Superior Court of California

County of Siskiyou

New Yreka Courthouse

PROJECT NEED REPORT

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Superior Court of California, County of Siskiyou New Yreka Courthouse Project Need Report

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CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................2

2. STATEMENT OF PROJECT NEED 2.1. Current Court Operations ................................................................2 2.2. Judicial Projections ..........................................................................5 2.3. Existing Facilities ............................................................................6 2.4. Transfer Status ................................................................................7 2.5. Project Ranking ...............................................................................8 2.6. Summary of Economic Opportunities ............................................8 2.7. Statement of Project Need ..............................................................9 2.7.1. Overcrowding/Accessibility ...........................................................9 2.7.2 Security .........................................................................................10 2.7.3. Other Building Deficiencies .........................................................12

3. PROJECT INFORMATION 3.1. Project Description and Status ......................................................14 3.2. Space Program ..............................................................................15

4. COURT CONSTRUCTION FUNDS ......................................................17 5. IMPACT OF DELAY OF PROJECT .......................................................17

6. CONCLUSION .........................................................................................19

Su

per

ior

Cou

rt o

f C

alif

orn

ia, C

oun

ty o

f S

isk

iyou

N

ew Y

rek

a C

ourt

hou

se

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roje

ct N

eed

Rep

ort

1 1.

INT

RO

DU

CT

ION

Sis

kiyo

u S

uper

ior

Cou

rt h

as a

des

pera

te n

eed

for

a ne

w c

ourt

hous

e in

Yre

ka, t

he c

ount

y se

at.

Out

of

nece

ssit

y, th

e co

urt

cont

inue

s to

ope

rate

in e

xtre

mel

y ov

ercr

owde

d, p

oorl

y se

cure

d co

ndit

ions

wit

h in

adeq

uate

acc

ess

for

the

publ

ic, s

taff

, and

pr

ison

ers.

The

re w

as a

sho

otin

g in

the

cour

thou

se in

200

0 re

sult

ing

in o

ne d

eath

and

one

ser

ious

inju

ry.

Raw

sew

age

inun

date

d th

e co

urth

ouse

app

roxi

mat

ely

five

yea

rs a

go r

equi

ring

em

erge

ncy

clea

nup.

The

bas

emen

t per

iodi

call

y fl

oods

. B

ats

occa

sion

ally

fly

in th

e ha

llw

ays.

Pri

sone

rs a

re c

omm

ingl

ed w

ith

the

publ

ic a

nd s

taff

, and

are

hel

d in

vac

ant j

ury

room

s af

ter

bein

g pa

rade

d th

roug

h th

e co

urth

ouse

in s

hack

les

and

esco

rted

up

a st

eep

flig

ht o

f st

airs

. S

taff

and

judg

es a

re n

ot s

epar

ated

fr

om th

e pu

blic

or

pris

oner

s. T

he c

ourt

fun

ctio

ns in

one

-six

th o

f th

e sp

ace

reco

mm

ende

d by

Tri

al C

ourt

fac

ilit

ies

stan

dard

s. I

t is

dif

ficu

lt to

imag

ine

a co

urth

ouse

mor

e ou

t of

com

plia

nce

wit

h tr

ial c

ourt

sta

ndar

ds.

Sis

kiyo

u C

ount

y is

the

fift

h la

rges

t cou

nty

in th

e st

ate

wit

h it

s po

pula

tion

spre

ad o

ver

6,34

7 sq

uare

mil

es.

The

fiv

e ju

stic

e co

urts

wer

e co

nsol

idat

ed in

to th

ree

mun

icip

al c

ourt

s in

197

4. T

he th

ree

mun

icip

al ju

dges

join

ed w

ith

the

supe

rior

cou

rt ju

dge

in 1

998

to f

orm

a u

nifi

ed s

uper

ior

cour

t. S

ince

uni

fica

tion

, Sis

kiyo

u C

ount

y ha

s ne

ver

had

a co

urth

ouse

that

cou

ld h

ouse

the

cons

olid

ated

, uni

fied

cou

rt.

Bef

ore

cons

olid

atio

n an

d un

ific

atio

n th

e ju

stic

e co

urts

wer

e op

erat

ing

in f

ar f

lung

are

as o

f th

e co

unty

in s

ubst

anda

rd f

acil

itie

s, s

uch

as a

roo

m n

ext t

o th

e fi

re s

tati

on w

here

the

judg

e an

d at

torn

eys

wou

ld g

o an

d w

ait i

n ve

hicl

es w

hile

a ju

ry d

elib

erat

ed.

2.

S

TA

TE

ME

NT

OF

PR

OJE

CT

NE

ED

2.1.

Cur

rent

Cou

rt O

pera

tions

Sis

kiyo

u C

ount

y, w

hich

is g

eogr

aphi

call

y th

e fi

fth

larg

est c

ount

y in

Cal

ifor

nia,

is lo

cate

d in

the

far

nort

hern

reg

ion

of

Cal

ifor

nia.

It i

s bo

unde

d by

the

Sta

te o

f O

rego

n on

the

nort

h, b

y M

odoc

on

the

east

, by

Tri

nity

and

Sha

sta

on th

e so

uth

and

Del

N

orte

and

Hum

bold

t on

the

wes

t. F

ive

cour

t fac

ilit

ies

serv

e th

e co

unty

of

Sis

kiyo

u. F

acil

itie

s in

clud

e a

hist

oric

but

out

mod

ed

cour

thou

se w

ith

thre

e co

urtr

oom

s in

Yre

ka, a

nd s

ingl

e co

urtr

oom

fac

ilit

ies

in th

e re

mot

e lo

cati

ons

of W

eed,

Dor

ris,

and

Hap

py

Cam

p. A

ll c

ase

type

s ar

e he

ard

at th

e Y

reka

fac

ilit

y w

hile

typi

call

y on

ly tr

affi

c an

d sm

all c

laim

s ca

ses

are

hear

d at

the

rem

ote

loca

tion

s al

ong

wit

h m

isde

mea

nor

arra

ignm

ents

in W

eed

and

Dor

ris.

The

Yre

ka C

ourt

hous

e is

the

mai

n co

urth

ouse

in S

iski

you

Cou

nty.

It i

s a

mul

ti-f

unct

iona

l fac

ilit

y, d

eali

ng w

ith

all t

ypes

of

case

s fr

om tr

affi

c to

cri

min

al. T

he f

acil

ity

also

hou

ses

cour

t sup

port

fun

ctio

ns, i

nclu

ding

cou

rt a

dmin

istr

ativ

e of

fice

s, D

istr

ict

Att

orne

y an

d va

riou

s co

unty

adm

inis

trat

ive

func

tion

s. I

t is

loca

ted

in th

e do

wnt

own

area

of

Yre

ka o

n 4t

h S

tree

t and

is

Su

per

ior

Cou

rt o

f C

alif

orn

ia, C

oun

ty o

f S

isk

iyou

N

ew Y

rek

a C

ourt

hou

se

P

roje

ct N

eed

Rep

ort

2

surr

ound

ed b

y sm

all b

usin

esse

s. T

he c

ourt

hous

e is

ess

enti

ally

mul

tipl

e st

ruct

ures

con

nect

ed to

one

ano

ther

ran

ging

fro

m w

ood

fram

e to

pou

r-in

-pla

ce c

oncr

ete.

The

ori

gina

l str

uctu

re d

ates

fro

m 1

857

and

is lo

cate

d to

the

rear

of

the

prim

ary

entr

ance

to th

e co

urth

ouse

. Thi

s po

rtio

n is

con

nect

ed in

tern

ally

by

an in

tern

al b

ridg

e. T

he r

emai

ning

str

uctu

res

wer

e ad

ded

thro

ugh

the

year

s of

var

ious

and

unk

now

n st

ruct

ural

sys

tem

s. T

he c

ourt

str

uctu

re it

self

cov

ers

the

maj

orit

y of

the

site

, lea

ving

ver

y li

ttle

spa

ce

for

land

scap

ing

and

natu

ral v

eget

atio

n. D

ue to

the

fact

that

the

site

is f

ully

dev

elop

ed, t

here

is n

o on

-sit

e ve

hicu

lar

circ

ulat

ion.

S

ervi

ce e

ntry

, as

wel

l as

pris

oner

ent

ry, i

s di

rect

ly f

rom

the

stre

et. T

his

cour

t fac

ilit

y ha

s se

vere

fun

ctio

nal a

nd a

cces

s de

fici

enci

es th

at c

anno

t be

cost

eff

ecti

vely

rem

edie

d.

Due

to th

e ph

ysic

al a

nd f

unct

iona

l def

icie

ncie

s of

the

Yre

ka C

ourt

hous

e, th

e su

peri

or c

ourt

has

bee

n fo

rced

to d

ecen

tral

ize

its

oper

atio

ns, t

here

by r

equi

ring

an

anne

x fa

cili

ty lo

cate

d on

e bl

ock

from

the

mai

n co

urth

ouse

. Thi

s fa

cili

ty is

ref

erre

d to

as

the

Edd

y S

tree

t Ann

ex a

nd h

ouse

s th

e co

urt’

s In

form

atio

n T

echn

olog

y an

d C

ourt

Rep

orte

rs s

taff

. The

fac

t tha

t the

se f

acil

itie

s ar

e no

t con

soli

date

d si

mpl

y ex

acer

bate

s th

eir

func

tion

al p

robl

ems.

Thi

s is

one

of

the

man

y co

ndit

ions

that

impa

cts

acce

ss to

just

ice

for

all c

ount

y re

side

nts

and

nega

tive

ly im

pact

s ov

eral

l cou

rt o

pera

tion

s, in

term

s of

str

ain

on r

esou

rces

, wor

kloa

d, a

nd s

taff

ing.

The

sit

e of

the

Wee

d S

atel

lite

cou

rt f

acil

ity

is lo

cate

d in

leas

ed s

pace

in th

e C

ity

of W

eed’

s ci

ty h

all.

Cou

rt is

hel

d tw

o da

ys a

w

eek

in th

e ci

ty c

ounc

il h

eari

ng r

oom

. The

str

uctu

re w

as o

rigi

nall

y co

nstr

ucte

d in

the

earl

y 19

00s

and

has

sinc

e be

en e

xpan

ded

wit

h nu

mer

ous

addi

tion

s. R

enov

ated

por

tion

s of

the

faci

lity

are

in g

ener

ally

sou

nd c

ondi

tion

whi

le n

on-r

enov

ated

por

tion

s ar

e vi

sibl

y de

teri

orat

ed w

ith

obvi

ous

wat

er le

akag

e pr

oble

ms.

Res

troo

ms,

pub

lic

coun

ters

and

har

dwar

e re

quir

e up

grad

es to

mee

t cu

rren

t AD

A s

tand

ards

. HV

AC

and

ele

ctri

cal s

yste

ms

are

not a

dequ

ate.

The

Dor

ris

Sat

elli

te c

ourt

fac

ilit

y is

loca

ted

in a

res

iden

tial

are

a of

Dor

ris.

Gen

eral

ly it

is a

fla

t sit

e lo

cate

d ad

jace

nt to

the

foot

hill

of

the

mou

ntai

n ra

nge.

Cou

rt is

hel

d he

re o

ne d

ay p

er m

onth

. Thi

s on

e co

urtr

oom

fac

ilit

y w

as r

ecen

tly

rem

odel

ed a

nd

serv

es th

e ea

ster

n ar

ea o

f S

iski

you

Cou

nty

and

Wes

tern

are

a of

Mod

oc a

s w

ell a

s a

join

t use

fac

ilit

y.

The

Hap

py C

amp

Sat

elli

te c

ourt

fac

ilit

y is

loca

ted

wit

hin

a co

unty

-ow

ned

faci

lity

sha

red

by th

e sh

erif

f’s

and

fire

dep

artm

ents

. T

he f

acil

ity

is a

ppro

xim

atel

y 70

mil

es (

2 ho

ur d

rive

) w

est o

f Y

reka

. Uti

lity

of

the

faci

lity

for

the

Cou

rt is

lim

ited

by

the

diff

icul

ty o

f w

inte

r tr

avel

to th

is s

ite

loca

tion

. Thi

s sa

tell

ite

cour

t ser

ves

the

wes

tern

par

t of

Sis

kiyo

u C

ount

y. C

ourt

is h

eld

here

on

e da

y ev

ery

othe

r m

onth

. The

fac

ilit

y on

ly h

andl

es tr

affi

c, s

mal

l cla

ims,

and

fis

hing

and

gam

ing

viol

atio

n ca

ses.

Su

per

ior

Cou

rt o

f C

alif

orn

ia, C

oun

ty o

f S

isk

iyou

N

ew Y

rek

a C

ourt

hou

se

P

roje

ct N

eed

Rep

ort

3

Sis

kiyo

u C

ount

y C

ourt

Fac

ilit

ies’

Loc

atio

n

Su

per

ior

Cou

rt o

f C

alif

orn

ia, C

oun

ty o

f S

isk

iyou

N

ew Y

rek

a C

ourt

hou

se

P

roje

ct N

eed

Rep

ort

4

2.2.

Jud

icia

l Pro

ject

ions

Cur

rent

and

pro

ject

ed J

udic

ial P

osit

ion

Equ

ival

ents

(JP

Es)

1 are

the

basi

s fo

r es

tabl

ishi

ng b

oth

the

num

ber

of c

ourt

room

s an

d th

e si

ze o

f a

prop

osed

cap

ital

-out

lay

proj

ect.

Pro

ject

ed J

PEs

are

dete

rmin

ed b

y th

e U

pdat

e of

the

Judi

cial

Wor

kloa

d A

sses

smen

t (th

e 20

08 a

sses

smen

t) a

s ad

opte

d by

the

Judi

cial

Cou

ncil

in O

ctob

er 2

008.

The

tabl

e be

low

pro

vide

s in

form

atio

n us

ed to

det

erm

ine

the

near

-ter

m n

eed

for

this

pro

ject

, whi

ch in

clud

es 5

.7 e

xist

ing

JPE

s.

C

urre

nt a

nd P

roje

cted

JP

Es

to b

e A

ssig

ned

to N

ew C

ourt

hous

e (I

nclu

ding

Pro

pose

d N

ew J

udge

ship

s)

L

ocat

ion

C

urr

ent

JPE

s A

B 1

59

Pro

pose

d

50

Fu

ture

G

row

th

Tot

al

JPE

s B

asis

for

Pro

pose

d

Pro

ject

Yre

ka C

ourt

hous

e 5.

7 0

0 0

5.7

5.7

C

ount

ywid

e 5.

7 0

0 0

5.7

5.7

1 J

PE

s ar

e de

fine

d as

the

tota

l aut

hori

zed

judi

cial

pos

ition

s ad

just

ed f

or v

acan

cies

, ass

ista

nce

rend

ered

by

the

cour

t to

othe

r co

urts

, and

ass

ista

nce

rece

ived

by

the

cour

t fro

m a

ssig

ned

judg

es, t

empo

rary

judg

es, c

omm

issi

oner

s, a

nd r

efer

ees.

Su

per

ior

Cou

rt o

f C

alif

orn

ia, C

oun

ty o

f S

isk

iyou

N

ew Y

rek

a C

ourt

hou

se

P

roje

ct N

eed

Rep

ort

5 2.

3. E

xist

ing

Faci

litie

s

Tw

o ex

isti

ng f

acil

itie

s co

ntai

ning

thre

e co

urtr

oom

s ar

e di

rect

ly a

ffec

ted

by th

is p

roje

ct a

s sh

own

in th

e ta

ble

belo

w. T

hese

fa

cili

ties

are

cur

rent

ly u

nsaf

e, s

ubst

anda

rd in

siz

e, a

nd o

verc

row

ded.

E

xist

ing

Fac

ilit

ies

F

acil

ity

Loc

atio

n

Nu

mb

er o

f E

xist

ing

Cou

rtro

oms

Aff

ecte

d b

y T

his

Pro

ject

Bu

ild

ing

Gro

ss

Sq

uar

e F

oota

ge

Dep

artm

enta

l Sq

uar

e F

oota

ge O

ccu

pie

d b

y th

e C

ourt

Cou

rt S

pac

e as

a

P

erce

nta

ge o

f T

otal

B

uil

din

g S

qu

are

Foo

tage

Sis

kiyo

u C

ourt

hous

e 31

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ourt

h S

tree

t Y

reka

, CA

960

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y B

uild

ing

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ex

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r S

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t Y

reka

, CA

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al E

xist

ing

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rtro

oms

and

DG

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Sup

erio

r C

ourt

of

Sis

kiyo

u C

ount

y is

loca

ted

in th

e co

unty

sea

t, Y

reka

. The

fac

ilit

y ha

s th

ree

cour

troo

ms

and

one

shar

ed w

ith

the

Sis

kiyo

u C

ount

y B

oard

of

Sup

ervi

sors

. The

sec

ond

faci

lity

, Edd

y S

tree

t Ann

ex is

loca

ted

one

bloc

k fr

om

the

Yre

ka S

uper

ior

Cou

rtho

use.

The

fun

ctio

nal s

quar

e fo

otag

e of

spa

ce c

urre

ntly

occ

upie

d by

the

cour

t at t

hese

two

faci

liti

es is

11,

676.

The

squ

are

foot

age

requ

ired

for

the

proj

ect i

s 61

,545

Dep

artm

enta

l Gro

ss S

quar

e F

eet (

DG

SF

) or

86,

163

Bui

ldin

g G

ross

Squ

are

Feet

(B

GS

F).

T

his

repr

esen

ts a

sho

rtfa

ll o

f 49

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DG

SF

to m

eet t

he c

urre

nt a

nd n

ear-

term

nee

ds o

f th

e co

urt b

ased

on

the

spac

e pr

ogra

m d

evel

oped

by

the

AO

C.

Su

per

ior

Cou

rt o

f C

alif

orn

ia, C

oun

ty o

f S

isk

iyou

N

ew Y

rek

a C

ourt

hou

se

P

roje

ct N

eed

Rep

ort

6

The

exi

stin

g fa

cili

ties

con

tain

num

erou

s de

fici

enci

es r

elat

ive

to a

cces

s an

d ef

fici

ency

, sec

urit

y, a

nd A

mer

ican

s w

ith

Dis

abil

itie

s A

ct (

AD

A)

acce

ssib

ilit

y w

hich

cre

ates

impe

dim

ents

to th

e ad

min

istr

atio

n of

just

ice.

Spe

cifi

c is

sues

wit

h th

e ex

isti

ng f

acil

itie

s ar

e su

mm

ariz

ed a

s fo

llow

s:

2.

4. T

rans

fer S

tatu

s

Und

er th

e T

rial

Cou

rt F

acili

ties

Act

, neg

otia

tion

s fo

r tr

ansf

er o

f re

spon

sibi

lity

of

all t

rial

cou

rt f

acil

itie

s fr

om th

e co

untie

s to

the

stat

e be

gan

July

1, 2

004.

Ass

embl

y B

ill (

AB

) 14

91 (

Ch.

9 S

tatu

tes

of 2

008)

(Jo

nes)

was

ena

cted

and

ext

ends

the

dead

line

for

com

plet

ing

tran

sfer

s to

Dec

embe

r 31

, 200

9. T

rans

fer

stat

us f

or e

ach

exis

ting

fac

ilit

y af

fect

ed b

y th

e pr

opos

ed

proj

ect i

s pr

ovid

ed in

the

foll

owin

g ta

ble.

Exi

stin

g F

acil

itie

s T

rans

fer

Sta

tus

F

acil

ity

Loc

atio

n

Ow

ned

or

Lea

sed

T

ype

of T

ran

sfer

T

ran

sfer

Sta

tus

Yre

ka

Cou

rtho

use

311

4th

Str

eet

Yre

ka, C

A 9

6097

C

ount

y O

wne

d T

OR

12

/19/

08

Wee

d S

atel

lite

550

Mai

n S

tree

t W

eed,

CA

960

94

Lea

sed

TO

R

04/0

1/07

Dor

ris

Sat

ellit

e

324

Nor

th P

ine

Str

eet

Dor

ris,

CA

960

23

Sta

te O

wne

d T

OR

/TO

T

12/0

1/08

Hap

py

Cam

p

4th

Str

eet H

appy

Cam

p, C

A 9

6039

C

ount

y O

wne

d M

OU

Lim

ited

Use

09

/15/

08

Su

per

ior

Cou

rt o

f C

alif

orn

ia, C

oun

ty o

f S

isk

iyou

N

ew Y

rek

a C

ourt

hou

se

P

roje

ct N

eed

Rep

ort

7

2.5

Proj

ect R

anki

ng

Sin

ce 1

998,

the

AO

C h

as b

een

enga

ged

in a

pro

cess

of

plan

ning

for

cap

ital

impr

ovem

ents

to C

alif

orni

a’s

cour

t fac

ilit

ies.

T

he p

lann

ing

init

iati

ves

bega

n w

ith

a st

atew

ide

over

view

, mov

ed to

cou

nty-

leve

l mas

ter

plan

ning

, and

then

to p

roje

ct-

spec

ific

pla

nnin

g st

udie

s.

On

Oct

ober

24,

200

8, th

e Ju

dici

al C

ounc

il a

dopt

ed a

n up

date

to th

e Pr

iori

tizat

ion

Met

hodo

logy

for T

rial

Cou

rt C

apita

l-O

utla

y Pr

ojec

ts (

the

met

hodo

logy

) ba

sed

on th

e en

actm

ent o

f S

enat

e B

ill (

SB

) 14

07. S

B 1

407

prov

ides

enh

ance

d re

venu

es to

fin

ance

up

to $

5 bi

llio

n in

leas

e-re

venu

e bo

nds

for

tria

l cou

rt f

acil

ity c

onst

ruct

ion

for

both

Im

med

iate

and

C

riti

cal N

eed

proj

ects

. In

acco

rdan

ce w

ith

SB

140

7, tr

ial c

ourt

cap

ital

-out

lay

proj

ects

wit

h vi

able

eco

nom

ic o

ppor

tuni

ties

ar

e gi

ven

prio

rity

whe

n su

bmit

ting

det

aile

d fu

ndin

g re

ques

ts to

the

exec

utiv

e an

d le

gisl

ativ

e br

anch

es.

The

New

Yre

ka C

ourt

hous

e w

as in

itia

lly

rank

ed 1

4 ou

t of

211

proj

ects

in 2

004

as o

ne o

f th

e co

urth

ouse

s in

the

stat

e w

ith

the

wor

st c

ondi

tion

s of

ove

rcro

wdi

ng, p

oor

secu

rity

and

inad

equa

te a

cces

sibi

lity

. W

hen

the

crit

eria

of

spac

e fo

r ne

w

judg

es w

as a

dded

to th

e ra

nkin

g cr

iter

ia, t

he N

ew Y

reka

Cou

rtho

use

rank

ing

was

red

uced

eve

n th

ough

the

exis

ting

Yre

ka

Cou

rtho

use

rem

aine

d on

e of

the

mos

t ove

rcro

wde

d co

urth

ouse

s in

the

Sta

te, o

pera

ting

in o

ne-s

ixth

of

the

spac

e ne

eded

.

In O

ctob

er 2

008,

the

Cou

ncil

als

o ad

opte

d an

upd

ated

tria

l cou

rt c

apit

al-o

utla

y pl

an (

the

plan

) ba

sed

on th

e ap

plic

atio

n of

th

e m

etho

dolo

gy. T

he p

lan

iden

tifi

es f

ive

proj

ect p

rior

ity

grou

ps to

whi

ch 1

53 p

roje

cts

are

assi

gned

bas

ed o

n th

eir

proj

ect

scor

e (d

eter

min

ed b

y ex

isti

ng s

ecur

ity,

phy

sica

l con

diti

ons,

ove

rcro

wdi

ng, a

nd a

cces

s to

cou

rt s

ervi

ces)

.

Thi

s pr

ojec

t—ra

nked

in th

e C

riti

cal N

eed

prio

rity

gro

up in

the

Tri

al C

ourt

Cap

ital-

Out

lay

Pla

n ad

opte

d by

the

Judi

cial

C

ounc

il in

Oct

ober

200

8—is

one

of

the

high

est p

rior

ity

tria

l cou

rt c

apit

al-o

utla

y pr

ojec

ts f

or th

e ju

dici

al b

ranc

h, a

nd w

as

sele

cted

as

one

of 4

1 pr

ojec

ts to

be

fund

ed b

y S

B 1

407

reve

nues

by

the

Judi

cial

Cou

ncil

in O

ctob

er 2

008.

2.6

Sum

mar

y of

Eco

nom

ic O

ppor

tuni

ties

In a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

Cha

pter

311

, Sta

tute

s of

200

8, G

over

nmen

t Cod

e se

ctio

n 70

371.

5(e)

, in

reco

mm

endi

ng a

pro

ject

for

fu

ndin

g, th

e Ju

dici

al C

ounc

il s

hall

con

side

r ec

onom

ic o

ppor

tuni

ties

for

the

proj

ect.

“Eco

nom

ic o

ppor

tuni

ty"

incl

udes

, but

is

not

lim

ited

to, f

ree

or r

educ

ed c

osts

of

land

for

new

con

stru

ctio

n, v

iabl

e fi

nanc

ing

part

ners

hips

wit

h, o

r fu

nd

cont

ribu

tion

s by

, oth

er g

over

nmen

t ent

itie

s or

pri

vate

par

ties

that

res

ult i

n lo

wer

pro

ject

del

iver

y co

sts,

cos

t sav

ings

re

sult

ing

from

ada

ptiv

e re

use

of e

xist

ing

faci

liti

es, o

pera

tion

al e

ffic

ienc

ies

from

con

soli

dati

on o

f co

urt c

alen

dars

and

Su

per

ior

Cou

rt o

f C

alif

orn

ia, C

oun

ty o

f S

isk

iyou

N

ew Y

rek

a C

ourt

hou

se

P

roje

ct N

eed

Rep

ort

8

oper

atio

ns, o

pera

tion

al s

avin

gs f

rom

sha

ring

of

faci

liti

es b

y m

ore

than

one

cou

rt, a

nd b

uild

ing

oper

atio

nal c

ost s

avin

gs

from

con

soli

dati

on o

f fa

cili

ties

.

Pot

enti

al e

cono

mic

opp

ortu

niti

es f

or th

is p

roje

ct a

re a

s fo

llow

s:

1.

Fre

e or

Red

uced

Cos

ts o

f L

and

T

he p

roje

ct h

as b

enef

ited

fro

m a

land

cos

t red

ucti

on o

r la

nd d

onat

ion.

T

he C

ity

of Y

reka

and

Sis

kiyo

u C

ount

y ha

ve d

onat

ed $

25,0

00 e

ach

to p

urch

ase

prop

erty

in th

e do

wnt

own

prop

osed

sit

e. T

he C

ount

y C

ouns

el a

nd C

ity

Att

orne

y ha

ve c

ontr

ibut

ed o

ver

200

hour

s of

tim

e to

the

proj

ect.

2.

Ada

ptiv

e R

euse

of

Exi

stin

g F

acil

itie

s

T

he p

roje

ct d

oes

incl

ude

adap

tive

reu

se o

f ex

isti

ng f

acil

ities

as

the

exis

ting

cou

rtho

use

wil

l be

adap

ted

for

use

by

coun

ty o

ffic

es.

3.

Con

soli

dati

on o

f C

ourt

Cal

enda

rs a

nd O

pera

tion

s

T

he p

roje

ct c

onso

lida

tes

two

exis

ting

fac

ilit

ies

into

one

new

cou

rtho

use;

the

Yre

ka C

ourt

hous

e an

d th

e E

ddy

Str

eet

Ann

ex.

4.

Sha

ring

of

Fac

ilit

ies

T

his

proj

ect w

ill n

ot b

e sh

ared

by

mor

e th

an o

ne c

ourt

.

2.7

STA

TEM

ENT

OF

PRO

JEC

T N

EED

2.7.

1.

Ove

rcro

wdi

ng/A

cces

sibi

lity

The

cou

rt f

acil

itie

s se

rvin

g S

iski

you

Cou

nty

are

dece

ntra

lize

d, h

ave

seve

re s

ecur

ity

prob

lem

s, a

re o

verc

row

ded,

and

ha

ve m

any

phys

ical

con

diti

on p

robl

ems.

As

the

Yre

ka C

ourt

hous

e ca

nnot

be

reno

vate

d an

d ex

pand

ed o

n si

te—

the

oper

atio

ns o

f th

is f

acil

ity

and

thos

e in

the

Edd

y B

uild

ing

Ann

ex n

eed

to b

e co

nsol

idat

ed in

to a

sin

gle,

sec

ure,

and

ph

ysic

ally

app

ropr

iate

bui

ldin

g.

Su

per

ior

Cou

rt o

f C

alif

orn

ia, C

oun

ty o

f S

isk

iyou

N

ew Y

rek

a C

ourt

hou

se

P

roje

ct N

eed

Rep

ort

9

App

roxi

mat

ely

90 p

erce

nt o

f co

urt s

taff

are

loca

ted

in Y

reka

, and

all

of

the

judi

cial

off

icer

s ar

e he

adqu

arte

red

in

Yre

ka.

All

of

the

felo

ny, u

nlim

ited

civ

il, f

amil

y la

w, j

uven

ile

case

s, a

nd tr

ials

of

ever

y ty

pe a

re h

eard

exc

lusi

vely

in

Yre

ka.

The

jail

, Dis

tric

t Att

orne

y, P

ubli

c D

efen

der,

and

mos

t of

the

priv

ate

atto

rney

s pr

acti

ce in

Yre

ka

excl

usiv

ely.

Pro

bati

on, H

uman

Ser

vice

s, a

nd th

e S

heri

ff’s

Off

ice

are

also

loca

ted

in Y

reka

. In

sum

, the

Yre

ka

cour

thou

se is

inte

gral

and

vit

al to

the

disp

ensa

tion

of

just

ice

in S

iski

you

Cou

nty.

The

re a

re n

o vi

able

alt

erna

tive

co

urth

ouse

s in

our

cou

nty,

whi

le s

ome

of th

e ot

her

coun

ties

sch

edul

ed f

or n

ew c

ourt

hous

es h

ave

othe

r ad

equa

te

cour

thou

ses.

Wit

h ap

prox

imat

ely

13,0

00 g

ross

squ

are

feet

of

spac

e in

the

Yre

ka C

ourt

hous

e w

hen

the

Tri

al C

ourt

Sta

ndar

ds

calc

ulat

e w

e ne

ed 8

6,00

0 gr

oss

squa

re f

eet,

we

curr

entl

y op

erat

e th

e Y

reka

Cou

rtho

use

in o

nly

16%

of

the

spac

e th

at T

rial

Cou

rt S

tand

ards

rec

omm

end.

We

are

forc

ed to

con

vert

bro

om c

lose

ts in

to w

ork

area

s, c

row

d st

aff

into

co

nstr

icte

d ar

eas,

sha

re c

onve

rted

cou

rtro

oms

wit

h th

e co

unty

, lea

se s

pace

, and

do

wit

hout

bas

ic s

ecur

e sp

ace

and

nece

ssar

y sp

ace

beca

use

it is

non

-exi

sten

t. I

t is

impo

rtan

t to

note

that

cou

rts

that

sco

red

high

er th

an S

iski

you

as

imm

edia

te n

eed

cour

ts d

id s

o ba

sed

prim

aril

y on

the

crit

eria

of

need

ing

new

judg

es.

Sin

ce w

e ar

e no

t sch

edul

ed f

or

any

new

judg

es in

the

fore

seea

ble

futu

re, w

e di

d no

t sco

re a

ny p

oint

s in

this

cat

egor

y. N

ever

thel

ess,

man

y of

the

cour

ts s

cori

ng h

igh

in th

is c

ateg

ory

had

muc

h m

ore

adeq

uate

spa

ce to

beg

in w

ith

than

did

Sis

kiyo

u. W

e ar

e no

t aw

are

of a

ny o

ther

cou

rt th

at is

ope

rati

ng in

16%

of

reco

mm

ende

d sp

ace

eith

er b

efor

e or

aft

er th

e ne

ed f

or n

ew

judg

es h

as b

een

cons

ider

ed.

In a

dditi

on, w

ith

som

e of

the

mor

e po

pula

ted

coun

ties

shu

tter

ing

cour

thou

ses

or

cour

troo

ms,

the

need

for

a n

ew c

ourt

hous

e in

Yre

ka is

fur

ther

hig

hlig

hted

.

2.7.

2 S

ecu

rity

A

fter

the

2000

sho

otin

g, s

ecur

ity

was

impr

oved

in th

e Y

reka

Cou

rtho

use

as a

n x-

ray

mac

hine

, mag

neto

met

er, a

nd

mor

e se

curi

ty o

ffic

ers

wer

e ad

ded.

Nev

erth

eles

s, d

espi

te b

est e

ffor

ts, t

he f

ollo

win

g co

ncer

ns c

anno

t be

impr

oved

du

e to

def

icie

ncie

s in

the

exis

ting

cou

rtho

use:

S

ecur

e tr

ansp

orta

tion

of

pris

oner

s is

acc

ompl

ishe

d by

pol

ice

vans

par

king

on

the

stre

et a

t the

sid

e en

tran

ce to

th

e co

urth

ouse

and

esc

orti

ng p

riso

ners

thro

ugh

the

publ

ic c

orri

dors

and

sta

irs.

T

he b

uild

ing

does

not

hav

e se

para

te a

nd s

ecur

e ju

dici

al, s

taff

and

pub

lic

circ

ulat

ion.

Su

per

ior

Cou

rt o

f C

alif

orn

ia, C

oun

ty o

f S

isk

iyou

N

ew Y

rek

a C

ourt

hou

se

P

roje

ct N

eed

Rep

ort

10

T

he f

acil

ity

does

not

hav

e se

para

te a

nd s

ecur

e co

rrid

ors

for

pris

oner

mov

emen

t. T

here

are

sub

stan

tial

sec

urit

y ri

sks

by n

ot h

avin

g de

dica

ted,

sec

ured

cor

rido

rs a

nd e

leva

tors

.

T

here

is n

o se

cure

par

king

for

the

judi

cial

off

icer

s.

T

he p

riso

ner

hold

ing

area

is e

xtre

mel

y in

adeq

uate

in s

ize

and

arra

ngem

ent o

f sp

ace.

T

here

is n

o sp

ace

for

vict

ims

to b

e se

para

ted

from

wit

ness

es.

Su

per

ior

Cou

rt o

f C

alif

orn

ia, C

oun

ty o

f S

isk

iyou

N

ew Y

rek

a C

ourt

hou

se

P

roje

ct N

eed

Rep

ort

11

Sec

urit

y in

the

mai

n co

urth

ouse

Su

per

ior

Cou

rt o

f C

alif

orn

ia, C

oun

ty o

f S

isk

iyou

N

ew Y

rek

a C

ourt

hou

se

P

roje

ct N

eed

Rep

ort

12

2.7.

3.

Oth

er B

uild

ing

Def

icie

ncie

s

Yrek

a C

ourt

hous

e

T

he b

uild

ing

is s

ever

ely

non-

com

plia

nt w

ith

Am

eric

an w

ith

Dis

abil

itie

s A

CT

(A

DA

) st

anda

rds.

T

he lo

wer

leve

l of

the

stru

ctur

e ro

utin

ely

floo

ds c

ausi

ng d

amag

e to

fur

nitu

re, o

ffic

e eq

uipm

ent,

and

file

s.

T

he b

uild

ing

has

outd

ated

and

inef

fici

ent e

lect

rica

l and

mec

hani

cal s

yste

ms.

T

he p

rim

ary

defi

cien

cy o

f th

is b

uild

ing

as it

rel

ates

to c

ourt

s is

its

abil

ity

to p

rovi

de th

e ne

cess

ary

acco

mm

odat

ions

con

sist

ent w

ith

publ

ic b

uild

ings

by

curr

ent s

tand

ards

.

O

ur m

ulti

-pur

pose

roo

m is

too

smal

l to

serv

e as

a ju

ry a

ssem

bly

room

, but

we

have

no

othe

r op

tion

. T

he F

ire

Mar

shal

l has

voi

ced

conc

erns

abo

ut th

is a

rran

gem

ent,

part

icul

arly

whe

n w

e ho

ld s

igni

fica

nt tr

ials

req

uiri

ng u

s to

sub

poen

a a

larg

e ju

ry p

anel

. T

here

is p

oor

vent

ilat

ion

in s

ome

of th

e ju

ry r

oom

s, w

hile

hea

ting

and

coo

ling

is

unev

en a

nd in

adeq

uate

thro

ugho

ut th

e bu

ildi

ng m

akin

g ju

ror

com

fort

vir

tual

ly im

poss

ible

. L

ong

tria

ls te

nd to

fr

azzl

e ev

en th

e m

ost d

edic

ated

juro

rs u

nder

thes

e un

desi

rabl

e co

ndit

ions

.

Eddy

Str

eet A

nnex

T

here

is n

ot a

dequ

ate

spac

e fo

r co

urt s

taff

to f

unct

ion

effe

ctiv

ely.

T

he c

ourt

spa

ce is

spl

it b

etw

een

two

floo

rs. T

he la

ck o

f a

buil

ding

ele

vato

r is

a m

ajor

dra

wba

ck to

its

cont

inue

d us

e fr

om th

e pe

rspe

ctiv

e of

the

cour

t em

ploy

ees.

T

he s

uite

is n

ot p

rote

cted

by

the

cour

t sec

urit

y st

aff.

T

he p

ubli

c is

abl

e to

ent

er in

to th

e sp

ace

wit

hout

res

tric

tion

.

Su

per

ior

Cou

rt o

f C

alif

orn

ia, C

oun

ty o

f S

isk

iyou

N

ew Y

rek

a C

ourt

hou

se

P

roje

ct N

eed

Rep

ort

13

Edd

y S

tree

t Ann

ex is

Non

-Com

plia

nt w

ith

AD

A

Su

per

ior

Cou

rt o

f C

alif

orn

ia, C

oun

ty o

f S

isk

iyou

N

ew Y

rek

a C

ourt

hou

se

P

roje

ct N

eed

Rep

ort

14 3.

PR

OJE

CT

IN

FOR

MA

TIO

N

3.1

Proj

ect D

escr

iptio

n an

d St

atus

The

pro

pose

d pr

ojec

t inc

lude

s th

e de

sign

and

con

stru

ctio

n of

a N

ew Y

reka

Cou

rtho

use

for

the

Sup

erio

r C

ourt

of

Cal

ifor

nia,

Cou

nty

of S

iski

you.

The

pro

pose

d ne

w b

uild

ing

wil

l be

appr

oxim

atel

y 86

,163

BG

SF

. The

pro

ject

rep

lace

s th

e ex

isti

ng Y

reka

Cou

rtho

use

and

Edd

y S

tree

t Ann

ex a

nd w

ill i

nclu

de s

ix c

ourt

room

s; c

ourt

sup

port

spa

ce f

or c

ourt

ad

min

istr

atio

n, c

ourt

cle

rk, c

ourt

sec

urit

y op

erat

ions

and

hol

ding

; and

bui

ldin

g su

ppor

t spa

ce. S

ix s

ecur

e pa

rkin

g sp

aces

wil

l be

loca

ted

at th

e ba

sem

ent l

evel

and

180

spa

ces

for

supp

ort s

taff

, vis

itor

s, a

nd ju

rors

wil

l be

loca

ted

in a

ne

w p

arki

ng s

truc

ture

. A

min

imum

sit

e ar

ea o

f ap

prox

imat

ely

2.66

acr

es h

as b

een

iden

tifi

ed to

acc

omm

odat

e th

e su

peri

or c

ourt

’s c

urre

nt

need

s (i

.e.,

spac

e fo

r 5.

7 cu

rren

t JP

Es)

. T

he e

stim

ated

pro

ject

cos

t to

cons

truc

t the

pro

ject

is a

ppro

xim

atel

y $9

0 m

illi

on, w

itho

ut f

inan

cing

and

incl

udin

g la

nd c

osts

. The

se c

osts

are

bas

ed o

n co

nstr

ucti

ng a

2-s

tory

bui

ldin

g w

ith

a ba

sem

ent.

The

fac

ilit

y w

ould

req

uire

180

str

uctu

re p

arki

ng s

pace

s, a

nd s

ix s

ecur

e pa

rkin

g sp

aces

at t

he b

asem

ent l

evel

. T

he s

peci

fic

buil

ding

des

ign

and

plan

wil

l be

depe

nden

t on

the

fina

l sit

e pl

an f

or th

e si

te s

elec

ted

and

may

var

y in

the

num

ber

of f

loor

s, p

rovi

sion

of

a ba

sem

ent,

and

use

of a

mec

hani

cal p

enth

ouse

. The

bui

ldin

g de

sign

wil

l be

dete

rmin

ed

in th

e pr

elim

inar

y pl

an p

hase

of

the

proj

ect.

A p

reli

min

ary

proj

ect s

ched

ule

has

been

dev

elop

ed b

ased

upo

n ap

prov

al p

roce

sses

by

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f F

inan

ce a

nd

the

Join

t Leg

isla

tive

Bud

get C

omm

itte

e to

be

impl

emen

ted

as a

res

ult o

f S

enat

e B

ill 1

407

(Ch.

311

, Sta

tute

s of

200

8),

and

Sen

ate

Bil

l No.

12,

Spe

cial

Ses

sion

(S

BX

2 12

, Ch.

10,

Sta

tute

s of

200

9).

In th

e cu

rren

t sch

edul

e, th

e ac

quis

itio

n ph

ase

wil

l occ

ur in

201

1-20

12, p

reli

min

ary

plan

ning

wil

l occ

ur in

201

2, w

orki

ng d

raw

ings

wil

l be

gene

rate

d in

201

3,

and

cons

truc

tion

wil

l beg

in in

Jul

y, 2

013

wit

h co

mpl

etio

n sc

hedu

led

for

earl

y 20

15.

The

Yre

ka C

ourt

hous

e is

pro

gres

sing

ver

y w

ell.

The

Arc

hite

ct w

as s

elec

ted

in 2

010

and

has

held

sev

eral

mee

ting

s w

ith

staf

f an

d ju

dge

and

prod

uced

a v

ery

deta

iled

pro

gram

for

the

new

cou

rtho

use.

The

Pro

ject

Adv

isor

y G

roup

(P

AG

) ha

s be

en m

eeti

ng f

or o

ver

two

year

s.

A d

ownt

own

site

has

bee

n se

lect

ed a

s th

e fi

rst p

rior

ity

for

the

PA

G, a

nd h

as r

ecei

ved

Pub

lic

Wor

ks B

oard

app

rova

l. T

he p

rope

rty

owne

rs h

ave

all e

nter

ed in

to a

gree

men

ts f

or th

e sa

le o

f th

eir

prop

erty

, and

al

l tha

t rem

ains

is f

or D

GS

app

rova

l and

rel

ease

of

fund

s to

clo

se th

e pr

oper

ty d

eals

. A

n al

tern

ativ

e si

te o

n th

e so

uth

end

of to

wn

loca

ted

near

the

Col

lege

of

the

Sis

kiyo

u A

nnex

and

sev

eral

oth

er g

over

nmen

t bui

ldin

gs h

as a

lso

rece

ived

ap

prov

al b

y th

e P

ubli

c W

orks

Boa

rd.

The

ow

ners

of

the

four

-acr

e si

te h

ave

also

tent

ativ

ely

agre

ed to

sel

l the

pro

pert

y

Su

per

ior

Cou

rt o

f C

alif

orn

ia, C

oun

ty o

f S

isk

iyou

N

ew Y

rek

a C

ourt

hou

se

P

roje

ct N

eed

Rep

ort

15

if th

e do

wnt

own

site

is n

ot v

iabl

e fo

r so

me

reas

on.

Nei

ther

sit

e ha

s an

y kn

own

envi

ronm

enta

l iss

ues

or c

once

rns

acco

rdin

g to

AO

C s

taff

rev

iew

s.

3.

2 Sp

ace

Prog

ram

Cour

troom

sTo

tal S

taff

Tota

l De

partm

enta

l GS

FCo

mmen

tsPu

blic

Are

a: E

ntry

Lob

by &

Sec

urity

Scr

eeni

ng-

-

1,

605

C

ourt

sets

6

-

21,7

75

1088

8Ju

dici

al C

ham

bers

& C

ourt

room

Sup

port

-

6

3,49

0

1745

Cou

rt O

pera

tions

-

8

1,06

3

Crim

inal

/Tra

ffic

Div

isio

n-

11

4,15

0

Civ

il &

Juv

enile

Div

isio

ns-

6

1,

669

Fa

mily

Cou

rt D

ivis

ion

-

6

2,72

7

Fam

ily C

ourt

Med

iatio

n an

d C

ASA

-

10

2,

572

Se

lf-H

elp

Cen

ter

-

-

556

Cou

rt A

dmin

istr

atio

n-

10

3,31

5

Jury

Ser

vice

s-

1

2,

584

Sh

eriff

Ope

ratio

ns-

1

1,

495

C

entr

al In

Cus

tody

Hol

ding

-

-

6,12

6

Incl

udes

sal

lypo

rt

Bui

ldin

g Su

ppor

t-

-

8,

419

In

clud

es s

ecur

e ba

sem

ent p

arki

ng

Subt

otal

6

59

61

,545

Gro

ss A

rea

Fact

or1.

40

Tot

al B

uild

ing

Gro

ss S

quar

e Fe

et86

,163

BG

SF p

er C

ourt

room

14,3

60

Not

e:1.

Gro

ss A

rea

Fact

or in

clud

es s

pace

for s

taff

and

pub

lic re

stro

oms,

jani

tor's

clo

sets

, tel

ecom

mun

icat

ions

and

el

ectr

ical

room

s, m

echa

nica

l sha

fts,

circ

ulat

ion,

etc

.

Proj

ecte

d Ne

ed

Divis

ion/

Func

tiona

l Are

a

Su

per

ior

Cou

rt o

f C

alif

orn

ia, C

oun

ty o

f S

isk

iyou

N

ew Y

rek

a C

ourt

hou

se

P

roje

ct N

eed

Rep

ort

16

Pri

sone

rs a

re O

fflo

aded

Cur

bsid

e fr

om V

ans

Su

per

ior

Cou

rt o

f C

alif

orn

ia, C

oun

ty o

f S

isk

iyou

N

ew Y

rek

a C

ourt

hou

se

P

roje

ct N

eed

Rep

ort

17

Yrek

a C

ourt

hous

e

Pri

sone

rs T

rave

rse

thro

ugh

Pub

lic

Cor

rido

rs a

nd S

tair

s

Su

per

ior

Cou

rt o

f C

alif

orn

ia, C

oun

ty o

f S

isk

iyou

N

ew Y

rek

a C

ourt

hou

se

P

roje

ct N

eed

Rep

ort

18 4.

CO

UR

T C

ON

ST

RU

CT

ION

FU

ND

S

The

PA

G h

as d

one

a gr

eat j

ob o

f ad

just

ing

to c

hang

es in

the

proj

ect.

The

init

ial d

ownt

own

site

pro

ved

to b

e to

o sm

all f

or th

e pr

ojec

t and

had

to b

e ex

pand

ed.

The

exp

ansi

on r

equi

red

that

fiv

e pr

ivat

e ho

mes

nee

ded

to b

e ac

quir

ed in

add

itio

n to

som

e C

ity

of Y

reka

and

Sis

kiyo

u C

ount

y pr

oper

ty.

The

pro

pert

y ac

quis

itio

n bu

dget

for

the

proj

ect w

as le

ss th

an $

1 m

illi

on o

f th

e to

tal

$2.5

mil

lion

bud

get,

whi

ch d

id n

ot le

ave

suff

icie

nt f

unds

to a

cqui

re a

ll o

f th

e ne

cess

ary

prop

erty

for

the

dow

ntow

n si

te.

Con

sequ

entl

y, th

e P

AG

and

AO

C r

evie

wed

the

use

of C

ourt

Con

stru

ctio

n F

unds

to c

over

the

shor

tfal

l in

the

Acq

uisi

tion

Bud

get.

F

rom

thes

e di

scus

sion

s, S

iski

you

Sup

erio

r C

ourt

sub

mit

ted

a re

ques

t to

use

$1.2

mil

lion

of

its

rem

aini

ng $

4.48

mil

lion

in C

ourt

C

onst

ruct

ion

Fun

ds (

CC

F)

to p

urch

ase

the

prop

erty

at t

he p

ropo

sed

dow

ntow

n si

te f

or th

e ne

w c

ourt

hous

e in

Yre

ka.

The

se

fund

s al

ong

wit

h th

e fu

nds

in th

e ac

quis

ition

bud

get a

re n

eede

d in

201

1 to

acq

uire

pro

pert

y fo

r th

e pr

opos

ed d

ownt

own

site

ac

cord

ing

to th

e A

OC

sta

ff.

Sis

kiyo

u’s

CC

F a

ppli

catio

n fo

r $1

.2 m

illi

on is

pen

ding

wit

h th

e A

OC

—C

CF

Com

mit

tee.

5.

IM

PA

CT

OF

DE

LAY

OF

SIS

KIY

OU

CO

UR

TH

OU

SE

PR

OJE

CT

1.

Sis

kiyo

u w

ill c

onti

nue

to o

pera

te in

a s

ubst

anda

rd, o

verc

row

ded,

inad

equa

tely

sec

ured

cou

rtho

use

wit

h no

sep

arat

ion

of th

e pu

blic

, sta

ff, j

udge

s, a

nd p

riso

ners

in s

pace

that

is 1

6% o

f th

e si

ze r

ecom

men

ded

by C

alif

orni

a T

rial

Cou

rt F

acil

itie

s S

tand

ards

.

2.

The

dow

ntow

n si

te, w

hich

is th

e pr

iori

ty s

ite

of th

e P

roje

ct A

dvis

ory

Gro

up, w

ill l

ikel

y be

lost

as

an o

ptio

n as

pro

pert

y ow

ners

wil

l be

unw

illi

ng to

del

ay s

elli

ng th

eir

prop

erty

, all

of

whi

ch is

und

er a

gree

men

t aw

aiti

ng a

ppro

val o

f D

GS

to

proc

eed

to c

losi

ng.

3.

If

the

dow

ntow

n si

te is

not

use

d fo

r th

e co

urth

ouse

pro

ject

, the

Cit

y of

Yre

ka a

nd S

iski

you

Cou

nty

as w

ell a

s th

e co

mm

unit

y w

ill b

e le

ss s

uppo

rtiv

e of

an

alte

rnat

ive

site

. W

e ha

ve h

ad a

ver

y ac

tive

Pro

ject

Adv

isor

y G

roup

for

ove

r tw

o ye

ars

that

st

rong

ly p

refe

rs th

e do

wnt

own

site

. If

the

dow

ntow

n si

te is

lost

for

som

e re

ason

, inc

ludi

ng d

elay

, the

PA

G m

ight

bec

ome

less

ent

husi

asti

c ab

out t

he n

ew c

ourt

hous

e pr

ojec

t.

4.

If

the

dow

ntow

n si

te, t

he p

rim

ary

site

sel

ecte

d by

the

PA

G, i

s no

t uti

lize

d, th

en th

e co

ntri

buti

ons

of th

e C

ity

and

Cou

nty

wil

l no

t be

avai

labl

e.

Su

per

ior

Cou

rt o

f C

alif

orn

ia, C

oun

ty o

f S

isk

iyou

N

ew Y

rek

a C

ourt

hou

se

P

roje

ct N

eed

Rep

ort

19

5.

The

reu

se p

oten

tial

of

the

exis

ting

cou

rtho

use

wil

l als

o be

dim

inis

hed

if th

e do

wnt

own

cour

t sit

e is

no

long

er a

vail

able

.

6.

If S

iski

you’

s pr

ojec

t is

not a

llow

ed to

acq

uire

pro

pert

y in

201

1-12

, the

n w

e w

ill l

ose

the

oppo

rtun

ity

to u

se $

1.2

mil

lion

of

the

$4.4

8 m

illi

on in

cou

rt c

onst

ruct

ion

fund

s (C

CF

) av

aila

ble

to p

urch

ase

prop

erty

as

thes

e fu

nds

wil

l nee

d to

be

rem

itte

d ve

ry s

oon

to th

e S

tate

Con

trol

ler.

How

ever

if th

e pr

ojec

t is

appr

oved

to m

ove

forw

ard

by th

e C

RW

G, a

nd th

e A

OC

app

rove

s th

e $1

.2 m

illi

on C

CF

req

uest

for

pro

pert

y ac

quis

itio

n, th

en S

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