Timeline

Seattle has roughly four-and-a-half years to site and build a new municipal jail, and realizes this is a challenging schedule. To keep to the schedule, Seattle must identify and acquire a site by mid-2009.

• Develop Site Options: January 2008 to Second quarter 2009
  • Complete Seattle/Eastside cities feasibility study: July 2008
  • Complete assessment of low-rise vs. high-rise jail cost and operation assumptions: July 2008
  • Issue draft scoping notice for environmental impact statement; seek public comment: Third quarter 2008
  • Issue draft environmental impact statement: January 2009
  • Seek public comment on draft environmental impact statement: first quarter 2009
  • Incorporate public feedback into final environmental impact statement: second quarter 2009

• Identify & Acquire Site; Architectural & Engineering Design: Second quarter 2009 to first quarter 2010
  • Mayor & City Council identify a preferred site: second quarter 2009
  • City acquires preferred site: second to third quarter 2009
  • Architectural and engineering design: second quarter 2009 through first quarter 2010

• Bid Construction Job: March 2010 to July 2010
• Build Municipal Jail: July 2010 to July 2012
• Get Building Ready for Occupancy: July 2012 to December 2012
• Municipal Jail Opens: January 2013