 ft. by 21 ft.; and, the right panel measuring approximately 48 ft. by 18 ft. 6 in. The project is funded by the Chinatown Community Development Center and a Community Challenge Grant. The painted mural will not become part of the Civic Art Collection.
   16. Motion to approve Construction Document phase deliverables for the artwork by Norie Sato for the Headworks Facility of PUC’s Southeast Wastewater Treatment Facility.
   17. Motion to issue a letter of conditional acceptance to Julie Lepinard and the JSLH Foundation for the gift of La Rose des Vents by Michel Othoniel for installation in Golden Gate Park; the letter of conditional acceptance acknowledges that all contractual obligations prior to installation of the sculpture have been met and the donors may proceed with delivery and installation of the artwork.
   18. Motion to accept into the Civic Art Collection the artwork titled Circadian Transit, 2019, by Tahiti Pehrson. The laser jet cut painted aluminum work is suspended from the ceiling at the San Francisco International Airport: Hyatt Hotel and measures approximately 12 ft. by 6 ft. by 23 ft. The artwork depicts moiré patterns that reference the realms of mathematics, arts and crafts, and explores the interplay between light, shadow, and architectural space.
   19. Motion to approve the Project Outline for the Potrero Gateway public art project.
   20. Motion to approve artist Justin Hall’s twelve final designs for the 2020 Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series.
   21. Motion to approve as installed the completed artworks Bird Plane House, 2020, aluminum, paint; Intersection, 2020, concrete, terrazzo; Shell, 2020, steel, concrete, paint, by Gay Outlaw for the San Francisco International Airport, Harvey Milk Terminal 1 Courtyard.
   22. Motion to approve the revised final design deliverables by Hood Design Studio, Inc. for an artwork for Fire Station #35.
        
10. 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.)
     
11. In Memoriam – 2020
    Discussion
     
12. Adjournment
    Action

Posted 12/4/2020, 8:15 a.m., adv

amended item 8 and item 9 - 12/4/2020, 10:30 a.m., adv

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2. Public comment will be taken before or during the Committee’s consideration of each agenda item. Each speaker will be allowed to speak for the time allotted by the Chair at the top of the meeting or up to three (3) minutes. 

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