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9. What would be the immediate, short-, mid-, and long-range phased construction recommendations needed to satisfy and / or address the project's identified facility requirements for the Santa Ana City Jail? 10. What are the likely and probable operational and construction costs the City will experience in responding to reuse of the institution? Uniform definitions of the space included in each functional use area (FUA) were also developed and applied in the calculations of the space breakdowns. Overall conclusions about the adequacy of a facility and its space provisions incorporated the evaluator's professional knowledge of standard building and design criteria as well as the systems needed to support the operation of such a facility. In some instances, discussions with staff and their opinion of the space and building systems have also been taken into account when evaluating and developing a composite rating of a particular space or area. In reviewing the published results of the evaluation, it is important to note that other individuals with different professional backgrounds (i.e., users versus non-users) may rate or score a facility differently than what is contained in this report. In order to assess the overall building and possible expansion impacts, a facility evaluation and survey was completed. The work included examining the configuration, capacities, utilization, and physical condition of the city's detention facility. A survey instrument was used to allow the consultants to provide summary ratings for the different FUA's in each of the detention facilities. The areas included in the evaluation are related to categories of standard building design criteria and systems needed to support the operations of a detention facility. Scoring of the functional use areas and building elements were made on a scale of values from 0 - 3 as follows: Santa Ana City Jail Detention Detention Facility Ratings 0 = Very Inadequate 1 = Inadequate 2 = Adequate 3 = Very adequate The methodology used in the facility evaluation process involved the collection, analysis, and assessment of the following data: Facility Survey and Evaluation Data Facility Description: Principal items of information gathered include the date of construction of the facility, total square footage, building configuration, construction type, and the physical arrangement of space. The number and rated bed capacity of each housing unit, security classifications of living units, and history of structural changes (i.e., additions, renovations, and remodeling) are also identified. Identifiable utility, water, sanitary, heating / ventilating / air conditioning (HVAC) and lighting elements for the building and other information about the institution's fire and life safety systems (fire sprinklers, fire alarms, smoke detectors) was also collected. Defined Functional Area Uses of Jail Facility: The total gross square footage of the facility was calculated. Square footage space allocation measurements for 14 pre -defined FUA's were developed. These FUAs are categories of spaces grouped into a "title" that encompasses all the adjacent associated spaces. For instance, "Food Service" will contain the kitchen, scullery, food storage area, loading dock for kitchen, dining area, coolers, dry storage, bakery, and janitor's closet in food service only, walk-in coolers, dining room, and kitchen supervisor's office if in food service area, and toilets rooms if in food service area. Uniform definitions of the space Appendix & 65A-147