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FROM: Harvey E. Bragdon C4c)n}ra
Director of Community Development ll
Costa
DATE: June 1, 1989 County
SUBJECT: Consultant Contract to Prepare the Environmental Impact
Report for the West Contra Costa Justice Center
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION
Approve and authorize the Director of Community Development to
execute on behalf of the County, a contract with the firm of
Jones and Stokes Associates, Inc. , in the amount up to $120 , 000 ,
for the preparation of a revised Environmental Impact Report
(EIR) for the West Contra Costa Justice Center.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The West Contra Costa Justice Center is a Contra Costa County
project. The cost of the EIR would be borne by the County.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION
The original EIR for the West Contra Costa Justice Center, which
was certified in August, 1986, was found to be inadequate by a
State Appellate Court. The Court allowed the construction of the
facility to proceed, but ordered that a new EIR be prepared
before the facility is put into operation.
BACKGROUND
The adequacy of the 1986 EIR was challenged by the owner of the
Justice Center' s site (which was acquired by the County by
condemnation) . The trial court ruled that the EIR adequately
covered the project as it was defined in the EIR, but determined
that a subsequent CEQA evaluation would have to be made before
the facility could house more than the number of inmates it was
designed to hold. The appellate court, while not criticizing the
EIR' s evaluation of the specified project, ruled that the EIR was
inadequate because it should have evaluated the impacts of
"reasonably foreseeable" uses of the facility, such as
double-bunking, and of the site, such as additional buildings.
CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION
Failure to execute this contract would delay the preparation of
the EIR, and subsequently, prevent the facility from being
occupied.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATU
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REQdVUMM0ATI& O BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE S :
ACTION OF BOARD ON 111N 6 1989 n APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE
THE DATE SHOWN.
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cc: Community Development (Orifi. Dept . ) ATTESTED _ UN 6 1989 _
County Administrator PHIL BATCHELOR. CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
County Counsel SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
County Auditor-Controller
M382/7-83 BY�� DEPUTY