City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: DECEMBER 7, 2016
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of a Grant Application for $125,489 to the Institute of Museum and Library Services to Support the Conservation of the Recently Excavated 18th Century Ship.
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ISSUE: Consideration of approval for the Office of Historic Alexandria (OHA) to apply for a grant of $125,489, and to accept these funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for the conservation of the recently excavated ship from the Alexandria Waterfront.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council authorize the City Manager to:
1) Approve the grant application to IMLS (submitted December 1) for $125,489;
2) Approve the acceptance of funds from IMLS for $125,489, if the grant is approved; and
3) Authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary documents that may be required.
BACKGROUND: Alexandria Archaeology (AA), a division of the Office of Historic Alexandria (OHA), seeks $125,489 from IMLS to support the conservation of an 18th century ship's hull, discovered during archaeological investigation at the Indigo Hotel development site on the City's waterfront - a crucial step in the ultimate reconstruction and exhibition of this significant resource.
The goals of the overall project are to:
1) Record the ship using traditional and digital documentation;
2) Conserve and stabilize the hull timbers and fastenings using industry standard
conservation treatment procedures; and
3) Build a support and reassemble the ship for exhibition.
Funding from IMLS will directly support the conservation of the historic ship, the third stage of the project.
DISCUSSION: In the late fall of 2015, archaeologists working at the Indigo Hotel site at Duke and Union Street unearthed the remains of an 18th century s...
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