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FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator
COSta
DATE: December 12 , 1984 Count
SUBJECT: Superior Court Annex
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION
1. Approve and accept the Program Verification Study for the Superior Court
Annex Project and direct staff to proceed with preparation of financing
and design planning.
2. Rescind the appointment .of Field/Gruzen, San Francisco, as the Project
Architect for the Superior Court Annex.
3. Appoint NBBJ, Palo Alto, as the Project Architect, and authorize the
Public Works Director to initiate negotiations of an appropriate agree-
ment for architectural services.
BACKGROUND
The project to increase the number of courtrooms for the Superior Court has
been proceeding with preparation of a detailed program description since
approval of the project concept by the Board of Supervisors in September 1983.
The final program has just been completed and is hereby submitted for Board
approval before proceeding to actual design of the facility. The program
includes a building sized for eight courtrooms with space for the Law Library
and the Superior Court Administrator-Jury Commissioner and Jury Assembly
area. Court needs and financial limitations dictate a program requirement
to finish four of the eight courtrooms in the initial construction project.
The building arrangement places the Superior Court Administration, Jury
Assembly and Law Library on the first floor with four finished courtrooms
on the second floor and provisions for four additional courtrooms in the
shell of the third floor. The plans include a secure ground level passage
from the Martinez Detention Facility connecting directly to the new Court
Annex with a secure elevator provided to the courtroom floors and holding
facilities available at each level.
The building is planned for 48, 000 square feet with an estimated construction
contract cost of $6 , 000, 000. Parking requirements are being accommodated
by the planned relocation of the Sheriff' s Patrol and Investigation Divisions
to space outside the Martinez Civic Center area which will make over 100
parking spaces available downtown.
The project, as planned, will add only two additional courtrooms to the
present number as the temporary courtroom in the basement of the Martinez
Veterans Building will be vacated and the Family Law C mmissioner will move
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: x YES SIGNATURE:
X— RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
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SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON December 18 1984 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER X
APPROVED as amended to include instructions to the Project Architect to provide for
the assignment of a designated area for victims or witnesses involved in certain court
actions.
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS 00 251
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
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Phil eatchelor, Clerk of the Board
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from the present inadequate quarters to an existing courtroom on the
first floor of the Courthouse. Space vacated by the Family Law Com-
missioner, Jury Assembly and Jury Commissioner will be remodeled
for expansion of the County Clerk needs.
The project schedule estimates completion of the project in mid-
year 1987 . The financing arrangements will require securities to
be issued at the initiation of construction in early 1986 . The
revenues from the Criminal Justice Construction Fund and the Court
Construction Fund will be used to support the lease payments on the
facility.
By order dated March 6 , 1984 , the Board appointed Field/Gruzen,
San Francisco, as the Project Architect subject to negotiation of a
satisfactory agreement for architectural services.
After receiving the Program Verification Study, for which a separate
consulting agreement was arranged, the Public Works Director attempted
to negotiate an agreement for full architectural services for design
of the proposed Court Annex. The Public Works Director, however,
reports that he has been unable to negotiate an appropriate agreement
with Field/Gruzen and recommends that the Board rescind its appoint-
ment of Field/Gruzen as Project Architect and appoint NBBJ, Palo Alto,
the firm ranked second by the Architectural Selection Committee.
Orig: County Administrator
cc : Public Works Director
Superior Court Administrator
Law Librarian
District Attorney
County Clerk-Recorder
Public Defender
Judge Spellberg
Auditor-Controller
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1. Annex Report from C/A
2. Program Verification Study Apprvd
3. Same as 1 above
4. Field/Gruzen Project Architect Appmt Rescinded
5. Same as 1 above
6. NBBJ Project Architect Appmt
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