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(ACTION) Roll Call The Chair called the meeting to order at 1:10pm. There wasn’t a quorum so the Chair adjourned to an informational exchange. The Chief, Joanne C Winship, Chris Bigelow were present.
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(ACTION) Review and approval of Minutes of September 19, 2002 meeting. tabled (public comment)
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(Public Comment on any matter within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Facilities Committee of the Juvenile Probation Commission) there was none.
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(DISCUSSION) Brief update on the Juvenile Hall replacement project Chris Bigelow reported on the progress of the project. He passed out a sheet detailing the employment metrics of the project (meeting HRC requirements) and a brief budget report. There have been some change orders done, which has used up about a 1/3 of the construction contingency fund. The project is about ¼ through construction. The City has sold more than enough certificates of participation to fund the project. J. Winship commented that they had planned on making quarterly reports to the Commission, the next one to be around about May. (public comment) there was none.
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(DISCUSSION) Proposed Superior Court acquisition of the YGC parking lot. J. Winship reported that the City was in discussion and negotiation with the State regarding the interest of the Superior Court in property currently under Dept Public Health and Juvenile Probation use, to be obtained and put in trust for future planned uses of the Superior Court. The action would bring about $3-4 million to the City’s general fund. This is an item outside of the authority of the Commission, but they and the Dept may give their input on how such a change would affect their operations. The property in question is primarily Dept of Public Health’s, with a small portion being the YGC parking lot. (public comments) there was none
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(ACTION) Adjournment There being no further information, the exchange ended at 1:37 pm.
