my new. high masa. oh, nice. oh that's so good.t that. that we have nine. that was a good. you were. this is blank. i saw got. oh. you know, so there's liquid inside. thankou got it all over my. oh. no problem. yeah. better that. good afternoon. how are you? and welcome to the meeting of the arts commission on monday, 2024. may i ask everyone■■dnut their phont nt? yes. okay thank you. as

i've before this commission too many times by not following the rules that we have established. so i'm calling this meeting to ord, to begin by askg commission secretary manraj dhaliwal to collins present. vie president shioda &'present. commissioner beltran present. commissionerenavides present. commissioner brenzel is absent. commissioner carney prent. commissioner ferris here. commissioner him here commissioner mosley should be. d here. mmissioner shelby ishr absent. and commissionerso is a. we have quorum for the record, director of cultural affairs ralph remington and chief of staff alyssa ventri are in75 aga

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commissioner mosley will not be attending today. and president collins, ple when you are ready. thank you. sir, i would like to start the mting by reading our land acknowledgment statement. the san francisco arts commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone, who are",he■ original occupants of the san francisco peninsulaas the indigenous stewards of this land. and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, nor lostponsis as caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside on their or in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit frolivi■n on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging e elders, and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. as the pa dedated to promoting a diverse and

equitable arts andtu, we are committed to supporting the traditional and contemporary evolution of the american indian community. i would now like to cage number two. agenda item number two is the approval a discussion and possible action. motion from the commission to approve the july 1202 four minutes. so i have a motion second commissioner schneider, thank you very much. i'llr any n agenda itemr two, approval of minutes for those joining in person, please proceed to the public comment podium and fill out the public comment information card. we two. as a reminder, your time will start when yeg a visual timer on the podium and receive a 32nd audible warningting comments from those who are in person. is there anyone who

would like to me a public comment on the current agenda items? i see no requestd

will see a visual timer on the podium and receive a 32nd audible warning before have a fc comments. welcome. we're on item three and your timll you start k you. my name is douglas ingman. it's an honor to be here, i served 15 years as a planning commissioner and a board of permit appeals commissioner. unfortunately, a while back, and it's my first time before the ma matter that's vital to the future of this commission. and you may be aware but there is at measure that's going on thelot s the arts commission from the charter, and i goes away unless the board of supervisors, based special committee to recommend its reinstatement, not as a charter commission, but as a regular commission with advisory powers only. this ballot measure

also eliminates the health , the library commission, the public works commissione small business commission, the commission on status ofommission, the human rights commission, historic preservationout a dozen others f the charter, the all other commissions, all 135 of the other commissions that are not retained in the charter■q 16 mof this measurehey're reauthorized by the board of supervisors by ordinance. so basically, at least 70 years of history is being wiped out in this one ballot measure. the ballot measure also gives the mayor, supermajorities on all commissions. it's not an issue here. since the mayor appoints

all the commissioners, it reviews any board approval of ay mayoralion or benefit to anymissioner serving on a commission. it's a little bit hurts me in my heart because when i was on the board of permit i15 a meeting for parking fees,in seca committee that's affiliad with a mayoral candidate. if you read the newspapers, you know who that is. it gives its intent is to give the mayor power by reducing public participation through our commission process, this is not the wayoo government works. there is an alternative measure to review commissions, not abolish them is in a public process to see whet need not be

in existence anymore, that's goo be an alternative measure. i wanted to bring this to your attention, because we found o that not all commissioners are aware of this. and there is a out at i've given to the secretary that gives us more information. thankou fou engman. we have another public comment and your time will begin when you start speaking. okay. hello commissioners. my name is margaret brodkin and i'm here foryo am outraged by this charter amendment. and i have have seen our commission system perspectie been a department head that the children, youth and their families. i am currently president of the juvenile probation commission. that i am not here in my capacity as a commissioner. i've been on the first five commission and i have worked on ballotsurent commissis

related to the well-being of children. i've seen this issue from every perspective. this is terrible public policy, and it's a terrible way to make public t's done in secret and no one knows about it, that the's with it. so i we are here to urge about it. i you can call me email me. margaret margaret brodkin.com partf now get namest arguments. and you can all sign a ballot argumen for citing your participation on the commission for identification purposes onl, and you can recommend people ins community who would be concerned about the loss of a major part of the artfr city. i've never sn anything like this in the whole

time. i've worked on public policy issues in ;>san francio. this was literally done in secret. people showed■c the street to get ballot, get signatures. the signature gather were collecting signaturs about. there is really knows its long. no one is going to read this thing. i read it and it broke my heart. rng and all i'm seeing is just 72 pages of things crossed out. things that represent, in my case, years of■i work, blood, sweat ad tears to get aommission, for instance, that oversees the problems of kids in ourked up, who no one pays attention to untile ■ mid 80s, that really looked at those kids. now, very few people know about it, but it's a very important part of our civic infrastructure. the same isber s

related to the well-being of kids. so i'm here to ask you bat measure to send us names of people who will be willing to sign a ballot argument, and■m$io look at the literature on this, beco involved in this campaign. and i also want to tell you that, number one, the mayor has been really clear. we have all talked to sean elsbernd. they are really clear that you can take a position on this. the mayor is not taking a position. you are free to take whatever position you want. according and that's very import because, you=y■rnow, we all want to stay on our commissions and that there is no threat to your seat on the commission by on the is up. so i lk forward you, thy

much. thank you very much, director. commissioner brodkin, do we have any additional comments? yes. and your time ng. good afternoon. myart name is elliot encarcion spoke to this commission at last month's meeting. and you have ie san francisco symphony chorus and two other occasions in the last few months,w attention to s commission, which gives so generously to the symphony every year, you are probably continued press coverage and growing concerns from all donors, sistes and choruses around the country and the world are artistic luminaries, symphony patrons and our instrumental colleagues in e orchestra. today, i'm here to renew a request for oversight for this commission to aeal directly to the symphony leadership in its capacity as a major source of funding, andjode symphony chorus is a major artistic pillar in the bay area,

but a relatively minor financial burden in the symphony's ledger. theal excellence of this chorus for decades, carried on theul oly 32 paid professional choristers represented by agma, our labor union, this paradigm is completely unique. our peer symphonies ands angeles employ all or nearly all of their sinrsdy under professional union contracts. the 32 agma singers of the san francisco symphony are paid lesf our lowest paid instrumental colleagues, with no additions for seniority. for position and no health insurance or pensions. the entire chorus accnts fo■xuki only about 1.5% of the operating budget. symphony management, with apparent total sincerity, proposed an 80% cut to the chorus's budget, about $800,000. such a cut would not only bewxí6 devastating for the 32 agma choristers and their families. not only be completely demoralizing for the 120 semipressionolunteers who rely on us not only destroy this ensemble's ability to innovative new programing, but most gallingl a cut would not even make a dent in the $12.5

million operating deficit. the symphony is projecting for this season. their proposal is a re reckless, specifically suggesting, for example, that beethoven's ninth symphony or handel's messiah could be and should be performed with only eight■6. this would be equivalet to replacing all buting playersn the orchestra with volunteer players. can you imagine t contract expired a week ago and we■y have not met with managemet since july 11th. they have postponed further negotiations with agma uil le august. there is seemingly no urgency on their part and little, if any, responne to the recklessness of their proposals, and they have refused to answer questions about how other pant share in cost cutting. it seems they only respond t demands from major donors with finances as their only motivating, both arts commission as a whole orhe individually write to the symphony management and insist eyr naia elsewhere in the institution. i

ask you to review their financial statemeore than happyd believe. you will come to therae premature, unwarranted and foreboding to the symphony's future. i invite you to contact me directly and my colleagues org to learn more about thetist situation and how to support the chorus. thank■] you very much. y additional public comments? i see no requests■4■í comment. public comment is now closedyou. i'm now calling agenda item number four, which is the dector' introducinr of cultural affairs, mr. ralph remington, thank you, president collins, good afternoon, commissioners. i hope you all had a wonderful start to your august■@, ju was a very busy month for the arts commission, to# off this month's report, i'd like to share a few highlights from our recent even ninth, in

partnership with the port of san unveiled a new temporary j. price, titled as sounds turned to■]barcadero pro. the nine foot bronze sculpture, depicting a young black woman dressed in jogging attire, will be on view through january 25. ci collection and public art public. i'm sorry a civic art collection and public art program director maryt the unveg ceremony to speak on behalf of the agency, along with representatives from the port, on july 11th, we held a press conference in chinatown to officially launch the chinatown artist registry request for qualifications in rtpdon breedse and chinese culture center. c.c.c. mar was also in attendance at the press conference to speak on behal of the agency, along with mayor

breed, supervisor aaron peskin and jennyñ0 c.c.c, we will be co-hosting as of technical pre-application workshops offered in both english and chine languag virtual workshop will be held tomorrow on tsd starting at 5 p.m, and an in-person workshop is schedule,5 to 6:30 p.m. at the chinese■ culture center. the deadline for artists to submit qualifications for the 2024 by 5 p.m. on j 18th and 19th, i attended the monument lab summit with our monuments memorial senior prnager angela carrier in philadelphia, pennsylvania, consequently, my hometown. so,td innovating the monument landscape through groundbreaking forms of commemoration, of

past is presence. it was■q a an extraordinary eventander from tn foundation was amazing, what she expressed, how she really is doubling down on the monuments and memorials project because she t most impos that we can leave for the future and howpublic in a greater way. so it was fantastic, and powerful, all of their panels, every single one of their panels was very powerful. and that's an odd thing to say from a conference,, some things are great and some things are not so great. a was amazing, on july legend, a nighf songs and stories with the sf symphony. that was he was fantastic. on july 25th, i attended a summer garden sessions event at the battery rucker show, a■9 musical tribute honoring prince and minneapolis

funk. my adopted minneapolis, minnesota, with martin luther mccoy. and i saw our former commissioner mccoy there as well regards and her love, and i alsf took last friday, took a tour of the neon showco-owner of chez benz, kelly ezell, at t museum of craft and design. and that's arge people to go out and see that, while ao announce that doctor maya angelou monument portrait of a phenomenal woman will be installed at the main library this september, please save the date and join us for the unveiling and community celebration scheduled for september 19th, library 2 p.m, it's going to be a it's a long time coming, and glad to be there in support and proud of lava and what sh

done and what she's bringing to san francisco, we're also excited announce that starting in september 2024, the arts commission will host constitutional conversationsl ss that will examine culture sessions willder lens. the focus on the theme of freedom of pression, anuwd will take place on september 27th in the green room in th war memorial veterans building. the session will be moderated by myselfd wee joined by a group of panelists r hakimi, human rights commissioner executive director cheryl davis, and glbt historical societysa executive director and former commissioner roberto ordenana, the first town hall session will also be part of a national race forward americans for the arts and thevw■k f during the

inaugural cultural week of action for race and democracy, taking place september 27th through october 5th, 2024. so that's really exciting. and it's what start out as a as you all know, i on on behalf of the arts commission, i sit on the board at race forward may know, we also have a relationship with the worldci. a result of my introduction off■>á race forward to the world cities cultural forum. now, this what started out as on event, is now going to be an international event. an so this event is now going around the world during the samee period. and as a result of our intervention with race forward and world cities culture forum. so just to let you know about that, and this is going to be an ongoing annual event. so it's a chance for arts leaders from all around the world to impact their environments and their municipalities, and by focusing

one and democracy in very deep and impactful ways, by doing it through culture and cultural expression. so community investment updates, the community investments team is currentlyking applicants for our cultural ambassadors program toote upcoming 2025 arts impact endmend opportunities. cultural ambassadors will in raising awaf sfax grantnf sessions and help encourage artists to submit grant applications this fall. the deadline is april. i mean, to apply is mond, aust 1h. by 5 p.m. are some gallery updates, remi tha currey exhibition, praxis of localledga few more weeks this is a group exbitionhat ores the

diverse narratives of ancestral stories, movement and memory, features the works of four artists kimberley acebob, danied trina michelle robinson. a public a public voice una voz publica is on view at city hall on the ground floor in the north lighurt, through september 27th, 2024. as you know, that's been there for a little bit, so go see it before it closes at . some public art updates.art staff are currently accepting public comments for art proposals for the projects. mission bay school comments until 5 p.m. today, august 5thpo modernization project bus ramp and mariposa stairwell. public art opportunities. accepting comments until august 19th by 5,

treasure island accepting comments until p.m. all proposals will be available for reviewnd on our website. some air updates i'm happy to share that we member, theo lao, who joined r gallery's team as our new program associate. welcome,heo, i'm also happy to share that we have begun interviewing, candidates for the■m d and plan to have a candidate selected by the end of. some other announcements, budger breed sign a balanced budget to fund key city priorities to i'd like to thank deputyforward. director of finance and administration sarah that were d with preparing our proposed budget o months.

throughout the budget process, and especially kevin, kevin. th, sarah, and thank you, finance team and all our team as we work together t put this put this show on the road, sttegic planninge,■me have previously shared, we have selected ams planning and research as our new strategic planning consultant and are working with . we look forward o resuming our strategic planning work in mid-august, and ams will soon reach out to participants meetings. and with that, this concludes the director's report for the august. for august 5th, full cosi happy to take any questions you may have. are there any questions? e one this janine shiota. yes. i saw the, as sounds turned to noise. great.ank you. for

putting that in. and i saw some signage because i think that. but it was on paper, and it was on a fence behind, and i think it said d't climb or touch. i don't, but of course, people are. i saw so many people taking pictures in front around, you know, holding her legs. so, and i it wa was great. it was really great. so i wonder, and also, you know, i saw i hea people asking, you know, oh, who me from? so i don't know if ts there's, any way/ñ for informatn like qr codes or i kw you can't put things in the concrete on the port, soas just asking that question. so it's interesting. we just had this converay, and mary and

i were talking earlier today, so and i also talking with como about it today, so, a couple of arti really wants signage to be unobtrusive and does not really probably would prefer tot know. but we have i in the back, on the fence, and that's because he just■í wants people o happen upon it. like a person at usc every day. and oh, you wodn'tea y how elegant this is, that you're surprised as opposed to this is a piece of work that we want you to see, mary, if you have anything else you wan add is thd or you want to add some more, director of and or. okay como. director, communications as well. hi commissioners, i just wanted to add also that the gallery andthe

very specific about the information that they wa to have on the on the plaque. and i it over to's very minimal. but coma because it seems like he might have additional information on that. thank you. mary. good afternoon, commissicoer signage, that is currently up there is just tempo getting some larger signage that will be installed to probably make it a little more sible, the new signs will actually have a qr code where, members of thee to d get more information about the artwork so we can add more information and context about the piece. but it was age, asking members of the public not to climb onto this sculp. to interact and appreciate the artwork, but not necessari clb on and interact with it in that way. but yes, some additional signage will be installed in the■n nexco thank a possible liability issue becausr

remington, i was so fortunate to be at the launch, and, andhere was a lot of excitement about it. and i think one of thul thiw effectively it engages thepubli, and it's because of its scale. i mean, you can sort of tell in that image that, that was presented during the presentation, you know, it's almost twice as big as a rmal human would be. and so when you come upon it, it's really surprising. but not only that, but, you know, the dress of the figure and the face. and one woman came up to me because i involved. and she goes, that's stephon curry's face, right? isn't that his she recognized hs face in, in e st. , actually, ie of people. it's not a■& specific person, but just the fact that there's that curiosity and

engagement and makes people stop and think about it. and what it means shows what a brilliant piece it is. so and, you know, it's funny, i was down there this weekend taking some pictesith it and, and no one was stopping by. in factit, whei walked by, i just kind of walked by it because i was looking for it and■g i said, oh, there it i. and it had just gone past it. and then i walked back and it took some pictures and nobody was interacting. and then as soon as i was pictures. so there was a linetho take pictures with it. so that was really interesting. ike, wof you're walking down the street and you look up in■erybody starn the air and you're looking at, you know,t was kind of one of those things so very interesting. so one of the things that the chd psychologist piaget talks about is how people animate something. so you'lle five kids and you'll have thee ■wree cars when kid picks up the car,

everyone w tt car because some that child has brought that car into something that's animated. and so what you'rer on by recognition. and that's, you know, when i saw this piece, i had a similar experience and itt that someone else did. but it gets back to, younow, kind of early childhood development and piaget's philosophy or theory on activation like that. so this piece has a lot of dimension to it. this janine again, the day thathere, there was a full rainbow, from the bridge all to treasure island, kind of framing the statue. it was unbelievable. and pe saw the statue, they saw the rainbow. they saw everything. and then they were like, oh, wow, this is. and then they would go by the statue. it was crazy. did you take one? did i rainbow? myd

did. yes love a copy. yeah. yeahay are there any more comments or discussion on the director's report from the commission commissioner hakimi? just a quick technical iue. on r instagram, i canctually repost all of the events that are taking place at your post, but í n't repost a job announcement. is there a way that because that requires me to go another page and then copy the link, and so i was wonde, ome on, can youh the mic? sorry about that.■" thk you. because i've been trying to do that. but i can't, so i was sure. thank you for bringg that up. we'll look into that and ensure that all commissioners are tagged on there. it, but we will shareable. thank you, thankit's you. thanks commissioner hakimi, i'm seeing no further commission comment. is there any public comment on the director's report? for those joining in■, person, please proceed to the public comment podium and fill

out the public. we are currently on item four. as a reminder, your time will■n star. when you begin speaking, you will see a visual timer on the podium and receive a 32ndau i'mg comments from those who are indc comment on the current agenda items? i see nouest for public comment. public comment is closed. thank you. i'm now calling agenda item numbefive. these are our committee reports and about committee matters for discussion. first i will call item number five sub item number report. and i'm now introducing committee chair abby schneller to present the civic design review report. thank you. president, the july civic design review committee reviewed one conceptual project and one phase one project. the sfo terminal three west modernization for connector scope one, we're goinl

it c4c to, abbreviate this the airport's existing hierarchy, acti as a spatial link between terminals while incorporating a mix of passenger and■c tenant functions. c4c serves as a vothe airport's narrative and is design has been slightly modified from a four sided building to a five sided building to accommodate a larger footprint. each othve combination of fins, fritted, glass, andlidi■'ng on the sun exposure, and other factors. it's really interesting because as they were explaining to us, it made such perfect sense that it became a five sided building as oppoto four, particularly as you look at it here with the structure of what's going on within the full terminal. so i think it's a really good, urbann thought prod because some spaces are the

operation and some are the airline lounges and others are the passenger passthroughs, they all have different types offe ae working very sensitively is goie building at all times and■" arey really did an excellent job of that.■ and the north side maximizes views to the airside and south side minimizes projections and increases opacity for sola protection. and the west and east side optimizes shade with vertical fins. so basically what i just said now you havtheetaiw of how it all works. and so that was that project. and then what was reallyot the conceptual proposal for the millbrae camim millbrae campus e existing millbrae yard water department facilities, and that includes a new master plan with

extensive site work, a new laboratory administration building, a wellness pavilion, a full gut renovation of the existing admintrat adaptive reue gut renovation of anil store inw industrial shops and office ac before was there were certain they had like, some of the big box stores had rented, from from the site so that they could collect income because they didn't need that. now they need just because they're big box stores. they are perfect for the shops. so they're going to reuse them. and, y redesign them to work for that. but tcpe of project. so istarfrom think it was a very smart way oe go through the process where it gets to, the buildings are by tg

inspiration from the forest garden and existing language of masonry walls with wood, exposed exterior timbers and indoorions through a shared material lauagef imber construction with exposed elements, extensive glass facades and strong expression o4 wood, glass and masonry. the common language of the building] elements serves to unify the entire campus into a cohesive projt. you, there's the fact this this redwood forest right in thmiddlo be this incredible oasis withe e mass timberction, this is a big new thing that's going on now, with a lot of architectural buildings in terms of steel versus mass timber and different waysf re utilizing existing materials as they develop. s'lsee where they

go with this part of the project. so thisas kof a exciting meeting for us seeing all these new exciting big pr there. and is there any public is there any commissioner comments or questions? so, one of the things just amazing about this is to understand the infrastructure of our city, you know, we are a city and a county, but we also have these lands history, and au described this as an oasis in, in millbrae. abby would you add a little bit more coloro kind o, well, thisf what goes on with the whole water system that wee thchl) hetchy and bringing the pipes down and coming in and t centrat which things are distributed from here. and, i think they has

site like before the, before sfo, right? yeah. and it was this i mean, it's this huge acreage and this redwood forest in the middle t is just incredible, these know what? i'e to go out there, patrick. one of us are goi and take pictures of. incredible. oh, içy did yeah. so so i knew you had. yeah. that was the lead on go for it. but there's also very high security out therbecause it's hetchy is going through there. there's a giant what right of way for this huge big pipe where the whole water system is coming in. very specit it's they've really done a great job of tying it all together. as you mentioned, materialisticall. yeah, i would just comment that i had the opportunity. i think i mentioned this at our last meeting to go to the hetch hetchy reservoir and the o'shaughnessy dam, and itxz was

made possible because of our relationship to the public wor department. if anyone gets the invitation, take itrstand so muh of san francisco is as a our abd the water and also the history of the' hetch hetchy valley. i say that we owe a debt to history becse of the appropriation of that land. so the more good that we do, and there's also a $2.5 million arts b with this. yes. so there you know, you can never repair the lof you can do is to understand that the burden of the past sits on our shoulders. and when we listen to that land acknowledgment agreement, this is where this commission really helps to touch basis to bring to life, you know, through these projects and their visibility andheir art. you know, what what we have inherited by dint of t

so many people. no. and also the moccasin administration project, which you also were able to see, which is, you know, as the as the pipes come down, then they're processed continue on their journey down to millbrae. so it is fascinating to read and understand and see and actually experiencing all of it. so historically, ironically, thehis right through the property. so we have great hetch hetchy water system landing rightt the el camino real. so it's tying california history together in several ways. very much so. thank you. and that those narratives, you know, commissioner carney, are important right. and the arts commission can ve a role in that. absolutely. are there any other any public comment on this agenda item, civic design review

for those joining in person, please proceed to the public comment podium and fill out the public comment as a reminder, your time will start when you begin speaking, you'll see a visual timer on the podium and receive a 32nd audible warning before your timeludes. g comments from those who are in person. is there anyone who would like comment on the current agenda items? i see no request for public commepument is now closed. thank you very much. i am now calling agenda item numr five, sub item two, visual arts committee and i am introducing committee chair susie fer to present the visual arts committee report■.. thank you, president collins. i am presenting the visual arts coport for july 2024. it will be a very short report, the july visual arts committee had a verybut a very short agenda, we did review and pr sf ac gallery's upcoming exhibition, but the

galleries will be presenting that right after this, so i will, let them share the pictures and more information about that. and that concludes my report, are there any commsi comments on this report. so seeing public commenl arts committee report for those joining in person, please proceed to the public commt podium and fill out the public comment information card. we are currently on item 5.2. as a reminder, your time will start. when you begin speaking, you'll see a visual timer on the podium and receive a 32nd audible warning before your time concludes. i'm requesting person. is there anyone like to make a publicntn no request for public comment. public comment is now closed. i'm now calling agenda item number six, whh sfac galleries 2025 city hall exhibition, thevñ discussion, we

will have a presentation of the sfac galleries for upcoming 2025 exhibition at city hall. and i am introducing manager of ucation and public programs of the sfac gallery. may soon. wadsworth. good afternoon commissioners, so i'll be presenting on our upcoming for s right. first slide, so metaphors r dialog of the personal, the political and the cultural is an exhibio■ organized in partnership with photo alliance, a san francisco basenonpt ted to supporting the understanding, appreciation and creation ofhots exhibition is presented in two parts. the first is centered on photo alliance's insight. insight 2020, a porolioto celebe the organization's 20 year anniversary an organization's co-founder, linda connor. i features 20 prints

that speak to the challenges, hopes, and the rience that humanity faces as we grapple with a host of profound issues rangg(> from the covid 19 pandemic to the black lives matter movement,roclimration and from the new culture wars to ongoing st sexism. the second pl feature works selected through o alliance, which asks artists to submit work that reds to the images in the incite! incite 2020 portfolio and to expand on issu and imagery presented. the open call actually starts later this month, so we canrmed on that, as presented here today are from the incite, incite portfolio. a little bit about curator. so the curator of this exhibition iseth davila waldman. waldman is a cross-disciplinary artist based in the francisco bay area. she earned a ba from wellesley college and a bfathe .

she's been awarded residencies at thestitute in berkeley, the 18th street art center in santa monica, and ore. waldman serves on the board of photo alliance on■m the curatorial committee for monte vista projects in la bit more ao alliance. photo alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the support to supporting the understanding, appreciation and creation of contemporary photography. as mentioned earlier, their events have been the meeting place for the san francisco bay area. photo community since 2002, they foster connections through public lectures by noteworthy photographers portfolio reviews, and other timely public progr. k you very much for your report, is there any c from the commission on this agenda item, please? commissioner beltran, i just have a brief commenthat i am so gratified and thrilled that you are recognizing the whh

has been a real survivor, given what has happened with the arts and in terms of and even the field of photography over the last 22 years, since they were started i22 connor, who's also just an icono see this commissioner share her. yeah, i

know, commissioner sly appreciate that,ounoha coming from your body of work, you really understand the importance of connectit in#3 a very powerful way. thank you or discussion from the commission on this report? seeing none. is there any public comment for thosin to the public comment podium and fill out the public e currently on item six. as a reminder, your time will sta when you begin speaking, you will see a visual timer on the podium and receive a 32nd audible warning before your time concludes. i'm requesting comments from those who are in person. like to make a public comment on the current agenda item? seeing no ruest f public comment. public comment is now closed. thank you very much. i'm now calling ageit nbe seven, the consent calendar. it's important for us always to understand is time, you know, always to review these items. often we are looking at them en masse, but it's

important. sol ask, you know, as we look at this, any rd having time just to sink in you have a recusal at this time, please let us know seeing none. and so now we are going to take the consent calenr asking y commissioner discussion or comments as i ask for, the consent calendar. also, is there a motion and a second for approval of the beltran, it looks like one and two. seven, one and two. we're looking at agenda item number seven, w i calendar. i'm sorry, numbernd it looks like there's two motions sese one and seven sub two. are we taking them in combination i i'm maybe i'm lookingthe wrong on page four. i'm looking i'm no■!■l ito

it's all of those together. it's just divided up into. let me say this. it's always good to have a lawyer to look at everything the often made mistakes and i stand to be corrected at any given time. but you are heard, commissioner beltran and i. s bs there a second? and i second. commissioner, thank you very much. is there any that was cute. yeah. we have to listen to each other because we all have the bestf intentions. yes. so, is there any commissioner discussion comment on agenda item number seven, which is the consent calendar for those joining in person, please comment podium al out the public comment information card. we are en on item seven. as a reminder, your time will start. when you begin speaking,ouwi see podium and receive a 32nd audible warng bting comments from those who are in person. is there anyone you'd

like to on the current agenda items? i see no requests for public coent. ic closed. thank you. i am now calling agenda item number eight. just have a final motion. oh, i'm sorry. all those in favori a thousand, motion carries unanimously. thank you. i'm now calling ag item number eight, which is new business and announcemes, this is a discussion on current administrative, budgetary, legislative and programing■ developments and announcements. first, are there any commissioner comments or discussion and new business, this is commissioner to announci am absolutely thrilled that i completed a public art project, an environmental public art epi, which is the east in east palo alto, workin with 12 to 15 year olds to like intervention at and also the peninsula open

space trust foundation, which we just. and hopefully in the next couple of months you will be able to actually see it on google maps because it's arge scale. wow. we took a we took a huge circular, medialgl strip, and they literay went in there and rearranged the rocks into a design that they designed themselves. so it radiates from a tree that's at one of the edges. and they did just a phenomenal job. so that's great. i love it and learned about andy goldsworthy. exactly. this is commissioner schnur. i wanted to mention that we were fortunate enougho, myself, along with quite a few of the, arts staff.y ma chu, to, see all the, new acquisitions in

the final. the finalge completed final stage of the, of the harvey milk terminal. and it , u know, to be able to an■ get through security, they had it all arransily get through sed get to the other side to see the there. and so they got to talk about t.n art and we could celebrate them. and it was really a very special, event. and i was thrilled toe able to be there, as i'm sure, commissioner hakimi wants to say a few words too on it, but it was very it was incredible what the artist had to say. and susan pontius was there, so it was wonde t thank you, commissir hakimi, i just i was going to mention i'm glad you brought it up because it really was an amazing experience, standing over there■ and recognizing that

this is, probably one of the most galleries than anybody can walk through. and at moment that our city is have is finally recuperatingew we need to be. it is incredible, symbolically, to just stand over there and say, the moment that people arrive in san francisco to see this, this magnificent exhibition and the amount of work that went into it, and just standing overhere a a late, lati wasn't here for most of the projec me, it was new to see a t of these amazing sculptures■lorr staff, the work that they do and the artists. we got to meet a couple of the artists and it was really it was a humbling moment responsibility that i carry as a commission on this and this at. so just want to thank everybody. it was really it was one of my favorite moments of

and it was nice to be hanging out with you see your(v hnd too. so thank you. i just want to say thank you for this opportunity.e there. all right, this commission, i just wanted to chime in. i happen to take a flight out of sfo. out of t3, which is theexone e renovated. yes, but i specifically asked our lyft driver to drop ust t1. yeah, so i could walkt news is t of that art is publicly accessible without having to go through security. and so we literally spent half an hour just walking through t1, looking at all the pieces, you know, outside of security, because we hadn't even sort of checked in yet. and too. so exciting. the turnout gorgeously so. i encourage all of you, even if you're not taking a)2 there. it's a good point because going or coming or you're dropping off peop, you get up. and that's why i'm saying it's an amazing public art

be celebrating, because i have not seen anything li accessibles coming and going. so it's not, you know, you know, it just it was an incredible experience. so yeah. and the, the qualityxm of the artwork, this is not just any artwork. it was reallyial a. well, what was also, excitingabf who have been thdlrough the full process. there were older pieces that had been and displayed, any were even powerful than they h been in their previous positions, the other thing, like, commissioner beltran, ifble, try sometimes to get to the airport like a half hour earlier and drop me at one of the terminal farthest away. so i can walk on through. and particularly the connector between two and three, which is so awesome. yes if youe

time, inoard, but if you have the time, it's well worth it. so one more point that actually, aside art, what was fascinating is when wet were there, they were not your typical corporatiothey were placesy very well knownsan like the green apple, which is an institution in san francisco, and the coffee was not your pets and your, you know, so it's like the entire experience is reallye of the other terminals are more corporato nice to actually just feel that you're in san'■ whoever did everybody's an amazing work. thank you job and i'm going to chime in use i just found out from tara earlier today and discussing the same■e, opening, which i was very sad to miss. but the public can go any time.

you just have to make arrangements with sfo. you don't have tol& have a ticket, but you make arrangements and they will take," of the public art. well that's wonderful. yeah. thank you. i forgot that was good. are there any other■ñ comments or discussion in this new business and announcements? i've got one more, please. collins i just want to invite everybody, we missed you at castro this past■mit was a beautiful day. art walk, sf support, small businesses, local artists, local performers, and our neighborhood cmuni business corridors. and castro wase invite you guys to come out fillmore is next septeer 5th. and then after that we have glen park on october 7th, so please join us for either one. those will be our final ones for this year. and yeah, we'd love to see you■a guys c■■omoutnd thank

you. no more from the commission. is there any public comment on this agenda itemp number eight for those joining in person, please proceed to the public out the public comment information card. we are currently on item eigh as a reminder, your time will start. when you begin speaking, you will see a visual podium and receive a 32nd audible warning before your time concludes. i'mmments from thosen person. is there anyone who would like to make a public comment on#@n the current agenda item? i see no request for public comment. public comment is now closed.al strike this gavel and call this meeting to an end, but i want to thank the commission for its engagement, its involvement, and i'd really like to thank ournr incredible staff. you know, that churns this stuffutit world class and the type of grace and dignity, you know, of making san francisco's art scene so alive and growing.s, we are privileged to be able to

sit in these seats. but the privilege is because of the humility that we have for our staff. so thank you very much. yes that i will. thank you. thank you. ■) here. ■)

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exhibit this is in at the hall is public voi. and the exhibition is in rsp with mission cultural center and archives. [music] thisinstallation is 5 decades of the work that they have been doingince the upon upon 70s. it is a chronicle of san francisco's history. >> mission graphica part of latino image makers, educators. activists and memory keepers through the art"d ts important it preserves the people's history. >> these are our new historical arsigh files >> every artist donated a piece of art work and so that collection i0 piece of latino created art work. >> iwas exciting to see their

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