MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, May 7, 2018
2:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Agenda

 
Arts Commissioners: JD Beltran, President; Roberto Ordeñana, Vice President
Charles Collins, Simon Frankel, Mary Jung, 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 April 2, 2018 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.
    
   Explanatory Document: City Attorney's Memo on Rehearing, Rehearing Request, Rules of the Board of Appeals
    
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. Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee—Charles Collins, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
          
      2. Action: Discussion and possible motion to rescind the FY2017-2018 Organization Project grant to Urban Jazz Dance Company (Fiscal Sponsor: Zaccho Dance Theatre), for an amount not to exceed $12,000, authorized by Resolution No. 0501-17-116.
          
      3. Action: Discussion and possible motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a FY2017-2018 Organization Project grant with Urban Jazz Dance (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts) for an amount not to exceed $12,000.
          
   3. Visual Arts Committee—Dorka Keehn, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
          
6. 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 March 19, 2018.
       
   2. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of March 26, 2018.
       
   3. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of April 16, 2018.
       
   4. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of April 18, 2018.
       
   5. Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of April 24, 2018.
       
      Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (April 16, 2018; link to agenda)
      Action
   6. Motion to approve Phase 1 Changes of the Terminal 2 (“T2”) Air Traffic Control Tower (“ATCT”) Demolition and Office Tower Modifications (Buildback) Project.
       
   7. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the San Francisco Airport (“SFO”) Mel Leong Industrial Waste Water Treatment Plant Laboratory/Administrative Building Project contingent upon: 1) adding a darker panel over the conference room windows, 2) concealing the roof utilities with a screen, and 3) simplifying the planting palette.
       
   8. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Garfield Pool Center Project.
       
   9. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the San Francisco Fire Department (“SFFD”) Ambulance Deployment Facility Project.
       
      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (April 18, 2018; link to agenda)
      Action
   10. Motion to approve the mural design of Mural Muses by artists Erin Yoshi, Franceska Gamez, and Cece Carpio. The painted mural will be on an exterior wall at Frank McCoppin Elementary School, 651 Sixth Street. The painted mural will measure approximately 25 ft. by 50 ft. The project is funded by the San Francisco Arts Commission Special Project Grant and Indiegogo Community Support, and is sponsored by the Asian American Women Artists Association; the painted mural will not become part of the Civic Art Collection.
        
   11. Motion to approve as installed the completed artwork entitled Flight, 2016, by Ben Trautman for the Randall Museum of Science, Nature and the Arts.
        
   12. Motion to approve and to accept into the Civic Art Collection the artwork entitled Flight, 2016, by Ben Trautman. The abstracted sculpture inspired from a bird in flight consists of steel, aluminum, wood, resin, acetal plastic and wire, and measures 1 ft. by 19 ft. by 6 ft. The artwork was commissioned for and is located at the Randall Museum of Science, Nature and the Arts.
        
   13. Motion to approve and to accept into the Civic Art Collection the artwork entitled Land of the Helping Hand, 2017, by Sirron Norris. The painted mural and aluminum panels depicting iconic Bay Area landmarks in a cartoon landscape consists of one primary mural (approximately 7 ft. by 17-1/2 ft.), seven smaller murals (ranging in size), and eight wall artworks in the exam and waiting rooms (36 in. by 24 in.). The artwork was commissioned for and is located at the Pediatric Emergency Department at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.
        
   14. Motion to approve honoraria to artists participating in the SFAC Galleries’ exhibition Culture Catalyst (the previously untitled Neighborhood Arts Program 50th Anniversary Exhibition), opening April 27, 2018: $400 each to the following artists: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Nancy Cato, Sara Elizabeth Maynard, Jane Norling, Eugene E. White; $1200 to Tina Kashiwagi (on behalf of the artist collective MACRO WAVES); $750 to each of the following for their writing contributions: Rene Yanez, Alleluia Panis and Arlene Goldbard.
        
   15. Motion to retroactively accept into the Civic Art Collection the tile mural (title unknown) from 1967, by Win Ng. The glazed ceramic tile mural depicting various elements of medical science consists of eight separate panels, each measuring approximately 122 in. x 69 in., adorns the entry façade of the Maxine Hall Health Center located at 1301 Pierce St. The mural design was approved and purchased by Resolution No. 9003-1967-S at the Regular Meeting of the Art Commission held on February 6, 1967. Assigned retroactive accession number 1967.86.a-h.
        
   16. Motion to rescind Arts Commission Resolution No. 0108-18-020: Motion to approve the temporary installation of 40 sculptures by Zak Ove, entitled Invisible Men, in Civic Center Plaza commencing late July, 2018 through mid-October, 2018, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to execute a loan agreement with the artist for a budget not to exceed $90,000 with all additional costs to be borne by the artist and the Tobey Clark Gallery, contingent upon approval from the Recreation and Park Commission.
        
   17. Motion to approve the temporary installation of 40 sculptures by Zak Ove, entitled Invisible Men and the Masque of Darkness in Civic Center Plaza commencing as early as June 30, 2018 through November 7, 2018 and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to execute a loan agreement with the artist not to exceed $105,000.
        
   18. Motion to authorize an allocation of $30,000 from the Public Art Trust to be used as a contingency reserve for the Zak Ove sculpture project entitled Invisible Men and the Masque of Darkness in Civic Center Plaza commencing as early as June 30, 2018 through November 7, 2018.
        
   19. Motion to approve artists’ honoraria for the research and development of artwork for the SFAC Galleries 2018 exhibition Conversation 7: Farah Al Qasimi and Marcela Pardo Ariza (July 6–August 25, 2018) in the following amounts: Farah Al Qasimi, $4,000; and Marcela Pardo Ariza, $4,000.
        
   20. Motion to approve the following finalists for the Mint Plaza project as recommended by the artist selection panel: Future Cities Lab, Haddad | Drugan (Haddad Drugan LLC), HYBYCOZO (COZO Industries LLC), IwamotoScott (IwamotoScott Architecture, LLP), and Shan Shan Sheng (East West Fine Art Studio), and approval to pay each finalist an honorarium up to $1,200.
        
   21. Motion to relocate Invocation (2004), a steel rod and perforated metal galvanized sculpture by Pepe Ozan, from the northwest corner of Cesar Chavez Street and Vermont Street to Palega Park.
        
   22. Motion to approve selected artist Sanaz Mazinani and proposal titled Spin for the Golden Gate Tennis Center Public Art Project as recommended by the artist selection panel.
        
   23. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with artist Sanaz Mazinani for an amount not to exceed $57,325 for design, fabrication, transportation and installation consultation of an artwork for the Golden Gate Tennis Center Public Art Project.
        
   24. Motion to approve the purchase of the following artworks for display at the San Francisco International Airport: Hyatt Hotel as recommended by the artist selection panel:
       Miya Ando, November Evening Cloud 4.6, 2017, dye on aluminum, 48 in. by 72 in., $35,500
       New Commission by Miguel Arzabe, purchase amount to be determined
       James Chronister, California (1), 2018, oil on canvas, 72 in. by 50 in., $20,000
       Ala Ebtekar, Zenith (IV), 2015, acrylic over cyanograph on canvas, 72 in. by 125 in., $50,000
       Terri Loewenthal, Psychscape 26 (Rock Garden, CA), 2017, archival pigment print, 40 in. by 30 in. (framed), $8,500
       Terri Loewenthal, Psychscape 48 (Lookout Mountain, CA), 2017, archival pigment print, 40 in. by 30 in. (framed), $8,500
       Terri Loewenthal, Psychscape 73 (Downs, Mount, CA), 2017, archival pigment print, 40 in. by 30 in. (framed), $8,500
       Richard Misrach, Golden Gate Bridge, 3.8.00, 5:16 pm, 2000, pigment print, 60 in. by 74 in., $50,000
       Richard Misrach, Golden Gate Bridge, 2.27.00, 4:55pm, 2000, pigment print, 60 in. by 74 in., $50,000
       Richard Misrach, Golden Gate Bridge, 2.16.98, 5:20 pm, 1998, pigment print, 60 in. by 74 in., $50,000
       New Commission by David Wilson, purchase amount to be determined
        
   25. Motion to approve the possible purchase of artworks by the following shortlist of artists for display at the San Francisco International Airport: Terminal 1, Boarding Area B as recommended by the artist selection panel:
       Yorgo Alexopoulos
       Lisa Ann Auerbach John Bankston
       Tammy Rae Carland
       David Huffman
       Oliver Jackson
       Chris Johanson
       Frank Lobdell
       Alicia McCarthy
       Barry McGee
       Jenny Odell
       Susan O’Malley
       Clare Rojas
       Muzae Sesay
       Hank Willis Thomas
       Lava Thomas
        
   26. Motion to approve the purchase of the artwork entitled No Other Lands Their Glory Know, 2018 by Alice Shaw (a limited edition carbon pigment print on Pura Smooth with 24k gold leafing) for display at the San Francisco International Airport, Consolidated Administrative Campus.
        
   27. Motion to approve artist Emily Fromm’s Conceptual Design Phase deliverables (artwork rendering, sketches and budget) for San Francisco International Airport: Terminal 1 Center, AC–06 Project.
        
   28. Motion to approve the public art project outline for the San Francisco International Airport Terminal 1: Boarding Area B, End of Pier Suspended Sculpture Project.
        
       Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Recommendations (April 24, 2018; link to agenda)
       Action
   29. Motion to approve an Artistic Legacy Grant (“ALG”) in the 2018-2019 cycle to Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement for an amount not to exceed $40,000.
        
   30. Motion to approve recommendations to award ten grants totaling $186,020 in the 2018-2019 cycle of Artists and Communities in Partnership–Social Justice (“ACIP-SJ”) 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:
       AfroSolo Theatre Company (Fiscal Sponsor: Idris Ackamoor and Cultural Odyssey), $18,497
       Anti-Eviction Mapping Project (Fiscal Sponsor: Bay Area Community Law Foundation), $17,900
       Chinese for Affirmative Action, $20,000
       Coalition on Homelessness, $20,000
       Dolores Street Community Services Inc., $20,000
       Gabriela San Francisco (Fiscal Sponsor: Filipino-American Development Foundation), $9,623
       Glide Foundation, $20,000
       Mujeres Unidas y Activas, $20,000
       Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project, $20,000
       Young Women’s Freedom Center (Fiscal Sponsor: Center for Young Women’s Development), $20,000
        
   31. Motion to approve recommendations to award ten grants totaling $199,992 in the 2018-2019 cycle of Artists and Communities in Partnership-Youth (“ACIP-Youth”) 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:
       CommunityGrows, (Fiscal Sponsor: Tides Center), $20,000
       Downtown Continuation High School (Fiscal Sponsor: American Conservatory Theatre Foundation), $20,000
       Flyaway Productions, $20,000
       Independence High School (Fiscal Sponsor: Spark sf Public Schools), $20,000
       Push Dance Company, $20,000
       San Francisco Mime Troupe, $19,992
       StageWrite (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $20,000
       Streetside Stories Inc., $20,000
       Success Center San Francisco, $20,000
       Womens Audio Mission, $20,000
        
   32. Motion to approve recommendations to award eight grants totaling $40,000 in the 2018-2019 cycle of Arts for Neighborhood Vitality (“ANV”) 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:
       Au Co Vietnamese Cultural Center, $5,000
       Brava for Women in the Arts, $5,000
       Chinese Historical Society of America, $5,000
       Genryu Arts, $5,000
       Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California, $5,000
       Precita Eyes Muralists, $5,000
       Salsa Festival on Fillmore (Fiscal Sponsor: West Bay Local Development Corporation), $5,000
       The Village Project (Fiscal Sponsor: Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco), $5,000
        
   33. Motion to approve recommendations to award ten grants totaling $564,861 in the 2018-2019 cycle of Creative Space (“CRSP”) 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:
       Abada-Capoeira San Francisco, $50,000
       Artspace Development Corporation, $50,000
       Blue Bear School of Music, $100,000
       Exitheatre, $44,863
       Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Historical Society, $50,000
       Joe Goode Performance Group, $50,000
       Levydance Inc., $20,000
       Performing Arts Workshop Inc., $99,998
       Roxie Theater, $50,000
       Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project, $50,000
        
   34. Motion to approve recommendations to award twenty grants totaling $1,040,219 in the 2018-2019 cycle of Cultural Equity Initiatives (“CEI”) 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:
       African-American Shakespeare Company, $30,000
       Asian Improv aRts (Fiscal Sponsor: SOMArts), $29,999
       Aunt Lute Foundation, $60,000
       Chhandam Chitresh Das Dance Company, $90,000
       Cultural Odyssey, $90,000
       Eth-Noh-Tec, $42,150
       Eye Zen Presents (Fiscal Sponsor: Counterpulse), $28,000
       Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers (Fiscal Sponsor: Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts), $7,952
       Golden Thread Productions, $90,000
       Kulintang Arts, Inc., $74,797
       La Pocha Nostra, $72,335
       Lenora Lee Dance, (Fiscal Sponsor: Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center), $48,491
       Manilatown Heritage Foundation, $16,000
       Push Dance Company, $30,870
       Robert Moses Kin, $90,000
       San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company, $13,200
       San Francisco Black Film Festival (Fiscal Sponsor: West Bay Local Development Corporation), $21,875
       San Francisco Mime Troupe, $90,000
       Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center, $24,550
       Youth Art Exchange (Fiscal Sponsor: Tides Center), $90,000
        
   35. Motion to approve recommendations to award one grant totaling $9,811 in the 2018-2019 cycle of Cultural Equity Initiatives (“CEI”) to Still Here Productions (Fiscal Sponsor: Queer Cultural Center) and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement for an amount not to exceed $9,811.
        
   36. Motion to approve recommendations to award forty-four grants totaling $657,000 in the 2018-2019 cycle of Individual Artist Commissions (“IAC”) to the following individuals, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each individual for amounts not to exceed the following:
       Jose Abad (Fiscal Sponsor: Jess Curtis/Gravity Inc.), $15,000
       Idris Ackamoor (Fiscal Sponsor: Idris Ackamoor and Cultural Odyssey), $15,000
       Rotimi Oluwashola Agbabiaka, $15,000
       Aureen Almario, $15,000
       Lincoln Basaing, $15,000
       Elizabeth-Starbright Bilyck, (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $15,000
       Conrad J. Benedicto, $15,000
       Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (Fiscal Sponsor: Jess Curtis/Gravity Inc.), $15,000
       Anne Bluethenthal (Fiscal Sponsor: Anne Bluethenthal & Dancers), $15,000
       Caroline Cabading, $15,000
       Lily Cai, $15,000
       Nicole Calasich, $15,000
       Beth Custer, $15,000
       Keli Dailey (Fiscal Sponsor: Media Alliance), $14,000
       Kerensa DeMars, $15,000
       Megan Finlay (Fiscal Sponsor: Rapid Descent Physical Performance Company), $15,000
       Paul S. Flores, $15,000
       Christine Funsch (Fiscal Sponsor: Dancers Group), $15,000
       Jason Hanasik, $15,000
       Keith Hennessy (Fiscal Sponsor: Circo Zero), $15,000
       Sascha Jacobsen, $15,000
       Jon Jang (Fiscal Sponsor: Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center), $15,000
       Krissy Keefer (Fiscal Sponsor: Dance Brigade), $15,000
       Daniel Lee, $15,000
       Lenora Lee (Fiscal Sponsor: Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center), $15,000
       Leye Felicite Martin (Fiscal Sponsor: Fely Productions – ZEWP African Arts Academy), $15,000
       Lauren Malbroux (Fiscal Sponsor: African American Arts and Culture Complex), $15,000
       Sara Mann (Fiscal Sponsor: Mixed Bag Productions), $15,000
       Richard Marriott, $15,000
       Ami Molinelli, $15,000
       Alleluia Panis, $15,000
       Michael Phelan, $15,000
       Vanessa Sanchez, $15,000
       Oliver Saria (Fiscal Sponsor: Bindlestiff Studio), $15,000
       Derek Schmidt, $15,000
       Kevin Seaman, $15,000
       Lauren Simpson, $13,000
       Gang Situ, $15,000
       Melody Takata (Fiscal Sponsor: Genryu Arts), $15,000
       Seiichi Tanaka, $15,000
       Niloufar Talebi, $15,000
       Ross Travis (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $15,000
       Nancy Wang (Fiscal Sponsor: Eth-Noh-Tec), $15,000
       Tessa Wills (Fiscal Sponsor: Dancers Group), $15,000
        
   37. Motion to approve recommendation to award one grant totaling $15,000 in the 2018-2019 cycle of Individual Artist Commissions (“IAC”) to Sean Dorsey (Fiscal Sponsor: Fresh Meat Productions) and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement for an amount not to exceed $15,000.
        
   38. Motion to approve recommendations to award three grants totaling $170,000 in the 2018-2019 cycle of Native American Arts and Cultural Traditions (“NAACT”) 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:
       Cultural Conservancy (Cultural Equity Initiatives grant), $100,000
       Dancing Earth Creations (Cultural Equity Initiatives grant) (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $50,000
       Cultural Conservancy (Organizational Project Grant), $20,000
        
   39. Motion to approve recommendations to award fifty grants totaling $949,926 in the 2018-2019 cycle of Organization Project Grants (“OPG”) 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:
       3rd I South Asian Independent Film, $20,000
       ABD Productions (Fiscal Sponsor: Anne Bluethenthal & Dancers), $20,000
       Arab Film Festival, $20,000
       Asian American Women Artists Association, $20,000
       Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, $20,000
       Au Co Vietnamese Cultural Center, $20,000
       Bay Bridged, Inc., $20,000
       Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts and Technology, $20,000
       Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema (Fiscal Sponsor: San Francisco Parks Alliance), $11,349
       Campo Santo (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $20,000
       Chhandam Chitresh Das Dance Company, $20,000
       Chinese Cultural Productions, $20,000
       Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco, $20,000
       Chinese Historical Society of America, $20,000
       Croatian Cultural Center of San Francisco, $16,915
       Cultural Odyssey, $20,000
       Dance Brigade, $20,000
       Eye Zen Presents (Fiscal Sponsor: Counterpulse), $20,000
       Hope Mohr Dance, $20,000
       Irving Street Projects (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $8,462
       Jess Curtis/Gravity Inc., $20,000
       Joe Goode Performance Group, $20,000
       KD MovingGround (Fiscal Sponsor: Counterpulse), $9,000
       Kulintang Arts, Inc., $20,000
       Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, $20,000
       Lenora Lee Dance (Fiscal Sponsor: Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center), $20,000
       Litquake Foundation, $20,000
       Lorraine Hansberry Theatre (Fiscal Sponsor: Sew Productions), $20,000
       Manilatown Heritage Foundation, $16,000
       Navarrete x Kajiyama Dance Theater (Fiscal Sponsor: Dancers Group), $20,000
       OX (Fiscal Sponsor: Counterpulse), $20,000
       Playground, $20,000
       Playwrights Foundation, $20,000
       Radar Productions, $20,000
       Red Poppy Art House (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $20,000
       Root Division, $20,000
       Roxie Theater, $20,000
       San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company, $13,200
       San Francisco Black Film Festival (Fiscal Sponsor: West Bay Local Development Corporation), $20,000
       San Francisco Mime Troupe, $20,000
       Shakespeare–San Francisco, $20,000
       Sixth Street Photography Workshop (Fiscal Sponsor: Tenants and Owners Development Corporation), $20,000
       Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center, $20,000
       The African & African American Performing Arts Coalition (Fiscal Sponsor: Dance Brigade), $15,000
       The Lab, $20,000
       The Village Project (Fiscal Sponsor: Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco), $20,000
       Theatre of Yugen, $20,000
       Yerba Buena Arts & Events, $20,000
       Youth Art Exchange (Fiscal Sponsor: Tides Center), $20,000
       Zaccho Dance Theatre, $20,000
        
   40. Motion to approve recommendations to award four grants totaling $59,429 in the 2018-2019 cycle of Organization Project Grants (“OPG”) 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:
       Chrysalis Studio (Fiscal Sponsor: Queer Cultural Center), $19,418
       Creative Labor: Queer Visual Artists Working Group (Fiscal Sponsor: Queer Cultural Center), $10,200
       San Francisco Transgender Film Festival (Fiscal Sponsor: Fresh Meat Productions), $20,000
       Still Here Productions (Fiscal Sponsor: Queer Cultural Center), $9,811
        
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 5/4/18, 12:45 p.m. spr
 

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De acuerdo con la Ley sobre Estadounidenses con Discapacidades (Americans with Disabilities Act) y la Ordenanza de Acceso a Idiomas (Language Access Ordinance) intérpretes de chino, español, y lenguaje de señas estarán disponibles de ser requeridos. En adición, se hará todo el esfuerzo posible para proveer un sistema mejoramiento de sonido, materiales de la reunión en formatos alternativos, y/o proveer un leedor. Las minutas podrán ser traducidas luego de ser aprobadas por la Comisión. Para solicitar estos servicios, favor contactar a Sharon Page Ritchie, Commission Secretary, por lo menos 48 horas antes de la reunión al 415/252-2256. Las solicitudes tardías serán consideradas de ser posible. La sala de audiencia es accesible a silla de ruedas.


PATAKARAN PARA SA PAG-ACCESS NG MGA MITING

Ayon sa batas ng Americans with Disabilities Act at ng Language Access Ordinance, maaring mag-request ng mga tagapagsalin wika sa salitang Tsino, Espanyol at/o sa may kapansanan pandinig sa American Sign Language. Bukod pa dito, sisikapin gawan ng paraan na makapaglaan ng gamit upang lalong pabutihin ang inyong pakikinig, maibahagi ang mga kaganapan ng miting sa iba’t ibang anyo, at/o isang tagapagbasa. Ang mga kaganapan ng miting ay maaring isalin sa ibang wika matapos ito ay aprobahan ng komisyon. Sa mga ganitong uri ng kahilingan, mangyari po lamang makipag ugnayan kay Sharon Page Ritchie, Commission Secretary, sa 415/252-2256. Magbigay po lamang ng hindi bababa sa 48 oras na abiso bago ng miting. Kung maari, ang mga late na hiling ay posibleng tanggapin. Ang silid ng pagpupulungan ay accessible sa mga naka wheelchair.