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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: December 15, 2015 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-a <br /> SUBJECT: Jail Population Profile and Projections for Future Growth <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager's Office and PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> Sheriff's Office <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Presentation: Profile of the Orange Travis Myren, Deputy County Manager, <br /> County Jail Population and Projections 919-245-2308 <br /> for Future Growth <br /> PURPOSE: To receive a presentation providing a profile of the Orange County jail population <br /> and projections for growth to inform the Board of Commissioners' discussion about construction <br /> of a detention facility. <br /> BACKGROUND: The County's Capital Investment Plan includes funding for a 144 bed <br /> detention facility to replace the current jail. A current year appropriation of $500,000 is being <br /> used to fund design costs. Construction is projected to occur in FY 2017-18 with a total cost of <br /> construction estimated to be approximately $21 million. Operations at the new facility would <br /> begin on or before September 2019. <br /> As part of project planning, consultants were retained to project future jail populations. These <br /> population projections were used to support the construction of a 144 bed detention facility to <br /> replace the current jail. <br /> The attached presentation is intended to provide the Board of Commissioners with a profile of <br /> the current jail population, a summary of the costs associated with the current facility, and a <br /> review of jail population projections to inform future discussions about the detention facility <br /> construction project. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: The information presented will have no immediate fiscal impact. <br /> SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following two Orange County Social Justice Goals are <br /> applicable to this agenda item: <br /> • GOAL: FOSTER A COMMUNITY CULTURE THAT REJECTS OPPRESSION AND <br /> INEQUITY <br />