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TO �. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ((�y^�}t
FROM Barton J. Gilbert, Cwtra
Director of General Services Cbssta
DATE: August 6, 1990 C
SUBJECT: Juvenile Hall Property Fencing--Report p y g--Report of Director of General
Services
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I . RECOMMENDATION:
DENY request of Mike Carpenter, 306 Lava Court, Martinez, for
County participation in repair of his fence on the boundary
adjoining the Juvenile Hall property.
REAFFIRM County policy of installing and maintaining fencing along
boundaries of County properties only when it is in the interest of
Contra Costa County, or when required by California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) mitigation measures and installed in accordance
with standards set by the County.
CONCUR in General Services Department staff recommendation that
fencing is not required along the borders of the Juvenile Hall
property at this time.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
A change in County policy with respect to fencing along County
properties would most likely be extremely expensive; the costs
could run into the millions of dollars.
III. BACKGROUND:
Mike Carpenter owns property at 306 Lava Court, Martinez, which is
on the southern boundary of the County' s Juvenile Hall property.
His and other private properties border the southern and a portion
of the western boundaries. The fence at the rear of Mr. Carpen-
ter' s property is of wood, and it extends across the rear of all
the private properties. According to records of the City of
Martinez, the fencing was installed on these properties by the
developer of the subdivision (Tract 4822) , circa 1976. On the
Juvenile Hall side of the southern boundary, there is a ten-foot
wide strip of ground with trees, and then a paved access road from
Glacier Drive.
On June 14, 1990, Mr. Carpenter contacted General Services staff
requesting that the County share in the cost of repairing his rear
fence. The request was denied because the fence is on private
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/J SUPERVISORS'AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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property, is privately owned, and has not been damaged by the
County. A similar request in 1982 from another owner of property
along the southern boundary was also denied. Mr. Carpenter, by
letter to the Board dated June 21, 1990, then requested that the
County install fencing across the southern property line, similar
to that installed at the new Sheriff ' s building on Muir Road.
If fencing were to be installed along the southern and western
boundaries of Juvenile Hall, the cost for the kind of fence
requested by Mr. Carpenter is estimated to be $150,000 to
$180,000, based on the costs for the fence at the Sheriff ' s
building on Muir Road.
In constructing new facilities, the practice is to install fencing
only to satisfy County security and safety needs or to mitigate
impacts as determined by the CEQA process. In these cases the
fencing is constructed to standards set by the County.
The above recommendations are consistent with present and past
practice and policy for the many properties owned and controlled
by the County, including building sites, airports, roads, flood
control channels, Southern Pacific Right-of-Way, etc.
cc: General Services Department
Administration
County Administrator
Public Works Director
County Probation Officer
Mike Carpenter
306 Lava Court, Martinez CA 94553