MEETING MINUTES
Special Board Meeting
July 9, 2026
Art Pick Council Chambers, 3900 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92522 Board Members Present Museum Staff Present Luz Negrón Bermo, Chair Robyn G. Peterson, Museum Director Claudia Rodriguez, Vice-Chair Ann Lovell, Manager of Operations Julie Bjork Toni Kinsman, Sr. Office Specialist
Mary Carter
Anna Gaissert
Jennifer Gamble
Sharon Tennell
Cynthia Zdilor
Board Member Absent
Paula Horychuk
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 1:04 p.m. by Board Chair Negrón Bermo.
PUBLIC COMMENT
1. This is the portion of the meeting specifically set aside to invite your comments regarding any matter within the Museum of Riverside Board’s jurisdiction.
No public eComments received by the 11:00 a.m. deadline.
No in-person comment cards received in Chambers.
No callers or Zoom speaker requests.
CONSENT CALENDAR
A motion was made to approve Consent items 2 through 5.
Motion: Board Member Zdilor
Second: Board Member Gamble
Ayes: All
2. Minutes – April 22, 2026 regular meeting
Approved as written.
3. Minutes – May 27, 2026 regular meeting
Approved as written.
4. Minutes – June 24, 2026 regular meeting
Approved as written.
5. Record the Museum of Riverside Board member Sharon Tennell absence as excused for the April 22, 2026, regular meeting.
The Museum of Riverside Board will record the absence of Museum of Riverside Board member Sharon Tennell from the April 22, 2026, regular meeting as excused (work).
DISCUSSION CALENDAR
6. Recommend deaccession from the permanent collection of forty-four (44) objects including thirty-three (33) potsherds (A459-1) and eleven (11) baskets (A8-94, A8-105, A8-106, A8-107, A8-108, A8-113, A8-126, A284-1, A284-3, A284-47, and P90-1) associated with the Morongo Band of Mission Indians A motion was made by the Museum of Riverside Board to recommend that City Council approve deaccession from the permanent collection of forty-four (44) objects including thirty-three (33) potsherds (A459-1) and eleven (11) baskets (A8-94, A8-105, A8-106, A8-107, A8-108, A8-113, A8-126, A284-1, A284-3, A284-47, and P90-1) associated with the Morongo Band of Mission Indians.
Motion: Board Member Zdilor
Second: Board Member Gamble
Ayes: All
The meeting was adjourned at 1:11 p.m.
The next regular Museum of Riverside Board meeting is scheduled for July 22, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. in the Art Pick City Council Chambers Museum Board Minutes 7-9-2026
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