To: Board of Supervisors
From: County Administrative Office
SUBJECT:
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County Corrections Reentry Resource Center Project
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors provide staff direction on the scope and cost of the Humboldt County Corrections Reentry Resource Center project.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
General Fund.
DISCUSSION:
California Senate Bill (SB) 863 appropriated $500 million for the design and construction of adult criminal justice facilities, with funding awarded to local California agencies on a competitive basis statewide. The state set aside $100 million of the SB 863 funding specifically for rural and small counties, and placed a cap of $20 million on each award. The Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) is the state agency overseeing the award process, and in order to seek applications for funding it released a Request for Proposal (RFP) on June 10, 2015. Agencies that were awarded funding were required to provide a match of up to 10 percent of the award in cash and/or via in-kind contributions.
On August 25, 2015, your Board adopted Resolution No. 15-89 authorizing the Humboldt County Sheriff to execute documents necessary to submit, on behalf of the county, a grant application and proposal to the BSCC for the purpose of building and operating the Humboldt County Corrections Re-Entry Resources Center (CRRC) as allowed by SB 863. Resolution No. 15-89 indicated the county's intent to pursue the issuance of Certificates of Participation (COP) to fund $1 million of the CRRC project. The COP debt instrument, however, was not pursued, as existing financing capacity remains available within the county's 2016 Finance Plan. The County of Humboldt was one of five final participants in the rural county category, and on January 12, 2016, your Board received notice and a presentation from the BSCC regarding the conditional award of $20 million in SB 863 funding.
On May 24, 2016, your Board author...
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