To: Board of Supervisors
From: Public Works
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Lease with Carrington Company of 627 H Street For Use As Conflict Counsel Offices
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve and authorize the Chair of the Board to sign the attached Lease Agreement with Carrington Company for 627 H Street, Eureka, for use as Conflict Counsel offices.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
General Fund (1100)
DISCUSSION:
Conflict Counsel provides indigent services for the courts in criminal cases for which the terminal digit is 3,4,5 or 6 in the four criminal courts and in those cases for which a conflict of interest exists for the Public Defender's Office. For reasons involving confidentiality and conflicts of interest, the Public Defender and Conflict Counsel are separately housed based on the State Bar of California Guidelines that each office is required to maintain individual offices physically separate from each other including separate and distinct telephone numbers, network systems, equipment, file storage, and staff.
The offices of Conflict Counsel have been located at 935 3rd Street, Eureka, since July 2012. A 2018 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) assessment of the building at 935 3rd Street identified multiple accessibility barriers. The county has performed nonstructural ADA barrier removal at this location. Remaining barriers of a structural nature are the responsibility of the owner. In 2018 the county went into holdover at 935 3rd Street due to the inability to negotiate lease terms that included ADA barrier remediation. Because this building is not fully ADA compliant there is a need to relocate the program.
Public Works Real Property was charged with finding a new facility for Conflict Counsel, which needs to be centrally located, within walking distance from the Courthouse, at least 3,000 square-feet, and be fully ADA compliant. The building located at 627 H Street, Eureka, wa...
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