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HEARING- Consider recommendations regarding consultant reports on main and proposed new jails, forecasted future bed space need, staffing and operating cost analysis, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR. 30 MIN.)
a) Receive and file the Carter Goble Associates, LLC consultant’s report on forecasted future bed space needs and staffing levels and operating costs for the existing Main Jail and proposed new Northern Branch Jail facilities;
b) Receive and file Marx|Okubo Associates, Inc. condition assessment of the existing Main Jail facilities and projects the required maintenance costs over the coming ten years;
c) Provide direction to staff regarding the County’s options, as follows:
i) Continue with current direction to construct/design both the AB900 project (a conditional award for a 376 bed facility) and the SB1022 project (a conditional award for a 228 bed facility);
ii) Continue with only the AB900 project, and not SB1022 project;
iii) Return to the Board at a future date for further discussion and direction; or
iv) Provide other direction to staff as appropriate
d) Based on c) above, direct staff to:
i) Continue with the existing Northern Branch Jail Operations Funding Plan at the current levels; or
ii) Modify the existing Northern Branch Jail Operations Funding Plan levels for the FY 2016-2017 operating budget and bring the changes to the Board for approval at the June 2016 Budget Hearings; and
e) Find that the proposed actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15378(b)(4) and 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines, because they are government fiscal, organizational, or administrative activities that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE