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Commission approves $45,600 CalRecycle grant to fund Bayview Hunters Point mural on used motor oil
Summary
The Commission on the Environment approved a $45,600 funding recommendation to the Bayview Opera House to produce a community mural and outreach campaign about abandoned motor oil, following a competitive RFP with four applicants and staff review.
The San Francisco Commission on the Environment voted Nov. 25 to approve the Department of the Environment’s funding recommendation to award $45,600 to the Bayview Opera House for a Bayview Hunters Point community mural and outreach project focused on used motor oil.
Director Deborah Raphael introduced the project as part of a CalRecycle grant the department won to increase awareness and safer disposal of household hazardous waste, including motor oil. Shraddha Mehta, the department’s Environmental Justice Coordinator, told commissioners that the department issued an RFP on Oct. 24, received four proposals (Bayview Hunters Point YMCA; Bayview Opera House; Presidia [sic] Muralists; A. Philip Randolph Institute), and convened a four‑member panel—including two department staff, a community challenge grants manager from the city administrator’s office, and an art curator affiliated with the African American Art and Culture Institute—to score submissions. The panel recommended the Opera House as the highest‑scoring applicant.
Mehta said the Opera House plans to work with local muralist Cameron Moberg and to leverage existing youth programs and the Third on Third merchant coordination to carry out outreach in neighborhoods and at known dumping 'hot spots.' Commissioners asked how sites will be selected and when the mural would be completed; Mehta said the Opera House and the San Francisco Arts Commission will analyze recommended sites and that staff expect the mural to be unveiled by next summer, consistent with the two‑year grant period from CalRecycle that began in April.
Commissioners discussed the absence of grantee representatives at the meeting and urged the department to encourage grantees to attend future presentations. Johanna Wald moved and Heather Stephenson seconded the motion to approve the draft resolution (2014‑16). A roll‑call vote recorded votes of Commissioners Ruth Gervanis, Heather Stephenson, Johanna Wald and Sarah Wan as yes; the motion and the resolution passed.
The grant award is intended to couple a visible community art installation with targeted outreach to reduce illegal dumping of motor oil and to direct residents to safe disposal options via department resources.
Background and next steps: the department will finalize grant paperwork with the Opera House, work with the artist and community partners to select a location and outreach plan, and incorporate the project into broader enforcement and education efforts funded by the CalRecycle grant.
