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manual smoke evacuation in the housing units. The system appears to operate normally. Forty to forty -rive HVAC units were replaced with VFD models two to three years ago with only a few left to be replaced. The Fre alarm system is EST. It is original to the building and is operating without issues. The sprinkler heads are original to the building and are functioning as intended. The Cutler Hammer electrical system is original to the building and is operating without issues. Circulation inside the facility as well as the tunnel is well maintained and adequate in most areas. The Public Area/Lobby of the facility is adequate and meets current needs. The high- end finishes make for an impressive entry into the second floor of the facility. The Jail does haves three key problem areas that include (1) lack of sufficient ADA compliant medical and mental health treatment space, (2) lack of adequate classroom and program space for peak populations, and (3) aging security electronics equipment and plumbing systems throughout the facility. The medical and mental health treatment areas are severely deficient in space compared to other medium-sized detention facilities In California of the comparable age. The jail is also in need of some security system upgrades. Out-of-date and difficult to use equipment puts an undue hardship on staff. Current classroom space is also inadequate to serve a maximum population. Ideally, the facility's program space should be large enough to conduct a wide range of programs and services made available through contract professional providers and volunteers from the community. The building's plumbing piping is also in need of repair or replacement. A comparative analysis with 19 California jails with predominately double -occupancy cells and rated capacities for 300-600 inmates like the City Jail shows that the facility's functional use areas are generally consistent with space allocations among these facilities. The exceptions, however, include medical / mental health space, administration area, Central Control room, and smaller dayrooms located adjacent to the existing eight inmate housing units. The average square foot per bed devoted to inmate programming activities and visitation are also slightly lower. The most significant interior space difference appears to involve the medical / mental health services area which is nearly 6-1/2 square feet lower per rated inmate bed than other comparable California detention facilities. From an outdoor jail perspective, the overall size of the vehicle sallyport is larger than the average of the facilities included in the comparative analysis. The analysis further shows that the facility's quasi -outdoor recreation yards are somewhat smaller compared to other California jails. The City Jail devotes nearly 16.5 square feet of total building space per rated bed to recreation while the comparison facilities allocate approximately 23.4 square feet per bed. The analysis and supporting evaluation data assembled through this Feasibility Study has been purposely organized, formatted, and summarized to expedite the reader's comparative assessments and conclusions drawn about the overall advantages, disadvantages, negative impacts and cost to implement the two Jail and three facility reuse options highlighted in this Study. The Report contains a comprehensive detailed description of the five primary reuse options which might be pursued to either change (a) the detention facility's operational functions, or (b) repurpose the configuration and building structure to accommodate different institutional or commercial uses. The follow-up analysis and analytical evaluation work directed to the five reuse options focuses on areas involving (a) facility building / systems modifications, (b) functional use area space impacts, (c) fiscal analysis, and (d) major implementation observations and recommendations about the ranking of the study options. The suggested potential scenarios the consultant team examined included the following Jail reuse options: 65A-11