Funding for the grant application and preliminary programming phase provided by Sheriff Department's West County Detention Facility, 100% General Fund.
On April 14, 2015, the County entered into a Consulting Services Agreement with KMD to provide architectural and engineering consulting services in connection with the County’s funding application to the California Board of State and Community Corrections for $80 million for the construction of the West County Reentry, Treatment and Housing Replacement Project.
At that time, the County was in the process of applying for funding in the amount of $80 million from the California Board of State and Community Corrections (“BSCC”). Similar to past year’s Senate Bill (SB) 1022 program, use of the SB 863 program was proposed to build a new housing unit at the West County Detention Facility (“WCDF”) campus that would replace the use of existing beds at the Martinez Detention Facility with appropriate high security housing, along with additional space for reentry and mental health treatment programs currently unavailable to the high-security population. The expansion project entailed the development of approximately 2.3 acres at the WCDF and was estimated to consist of an approximately 132,000 square foot (building areas) facility with 416 beds at total cost of about $89 million and was to be completed in spring of 2020. The expansion would have offered facilities and programs to help prepare inmates for reentry into society, as well as support outpatient medical, recreational, and minor administrative facilities.
Architectural and engineering (A/E) and other consulting services were underway to prepare the BSCC funding application. This consisted primarily, but was not limited to: updated needs assessment and programming for inmate programs, particularly to address AB 109 and mentally ill offenders; development of space requirements based on that assessment, and associated cost estimating; concept floor plan and elevations rendering; and funding application writing services to address specific requirements of the grant.
August 18, 2015, the Board approved Amendment No. 1 to KMD's agreement, which provided more detailed planning, development, and design for the Reentry Programs, Workforce Readiness, and Family Reunification areas. This included developing the floor plans of these support spaces to the same level of detail as the Housing Units to facilitate a better understanding of the relationship between the Conceptual Design plans and Program elements. This additional work was required to enhance the Agency's application proposal and the chances for Senate Bill 863 funding.
The County was not awarded the SB 863 grant funding. The County now intends to submit a grant funding application for SB 844, which is scheduled to be released this month.
Amendment No. 2 to the KMD agreement will update the previous SB 863 application document incorporating any new technical requirements associated with the new SB 844 application. Under this amendment, KMD will provide new building program/design concepts. In addition, and if required, KMD will reduce the current building program in order to conform to a reduced project budget.
If Amendment No. 2 is not approved, this will negatively impact the County's submittal of the grant application and lesson the possibility of the County receiving the SB 844 funding.