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features with the new design is the program space that the sheriff has for the rehabilitation aspect of this jail and also the medical and mental health units that would be part of the new facility. just a few slides to go on the fiscal feasibility office, the bureau office already prepared a report. we feel the direct and indirect financial benefits to the cd to brief the benefits of the new facility before the hoj becomes non-operable, we don't want to ramp up costs, there would be associated costs with temporary jails if, in the event of an earthquake, the hoy becomes non-operable we would have to find temporary space for the current inmates and also the cost of expedited construction and the savings
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from inflation construction inflation if we do construct a facility before the hoj becomes non-operable and the capital plan also states that there will be about 2800 new jobs as a result of construction to the city in san francisco. so the estimated capital project budget is about $290 million. that's what is estimated right now for the 640 beds. and the available financing, according to the office of public finance, is through the issuance of certificate of participation and it would be paid back over a period of about 23 years. the debt load would be $629,610,000 with an annual debt service payment of
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$29,634,000 and they do note it will not exceed the city's 3.25 limit. the operating and maintenance costs, the current operating and maintenance costs of cj5 was used as a benchmark because of the similarity of design they are estimating $930,000 a year in operating costs. and that's the end of the presentation and do you have any questions for me? >> colleagues, any questions? actually i'll just ask this one but maybe it's more directed to i'm sure deputy sheriff friedman. the 640 bed number, i know you said having it high and reducing it if we see a trend of reducing the jail
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population, i'm just wondering, given the previous hearings we have had with the decrease from different alternative programs in the community and a lot of the people that are opposed to a new jail have been saying the number should be reduced downward and i'm wondering why that 640 number is on the high end of the 688 versus in the middle of the 481 to the 688 bed range. i'm wondering if deputy sheriff friedman or miss kaylor could address that question. >> well, to go to both issues that you have raised, the use of what we call alternatives to incarceration or to pre-sentence release programs are well established, well in place, have been for some 20-plus years and will continue to be used. and in terms of
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ultimate bed count for the replacement facility, we continue to work with controller's office and the jail planning team to regularly review what the appropriate number is. >> then i definitely understand the need for fiscal feasibility, especially given the need to rebuild with a pod system versus the linear system that miss taylor explained and i appreciate you walking me through san bruno but also the hall of justice facility as well. >> part of the budget analyst's recommendation was amending it to say that we'll consider the appropriate size of the jail and the project in the future, which i totally am fine with. he did suggest though in the spring of 2016 --. >> mr. chairman, members of the committee, i was going to
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state to you that that is incorrect, it should be 2050. >> never mind then. mr. rose, you are up. >> mr. chairman, members of the committee, on page 31 of our report we note that the construction of the replacement jail would be financed by the issuance of certificates of participation. the certificates of participation would be paid back over a period of 23 years, ending in 2038-39, total debt service including principle interest are estimated at 629.6 million. estimated annual debt service payments would be 27.3 million dollars. on the bottom of page 31 we point out that our office previously submitted a report to the board of supervisors in january of 2014 indicating what supervisor mar has mentioned about the size of the jail.
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our information indicated that there could be a jail as low as 384 beds if the current average daily population remained the same. that would save about 96 million dollars if the bed count were lowered. so our recommendation, mr. chairman, as you have already stated, is to amend the resolution to specify that the board of supervisors will consider the appropriate size of the proposed replacement jail and associated project costs as part of the board of supervisors approval of the city's 10 year capital plan and you are correct, mr. chairman, it should say 2015 instead of 2016. we recommend that you approve the resolution as amended. >> thank you, mr. rose. colleagues, any questions? supervisor mar >> i just had a question of mr. rose. given the numbers you just said, i think you said 380 bed jail is something i would like more information on. i think there's a budget analyst report that's being
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worked on; can you tell us when that might be completed? >> supervisors, (inaudible) budget analyst's office. we submitted a report and had a hearing earlier this year that contained those numbers and those were based, our projection of 384 beds was based on the population at that time. >> is there a report being worked on at this time as well? >> no, it's my understanding the controller's office is doing an assessment. >> any further comments or questions? so we will open up to public comment? anybody wish to comment on item 5? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, may i have a motion to move item 5 forward to the full board? >> so moved. >> would you like to adopt mr. rose's recommendation? >> yes, absolutely. can i have a motion to approve the budget analyst's recommendation first? we can take that
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