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should be integrated into the community, rather than being isolated. The overall layout
<br />of a shelter should be able to accommodate a growing population. These facilities
<br />should also consider separating men, women, and women with children. Designing
<br />separate entrances for each group provides comfort for the users and a sense of
<br />security. By providing a space with endless amenities, a kitchen, dining room, work-out
<br />room, library, laundry, study rooms, career and educational center, meeting rooms,
<br />addiction treatment rooms, etc. the users have access to a one-stop center to meet their
<br />rehabilitative needs and reenter society after their stay.
<br />Jails are built to withstand heavy duty 24-hour use for many decades and the Santa Ana
<br />Jail is no different. While some modifications, such as the removal of some sallyports,
<br />and ingress and egress routes should be made to allow easier access for residents
<br />throughout the facility, the layout can lend itself to that of a homeless shelter without a
<br />major overhaul.
<br />Opening a homeless shelter takes extensive planning, community outreach, and
<br />support. If the City decides to pursue this option, it will need to develop a detailed
<br />operations plan in addition to policies, procedures, and guidelines for its staff,
<br />volunteers, visitors, and residents. This plan should include the populations it is
<br />intended to serve, the length of stay, and services offered. Vanir included some
<br />suggestions for policies and procedures throughout this report but our main focus
<br />here is on the modifications needed to convert the Jail into a general use homeless
<br />shelter. While not specifically called out in each section, all modilcations must meet
<br />current building code and ADA guidelines in addition to compliance with any state and
<br />local laws regarding the operation of a homeless shelter. Because this reuse option is a
<br />change from the custody model, codes of the day pertaining to the new use would be
<br />entbrced.
<br />The reuse from a jail to a homeless shelter has successfully been done in other
<br />jurisdictions across the country. The conversion of the Santa Ana Jail to homeless
<br />shelter would make use of all existing spaces, including inmate housing, food service,
<br />medical, security, laundry, storage, and processing. The vehicle saityport would be a
<br />good entry location as it could accommodate over 300 people that potentially would be
<br />lined up down the block waiting for facility access. The facility access portal is adjacent
<br />to the neighborhood residents and may, however, be seen as a threat to their
<br />neighborhood security and welfare.
<br />■ Commercial Data Center Use
<br />This Jail Reuse Feasibility Option involves remodeling and reusing the City's Jail
<br />building as a commercial data center. Conversion of the building would primarily
<br />involve required changes to the facility's third and fourth floor eight housing units
<br />because they are best suited for the high ceilings and climate -controlled environment
<br />modifications required for data center functions. The building construction
<br />modifications will require (1) extensive HVAC to handle the excessive heat generated by
<br />the equipment (2) raised access floor system, (3) pre -emergent fire sprinkler systems,
<br />and (4) power and signal upgrades.
<br />Data center designs typically use a "rack unit" as the primary planning factor to
<br />estimate the necessary space, cooling and electrical power requirements. Each
<br />configuration should reflect total power, space, and floor -loading demands per rack
<br />across the layout. Just recently, rack designers, have developed a taller, wider and
<br />longer rack for more efficiency and emerging hardware. This is the primary reason why
<br />it is so important for the data center design team to identify and define the IT
<br />parameters at the outset of any project.
<br />it has been reported that recent trends show data centers older than seven years are
<br />typically obsolete. In some cases, the user's needs have grown beyond their data
<br />center's capabilities in as little as two to three years requiring relocation or expansion.
<br />Typically, for a data center investment to last 10 to 15 years, the design should be
<br />specifically tailored to encompass a business's current and future needs, or provide a
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