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TOS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: sSuparvisor Tom Torlakson Contra
Introduced August 18, 1987 for Board Action Costa
DATE: on August 2.5 , 1987 Ccunty
SUBJECT: STATE .PRISON ,IN EAST COUNTY
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. Communicate by letter to Senator Boatwright and the
St'ate`Department of Corrections regarding our concerns and inquiring
as to whether there are any specific or conceptual plans for a state
prison facility in East Contra Costa County.
2 . Note also that the Board of Supervisors is already
struggling to locate in the East County a new land aqueduct, a new
highway, a new airport, and new regional parks. Further, then, with
this much occurring already, I believe the Board of Supervisors should
conceptually oppose the location of a state prison facility in East
County--at least until such time as convincing information might be
provided as to the advantages of having such a facility and until such
time as any community by which the facility might be located would
also consider supporting it.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The recent newspaper account of the suggestion by Senator
Dan Boatwright to place a prison in East County deserves follow-up.
This news was certainly a surprise. We had an extremely difficult
time trying to locate our own proposed new detention facility that is
scheduled to open in 1991. There is even talk for yet another new
county jail possibly in the East County soon after the West County
Detention Facility opens. ( It should be noted that we have not been
able to even identify the huge sums of money necessary to staff the
new county jail in West County. )
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CONTINUED ON ATTACMNENT; � YES SIGNATURE;
- RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON August APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED _ OTHER
Supervisor Powers stated that in approving the recommendations set forth
above, he still desired to retain the flexibility of analyzing a proposal
for establishing a state prison in Contra Costa County if one is presented.
Board members agreed with this position.
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT II I AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
cc: Supervisor Torlakson ATTESTED August 25, 1987
County Administrator PHIL BATCHELOR. CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
M382/7-83 BY Q /2- 22f i_ � ,DEPUTY