MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, November 7, 2016
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 September 12, 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. Nomination and Election of Arts Commission Officers
   Action
   Discussion and motion to nominate and elect officers of the Arts Commission (President and Vice President). The Nominating Committee approved the slate of JD Beltran as President and Roberto Ordeñana as Vice President.
    
6. Committee Reports and Committee Matters
   1. Executive Committee—JD Beltran, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Executive Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
          
   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.
          
      2. Action: Discussion and possible motion to approve Phase #3 of the Golden Gate Park Boat Playground Restroom project.
          
         Explanatory Documents: Request for Review, Presentation
          
   3. Visual Arts Committee—Dorka Keehn, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
          
7. 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 September 19, 2016.
       
   2. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of September 21, 2016.
       
   3. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of October 17, 2016.
       
   4. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of October 19, 2016.
       
   5. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of October 24, 2016.
       
      Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (September 19, 2016; link to agenda)
      Action
   6. Motion to approve Phase #2 of the SFO Ground Transportation Unit Relocation Project.
       
      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (September 21, 2016; link to agenda)
      Action
   7. Motion to approve Design Phase deliverables for Merle Axelrad’s artwork, The Sentinel, for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
       
   8. Motion to approve an honorarium payment of $1,000 to Tabitha Soren for research and development of her upcoming SFAC Galleries exhibition Fantasy Life at City Hall opening in July 2017.
       
   9. Motion to approve the short-list of artists for presentation to the artist selection panel for the new Headworks Building at the Southeast Wastewater Treatment Plant.
       
   10. Motion to approve project outline for the Arts Master Plan for the Southeast Wastewater Treatment Plant.
        
   11. Motion to approve the public art project outline for the San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 1, Redevelopment Project.
        
   12. Motion to approve the film Moonwalk by Kota Ezawa for the Peephole Cinema project at San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 1, Boarding Area B.
        
   13. Motion to approve the six final poster designs for Tracey Snelling’s Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series, Best Sellers, to be displayed October 10, 2016–January 9, 2017.
        
   14. Motion to approve the selected finalists Deborah Aschheim, Kate Haug and Sarah Hotchkiss for the 2017 Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series as recommended by the selection panel.
        
   15. Motion to approve the conceptual proposal by Deborah Aschheim for the 2017 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 $10,000.
        
   16. Motion to approve the conceptual proposal by Kate Haug for the 2017 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 unique poster designs for an amount not to exceed $13,000.
        
   17. Motion to approve the conceptual proposal by Sarah Hotchkiss for the 2017 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 $9,000.
        
   18. Motion to approve Jorge Pardo’s conceptual design for the Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit public art project.
        
   19. Motion to approve the installation of the mural Sight Plan, by Maria Park, for the Central Subway: Chinatown station construction barricade temporary art project at Washington and Stockton streets to be on display for one year beginning August 2016.
        
       Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (October 17, 2016; link to agenda)
       Action
   20. Motion to approve Phase #2 of the Treasure Island Waterfront Plaza Restrooms Project contingent upon the polished aluminum plate being the preferred exterior material, with the discretion of the design team to design the interior glazing.
        
   21. Motion to approve Phase #2 & #3 of the SFMTA Transit Operator Convenience Facilities (Fulton St. & 7th Ave.) Project.
        
   22. Motion to approve Phase #1 of the Willie “Woo Woo” Wong Playground Project contingent upon 1) simplifying the concrete beam connection to ballast railing, 2) exploring other column options, 3) simplifying overall fencing of playground, 4) finding an appropriate location for the pagoda, and 5) communicating materials of the park to the Waverly Street façade.
        
   23. Motion to approve Phase #2 of the San Francisco Central Shops Replacement Facilities—Selby Galvez Project.
        
   24. Motion to approve Phase #1 of the SFPD Traffic Company and Forensic Service Division Facility Project contingent upon 1) simplifying the exterior skin design by simplifying the materials used and investigating the proportions of the different materials to better unify the building, and 3) providing studies of the landscape of the plaza and its relationship to the building.
        
   25. Motion to approve Phase #1 of the Westside Pump Station Reliability Improvements Project contingent upon 1) keeping concrete consistent, 2) simplifying the cornice detail by taking out the chevron pattern, and 3) using a concrete header band in lieu of the metal band and 4) having a thinner metal strip at the top for flashing purposes.
        
       Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (October 19, 2016; link to agenda)
       Action
   26. Motion to approve the Design Development phase deliverables by Bernadette Jiyong Frank for the Fire Station #5 Project.
        
   27. Motion to approve the relocation of Jason Jägel’s artwork for the Central Subway Construction Barricades Temporary Art Project from Yerba Buena Moscone station to Chinatown station.
        
   28. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to increase Jason Jägel’s contract from $25,000 to $33,000 (an increase of $8,000) for additional Design Development, for the Central Subway Construction Barricades Temporary Art Project to accommodate the relocation of the artwork from Yerba Buena Moscone station to Chinatown station.
        
   29. Motion to approve DREAM, a temporary public art project by artist Ana Teresa Fernandez, and youth from the Martin Luther King Middle School. The sculpture consists of 10 ft. high block letters, made of metallic disks that spell the word DREAM to be located near the intersection of Jarboe Avenue and Peralta Street. The project is sponsored by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and will be on display January 2017 through January 2018.
        
   30. Motion to approve the Treasure Island Arts Master Plan Outline.
        
   31. Motion to approve a temporary sculpture installation by artists HYBYCOZO in Hayes Valley’s Patricia’s Green which shall consist of two illuminated sculptures of geometric forms made from perforated laser-cut stainless steel based upon Penrose patterns, which are respectively six feet and ten feet high. The artworks will be on display November 2017 through November 2018, pending approval of the Recreation and Park Commission.
        
   32. Motion to approve the display of the reproduction of original artworks by: Monica Tiulescu; Lillian Shanahan; Luis Pinto; Counterpoint Studio; and Todd Kurna, designed specifically for display in 100 buses citywide (twenty buses per artist) for the duration of four months from January 1, 2017 through April 30, 2017 in spaces generally reserved for advertising.
        
   33. Motion to approve the Final Design Phase deliverables (shop drawings and renderings) by Charles Sowers for the Glen Canyon Recreation Center public art project.
        
   34. Motion to approve the Project Outline for Phase Two of the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center Two-Dimensional Artwork Program.
        
   35. Motion to approve the selected finalists: Mildred Howard; Christian Moeller; Norie Sato; Ron Moultrie Saunders; and Catherine Widgery for the SEP Headworks Building Public Art Project as selected by the SEP Headworks Building Public Art Project Selection Panel.
        
   36. Motion to approve the following artworks for the new Office of the Chief Medical Examiner:
       Hush by Suzy Barnard
       Hyacinth Over Teal by Suzy Barnard
       Underneath the Sky by Suzy Barnard
       Nothing but Bright by Elaine Coombs
       Panhandle Park by Stanley Goldstein
       Rodeo Beach Sunny by Stanley Goldstein
       Morning Along the Coast by Bruce Katz
       Memorial Pond by Beryl Landau
       Rise-Fall by Beryl Landau
       Windswept by Beryl Landau
       Time will Tell by Alan Mazzetti
       Colorful Boats in the Bay #2 by Siddharth Parasnis
       Dune Trail by Wendell Shin
       Man and His Best Friend by Wendell Shin
       Dumbarton Bridge 3 by Donna J. Wan
       Seacliff Beach 3 by Donna J. Wan
       Stinson Beach by Donna J. Wan
        
   37. Motion to approve Final Design for the exterior sculpture titled Alma, by Richard Deutsch for the new Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
        
   38. Motion to approve the selected finalists: Nathan Lynch; Alison Saar; Sarah Sze; and alternate Hank Willis Thomas for the Moscone Expansion Project’s West Bridge Project as recommended by the Moscone Expansion Project’s West Bridge Project Art Selection Panel.
        
   39. Motion to approve the Design Development Deliverables, specifically the artwork’s placement and orientation, by Christine Corday for the Moscone Expansion Howard Street project, with the caveat that revisions to the sculpture design are to be reviewed and approved at the next meeting of the Visual Arts Committee.
        
   40. Motion to approve the selected finalists: Adriane Colburn; Marc Fornes (THEVERYMANY); Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle; Tim Prentice; and alternate Chris Fraser for the SFO Consolidated Administrative Complex—Phase 1 Building Public Art Project as recommended by the SFO Consolidated Administrative Complex—Phase 1 Building Public Art Project Art Selection Panel.
        
       Executive Committee Recommendations (October 24, 2016; link to agenda)
       Action
   41. Motion to approve the Memorandum of Understanding with the Emerald Fund, a private developer, regarding their contribution of $1.5 million to the Public Art Trust for a permanent art project at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium that will become a part of the Civic Art Collection.
        
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 11/3/16, 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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