ADOPTED - MAY 23, 2006

Agenda Item No. 17

Introduced by the Judiciary and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY CONTROLLER TO PROCURE PROPERTY FOR THE CIRCUIT COURT’S CONTINUUM OF CARE FACILITY

RESOLUTION #06-144

WHEREAS, the Court has previously proposed that the County consider a Juvenile Assessment Center and a Continuum of Care Facility that would house and treat delinquent and disturbed youth in Ingham County; and

WHEREAS, as a result of the passage of the 2002 Juvenile Millage, Ingham County contracted with Chinn Planning, Inc. to provide recommendations and to develop an Action Plan for a Juvenile Justice Continuum of Care to appropriately treat delinquent and disturbed youth in Ingham County; and

WHEREAS, in its Action Plan, Chinn Planning, Inc. recommended that Ingham County build an Assessment Center as well as a Day Treatment/Night Reporting Center; and

WHEREAS, the Court, in conjunction with the Ingham County/City of Lansing Community Coalition for Youth, now proposes that the Assessment Center and the Day Treatment/Night Reporting parts of the Continuum of Care be combined into a single facility; and

WHEREAS, this facility will house a full scope of services (e.g., prevention, intervention, aftercare, and sanctions) and will include the following programs and services: Alternative Day School and After School Program, Family Assessment and Treatment Center, Substance Abuse Services, Mental Health Services, and Cristo Rey Community Center, among others; and

WHEREAS, with the assistance of CB Richard Ellis, Real Estate Broker, the County has identified Verlinden Elementary School, located at 609 N. Verlinden Street in Lansing, Michigan, as an optimal facility to house the Continuum of Care Facility; and

WHEREAS, the Facilities Department recommends that a preliminary analysis is needed of the school and that the cost to perform said analysis would be a fee not to exceed $2,500.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the County Controller to engage in a dialogue with the seller for the potential purchase of the Verlinden Elementary School property at a cost most advantageous to the County.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the purchase of the Verlinden Elementary School property is contingent upon a preliminary analysis conducted by Wigen, Tinckell, Meyer & Associates, an architectural and engineering firm hired by the Facilities Department at a cost not to exceed $2,500 and final approval from the Board of Commissioners.

ADOPTED - MAY 23, 2006

Agenda Item No. 17

RESOLUTION #06-144

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Commissioners authorizes the County Controller in cooperation with CB Richard Ellis to continue to evaluate other property sites compatible with the Court’s needs.

JUDICIARY:  Yeas:  Weatherwax-Grant, Holman, Nolan, Bahar-Cook, Schafer, Dougan

 Nays:  None       Absent:  None         Approved 5/11/06

FINANCE: Yeas:  Thomas, Hertel, Grebner, Dedden, Weatherwax-Grant, Dougan

Nays:  None           Absent:  None        Approved 5/17/06