To call the roll. Uh, president collins is absent. Vice president shiota present. Commissioner beltran is on her way. Commissioner benavides is absent. Commissioner brunzell here. Commissioner carney here. Commissioner ferris here. Commissioner hakimi is on our way. Commissioner liu is absent. Commissioner mccoy present. Commissioner mosley present. Commissioner rothschild here. Commissioner schnur here. Commissioner shelby present. Commissioner. Streicher. Present exofficio. Sue diamond is absent. We have quorum for todays meeting. Also for the record, director of Cultural Affairs ralph remington. Uh, Deputy Director of programs alex leifheit are in attendance. Thank you. Um, are there any agenda changes. Okay. Seeing none. Uh, now for some Public Meeting instructions. Um, id like to welcome all persons interested in this meeting to attend in person at city hall from 416. This meeting is airing live on spike tv two. Comcast 26, astound 26 and at t uverse 99. 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Dialog towards Public Comments. Each comment will be documented for Public Record and for the record , we have one remote, reasonable accommodation. I will now turn it over to our Commission Secretary, manraj dhaliwal, for Public Comment instructions for members of the public joining in person who wish to comment on agenda items. Once you are called on, then you will be asked to voice your comment at the podium. You will see a blank Public Comment card are located on the podium. Your recommend but not required to fill out this card which will be included in the minutes. I will start your three minutes when you speak using a visual timer. You will also receive a 32nd audible warning when your time is up. I will say your time is up. Participants who wish to speak on other agenda items may listen for the next Public Comment. Opportunity anyone who speaks during a Public Comment period at todays meeting can send a summary of the comments to be included in the minutes. 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Before the date of the meeting may be delivered to sfac staff and will be shared with the commissioners. If you need to request a reasonable accommodation under the ada or need to request language assistance, you must contact the Commission Secretary at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting. At our info at sf gov. Org our office will make every effort to accommodate all requests just for record, commissioner hakimi just arrived. Vice president shioda, please proceed with the meeting when you are ready. Thank you. Id like to start the meeting by reading our land acknowledgment statement. The San FranciscoArt Commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests. We recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. As a department dedicated to promoting a diverse and equitable arts and culture environment in San Francisco, we are committed to supporting the traditional and contemporary evolution of the American Indian community. Im now calling on item number two. Um, im going to remind commissioners to say your name after you respond to a motion. Um, im going to ask for a motion to approve february 5th, 2020 four minutes. Um, do i have a motion . So moved, commissioner streicher, second commissioner shelby, thank you so much. Uh do i have Public Comment on item two . Approval. For those joining in person, please proceed to the Public Comment podium and fill out the Public Comment information card. We are currently on item two. As a reminder, your time will start when you begin speaking, you will see a visual timer on the podium and receive a 32nd audible warning before your time concludes. For those calling in with accommodation requests, please raise your hand by pressing asterisk three. Im requesting comments from those who are in person. Is there anyone who would like to make a Public Comment on the current agenda items. I see no hand raise for public remote comment. I see no in person requests for Public Comments. Public comment is now closed. Thank you so much. Um, is there any commissioner discussion or comments on item number two . Great seeing none. Um, we have a motion to approve the february fifth, 2020 four minutes and a second. Um i would like to get a final motion. All those in favor say aye. Yay i all opposed say nay. Thank you. The motion passes unanimously. Um, im now going to call item number three, which is general Public Comment. Is there any Public Comment on item three . General Public Comment. For those joining in person, please proceed to the Public Comment podium and fill out the Public Comment information card. We are currently on item three. As a reminder, your time will start when you begin speaking, you will see a visual timer on the podium and receive a 32nd audible warning before your time concludes. For those calling in with accommodation requests, please raise your hand by pressing asterisk three. I am requesting comments from those who are in person. Is there anyone who would like to make a Public Comment on the current agenda items. I see no hand raised for public remote comment. I see no inperson request for Public Comments. Public comment is now closed. Thank you so much. Um, i am now calling item four, which is the directors report and giving the floor over to director of Cultural Affairs ralph remington. Thank you, Vice President shiota. Uh, good afternoon, commissioners. Um, i hope youre all doing well. Uh, its hard to believe that a new month is already upon us. Uh, february was a whirlwind, uh, month, uh, full of Lunar New Year and black History Month. So and i hope you had a chance to go out and experience some of the wonderful and uniquely, uh, San Francisco cultural events that took place throughout the month. Uh on screen, as you can see, we are sharing a photo of mayor breed with all of the black and asian, uh, Department Heads commission and city leaders that we took last month. Um march is womens History Month, and id like to take a moment to share a preview of our recent social media that features the work of several phenomenal artists that we have worked with recently, including the works of yumi ho and her installation at chinatown. Rose pak station. Uh, many fine, uh, and her art on Market Street poster series poster featuring artist ruth asawa and avatars, the artist whos beautiful and vibrant murals are currently on view along evans avenue at sfpuc, uh, southeast treatment facility. Uh i also wanted to share a sneak preview of an upcoming post that we have planned for International Womens day on march 8th that will honor doctor maya angelou and offer a preview of lava thomass sculpture that will be unveiled later this fall. Uh, before before i begin my report, id also like to take a moment to share an update that staff have been working to find alternative meeting locations for all regularly scheduled. Committee meetings, which include the civic Design Review, Community Investment executive and visual Arts Committees. Uh, starting later this month, we will be moving Committee Meeting locations from room 125 and the war Memorial Veterans building to hearing rooms in city hall. Uh staff are working to match existing dates and times as closely as possible, but some adjustments to the current Committee Meeting schedule may be required. Uh Program Staff will be in touch. Soon with details, so please be on the lookout for that. Uh, please reach out to the commission. Secretary dhaliwal. Uh, should you have any questions about those those things . Uh, to start off this months report, id like to share a few highlights from some recent events this past month. On february 17th, i attended the sf symphonys Lunar New Year of the dragon concert, which is one of the many programs the Arts Commission sponsors as part of our partnership with with sf symphony. On february 22nd, i had the opportunity to join president collins and lewis watts, coauthor of harlem of the west and Professor Emeritus and uc santa cruz art department, in a virtual black History Month uh panel that was celebrated, im sorry, hosted by the department of human resources, where discussed, uh, where we discussed past, present and future of black artists in San Francisco. So, uh, id also like to thank lauren roe for helping to put all that together with us. Uh, our air analyst, lauren roe. So thank you for that. Uh, on february 24th, i attended the chinese Lunar New Year parade to usher in the year of the dragon. On february 27th. I attended the third annual recreation and Parks Department black heritage celebration luncheon. Uh, on february 28th, i had a chance to stop by the Mission Cultural center for latino arts to help kick off the first of our Cultural Services allocation planning committee, a Community Open houses, and also on february 28th, i attended the 10th annual San Francisco black History Month closing ceremony at city hall, hosted by state comptroller malia cohen, mayor london breed supervisor Shamann Walton and District Attorney brooke jenkins. Um, and as you all know, i started the, uh, black History Month off with the opening. Celebration where i gave the keynote address. Uh, so some Community Investments updates. Uh ccep update as mentioned briefly earlier in my report this last week, the Community Investments team hosted five Community Open house sessions, uh, for in person and one virtual session. The inperson open. Houses were held in different communities around San Francisco to ensure that we are capturing voices that are representative of our citys diverse constituents. Id like to thank our partner organization, city college San Francisco chinatown, north beach center, Mission Cultural center, uh, Southeast Community center, and Youth Art Exchange for helping us host these sessions. A big shout out to our amazing cultural investment, uh, Community Investments team and including denise pate, uh, director of Community Investments, and debbie ng, Senior Program officer, along with our consulting ams for organizing and facilitating our open houses. If you have not done so already, please be sure to take and help spread help us spread the word about our brief four question survey that is open through march 11th and is available in english, spanish, filipino and chinese. Uh, some gallery updates. Uh, reminder that covid section eight harry dodge and Alicia Mccarthy is currently on view at the sfac main gallery, uh, through april 27th. Also i just wanted to note that our exhibition on the ground floor of city hall, a public voice publica, is a temporary, uh, down through the, uh, april 3rd, 2024 uh, banners located in the north light court are still up. Um, the exhibition will be extended through sept tember 27th, 2024. Heres some public art updates. A reminder that we have three open public art opportunities Still Available for artists to apply for. Uh, Treasure Island water Resource Recovery facility applications for this rfq are due march 11th. Uh Treasure Island uh city side park applications for this rfp are due march 15th, and Mission Bay School public art project. Uh, thats applications for this rfq are due march 18th. Uh, some hrc updates. Notes. We are thrilled, uh, to announce and welcome the newest staff member to our team, jen atwood. Uh, who recently joined the Community Investments team. A few weeks ago as our new Program Officer. In this role, jen will manage our art vendor program. Prior to joining the Arts Commission, jen was a Program Officer for the massachusetts cultural council, a state arts agency, and was a state affiliate for the national. Endowment for the humanities with mass humanities. Uh, jen has a bachelor of arts in drama from San FranciscoState University and a master of arts in, uh, management from Carnegie Mellon university. We welcome jen. And jen is, um, if you remember, uh, and tricky was promoted and that vacancy was left open and this is, uh, their, uh, their new replacement. So, uh, welcome, jen. Uh other announcements, um, a reminder for commissioners, please remember to comp