1 RESOLUTION NO. 15-18 APPROVE THE FINAL DESIGN OF THE JAIL PROJECT WHEREAS, three Ad Hoc Committees have been created to research and analyze jail issues and liability concerns in order to identify and consider potential corrective alternatives, as well as to identify more specific parameters associated with the jail project as well as to obtain a more solid estimate of costs and to make recommendations to the County Board for final action (12-3-12 Finance and Personnel Committee, and Resolutions 13-14 and 14-02); and WHEREAS, the County Board of Supervisors authorized pursuing the jail project (Resolutions 13-36 and 15-06) and additionally determined the location of the jail project (Resolution 14-21) and the size of the jail (Resolution 15-06); and WHEREAS, the County Board of Supervisors on April 21, 2015 authorized the borrowing of not to exceed $19,000,000.00 for the jail project (Resolution 15-07); and WHEREAS, the County Board of Supervisors acknowledged the need to obtain detailed engineering/architectural plans and specifications (Resolution 13-36) and tasked the Ad Hoc Jail Planning and Specifications Development Committee (Ad Hoc III) with obtaining those plans and specifications (Resolution 14-02); and WHEREAS, the County retained the services of Potter Lawson as the architectural firm to design the jail project, and who have, under the supervision of the Ad Hoc Jail Planning and Specifications Development Committee and under the guidance of a Design Team, completed proposed design plans and specifications which are attached hereto as Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, the Ad Hoc Jail Planning and Specifications Development Committee at its meeting on October 22, 2015 reviewed the completed design plans and approved them, and recommended that the County Board of Supervisors approve the design plans set forth in Exhibit A, in order to proceed to move forward to bid the project out, finance the project through the issuance of bonds, and commence construction; and WHEREAS, the Finance & Personnel Committee considered the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Jail Planning and Specifications Development Committee at its meeting on October 26, 2015 and recommended that the County Board of Supervisors approve the design as set forth in the attached Exhibit A and further that the County Board of Supervisors take action on a first reading, as time is of the essence in maintaining the project schedule; and
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RESOLUTION NO. 15-18
APPROVE THE FINAL DESIGN OF THE JAIL PROJECT
WHEREAS, three Ad Hoc Committees have been created to research and analyze jail issues and
liability concerns in order to identify and consider potential corrective alternatives, as well as to
identify more specific parameters associated with the jail project as well as to obtain a more solid
estimate of costs and to make recommendations to the County Board for final action (12-3-12
Finance and Personnel Committee, and Resolutions 13-14 and 14-02); and
WHEREAS, the County Board of Supervisors authorized pursuing the jail project (Resolutions
13-36 and 15-06) and additionally determined the location of the jail project (Resolution 14-21)
and the size of the jail (Resolution 15-06); and
WHEREAS, the County Board of Supervisors on April 21, 2015 authorized the borrowing of
not to exceed $19,000,000.00 for the jail project (Resolution 15-07); and
WHEREAS, the County Board of Supervisors acknowledged the need to obtain detailed
engineering/architectural plans and specifications (Resolution 13-36) and tasked the Ad Hoc Jail
Planning and Specifications Development Committee (Ad Hoc III) with obtaining those plans
and specifications (Resolution 14-02); and
WHEREAS, the County retained the services of Potter Lawson as the architectural firm to
design the jail project, and who have, under the supervision of the Ad Hoc Jail Planning and
Specifications Development Committee and under the guidance of a Design Team, completed
proposed design plans and specifications which are attached hereto as Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the Ad Hoc Jail Planning and Specifications Development Committee at its
meeting on October 22, 2015 reviewed the completed design plans and approved them, and
recommended that the County Board of Supervisors approve the design plans set forth in Exhibit
A, in order to proceed to move forward to bid the project out, finance the project through the
issuance of bonds, and commence construction; and
WHEREAS, the Finance & Personnel Committee considered the recommendations of the Ad
Hoc Jail Planning and Specifications Development Committee at its meeting on October 26,
2015 and recommended that the County Board of Supervisors approve the design as set forth in
the attached Exhibit A and further that the County Board of Supervisors take action on a first
reading, as time is of the essence in maintaining the project schedule; and
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WHEREAS, some of the future steps in the jail project process will include, but not be limited
to, the following:
Issuing bonds to finance the jail project
bidding out the project
commencing the construction; and
WHEREAS, in order for the above described future steps to be taken, to further define the
direction of the jail project, and to maintain the project schedule in order to bid out the project
and construct the project in the fashion most economically advantageous to the County; it is
necessary to approve the final design plans and specifications at this time.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Pierce County Board of Supervisors that it
approves the jail project design plans and specifications set forth in the attached Exhibit A as
recommended by the Ad Hoc Jail Planning and Specifications Development Committee, the
Design Team, and the County’s architect Potter Lawson.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board, in addition to the duties set forth in
Resolutions 14-02 and 15-06, authorizes the Ad Hoc Jail Planning and Specifications
Development Committee to bid out the jail project, and to award the construction contract in an
amount not to exceed $17,990,290.00 and should the total of all the project bids exceed that
amount, the matter shall be returned to the County Board for further consideration.
Dated this 27th day of October, 2015.
Jeffrey A. Holst, Chair
Pierce County Board of Supervisors
ATTESTED TO BY: APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY BY:
Jamie Feuerhelm, County Clerk Bradley D. Lawrence, Corp. Counsel
Adopted: October 27, 2015
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EXHIBIT A
Attached are the First Floor Plan, the Second Floor Plan and the Site Plan for the Pierce County
Jail Project, which are summary plans of the completed Design Development Report dated
October 27, 2015, prepared by the Jail Project Architect Potter Lawson, Inc.
A digital version of the Design Development Report can be reviewed on the `Jail Project’ link on
the Pierce County website, under the `Reports’ tab at the following address: