Date: 01/04/2006
Final
Department of Corrections - FY 2006-07 Requests
COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT
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10:33 AM - Corrections FY 2006-07 Requests
Mr. L.D. Hay, Director of Administration, Mr. Gary Golder, Acting Director of Prisons, and Mr. Richard Weems, Acting Facility Services Manager, all of the Department of Corrections (DOC), addressed the committee regarding DOC's FY 2006-07 capital construction requests. The committee was provided with written responses to staff questions regarding the requests (Attachment E). Mr. Hay provided an overview of DOC's Canteen Expansion project and the Correctional Industries Small Projects request. Mr. Golder provided an overview of the Denver Reception and Diagnostic Center Renovation/Expansion project. Mr. Hay then provided an overview of the Trinidad Correctional Facility (TCF) Water Utilities project. Regarding the TCF project, Mr. Hay and Mr. Weems answered questions pertaining to the water pipeline financing arrangement between DOC and the United States Army, the potential for repairing the pipeline versus replacing it, and how water is metered as it leaves the city of Trinidad.
10:48 AM
In response to a committee question, Mr. Hay provided an overview of litigation and financing issues associated with the Colorado State Penitentiary II facility, as well as the current status of that project. Mr. Hay then addressed a question regarding DOC's authority to issue a Request for Proposal to construct new private prisons. A discussion ensued regarding the TCF Water Utilities project. Mr. Weems provided further information regarding the TCF project, and answered questions regarding the pipeline's financing.