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REPORT 7C age 1 To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the Ci Mana er September 21, 2009 SUBJECT Proposed Replacement Jail - San Mateo County Sheriff's Office RECOMMENDATION 1. By motion accept the report prepared by City staff submitted to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Jail Planning Unit entitled "Site Information for Alternative Locations for the Proposed Replacement Jail". 2. Discuss desired outreach efforts to Downtown stakeholders as well as community members that have been engaged in the City's land use planning efforts including the New General Plan and Downtown Precise Plan. 3. Provide direction to staff regarding next steps to take for the City's participation in San Mateo County's jail planning process. BACKGROUND Since 2006, San Mateo County has been engaged in studies to identify approaches to relieving overcrowding in the San Mateo County Women's Correction Center and the Maguire Correctional Facility, both located in Redwood City. The studies identified the need for a new correctional facility, referred to as the "replacement jail." The Jail Planning Unit reports directly to the Sheriff and has been working diligently to identify potential sites for the new replacement jail. After consideration of 18 sites countywide I the Jail Planning Unit is now focused on seven that have been deemed to be the most viable. Two of the top seven sites are located in Downtown Redwood City (the County Motor Pool site on Winslow Avenue and the vacant Dodge dealership on Veterans Boulevard) and another three of the seven sites are located near the City's borders (two in San Carlos and one in Menlo Park). In early August the Jail Planning Unit contacted the pertinent planning agencies as part of a due diligence process for obtaining complete information about the top seven sites before the list is further honed leading to final site selection. In response to this request the Redwood City Planning Division staff discussed the options with the City Manager. The City Manager determined that as thorough a response as possible should be prepared. The resulting report was provided to the City Council previously under separate cover and was submitted to the Jail Planning Unit on September 2. The report has also been provided to the Board of Supervisors and County Manager. The report focuses on the Jail Planning Unit's request for more information about the Redwood City sites and includes detailed information about community vision, general plan designation and policies, zoning, surrounding uses, and appropriateness of each site for a replacement jail. In addition to this analysis, staff also prepared site studies of the Motor Pool and adjacent surface parking lots in an effort to explore other options that the County may find interesting for future consideration with respect to their campus development needs. Staff understands that this additional analysis was beyond the