we'll be fortunate again very do the details to thank you like to to thank the president collins deputy director hollenbeck can you speak to the for the first of all thank you for your presentation and can you speak to the freezing of positions with specific focus on the in the enterprise funding positions and have you received any additional additional instructions from me regarding that initial instruction? >> yeah, i'd be happy to address that. >> the as we understand the directive all positions supported by the general fund and all other funds are are included in this hiring freeze . just yesterday the mayor's budget office did release some additional information to departments about how to communicate that to them, what their upcoming needs are in regards to hiring and what the

justifications are for those hirings there looks like they're planning to assess that on a monthly basis. so rather than an ongoing basis as it has been in the past and unfortunately positions that were already approved for hiring and maybe even in the recruitment process of which we had several have been kind of from a systems perspective like reverted back to still pending and needing approval. so it's a challenge. >> mr. thank you. so yeah i actually had the same question and thank you so much for bringing that up. >> director remington so what is the impact of that on the commission in terms of how many vacancies do we have now and in what programs that are going to be now frozen? >> i'd be happy to respond to that. at the moment we have two vacancies in the community investment team and we have one vacancy in the public.

our team as you are probably aware commissioner those are all our positions that are funded from non general fund sources. >> so the hotel tax supports the community investment team and the art enrichment ordinance which is again a legal mandate that departments carrying out capital projects must set aside this funding to support the the work and then so there are in turn the positions within our budget are supported by that legally mandated funding. >> so those are the ones that are currently not moving ahead even though that they're not from the general fund. >> yes, that is correct. this time commissioner schroeder um yeah. thank you. thank you for the presentation. i oh yeah. >> first of all thank you. yeah i had a quick question about i understand the pushing of the cultural center capital

budget and i guess my fear is that because it's being pushed out to 2627 is that is that because things are getting put that money be taken away or is that just what you're gng . >> s.f. gov tv. that slide. >> san francisco government television yeah. so if i let me make sure i understood your question so the with respect to the graph it includes all projects except for the $10 million request for snow arts and if if the question you're asking is specifically related to that large project and why it is not included in our fiscal 26 request or am i misunderstanding? >> yeah. okay. so i think that's that a two tiered question because i do remember money getting approved for some arts and for maybe the

mission cultural center right yeah we're currently in the process we had received funding for mission cultural center and the african american art and culture complex which are we've actually i think reached a pretty significant milestone this week with dpw holding interviews for teams to you know, contractors design build. i'm going to look at lisa the work design build contractors to actually execute those projects so that funding is is . >> ready to go. in place and and the projects thank you very much. are coming out of the capital i'm going to ring the gavel. allocation budget that was that the time is 104. and good afternoon and welcome was awarded a number of years ago before i even got here and to the meeting of the executive committee. on wednesday, january 15th, that's those projects are in process they just take some time what we're reflecting here 2025 i've called the meeting to order. i would ask our commission in fiscal 26 and 27 is our new secretary monroe's dhaliwal to funding requests. yeah for the projects described call the roll. here i might be out of my depth >> president collins present to say that the reason that we vice president shio to present commissioner beltran present. don't have the so arts requests

commissioner cher is absent. in fiscal 26 is i don't think that there's at as we're not as commissioner shelby is absent. we have corm for today's meeting also for the record. far along in understanding the director of cultural affairs need and identifying a strategy ralph remington. deputy director of programs or a site for that one. evan glenn. deputy director of finance and >> as i understand it. administration sara hallenbeck. >> okay, great. and the other question i had and chief of staff alissa ventry are all in attendance. was galleries. so you have general fund >> do we have any agenda changes? support going into reflected no agenda changes. but i would like to say is that i want to express our for 2425 and real rolling off a appreciation at the very top of the meeting for the amount of work that has gone into what we bit 2526 and then nine and 2627 are going to be looking at today. i know that time frames are and is that a roll from the essential. hotel tax as the hel tax understanding all the increases certain general funds interplays of the budget and how this goes forward and also roll off is that i just want to the timing of it is important. make sure i understand are you you know given the sequence of legislative requirements with respect to the motions that we again are you asking about in the context of the capital will hopefully make today and requests for the galleries or or on the operating? pass and the action by the commission. so i just want to thank you. >> yeah. yeah the capital. okay. on the capital yeah. there was a large a significant staff thank you director, for for pulling this together in a project for the lighting in the

week that was very busy for gallery that we were that we everybody. requested and we're we're so we have no agenda changes received funding for last year. the other significant project now for a few public meeting that we that the galleries team instructions. i'd like to welcome all persons has put forward which they present in this meeting to would like to have happen in attend in person at room 408. this meeting is airing live on fiscal 26 is the ceiling acoustic ceiling tiles and then s.f. gov tv to comcast 78 we haven't they hadn't indicated a need for capital in astound tape and at&t u-verse fiscal 27 so we haven't included anything. channel 99. >> i want to remind us of the >> okay. and then sorry no not our capital. policies and procedures for public meetings at this meeting what's the project in 2526 for we are bound to follow the structure of our agenda and adhere to the best practices kuwait for the technology? >> oh yes that is a we need due set out in the good government guide at every public meeting there will be an opportunity to a variety of factors including obsolescence and some for general public comment where members may comment on any topic pertaining to this city mandates we need to really remake the arts commission's body including turning off our telephones to make sure that we website. some of the technology it's built upon is no longer are in compliance with the supported and then there are meeting rules. public comment will be taken in part in person or with remote so that is a request we're

access provided for those who making through this third require an ada accommodation. process which is the commission respectfully we ask that you committee on information keep your public comment on the technology has its own submission process and topic. each public comment is limited guidelines and that is a request that we will be to three minutes. please understand and this is forwarding to them. important that the committee thank you. does not contribute dialog thank you. thank you so much. towards public comments. ms. hollenbeck first of all, each public comment will be i'm glad that we're on this documented for the public slide sort of separately a at a record. the ringing and use of cell phones, pagers and similar comment and that is that as someone who is a professor in sound producing electronic devices are prohibited at this design and associate the visual presentation of this whole meeting. the chair may order the removal budget is outstanding and i from the meeting of any person responsible for the ringing or love the fact that whoever chose the color scheme for use of cell phone page or other these bars for the elevations sound producing electronic matched aleesha mccarthy's devices. i'm just waving this around painting on the right in terms because giving us all the time of the color block was that you to find that little button and think coma oh my god yeah we push it and get going as a are just so lucky to have you. courtesy on the fourth floor we have a women's restroom located it's just been even though it's about a deficit it's not actually a pleasure to look at

on the northeast side and men's on the southeast side just so so thank you for doing that. outside this room and in all >> it's really just beautiful. gender restroom on the southwest side in case of >> my question was also about emergency your nearest stair the galleries so i'm looking in exit is at the southeast corner terms of is it true that we on the fourth floor right outside this door there are actually don't support the galleries through the general stairs located at each corner of the floor. fund but it looks like it's through grants and then inter it is recommended to pull the departmental? fire alarm and use the stairs. >> can you explain that? thank you for raising that question. it's it's an important one and fire alarm is a variable tone strobe lights will flash and if strobe lights flash and the i, i, i neglected to mention it alarms go off you must evacuate so i appreciate you asking it. the building. also wheelchair accessible >> the history historically the gallery's program was funded by entrances are located on venice avenue and grove street. the general fund last year after the department phase. please note the wheelchair lift at the good place polk street >> so in the mayor's phase of entrance is temporarily not the budget i presume in the available after multiple context of the challenging budget process we went through repairs that were followed by additional breakdowns. last year the decision was made the wheelchair lift at good polk entrance is being replaced by the mayor's budget office to for improved operation and reliable city.

replace so to eliminate the we anticipate having a functional lift after the general fund funding for the completion of construction in gallery's program and replace may 2025. it with hotel tax funding from there are elevators and gtas how the that is the accessible restrooms on every floor. and now i will turn it over to interdepartmental services is a our commission secretary work order that comes to us from hotel tax funding and then monroe's dhaliwal for public comment instructions for members of the public joining in-person who wish to comment it looks like we also get support from various grants that well you know think thank on agenda items. once you are called on then you'll be asked to voice your comment at the podium. you commissioner beltran yes we you will see blank public comment cards are located on you know we get support from the podium. you are recommended but not required to fill out this card grants for the arts funding which will be included in the which is supported by hotel tax minutes. i will start your three minutes when you speak using a visual which you know, comes to them to us. timer. you will also receive a 32nd audible warning when your time we also previously had we get a is up. i will say your time is up. participants who wish to speak we historically have received nea and cac funding and on other agenda items may listen for the next public comment opportunity. previously i believe that was persons who speak during the also reflected in the public comment period at today's meeting of the arts administration budget. but really that money is commission may supply a brief supporting programs at the written summary of the comments to be included in the minutes. gallery so we've more accurately depicted it in this if it is 150 words or less to

art. info at s.f. cavaliere the arts year's presentation of the budget. commission may reject the >> i have a very simple summary if it exceeds the prescribed word limit or is not question and that is when you were talking about the civic an accurate summary of the speaker's public comment. >> persons unable to attend an art collection right we obsession pieces into the arts commission meeting may submit correspondence to the arts commission in connection airport and using that as an with an agenda item. the commission secretary will post these documents adjacent example for all of the departments rec park power and to the agenda if they are one page in length. >> if they are longer than one water, dpw, puc etc. does the page the arts commission will make such documents available for public inspection and copying. please note correspondence maintenance of those submitted to the arts collections fall within their budgets and then is transferred commission will not be read aloud during the meeting. names and addresses included in to us? where is that money generated? these submittals will be public. submittals may be made and you had on one of your anonymously. slides the alicia piece that written comments pertaining to this meeting should be was restored so somewhat submitted to arts info at s.f. carport by 5 p.m. before the fragile piece that had been up you know the one alicia piece date of the meeting to ensure comments are shared with how track the money for that commissioners ahead of the meeting. >> if you need to request a reasonable accommodation under for me with you yes so for new the ada or need to request language assistance you must or well for artworks that are contact the commission secretary at least 48 hours in

funded you know created using funding from the art in advance of the meeting. at our info at s.f. talk. richmond ordinance there is a our office will make every effort to accommodate all component of that funding so requests. president collins please 70% of the funding goes to the proceed with the meeting when you are ready. artwork and there's a component >> thank you, mr. dhaliwal starr of it i think 10% that is meeting by reading our land acknowledgment statement. retained, earmarked or identified as being available the san francisco arts commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral for conservation of the work. so that is really the source of homeland of the roma two alone. who are the original funding that we have for inhabitants of the san project that are funded for francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of that have been funded from the art in richmond ordinance and this land and in accordance with their traditions the roma two shall only have never ceded nor lost nor forgotten their do you have any idea about how much is sitting in that responsibilities as caretakers of this place as well as for reserve? >> i would have to look into all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. that. i'd be happy to. so important is just you know that the maintenance of our >> as guests we recognize that civic art collection is a big we benefit from living and respsibility and ultimately working on their traditional homeland. part of it falls on us in the we wish to pay our respects by art world in general. acknowledging the ancestors, you know, conservation is is an elders, relatives and relatives unaccounted for liability and

of the roma to community and by affirming their sovereign i'm pleased to hear that a rights as first peoples. portion of you're saying of the as a department dedicated to promoting a diverse and 2% is initially allocated for equitable arts and culture that conservation that is held environment in san francisco, in a general fund or is it by we are committed to supporting the traditional and contemporary evolution of the piece it it's uh it's american indian community. identified side by project. >> i will now call agenda item >> so if there's a large number two agenda item number two is general public comment capital that the art enrichment allocation is established by and discussion. this item will allow members of project so if the airport in your example comes forward with the public to comment generally on matters within■u the a large capital project there commission's purview as well as to suggest new agenda for will be an art enrichment amount that is derived from the the commission's consideration. is there any public comment on construction cost only of that project not the soft costs and agenda item number two? other things. >> please for those joining and so that you know there will in-person please proceed to the be an amount that's identified as the art enrichment budget or public comment podium and fill out the public comment information card. we are currently on item two. you know allocation from that project now that i suppose as a reminder your time will start when you begin speaking. depending on how the project itself is defined that could be you'll see a visual timer and receive a 32nd audible warning before your time. a piece or a number of pieces

if it's a if it's a single >> hi. welcome. hello. soon as you start to speak i project with a smaller budget it might just be one artwork. will begin your time. but i suppose if it's an >> oh, hello, commissioners. airport project where there's you know a large allocation my name is months in aruba. i'm a school counselor working it's probably being used to do with expelled youth in san a number of things at the airport and that does you sorry francisco public schools. i'm also an artist. i neglected to answer part of i've received the support from the s.f. arts commission in the your question which is whose past with the lower polk budget does that live in and where is it where does it stay; street's passport and i was the ? it's a part of the capital project really. so it's tracked by the capital second artist in residence at the planning department through the house of arts commission. project and and we are in communication and we being well the planning department residency was designed to help artists become citizens and be really married as married to our director of public art and able to participate and and so the collections does uh a city government and have a voice. boom. very difficult and large body here i am in front of you. of work to track what are the i wish there were another reason for me to come here instead of the reason i'm standing in front of you right current balances of the various now. art enrichment uh funding since 2022 i've lived in a legacy arts nonprofit that for sources by project accounting 50 years has provided affordable live and work spaces to artists in the mission. team also is involved in that effort and it's it's a there are over 88 people who hold spaces in the building. significant one but you know one never wants to put an undue our organization is supposed to provide relief from not burden but it is probably a

exacerbate the housing crisis in san francisco. substantial amount of money that is sitting in reserve. i just want to make sure that there are numerous people in my building who hold affordable it doesn't get clawed somewhere spaces but own residential a else. you know, in in budget and in commercial properties in the the difficulty of of where we san francisco bay area california sea assessment and recorder i can provide data. are right that money is by many of these people have not lived in the building in decades but have been allowed ordinance and law the 2% and you're saying that a portion of to hold spaces in the buildings. there are other members who it is initially allocated and then you know it's a question passed down their spaces in the building to their non artists spouses, children or friends of whether it's because of value is and things like that because you put it in ten years bypassing the application process. after 50 years there is no ago is it still maintaining its rubric. there's no consistent practice value? in the building that often just so i think that's all a piece of it that is i think extremely favors cronyism who you know and who you like which keeps our building white, insular and important how it's invested, where it's invested to ensure elderly. the most egregious issue and that those pieces because it's a circular economy you know to why i'm here is there a locally celebrated artist who has two the extent that our civic art spaces in our building? he was president of the is one of the draws of our city and certainly in the airport it is a draw to the building from 2019 to 2023. he has been airbnb being his second space in our building airport i think and this piece for 11 years. he is currently airbnb being that you have exemplified here, the second space for $5 per square foot. the one alicia piece which had when we pay $0.70 a square foot certain fragilities associated

with it is an important piece in addition to having two spaces in the building this person has owned a condo in and we just want to make sure south the market since 2006. from the commission's perspective that the money again this was information found from asaf powell hoarding that's supposed to be there is still growing because the costs and profiting off of our are not getting smaller. that's more of a comment of building is unethical, shameful anything just to give a little and and it contributes to the exodus of our artist friends bit more wind in your sales for when you want to you know and companions. instead of providing safety, pension there and make sure that that money is accounted for that we're looking at that security and homes to artists in san francisco essentially at too. >> well, i appreciate you mentioning that because the this point i feel like i live in a 1960s early country club risk of getting too deep into the weeds here there is a for the bohemian setting. challenge that we face as it i've brought these issues to the board■%hñ of directors in my relates to the conservation funding because many of the building but they've unwilling to take serious action to address these concerns. projects these large capital projects are funded with the i just want to say like if we're going to be a condo, be a proceeds of tax exempt bonds condo. i just would like pressure. and one of the and up to and >> i just want to put it out there. that's that's all that's what i including you know, the whole project including the art thought. enrichment piece of that and >> thank you very much. thank you. you're welcome. one of the restrictions as it are there any additional public relates to tax exempt bond comments? proceeds is that they have to >> see none. be expended, you know,

>> public comment is now closed essentially within five years. and so that is a challenge that we have been navigating because . thank you. i'm now calling agenda item pieces may not need five years.n within the first number three which is the directors report. i'm introducing the director of but in your six which where you cultural affairs ralph remington to give the report. may not have the proceeds anymore because the tax law >> thank you, president collins. says you a supposed to have spent them so that is a good afternoon, commissioners. i hope you all are having a challenge that we navigate and wonderful start to 2025. we don't have a perfect answer for this month's executive to it yet. committee meeting i have the we have a variety of different following high level program strategies that we have employed to try to make sure updates that i'd like to share. last wednesday, january 8th i at in your six you know whatever department you know attended the inauguration of initiated the project and mayor daniel lurie in civic center plaza and we look initiated the issuance of the bonds doesn't come to us and say like sorry we're going to forward to working with the new mayor and his administration to have to use your conservation funding to, you know, pay down continue our agency's work in debt service because you support of the arts. haven't used it yet and we have to comply with tax law. i had the pleasure of sitting next to president collins during that inauguration so we >> so it's it's hard to express my appreciation for your understanding and diligence had a good time and bring him in the new the new leadership. with respect to this. i have a deep appreciation for some strategic planning updates it and i want you just to know

that we're behind you and and . we continue to work with our strategic planning consultants aims to organize our upcoming in support of your diligence community open houses. and and keeping this before us we aim to host two in-person and one virtual open house the because it's a substantial amount of responsibility to first week of march and we will have details to share out soon maintain these pieces over the vast array of where they are some upcoming events and reminders tomorrow january and it doesn't happen with 16th. declining money and eventually our new exhibition coordinated in partnership with photo it will come to the deficit the alliance will open in and in the north like court downstairs detriment of the city if we are on the ground floor of city not maintaining our civic art collection. hall. >> yeah. thank you. metaphors of recent times a dialog of the personal, the so that's i hope you hear from me that i'm i'm voicing support and none of this is about political and the cultural. this exhibition will be on view through june 20th, 2025. criticism. >> oh no really appreciation and i appreciate your please join us for the public mentioning it because it gives us an opportunity to you know, reception to celebrate the for me to share with you some opening on tomorrow of the challenges that we do face and and your attention and from 5 to 7 p.m.. please save the date for our belief in the importance of upcoming 2025 annual convening this helps us in our scheduled to take place on conversations with the various thursday february 20th in the departments with whom we work. herbst theater in the war so thank you. also want to comment that again memorial veteran's building. thank you for the level of we look forward to sharing

detail you know dealing with highlights of our agency's work things such as the hotel with the arts community and provide a preview of what we workers strike and how that have coming up in our future programing and we'll also honor affected our revenues. you know it's again it's a and recognize our recent circular economy and and when artistic legacy grantees. you know one hand is playing with the other and when in the additional details will be shared very soon. mayor's initial you know, i would also like to share that we have scheduled our next constitutional conversations speech before his inauguration saying that we are all in this town hall session for tuesday together, we really are the march 18th. >> the second townhall session will be focused on the 13th, condition of our streets affects our general fund 14th and 15th amendments and revenues because our hotels, will be held in the green room you know, depend on us having a at the war memorial veteran's building. panelists and performance safe city with with healthy streets. artist details and information on how tosvp will be so thank you for all of that work and to the department and announced soon. a reminder that we currently to our leadership to thank you have one public art call opportunity for the s.f. main library temporary mural . >> are there any other comments from the commission? yeah. really quickly just to echo project. the arts commission invites artists and art artist teams what you're saying about the the earmarking of funds that residing in the united states to submit qualifications for was already identified in the this opportunity. capital project or in artwork for for something like the the application deadline is february 3rd, 2025 by 11:59 airport? yeah. figuring out how to make sure

p.m.. and with that this concludes my that you that it it's already january 2025 executive committee directors report. been identified as 10% of the overall artwork budget so >> thank you and i'm happy to take any questions you may have. thank you. figuring out how that can be are there any discussion comments on the directors appropriated at the front end and earmarked in perpetuity report? i will just comment that i'm very pleased that our director right because sometimes it's has initiated a very strong ten years, sometimes it's 15 years it depends on the relationship in this materiality ofhe yeah. transitional period. so any help you need or on that and i know that it's very important that we understand, you know, what that implies and that our leadership is in solid for back up. yeah i just want to echo we're definitely behind you on that hands with our director as as and the city should care. >> yeah the city should care the is the focal point of how it is that we interact with that these monies are spent because they go to our revenue this new administration in much the same way as as before. it's not just that it's an expenditure but the last thing >> so thank you director remington for that. thank you, president council. we want to have is deteriorate >> is there any public comment on the director's report? reading artwork in one of the most visible places literally in the world. >> for those joining in-person please proceed to the public so again you're just getting a lot of support here. you know, from the from the comment podium and fill out the

public comment information card commission. >> yeah. thank you. and also i would advocate for . we are currently on item three. as a reminder your time will start when you begin speaking. her because the hotel tax is so you'll see a visual timer and much a part of the money that receive a 32nd audible warning before your time concludes. i requested comments from those supports the artwork in the cultural institutions of san francisco that we have a very who are in person. is there anyone who would like to make a public comment on the current agenda item? robust relationship with s.f. see no request for public travel as a cultural and and■[ comment. public comment is now closed. >> thank you. i am now calling agenda item number four and before. i just want to make sure monetary driver for san procedurally. francisco and an attraction and do you want when do you want that those lines of communication are open and the motion to be made? >> we'll make it after the presentation. >> okay. so following the presentation again robust yeahto also echo cr the motion will come forward so we have a discussion and possible motion to approve the schwitters's comments. proposed fiscal 2025 and 26 and we are really fortunate to have a great partnership with s.f. 2627 arts commission budget. and i am introducing the deputy travel. i know that brenda tucker last year or maybe it was a year and director of administration and a half ago put out a a really award winning video featuring financearah hollenbeck to present this item. the city of san francisco and i

>> thank you. would say three three quarters of the content was about its public art which is really >> thank you very much. good afternoon, president collins, vice president chioda fantastic and it was an incredible video. but before we conclude this and commissioner beltran and discussion i wanted to echo sara hallenbeck, deputy director of finance and administration. both both of the comments that and it's a pleasure to be before you this afternoon. thank you for having us here today to present our budget were expressed about how deeply proposal for fiscal year 2627. grateful we are for your work in this■m hollenbeck as well as i will i would like to also your team. okay, because this must be just an incredibly difficult thing thank kevin kline, the finance to navigate with all of the manager who is also in the audience today who has been instrumental in preparing the materials that you have in your financial challenges that the city is facing. >> so thank you. well we do have a great team packet today. without his help it would be impossible. and now i'm just standing up >> so first i'm going to just here but without everybody sitting in the audience it wouldn't be possible. so thank you. go over a brief summary of our presentation. i'm going to provide an is there any public comment on overview of the budget process this item? and timeline. >> can we have a motion first? then we'll go over the budget oh, may i have a motion to approve the budget proposal as instructions for this year's budget process and discuss briefly the budget climate. stated so move commissioner belcher second chioda thank you as you know, is challenging. and then we'll talk about the and thank you agency secretary

proposed revenues and expenses. >> both operating and capital is there any public comment on the presentation of the preliminary budget for those with respect to the budget process, we're currently at the department phase of the joining in-person please proceed to the public comment process. our agency is required to podium and fill out the public comment information card. we are currently on item four assess our needs and develop our proposed budget in this as a reminder your time will phase. start when you begin speaking we are required to submit our budget through the budget you will see a visual timer on a recess and receive a 32nd system by february 21st. audible warning before your time concludes. i'm requesting comments from so this is the first of two those who are in person is public meetings that will be holding. there anyone who'd like to make a public comment on the current agenda item? and the second will be the full commission after we submit our see no request for public budget in february. >> the mayors phase begins and comment. >> public comment is now closed and now i'm going to call for the motion. the mayor's office can make further changes based on mayor all those in favor i, i opposed laurie's policy priorities for the arts sector. motion carries unanimously. thank you again and deputy before he introduces his budget director and staff and team as by june 1st, the board will then conduct their hearings in ac will now move to agenda item number five which is new june and the final budget will be signed by the mayor around business and announcement july late july or early august. typically with regard to the analysis this will allow the commissioners to introduce any

new agenda items or to bring any other matters that are budget climate. as you have likely read in the relevant in terms of announcements. news, the city is projected to have approximately $876 million >> hi this commissioner shira i deficit over the next two just wanted to comment and say fiscal years. that i did i was here early and >> the deficit is being driven viewed metaphors of recent by a combination of specific times in the north lake court factors but really at the most and downstairs and it's amazing fundamental level it is a matter of expenses growing at a it's a it's a really beautiful pace more rapid than revenues are growing. show so please go see it if you haven't. in addition contributing to the challenges the city is having you know, i would also mention that last week following the to curtail its reliance on one inauguration i went over to jonathan carver moore's gallery time sources of funding on market street to see the including fema funding and work of an artist in residence general fund reserves or fund balance which have actually and i particularly appreciated the fact that a gallerist is moderated the the deficit over the last several years. really, you know, taken under their wings as an emerging so those sources are being depleted and we're kind of artist i also believe that that coming to the point where we artist is going to be have to make it balance. the city has to make that balance on an ongoing basis. represented at the fogg fair at the festival next week and so in response to the projected

deficit in this year's budget it's really nice to see our arts commission coming in early instructions, direct to identify and support, you departments to cut general fund know, artists as they're support by 15% on an ongoing emerging and to see the the basis. as in addition as an immediate supportive of a system that step as again you may have read really matters and giving in the newspapers mayor laurie on january ninth announced a artists voice and standing hiring freeze for all city departments and positions with those are all my comments. a few very limited exceptions. >> i have one more to add after the inauguration last week i >> as is noted on this slide, couldn't attend i think carver some of the directives that were included in the budget more's gallery because i went to see our former deputy instructions are to assess community based organization director joanne lee at edge on grant allocations for the square where mayor laurie efficiency to reexamine all contractual services and non had the chinese night market personnel expenditures. down in chinatown and it was amazing the celebration was and as i mentioned, the hiring freeze on my phone. fantastic artists, intellectuals from the community, philosophers, dreamers, community >> on this slide we'll talk stakeholders all were there deejay performances and abou the budgeted revenues. this general fund line on this performances all throughout slide does include the chinatown. it was totally activated.

it was exciting and it was important to see the level of mandatory 15% reduction that i just mentioned. investment and faith andief our total operating budget as you can see is projected to that the new mayor laurie has decrease from fiscal 25 to 26 in chinatown and its community. and then increase modest leigh so that was really enlightening and encouraging. in fiscal 27. the overall decline in our i wanted to add that if you've never been to one of the budget is is really driven by two primary factors. chinese night markets it's actually one of the highlights of my month and i always put it one is a decline in our hotel tax revenue in fiscal 26 on my calendar and it is so much fun because you essentially all of grant avenue relative to the fiscal 25 has like fresh food of chinese budget. another is a reduction in grant vendors and artists and each on the square which director revenue which is simply a matter of the mellon grant remington mentioned always has a nice opening and you get to revenue having been fully recognized in fiscal 25. go in and see their galleries the grant period extends to and it's just a it's a wonderful event to attend and fiscal 26 but the revenue has really it was initiated by the all been recognized already a slight change from last year civic joy fund and it really is and prior year's budget like a great example of civic presentations is that we have joy. so thanks for bringing that up as you can see on the third line broken out the symphony and yes, as president collins

mentioned, next week is art funds that come to us pursuant to the charter and pass through week so please put that on your calendars. us to the symphony. it's a flag art fair art week. we just sort of finally consolidated last year for the >> we thought it was perhaps a bit more transparent to really first time as an official week with all of these wonderful activities going on at reflect how much of the general different venues all over the fund support for our department bay area not just san francisco but you to marin and and the is retained by the department for our purposes versus passing east bay and nearby and i through. encourage all of you to look at previously those were condensed the calendar and enjoy what's into one general fund line. >> our overall budget request being offered. >> i should also add that i was enjoying the chinese night operating plus capital will market by our deputy director of england so everyone was fluctuate just basically given the nature of some capital there to join on the square so projects being one time. so the overall budget does yeah. >> any further discussion? decline and request i should say budget request important to is there any public comment on the commissioner's public underscore that does decline moderately from the fiscal 25 announcements for those joining in then please proceed to the public comment podium and fill to 26 and then increases again out the public comment information card. we are currently on item five driven by a large capital project which we'll talk about as a reminder your time will start when you begin speaking on a later slide from fiscal 26 you'll see a visual timer and receive a 32nd audible warning to 27. before your time concludes i requesting comment from those

>> the hotel tax being such a who are in person is there anyone who'd like to make a public comment on the current large component of our revenue agenda item? sources, i wanted to spend a moment to talk about some of >> see no request for public comment. public comment is now closed the trends and recent performance tha we've seen in and before i raise the gavel and close this meeting our the hotel tax. so this chart is going back to commission and wants to express our appreciation to our staff, fiscal 24 and out through the our leadership all of the second year of the current budget proposed budget cycle levels of information that comes forward. fiscal 27. the red bars are the budget in i mean this is a very, very coherent presentation in a time revenue and further for those years that have already been where there's much confusion and so going into our commission meeting which is completed or are now in the budget process. coming up where we will pass this, i am pleased that our in the last year's budget process the gray bars our executive committee has so they actual or projected actual revenue. reviewed the presentations diligently and that we are what you can see well let me prepared to make the recommendation to approve the budget meeting is closed step back. the hospitality sector recovery has slowed in the recent period and that is affecting hotel tax revenue. we're very excited.

i was just in an uber earlier today listening to my uber driver talk about how busy it is with the jpmorgan health care conference in town and how many people are here hopefully having a very successful conference and also filling up hotels and driving rev par which is revenue per available room which is the thing that the comptroller's office tracks. so hopefully you know, some of those big events will lead to a stronger second half of fiscal 25. >> but so far it's been a little weak. >> so what has happened is that actual collections of hotel tax revenue underperformed the budget in fiscal 24. so as you can see that's the the differential between the red bar which was the budget revenue and the gray bar which is what we actually collected again in fiscal 25 you can see the red bar. it was budgeted at a level that is well in excess of what the comptroller's office now is projecting to collect in this current fiscal year the.

>> so based on these trends what has happened in fiscal 26? the red bar there in the tiny writing if you can read it says fiscal 2526 adopted budget that was where the overall projection of hotel tax revenue was back in july. and the gray bar is how they've updated in the current base budget. so the what is now in our budget as expected revenue for fiscal 26 even from july to now as you can see that discrepancy between the or the delta between the red bar and the gray. it's quite notable. so we are hoping that this will turn around but the reason i spend this time on this is to to preview something we're going to talk about on the next slide. but so as you can see the the forecast for fiscal 26 revenue has been revised downward by almost $2 million in the last seven months where this starts

to show up in our project, our proposed expenditure our budget is is going to be i'm going to talk about in a moment but overall at a high level it does affect the overall operating budget again with revenues declining expenditures have to decline accordingly. so this slide shows projected revenues by program and as you can see the overall budgeted operating expenditures are declining and keeping with that revenue drop. >> the biggest changes show up in the community investments program and that is because that program is almost entirely supported by hotel tax and also in the public art program. public art again is just referring back to that same change with the mellon grant already rolling the revenue being recognized so the expe match that. however, community investments

is primarily driven by the decline in hotel tax revenue which has dropped a million just over $1 million from fiscal 24 to 25 as well as what we have been recommended to create a hotel tax revenue contingency which shows up on the tie at the row titled hotel tax revenue contingency fee. the rationale behind this relates back to the slide i was just speaking to. it is a way to be conserved tive in our budgeting given the ongoing uncertainty in the hotel tax revenue collection the comptroller's office suggested to us that we established a 10% contingency to provide a buffer between our planned spending and our potential underperformance in hotel tax as we have seen in the last couple of fiscal years that underperformance. so we'd rather the proposal is to not program all of the hotel

tax funds that are in the budget at the outset of the year but rather to monitor the performance of the hotel tax during the year and program those funds if and when we have confidence that they will in fact be collected. the comptroller's office typically has provided us updates in october and approximate late december january the last couple of years so we should have a better sense as the year unfolds whether we're likely to hit the budget in which case we would be able to program those funds that we've kind of held back if you will, or if we are well served to continue holding them back. >> one the other item to note is just as i said before, we've broken out the symphony allocation from administration previously as i noted, those two things were combined and so here you can actually see the symphony charter allocation on the second row and again that's pursuant to section 116 106 of

the charter and then the administration line is really the the general fund money that the the department receives to support our own operations and some of that is well i'll talk about that in a moment. >> so the expenditure was the other thing i wanted to note on this slide is just the expenditures on the public art and civic collection row. this is really primarily a civic collection as you may recall from prior years discussions most of the public art operating budget really is not reflected. so for example the funds that support the art enrichment projects and the team that carries out those projects those funds are not operating funds of our department. they're budgeted in the department is transferred work r some way gets to us to carry out that work but it is not a part of our operating budget. so i just wanted to be sure

that you were clear on that on the next two slides we will talk about the capital requests and those actually follow a slightly different schedule and have to be submitted. i belie january 17th but if i have that wrong or someone can correct me but anyway this month the capital budget submissions aren't you so we have noted here so the cultural center and galleries capital project request are reflected on this slide number eight they range in size from $20,000 to $10 million for a specific large project in fiscal 27 for some arts. but as you can see that $10 million item is not reflected on this slide simply because it made the scale of the the graph so small that you couldn't distinguish any of the other items. so we have projects such as cultural center maintenance which is a year in year out

need great need that we have that's the red segment of the bars roofs, doors and floor repairs are also incorporated here we have a large larger request for fire sprinklers for the bayview opera house that shows up in fiscal 27 and some acoustic ceiling tiles requested for the main gallery in the fiscal 26 request for the civic art collection capital request. >> here we provide a little bit of history because it's interesting and actually a little bit of a bright spot. i guess i would say this is going way back to fiscal 2018 the maintenance and conservation funding that we've received for the civic art collection are our cost model tells us that our need for

funding for civic art collection conservation is about a million and a half dollars a year. so as you can see we've been significantly under-investing you know, not receiving what we need to address those those costs historically however and particularly dyer understandably in the post-covid years however in fiscal 25 we were successful in as you can see being awarded or budgeted a significant amount of funding for you know, investing in the civic collection and really addressing some of those high priority and more costly projects. so it was a very successful effort last year. we're hoping to build on that and so the requests that you see and i would say that the civic art and the collections team has been extremely busy trying to use all that money and getting a lot of interest you know, important projects taken care of throughout the city for fiscal 26 and 27. will

be, you know, significant constraints on what the city can invest in capital needs just due to the budget climate . but we're going to go ahead and continue to ask for what we need and you know, perhaps

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revitalized qatar valline this is not just an upgrade is a community transformation. taraval street under a complete make over from 10 feet below the street to 30 feet above. >> it is part of the taraval improve am project to impprove transit performance and make the streets safer for all who use them. completed on time and on budget, this multiagency construction project is a once in a generation investment to bring safer, more reliable train service, increased accessibility. beautiful corridor, refresh roadway and reliable water and sewer systems for decades to come. >> safety is at the forefront of this transformation. new train boarding platforms are a game changer for safety am before the project 5 people per

year were hit by vehicles gettinga or off trains we add 22 new or extended boarding plat forms on the route. riders no long are exit on the street along side traffic. when my kids were young it was heard they want to plunge off the train straight in the street. up on the h stop now we have the platform that is broader when they are excited get off the trin and get home i feel better about them jumping off the train. >> having island where hay step on to is a giant improvement. >> these disability crosswalks look good and improve safety by making it noticeable to drivers. >> sidewalk extensions at intersection corners shorten the distance needed to cross the street and slow downturning vehicles. these and other safety

treatments are proven tools to reduce the risk of collisions make the taraval corridor safer and inviting for people walking and driving. another key part was replace being two miles of train track for thes first time in almost 50 years. the old tie and balist track was built for muni oldt cc streetcars and old are light trail trains not today's modern vehicles and it was noise and he prone to vibration. >> these new rails will make for a smoother, quieter ride and require less maintenance. it is much quieter with the new impresumes i livid here the entire time and plays earthquake or municipal when he it came by now we don't have to play anymore >> before when the streetcar went by i would stop talk the street cars would rumble past

now i share that confirmation. i like the fact well is not a 3.4 quake every time they go by now. it is quiet temperature feels like sliding on glass. >> this project is more than rails and concrete it is people earngaging with their community. >> local residents and merchants have told us whenheir community need and had than i want in their neighborhood. a quieter reliable train roadway and safer streets for people walk. gi think it is essential. i'm excited and wonderful to ve a safe way it get to work i work on embarcadero i take it to the end of the line every day >> through open house, public meetings and surveys members helped shape where the stops should go to the curb plan and selecting trees and art work for the corridor. >> we relied on community

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been shaped by transand i the qatar valcontinues linking past to present. on the heels of a new tunnelful muni tear van line opened as a shuttle from westportal to 33rd avenue in 1919. it was not until a few years later the trains used the tunnel sparking a population boom. previously, riders transfer to the circumstance line to go east of what is today known the westportal neighborhood. by 1923, passengers could catch a one seat read on the taraval between downtown and 48th avenue. for the first time, san franciscans had a connection from the bay to the ocean tide. the taraval street cars brought development people could access the south western neighborhoods.

homes and buildings sprung up from the once empty dunes. this vielth east/west corridor is the spine the neighborhood carrying over 30,000 daily riders when service last ran the route in 2019. today, it is a bustling local business that give this area its flavor fr. cafes to quirky but teaks the taraval connects tout best of san francisco's small business scene. >> i lost fact it is not a money on cultural it is multicult rar. korean, chinese. vietnamese. french. italian. we got irish. we got a lot of good mix on this street of restaurants and businesses in those cultural veins and good ole american.

helping local line help our small businesses because this is again a small community. and the traffic here is not if you have to generate big revenue. with the l train from other parts of the city to this area has help us the small merchants as well to generate more business. >> taraval street is a reflection of the outer sunset's unique character. >> this two mile stretch of transit is not just getting from a to b it is reimagining how we move through our city to shop, dine and experience more in the places we live. >> i live in the suburbs i have to take a car or a bus that was an experience i never did again as a teen. now my kids can visit their friends cross it is a huge increase in their freedom and independent. one of the reasons we chose to

raise a family in san francisco. >> it is wonderful to have a safe, clean reliable way to get to work for the neighborhood i'm excite body what it means to bring others back to our neighborhood. we have, let of interesting shops and restaurants and i'm excited to see how things become when it is easier to get here. >> a lot know each actively it is a close knit community. in my shop i know customers by name i know what they'll order and i have it ready for them. >> what i'm most excite body the street is now unified, we have new paved roads and new rails. and new lighting. new boarding island. >> today, your new street features newrism sewer pipes. 5 new priority signals that hold green lights when trains approach. sidewalk extensions to make pedestrian crossing safer.

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>> [music] >> this project is certainly the most significant of my career so far. the majority of my practice is portrait based. but thes is the first time i've represented someone so iconic. >> building a monument to maya angela discovering the civic art collection. former san francisco mayor and

u.s. senator diane feinstein and nursing florence nightinggale. >> this begun in 2017 and ordinance in 2018 that called for increased representation of women and public spaces. >> in october 2018, the board of supervisors approved the ordinance drafted by supervisor mark farrell and introduced by supervisor catherine stefani. >> item 26 is ordinance to direct the arts commission to erect work of art depicting maya angelou of depiction of women on city property and create a women public art funds. >> angelou attended washington high school and [indisceible] at 16 years old the city first black female street car conductor. the san francisco arts commission began a nation wide search to find the right artist to capture the essence

of the icon. >> the process for choosing public artists is very simple. it is a transparent open process where you have panels that are determined which artist moves forward and panels of experts that know public art and understand it and know what to look for and how to judge quality. after that, their recommendations are taken to the visual arts committee and then approved and it goes forward to the full commission. >> this is the sample of the [indiscernible] >> from over 130 submissions, one artist, berkeley based artist [indiscernible] was chosen. >> the process began with research. reimursing in dr. angelou's work, her books, her poems, here performances, her interviews and then i looked at her art collection. maya angelou was a champion of

black artist and she had worked by elizabeth catlet. especially portrayals of black women. i was also inspired by [indiscernible] maya's life, which was commissioned by opera windfry. i looked at photographs of dr. angelou, i looked at public murals of dr. angelou and i looked how she was represented in sculptures and knew i didn't want to use a image of her already in the public consciousness. i was really drawn to her 1973 interview with bill moyers, so i used an image from that interview as the basis for the portrait. working in bronze was a completely different experience. design for the monument is based on a drawing.

transformed into a 32 dimensional object which was then used to make 3d print, which were there cast in the bronze, which were then welded together like a puzzle. it was actually the first time that the boundary created a portrait that is 8 feet tall and 6 feet wide. it was a innovative process which is fitting because maya angelou was a trail-blazer and innovator. >> called for the monument to be placed at the main library however there was discussion left for the art est to select sites they thought were the most appropriate sites for the arkwork. >> i chose the site instinctively. it was really organic the way i made the decision. i walked back and forth in

front of the library and since we read from left to right, i decided to situate the monument to the left of the opening. also, the portrait has eyes that follow you, and so i wanted her eyes to follow you as you approach the library steps, all the way until you enter the library. >> i can't think of a better place for this monument then here at our flag ship main library in the tenderloin neighborhood where maya angelou really gave so much of her time and energy trying to improve quality of life for the residents here. she was a long time member of the glide memorial church. she was part of the congregation. [singing] >> it is my pleasure to well

come you to this monumental community celebration and unveiling of dr. maya angelou monument, portrait of phenomenal woman. [cheers] >> let this serve as reminder of the importance of books and the acquisition of knowledge. my dear [indiscernible] has been in my life. always in my life. guiding and directing me towards my greatest expressions. as a woman, as a artist, as a teacher and a mother. >> from the sketches to final touches, the process has been a labor of love. each stage of the monument creation has been infused with the spirit of dr.

angelou powerful words and and unwavering commitment to justice and equality. >> i feel we center have the spirit of dr. maya angelou because they are both very committed to equality, women rights and to insuring that all voices are heard and people have the opportunity to articulate and express themselves in all their many forms. >> portrait of phenomenal woman the maya angelou monument. she is the first all woman of color that is being honored in that way with a monument. it is important moment for that and we are really excited. and we want to continue this. >> that ideal dr. angelou based her life on are as much as part of the monument as bronze and stone. she's eternally optimistic and

hopeful and i think that that is a message that we can all benefit from. i think that the monument will serve as an example for other cities to erect monuments to extraordinary women, because currently the majority of monuments in this country celebrate conquest, war and white men and that really needs to change. >> i rise from a past rooted in pain. i rise, a black ocean leaping and wide, welling and swelling i bear in the tide. leaving behind nights of tear and fear, i rise into a day break this wondrously clear. gave.e bringing the i am the dream and the hope of the slave.

i rise, i rise, i rise. whew. >> look at that. well, i'll wait to the cameras. come back up. okay. well, happy new year, everyone and welcome.

and good morning. i called the san francisco department of disability and aging services commission meeting of wednesday, january 8th to order. i am the dos commission president janet spears. this commission meeting is being conducted pursuant to the pr