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Recommendation to approve and authorize City Manager to enter into an agreement between the City of Long Beach and PCR Services Corporation for a survey and a conservation management plan for valuable decorative assets in the storage areas on the Queen Mary in an amount not to exceed $63,370. (District 2)
DISCUSSION
In 2008, the City of Long Beach (City) entered into an agreement with PCR Services Corporation (PCR) to conduct a Phase I survey and comprehensive inventory of the valuable assets that were located in the public rooms and staterooms aboard the Queen Mary. The intent of the inventory was to provide the City with a database to be used for the annual inspection and to comply with the City Auditor's recommendation.
The Phase I database has now been completed, but during the Phase I survey, additional areas of investigation were discovered. As such, it is recommended that further work be completed to catalog additional valuable assets identified during the original inventory, but beyond the original scope of work approved. The additional survey work will allow PCR's art historians to visually examine and inventory the valuable assets in storage and provide necessary descriptive information, condition assessment, and an accompanying photograph. The completed inventory will provide an estimate of the quantified types of valuable assets currently in storage to ensure that these items are protected and preserved for future generations. Works of fine art to be documented include, but are not limited to, paintings, art glass, and woodcarvings. Valuable assets also include decorative arts and other examples of lighting, furniture, silverware, china, clocks, and other items formerly associated with the significant public rooms and staterooms from the Queen Mary's 1934 to 1936 period of significance.
In order to receive potential grant funding for the future restoration of the ships assets, a Conservation Management Plan (CMP) is recommended. PCR will as...
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