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5, 2017
TITLE:
UPDATE ON SANTA ANA JAIL REUSE
STUDY AND DIRECTION ON
PRIORITIZATION FOR REUSE OPTIONS
(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 1, 5)
RECOMMENDED ACTION
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❑ Implementing Resolution
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Review the Santa Ana Jail Reuse Study Update and provide direction on prioritization for reuse
options.
DISCUSSION
On April 4, 2017, the City Council awarded a contract to Vanir Construction Management Inc.
(Vanir), for the purpose of completing a Jail Reuse Study for the Santa Ana Jail. This study
includes a jail facility condition assessment and an evaluation of options for the future use of the
jail. These options include the feasibility to continue operating the facility as a jail, a modified jail
operation, or exploration of alternative uses.
Staff has worked with Vanir to complete the jail facility conditions assessment. An executive
summary of this report (Exhibit 1) provides the condition findings. This executive summary
provides a baseline conditions assessment which gives the City an understanding of how the jail
compares to similar facilities and provides an assessment of the mechanical and physical
components of the jail. A finding was the deficiencies in the jail's plumbing system, however, staff
proposed corrective replacement of the plumbing which was approved by the City Council and
has commenced.
On July 13, 2017, the City amended the scope of work and compensation with Vanir to allow for
additional input and direction from the City Council. On August 1, 2017, staff and Vanir conducted
a presentation to the Council and received input on next steps. The desire from the Council was
to conduct additional outreach and seek input from the community. Following this meeting, staff
conducted three workshops with the Com -Link group, the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce, and
a city-wide meeting. The Chamber of Commerce requested a tour of the jail facility in order to
provide more input to staff on options for consideration.
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Santa Ana Jail Reuse Study Update
August 1, 2017
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The feedback is summarized into the following caterogies:
• maintain it as some type of jail facility
• insitutational use, i.e. homeless shelter or mental health facility
• community/general use space
• commericial actitivties/partnerships, i.e. directed job training, partnerships with local
industry, data center, etc.
In discussions with the community and in consultation with the consultant, the provider or end
user groups were not identified, but rather that category. The rationale being that regardless of
the user or tenant, the building modification and structural elements that need to be addressed
would be primary in the Jail Reuse Study.
Staff is recommending that the following four scenarios be evaluated by Vanir (the first was
previously evaluated as part of the budget preparation for FY 2017/18):
• Jail Use/ Rehabilitation or Transitional option with CDCR
• Commericial Options (i.e. data center)
• Institutional Use (i.e. homeless shelter/mental health facility)
• Community/General Use
Upon receiving further direction from the City Council, staff will have the consultant complete the
Jail Reuse Study, which will include: detailed description of each option, fiscal analysis, and
consultant recommendations.
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
This item supports the City's efforts to meet Goal #1- Community Safety and Objective #5,
Provide high quality Police and Fire/Emergency Medical Services response within the City of
Santa Ana.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this item.
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