DATE:
May 18, 2021
01
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
YOUTH TRANSITION CAMPUS FACILITY PHASED REPLACEMENT PROJECT- CERTIFY MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND AUTHORIZE CHANGE ORDER FOR PHASES 2 & 3 (DISTRICT: 4)
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OVERVIEW
The San Diego County Probation Department (Probation) has been undergoing a transformational process to best serve justice-involved youth and their families. On April 25, 2017 (4) the Board of Supervisors approved Probation to apply for and enter into a technical assistance contract known as the Youth in Custody Practice Model (Practice Model). The Practice Model was co-created by Georgetown University's Center for Juvenile Justice Reform and the Council of Juvenile Justice Administrators to support juvenile correctional agencies with transitioning to a positive youth development model of juvenile detention.
On August 7, 2018 (7), the Board of Supervisors authorized the design and construction of Phase 1 - Urban Camp of the Youth Transition Campus (formerly Juvenile Justice Campus.) As the result of a competitive procurement, Balfour Beatty Construction was awarded a $111,995,000 design-build contract (# 561250) to construct the Phase 1 - Urban Camp for the San Diego Youth Transition Campus capital project # 1021131. Phase 1 included technical feedback from Practice Model national experts to ensure the project resulted in positive outcomes for youth and staff. On March 16, 2021 (3), the Board of Supervisors approved the naming of the new Youth Transition Campus.
On March 2, 2021 the Department of Purchasing and Contracting posted a Request for Statement of Qualifications (RFSQ) #10756 entitled DESIGN-BUILD PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR PHASE 2 & 3 OF THE COUNTY'S YOUTH TRANSITION CAMPUS, which closed on March 31, 2021. Only one response was received. The response was from Balfour Beatty Construction, who holds the contract for Phase 1 that is currently under construction with most work to be completed in November 2021. S...
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