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SECTION 2: INTRODUCTION AND STUDY PLANNING APPROACH Santa Ana City Jail Reuse Feasibility Study Santa Ana, California by the Council The information in this Section of the Santa Ana City Jail Reuse Feasibility Study provides an overview of the Santa Ana Jail including the Board of State and Community Correc- tions (BSCC) rated capacity, jail construction characteristics, housing unit configurations, and basic characteristics of the physical site upon which the Jail complex is situated. Other information describes the scope of work and outline of the methodology and planning approach the Vanir consultant team followed throughout the Study. Santa Ana is governed by a City Council composed of seven members including the Mayor and six Council members. Council members represent one of six distinct geographic wards in the City and are elected to four-year terms with a limit of three consecutive terms. The Mayor is elected at large for a two year term with term limits of no more than six 2 -year terms. The Mayor Pro Tem is nominated and elected The Santa Ana City Jail is located at 60 Civic Center Plaza in Santa Ana, California, 30 miles south of Los Angeles and about ten miles west of the California coast. Santa Ana is the Orange County seat of government with a population of 329,427. It is the second largest city in Orange County, the eleventh largest in California, and the 571h most populous in the United States according to the U. S. Census Bureau (2011). The City has a total area of 27.5 square miles of which 27.3 square miles is land and 0.2 square miles is water. The County population is approximately 3,010,232 as of the 2011 census. Population trends for the County have been showing an increase over the past few years but the added growth has been much slower than projected in the past. The largest growth in County population has occurred in the City of Irvine. Santa Ana is one of 34 incorporated cities and 28 other unincorporated communities located in Orange County. There are two jails within the City of Santa Ana including the (1) Santa Ana Jail (City -owned), and (2) Santa Ana Central Jail (County -owned). The two jail facilities are connected via an underground tunnel. This Jail Reuse Study responds to the City's detention facility only. The Santa Ana City Jail was completed in 1997 and provides housing for pretrial and sentenced male / female inmates. It is operated as a Type II adult detention facility that mainly houses incarcerated individuals held on State and Federal charges. It does not house individuals detained by the Santa Ana City Police Department. These detainees are initially booked into the jail and subsequently transferred to the County -owned facility if they have felony charges. The Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) has established a rated capacity of 480 inmates based upon applicable 1994 Title 24 Physical Plant Jail Standards. The BSCC rates the detention capacity based on the overall size of the bed and detention space, number of plumbing fixtures, and applies the year of the statewide standard in effect when the construction of the facility was concluded. The facility does have a maximum bed capacity for 512 inmates. The City Jail is a full-service, four -level, low-rise adult detention facility containing space for (a) vehicle sallyport, (b) intake and release, (c) inmate housing and dayrooms, (d) visiting, (e) medical ! mental health services, (f) inmate programs, (g) food services, (h) laundry, (i) visitor and staff circulation, Q) 30 65A-37