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2 <br /> The consideration for the 50 year term of the Land Lease is $1.00. The County will provide for <br /> all development, design, construction and operations for the facility throughout the term. At the <br /> end of the 50 year term, the County may choose to approach the Council of State for a renewal <br /> of the Lease that is in the County's best interest. <br /> The terms of the Lease allow a thirty-six month period for the County to design and begin <br /> construction of the jail facility, and an additional thirty-six month period to finish construction and <br /> begin operation of the facility. <br /> The FY2013-18 Capital Investment Plan (Attachment 2) estimates a total capital project <br /> development cost of$30 million for the facility. <br /> In anticipation of the new jail, the BOCC established an Assessment of Jail Alternatives Work <br /> Group to undertake a comprehensive assessment of jail alternatives programs and the impact <br /> each program may have on inmate population. The BOCC requested that the Work Group <br /> review the charge set forth in Attachment 3 and recommend whether changes to the charge <br /> were needed. The Work Group reviewed the charge and recommends the charge be expanded <br /> to include additional program evaluation and evaluation of certain processes that may impact jail <br /> populations. The expanded charge is set forth in the scope of work set forth in the Professional <br /> Services Agreement Jail Alternatives included in Attachment 4. <br /> Staff recommends Solutions in Local Government assist the County in assessing the <br /> alternatives to incarceration and the processes that may impact the jail population. <br /> Development Progress — Since September staff has coordinated the necessary boundary <br /> survey, environmental site assessment, initial geotechnical assessment, and title work to inform <br /> the architectural and engineering design activities contemplated to begin in the spring of 2014. <br /> Staff intends to complete this initial development work in the next few weeks. <br /> Staff recommends that Solutions in Local Government assist the County in developing a set of <br /> facility programming and design criteria to inform the most effective selection process for the <br /> professional services design firm that will be charged with designing and overseeing <br /> construction of the facility. <br /> Developing the facility programming guidelines in advance of the architect selection benefits the <br /> County by: 1) first allowing pertinent County staff (Sheriff, Courts, Asset Management Services) <br /> to work on a program without the pressure of building biases inherent with programming with the <br /> ultimate design team; 2) allowing a more effective selection process for the design team since <br /> the major programming and operations decisions would already be selected and validated <br /> (thereby allowing the focus of the selection process to truly focus on the actual qualifications of <br /> the design candidates); and 3) providing the most return on investment since the prospective <br /> consultant is working with the Jail Alternatives Work Group in developing effective programs that <br /> directly affect the design and programming of the jail facility (as well as potential uses of the <br /> existing jail facility in downtown Hillsborough), pending final Board approval of the work group's <br /> charge. <br /> The updated estimated timeline for the development, construction, and operation of the facility is <br /> as follows: <br />