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Chief Administrative Office recommending the Board authorize the Chair to sign a joint letter from El Dorado County and the Superior Court of El Dorado County to Governor Brown requesting reconsideration to include funding in the 2018/19 State Budget (Governor's Proposed) for the construction of the El Dorado County New Placerville Courthouse.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Chief Administrative Office recommending the Board of Supervisors authorize the Chair to sign a joint letter from El Dorado County and the Superior Court of El Dorado County to Governor Brown requesting reconsideration to include funding in the 2018-19 State Budget (Governor's Proposed) for the construction of the El Dorado County New Placerville Courthouse.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Governor Brown released his preliminary budget for Fiscal Year 2018-19 on January 10, 2018. His proposal invests $32.2 million from the Immediate and Critical Needs Account to complete the design of three courthouse projects in Riverside/Mid-County, Sonoma, and Stanislaus. The Governor’s January budget proposal also commits to completing construction for the next 10 courthouse projects ready to proceed to construction from lease revenue bonds in the next two years, specifically projects in Imperial, Riverside/Indio, Shasta, Siskiyou, and Tuolumne in 2018-19 and projects in Glenn, Riverside/Mid-County, Sacramento, Sonoma, and Stanislaus in 2018-19.
Despite the Judicial Council identifying the New Placerville Courthouse as a “Critical Need” project in October 2008, funding for the New Placerville Courthouse in El Dorado County was not included in the Governor’s proposal.
The attached joint letter requests that the Governor reconsider funding the construction of the El Dorado County, New Placerville Courthouse project.
ALTERNATIVES
The Board could choose to not authorize the Chair to sign the letter and reconsideration of funding would not occur.
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