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Acknowledgments The Santa Ana City Jail Reuse Feasibility Study could not have been finalized without the invaluable assistance from Jorge Garcia, Assistant to the City Manager and Christina Holland, Administrator and PREA Coordinator for the City's detention facility. Throughout this project, both individuals have devoted significant time and effort to make sure informational requests were handled promptly and thoroughly. Jorge Garcia developed and implemented a public process to secure community feedback on the options the Vanir consultant team would analyze and report back to the City Council through the Jail Feasibility Reuse Study. His work with the City stakeholders and identified interest advocates was used to gather public concerns and other potential impacts associated with the jail reuse options the City is evaluating. Jorge organized three community meetings which were held with the (1) Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Council, (2) interested local Santa Ana community advocacy groups, and (3) citizen forum conducted at the City Council's chambers. The goal of these three planning sessions was to secure resident input on key reuse options the consultant team should focus its analysis on when considering the conversion of the jail to potential other uses. Christina Holland is the other individual the consultant team needs to recognize. In the course of this Study, our consultants have had extensive discussions and interaction with jail management staff, supervisors, and other support personnel. Under Christina's leadership, it is extremely evident that the City Jail complex is professionally managed and provides for the safety of the community. Her management philosophy strives to promote secure, safe, and humane housing for pretrial and sentenced inmates. Staff appear to be striving to respond to the public and provide service that is of the highest quality. Management procedures adhered to in the Jail reflect reasonable basic contemporary detention practices. Management has established procedures dictating acceptable practices in such areas as security and control, inmates' rights, communication, mail and visiting, facility rules, admission, orientation, property control, and release. The Jail is also implementing principles of direct supervision as an efficient management tool to achieve cost-effective operations and increase communication with inmates while maintaining effective control. Operation of the Jail facility is consistent with the principles of detention supervision and management and correctional officers work at all times to meet minimum jail standards as defined in Title 15 of the California Code of Regulations. The programs and services the staff also oversee are being made available to influence positive behavior with the intent to provide the opportunity for detainees to enhance their educational and social skills. Jim Aboytes Project Director Vanir Construction Management, Inc. 65A-5