Agreement with DLR Group for Jail Projects
The Board of Supervisors approved the personal services agreement between the County and DLR. The agreement organizes the services that DLR will provide into two related but separate Projects:
The first Project is for “Jail Inmate Transportation and Courtroom Repurposing.” The Judicial Branch of the State of California is nearing completion of the new courthouse and will vacate two existing courtrooms (Departments 1 and 2), connected to the Jail. The temporary court facilities north of the Jail have been removed. Planning, architectural and engineering services are needed to repurpose Departments 1 and 2 for other uses, including but not limited to, video arraignments, rehabilitative programming, inmate staging areas, and a secure vehicle sally port to transport inmates to the new Courthouse.
The second Project (the “Inmate Housing Project”) is to provide planning and space needs study services for a new inmate housing unit of no fewer than 256 beds.
A Request for Qualifications (RFQ) was advertised on August 20, 2022. Proposals were received from two firms, Nichols-Melburg and Rossetto and DLR. On January 10, 2023, the Board re-approved a plan to move forward in compliance with laws relating to environmental review, with the idea of an addition of 256-jail beds (inmate housing unit), adjacent to the existing Jail, and authorized staff to begin negotiations with DLR for planning, architectural and engineering services for both projects. Accordingly, the proposed agreement includes space planning, design and construction services for the Jail Inmate Transportation & Court Repurposing Project and a planning and space needs study for a proposed Inmate Housing Unit of new fewer than 256 beds. The agreement has been negotiated and is recommended for approval.
Each action recommended in this report is exempt from CEQA pursuant to the CEQA Regulations noted above. Each CEQA Regulation cited in this report stands as a separate and independent basis for these CEQA determinations.
