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FROM: Phil Batchelor,
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DATE: February 11, 1988 Costa
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SUBJECT: Additional Housing at Marsh Creek Detention Center, arsh Cre ']c'•1
Authorization No. 0928-WH222E
Specific Request(s) or Recommendations(s) & Background & Justification
RECOMMENDATION
FIND and DECLARE, pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 20134 , for the
reasons stated below, that an emergency exists, and that the repairs and
replacements described below are necessary to permit the continued conduct
of County operations and services, and to avoid danger to life and
property.
AUTHORIZE the County Administrator or his representative to proceed in the
most expeditious manner, pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 20134, to
construct new housing for approximately 120 inmates, and to construct,
repair and improve appurtenant facilities and utilities necessary support
the housing functions.
DECLARE that the project described below is not subject to the provisions
of the California Environmental Quality Act, in that the project involves
emergency repairs to public service facilities necessary to maintain
service, and in that the project involves specific actions necessary to
prevent or mitigate an emergency.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Construction of the new housing and related support facilities and
utilities is fully funded through State Proposition 52 grant funds and
County matching funds which have been appropriated.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND
The emergency is created by the overcrowding of inmates in the Martinez
Detention Facility and the need to transfer greater numbers of inmates to
the Marsh Creek Detention Center.
To protect the health and welfare of public,. staff and inmates, actions are
required immediately to decrease the overcrowding at .the Martinez facility.
The Sheriff-Coroner recommends that the Board declare an emergency and that
it proceed to immediately construct new buildings to house approximately
120 inmates of non-violent misdemeanor/light felony classifications to
relieve the overcrowding, thus leaving the secure beds at the Martinez
Detention Facility for those requiring the greater security. truction
and improvement of appurtenant facilities and7i i ies n essary to
support the housing functions.
CONTINUED ON A7TACFIl4ENT: X YES Signature:
Recommendation of County Administrator
Recommendation of Board Committee
Approve Other
Signature(s) :
Action of Board on: MAR 1 1988 Approved as Recommended _� Other
Vote of Supervisors: I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
Unanimous (Absent Z- ) AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
Ayes: Noes: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN.
Absent- Abstain- MAR 1 1988
Attested:
cc: CAO - Justice System Programs Phil Batchelor, Clerk of
CAO - De Bell the Board of Supervisors
GSD - Arch. Div. and County Administrator
Sheriff-Coroner
County Counsel By:
DEPUTY
Add:Ytidriel Housing at Marsh Creek Detention Center
Authorization No. 0928-WH222E
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The average monthly inmate population in the Martinez Detention Facility
has recently been as high as 751 in a facility designed to accommodate 386.
Such overcrowding increases danger to the staff and inmates, and it is
imperative to initiate immediate action to decrease the population and
reduce the potential for such dangers.
Existing facilities at Clayton, dating to 1941, are in some cases in
noncompliance with current health and safety regulations. The new housing
will eventually augment and replace such nonconforming structures.
In order to accommodate this proposed expansion, it is necessary to upgrade
and expand the existing on-site sanitary system consisting of a septic
system and leach field. This system currently is unable to properly handle
existing demands resulting in a threat to local public health. Increased
populations will cause this health threat to worsen to intolerable levels
if the system is not corrected.
The normal design, bid, construction process for this work is estimated to
require ten to twelve months. The Sheriff-Coroner considers such delay
unacceptable. It is possible to bypass the normal procedures for bidding
the project and accomplish the project in approximately five to six months
through the provisions of Section 20134 of the Public Contract Code when
the appropriate findings of an emergency are made by the Board.