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REVISED 03/04/05 • The State asked the General Services Agency (GSA) to do a site search • GSA looked at sites and came up with 10 sites, 9 in Santa Ana; all ten sites rejected by the judges of the Court due to need for institutional site • Santa Ana proposed site at Ross and Civic Center due to its proximity to other government buildings, courts, and law library. • In July, 2001 the City received a letter from presiding justice David Sills noting that all the judges supported a Civic Center location • In October, 2001 the GSA and the Administrative Office of the Courts contacted the City to begin negotiations on that site In February, 2002, proposal was presented to the State's Public Works Board which has final say in the selection; voted unanimously to approve Santa Ana Site Final agreement was negotiated; City cancelled lease with County on Juvenile Hall facility In October 2002, revised cost estimate was released and City asked to provide more parking spaces; judges felt the parking needed to be more secure In December, 2003, State sought new proposals Santa Ana proposal included a 2 acre site • Site provides sufficient area for two future expansions of new court building • Property sale price is $2.3 million • Construction would be completed by July 2007 300 vehicle, 3 level parking facility • 70 secured spaces on ground floor designated for Appellate Court Staff • 230 spaces on the two remaining elevated levels for general Civic Center parking • Construction cost of the parking structure is $5.3 million and the schedule is 13 months dependent on City Council and State Public Works Board action on purchase /sale agreement • City will demolish the existing Juvenile Hall Building at its own expense ($125,000) • City to provide State with excavated soil from garage construction to "fill" portion of Court site. State responsible for all other site costs including additional fill • City shall relocate the existing transformer that services the sump pump in the parking lot at the corner of Santa Ana Boulevard and Ross Street ($40,000) • City to preserve or replace trees on State parcel City to grant the State exclusive use of the .6 acre ground floor containing 70 spaces valued at approximately $840,000, plus option to lease up to 35 additional spaces in the parking structure at prevailing lease rates Garage design must comply with State security City to pay the first $90,000 for the security measures for the first floor parking, and State to pay any additional security costs • City to pay for the maintenance cost of the first floor of the parking structure ($17,500 annually) CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 60 FEBRUARY 18, 2005