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understanding major operational scheduling and financial impacts associated with implementing specific reuse ideas or options. Examples of the sample reuse criteria that were examined included (a) work needed to implement option, (b) likely implementation schedule, (c) cost investment, and (d) community impact. Using the information and results assembled through the City Council forum, the City Manager's staff developed and implemented a second process to secure additional feedback from the community on the priority options the Vanir consultant team would analyze and report back to the City Council through the Jail Feasibility Reuse Study. The work with the City stakeholders and identified interested advocates was used to gather public input, concerns, and other potential impacts associated with the jail reuse options the City would be evaluating. The City staff organized three community meetings which took place during the month of August and September 2017. The meetings were held with (a) interested local Santa Ana community advocacy groups, (b) Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Council, and (c) a city-wide public citizen forum conducted at the City Hall's Council's Chambers. The goal of the three planning sessions was to secure resident input on the key reuse options the consultant team should focus its analysis on when considering the conversion of the Jail complex to other uses. The range of potential jail reuse option suggestions which came from City Council members and other public group representatives is summarized below: Santa Ana City Jail Reuse Feasibility Study City Council and Community Meeting Feedback and Suggestions For Potential Reuse Options ❑ City Council Discussion Forum: At a scheduled public workshop discussion forum, the following perspective options that could be undertaken in the Jail Reuse Study were identified: • Criminal Justice Detention Reuse Options - Temporary Jail Holding Facility staffed with City personnel - Type If Jail with City personnel - Type II Jail without City personnel - CDCR Transitional Reentry Facility - Contract City Jail to Orange County Sheriff - Contract City Jail to Federal Bureau of Prisons ■ Other Potential "Out -of -Box" Jail Reuse Options - Convert City Jail site to mental health facility - Renovate City Jail to data center facility with support space for specialized automated equipment and other dedicated space - Reconfigure City Jail facility to accommodate police evidence / property storage areas - Establish homeless shelter housing with supportive services space - Renovate Jail to accommodate youth hostel and/or privately operated hotel ❑ Community Input Feedback Process: Three City stakeholder, community advocate and interested citizen forums were conducted by City Manager's staff to secure resident input on potential options considered for the Jail Reuse Feasibility Study. A range of suggestions were offered which included: 55 65A-62