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FROM: PHIL BATCHELOR Costa
County Administrator 1�-�}
DATE: October 17, 1985 h County
SUBJECT: STATUS REPORT ON POSSIBLE SITES FOR PROPOSED NEW COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Accept report from the County Administrator on status of possible sites for the proposed
new County detention facility and consider action to be taken.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND:
On June 18, 1985, your Board identified the Atlas Road site in the City of Richmond as the
proposed site for the West County Justice Center Project and authorized preparation of an
Environmental Impact Report. Staff was also directed to explore alternatives to the Atlas
Road site that might be workable from a programmatic and construction viewpoint, which
might be cheaper to acquire and/or develop and result in less delays.
With respect to the Atlas .Road site, the EIR process was started, a Notice of Preparation
was issued on July 16, 1985, and comments were received from a number of interested
agencies and individuals. (For a proposed project of this magnitude, a surprisingly small
number of comments were .actually received. )
Subsequent to the Atlas Road site designation, a renewed search was made to identify other
potential sites, not only in West County but also in other parts of the County. We also
included in this search the site formerly owned by Shell Oil at the intersection of Highway
680 and Marina Vista, which was previously designated by your Board as a detention facility
site. As a result of this process, we identified over 20 sites throughout the County.
Except as described below, none of the sites identified appeared to be desirable in terms
of a detention facility, either because of proximity to residences, high cost of building,
or other environmental factors. The result of this search has been to reaffirm that both
the Atlas Road and Shell sites appear to be suitable but may present problems of time
delays and cost that should be avoided if at all possible.
In addition to these two sites, the unincorporated North Richmond area of the County
between Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks offers a number of possibilities in assembling the
approximately 40 acres required for the project. We have done some preliminary work in
this area and have identified as potentially workable a 28-acre site which is currently on
the market. However, this site is also the proposed site for the waste energy plant
currently being planned by the West County Sanitary District. We have also identified
other parcels in that same area that appear to be workable for a West County Justice
Center. Before proceeding further, however, on the necessary technical work to determine
whether these sites are in fact workable and cost effective, we are proceeding to request
the city councils of Richmond and San Pablo to support this general area as the site for
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE:
—X_ RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATIO OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ONS- ��� 2 r��S� APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED _CL OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
�L UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON/THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: CAO - Justice System Programs ATTESTED
Sheriff-Coroner J.R. OLSSON, COUNTY CLERK
Cities of Richmond AND EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE BOARD
San Pablo
El Cerrito
M382/7-83 Pinole BY E DEPUTY
Hercules
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the proposed facility. West County cities have previously indicated it would be cost
effective for them in terms of utilization of police personnel to have a detention facility
in West County. Your Board has made a commitment to do that if it is at all possible. If
the commitment from the cities is forthcoming, we will proceed to do the necessary staff
work to define the site, including an analysis of site acquisition, development, and other
costs. If the cities do not choose to make such a commitment, we see no alternative other
than to resume the site search and concentrate our efforts in other parts of the County.
We are proceeding as expeditiously as possible on this matter and will report back to your
Board as soon as possible.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on October 22, 1985 , by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Powers , Schroder , McPeak , Torlakson , Fanden
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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SUBJECT: Jail Fund Construction Allocation
In its discussion of possible sites for construction of
the new county detention facility, Board members commented on the
need to select a site in order to secure an allocation of $36
million in State Jail Construction Fund monies . Concern was
expressed that the Fund would be depleted by other counties who may
not have received a high ranking on the project priority list , but
who have project plans completed to the point of beginning construc-
tion . One county identified was Sonoma County.
Therefore , IT IS ORDERED that the County Administrator is
REQUESTED to report on the status of allocation of State Jail
Construction Fund money to Sonoma County .
1 hereby certify Zhis;a a tr.^^aned correct copy of
an action taken and entered on the Minutes of the
Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: 2 2,
PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board
Of Supervisors and County Administrator
By a�/- `fin-n� Deputy
cc: County Administrator
2. 4
1. Jail Construction Fund
2. Sonoma County allocation C/A to report