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The Santa Ana City Jail Reuse Feasibility Study is organized into four sections and supporting Appendix information. Section 1: Executive Summary provides information about the (a) need for Jail Reuse Feasibility Study, (b) conclusions from the City Jail Condition Assessment Report, and (c) descriptions of the five primary reuse evaluation options, fiscal analysis, advantages / disadvantages considerations and recommended implementation option rankings. Section 2: Introduction and Study Planning Approach gives an overview of the Santa Ana City Jail including the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) rated capacity, changes in inmate custody days, average daily population (ADP) levels, and inmate booking trends. Section 3: Jail Facility Description provides detailed information showing (a) operational policies, (b) jail construction characteristics, and (c) housing unit configuration and basic characteristics of the physical site upon which the Jail complex is situated. Other information also highlights the major findings from the City Jail condition assessment and evaluation which was also conducted as part of the Feasibility Study. A key part of the Jail Reuse Feasibility Study included the collection of summary information about the detention facility's physical plant condition and building systems strengths and weaknesses. The condition assessment focused on factors related to the correctional facility such as (1) configuration and intended security levels, (2) defined uses of the facility, (3) physical condition of the building elements, (4) quality of the space, (5) circulation, location adjacencies, and level of privacy, and (6) ability to achieve intended security and level of safety for staff and inmates as well as compliance with standards. Section 4: Analysis and Evaluation of Jail Reuse Options provides an in-depth review and analysis of the five Jail reuse building options that were selected for the follow-up primary research and evaluation work conducted by the Vanir consultant team. The assessment process and information compiled and analyzed for each Jail reuse feasibility option included (a) summary building reuse descriptions, (b) facility impacts and identified modifications, (c) major functional use area floor space changes, and/or other significant considerations that are effected through the implementation of each Jail reuse option, (d) summary conceptual fiscal cost analysis statements, and (e) a summary outline of major strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and negative impacts associated with the implementation of each reuse option. 29 65A-36