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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04211987 - 1.68 IL-066 TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: Phil Batchelor Contra County Administrator Costa DATE: April 14, 1987 County SUBJECT: Legislation: Senate Bill 1664 (Presley) SPECIFIC REQUESTS) OR RECOMMENDATION(_S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION• Adopt a position of support for SB 1664 by Senator Robert Presley which would place before the voters in 1988 a bond_ measure which would authorize the issuance of $250 million in bonds for the construction, reconstruction, remodeling, replacement, and deferred maintenance of state and county juvenile facilities. BACKGROUND: Senator Presley has proposed a $250 million bond issue to finance state and county juvenile facilities. If approved by the Legislature and the Governor, the bond measure would appear on the June, 1988 ballot. The County' s Juvenile Hall was built in 1950 and added to in 1972. It has an operating capacity of 120 and generally averages a population of 110. The Boys ' Ranch has a capacity of 74 and an average population of 70, with 10 to 20 boys waiting in Juvenile Hall at all times for openings in the Boys' Ranch. The Boys' Center has a capacity of 19 and an average population of 18 . 5. The Juvenile Hall currently has 2-person rooms although the current state standard in juvenile facilities is a single-person room. Contra Costa County is only able to continue using 2-person rooms because we were grandfathered in at the time the standards were changed. If we had to go to one-person rooms, the capacity of the hall would be cut in half . There is currently a pressing need to expand or rebuild the Boys' Ranch and there will be a need to remodel or replace the 1950 portion of Juvenile Hall in the future. As counties rebuild their juvenile facilities there is increasing pressure on counties with oder facilities to comply with current one-person room standards and to otherwise update their facilities. This County obviously cannot finance millions of dollars in remodeling, expansion, and replacement of juvenile facilities CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: , YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE X APPROVE - OTHER &Q&SIGNATURE(S): // . &Z,, "W ACTION OF BOARD ON April 21 , 10,8 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED � 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 DATE SHOWN. CC: County Administrator ATTESTED APR "2 1 198 Probation Officer CSAC Director PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Jackson/Barish & Associates D. J. Smith Associates M382/7-Jq nator Robert Presley BY ,DEPUTY Page 2 without State assistance, such as the bonds which SB 1664 would authorize. SB 1664 requires a 250 local match which will be difficult enough to appropriate while the County is also financing the construction and ongoing operation of a new adult detention center in West County. The County Probation Officer recommends the Board support SB 1664 and this office concurs with that recommendation.