City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: NOVEMBER 6, 2025
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
THROUGH: JAMES F. PARAJON, CITY MANAGER
FROM: GRETCHEN BULOVA, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF HISTORIC ALEXANDRIA
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Consideration of a Resolution to Authorize the City Manager to Accept a Transfer of an Alexandria Archaeological Collection from Goodwin and Associates.
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ISSUE: Consideration of approval for the Office of Historic Alexandria (OHA) to accept the transfer of an archaeological collection from site 44AX197 excavated in Alexandria that is currently located at Goodwin & Associates, a cultural resource management firm in Frederick, Maryland.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council:
1) Accept the transfer of the collection from Goodwin & Associates to the City.
2) Authorize the City Manager, in coordination with Goodwin & Associates, to establish clear legal title to the collection.
3) Authorize the City Manager to execute all documents that may be required to finalize acceptance and ownership of the collection to the City.
BACKGROUND: Alexandria Archaeology (AA), a division of the Office of Historic Alexandria (OHA), seeks to obtain from Goodwin & Associates a collection related to one of the few archaeologically studied urban plantation sites, excavated during the archaeological investigation of the 500 block of North Henry Street (44AX197) - a crucial step in the ultimate reanalysis and potential exhibition of this significant resource.
Development work began on the 500 block of North Henry Street (DSP 2003-00019,) in 2003. Alexandria Archaeology, in carrying out its mandate under the City's Archaeological Protection Code (Ordinance No. 3413 passed November 18, 1989 and Section 11-411 of the 1992 Zoning Ordinance), required documentary research and an archaeological investigation of the property. The applicant contracted Goodwin & ...
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