TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Steve Lederer, Director
REPORT BY: Nate Galambos, Engineering Manager
SUBJECT: Award of Construction Contract and Budget Transfer for the JJC Skyline Academy Project, PW 24-34
RECOMMENDATION
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Award of construction contract to GSP Construction, Inc., of Rancho Cordova, California in the amount of $272,000 for the "JJC Skyline Academy Project ", PW 24-34, and approve a Budget Amendment. (Fiscal Impact: $218,600 Expense; Capital Improvement Projects Fund; Not Budgeted; Discretionary).
[4/5 vote required]
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BACKGROUND
Napa County Probation operates a Camp program (Skyline Academy) for youth court ordered to the juvenile detention facility. The intent of the Skyline Academy is to rehabilitate youth prior to re-entering the community and keep them closer to home. The program provides intensive services for youth and families in our community who would have traditionally been committed to programs in other areas of the State.
Youth will receive intensive case management, treatment, vocational education services, family services, educational services, and support from community partners to help meet reentry goals. The Skyline Academy is located in the Merit Unit of the Juvenile Hall.
The proposed work needed is to create a more therapeutic and homelike environment for the youth in the program with improvements that 'soften' the institutional feel of several detention rooms including painting, converting a room into office space for programming staff, inclusion of a mural design in day space, and fully refurnishing the Unit.
The project is funded through a one-time State funding allocation Probation received in 2022. Funding must be used for the purposes of modernizing juvenile facilities to better serve youth.
On August 6, 2024, the Board of Supervisors (Board) appropriated $200,000 to fund the project through design and bidding. On February 4, 2025, the Board approved the plans and specifications and authorized the advertis...
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