January 17, 2023 - Fine Arts Museums Board of Trustees - Annual Budget Review

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), American Sign Language interpreters and/or note-takers will be available upon request. The following will also be made available upon request: (1) a sound enhancement system; (2) a meeting agenda or minutes available in alternative formats; and/or (3) a reader during the meeting. In compliance with the Language Access Ordinance, oral interpretation or translation services will be made available upon request in the language the member of the public requests. This also includes translation of meeting notices, agendas, and minutes (only after the body adopts them), upon written request. To arrange for any these services, please contact Megan Bourne at mbourne@famsf.org at least 48 hours prior to a public meeting. A late request will be honored if possible.

Accessible seating for persons with disabilities (including those using wheelchairs) will be available. For Telecommunication Device for the Deaf (TDD), the Museums use the California Relay Service.

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The Board of Trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco respectfully acknowledge the Ramaytush Ohlone the original inhabitants of what is now the San Francisco Peninsula, and we further acknowledge that the greater Bay Area is the ancestral territory of the Miwok, Yokuts, and Patwin, as well as other Ohlone peoples. Indigenous communities have lived in and moved through this land over hundreds of generations and Indigenous peoples from many nations make their home in this region today. Please join us in recognizing and honoring their ancestors, descendants, elders, and all other members of their communities.

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Sunshine Ordinance Task Force
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Citizens may obtain a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance by printing the San Francisco Administrative Code, Chapter 67, on the Internet at http://www.sfbos.org/sunshine.

Public documents referred to in the agenda are available online at sfgov.org/finearts. Public documents referred to in the agenda may also be inspected at the Administrative Offices of the Fine Arts Museums located at the de Young, Golden Gate Park, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA, 94118-4501. Please contact Megan Bourne at (415) 750-3669 or mbourne@famsf.org to make arrangements. If any materials related to an item on this agenda have been distributed to the Board of Trustees after the distribution of the agenda packet, those materials are available for public inspection at the de Young Museum, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, during normal office hours.

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