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Alameda County assessment center renovation delayed as permitting, septic and security issues surface
Summary
A county capital project to reopen a new foster assessment center faces permitting, septic and licensing hurdles; GSA estimated front-house readiness in roughly six months but full conversion could take 18–24 months and cost several million dollars more than the purchase price.
General Services Agency Director Kimberly Gassaway told the Board on Oct. 7 that the Social Services Agency's planned Assessment Center property requires additional permitting and construction work before it can be licensed and occupied for foster-assessment services.
Gassaway said the site includes two renovated houses and a barn; public-works and fire inspections identified additional electrical and life-safety items, the middle house had unpermitted garage conversions, and the septic system is undersized for the intended use.…
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