REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
July 26, 2022
FROM
MELISSA RUSSO, Director, Museum
SUBJECT
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Applied Earthworks Curation Agreement
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Approve Contract with Applied Earthworks, Inc. whereby, the San Bernardino County Museum will receive $15,450 to accept and curate six boxes of archaeological material from the Riverside County Transportation Commission, State Route 79 Project in Riverside County, for the period of July 26, 2022 through July 25, 2023.
(Presenter: Melissa Russo, Director, 798-8608)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Promote the Countywide Vision.
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of additional Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). The $15,450 is payment of the repository fee of $2,575 per cubic foot box which includes acceptance and curation of the material. Approval of budget adjustments to the San Bernardino County Museum's (SBCM) 2022-23 budget is not requested at this time but may be included on a future countywide budget report presented to the Board of Supervisors for approval.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
As a federally recognized repository, the Anthropology Division of the SBCM will provide curation services for Applied Earthworks, Inc. (Applied Earthworks), in regards to their archaeological collection from the Riverside County Transportation Commission, State Route 79 Project. The Museum already holds archaeological material from Phase 1 of this project. As a federal repository designated by the National Park Service under Title 36-CFR Part 79 Curation of Federally-Owned and Administered Archeological Collections, the Museum accepts material for repository if it is within contiguous areas or part of an ongoing project in order to keep the material together in the same collection at the same ...
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