30 years ago – July 5, 1991
The Golden Gate Youth Camp has been ruled out as a potential jail site, sheriff’s office, and other county building location. The feasibility study, prepared by Dickinson Associates, Inc., names several problems associated with the 20-acre property. Primarily, Dickinson found that none of the buildings at the camp were suitable for the project. Either the buildings were too small to accommodate a joint jail and sheriff’s office for personnel, or too large to use as a separate jail without the offices included. The latter was not recommended at all by Dickinson. Coupled with new construction costs at the site and many unknowns regarding the conditions of buried water and oil piping, an oil tank, electric conduit and wiring at the 20-year-old site, the cost to the county would be more than simply building a new jail with offices. Another drawback to the youth center pointed out in the study was the remote location of the area from the main artery of Highway 119. Without taking these problems into consideration and other exterior items such as an outside exercise yard, roads, walks and parking for staff and visitors, the estimate reached the $2,119,000 mark. This amount did not include the purchase price for the property. “That’s what we needed to know,” said Leslie Williams on Monday, “so now we will look elsewhere.”
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