Presentation for discussion, consideration and applicable action in connection with the County-owned property known as, the Old Hidalgo County Jail and Restitution Center Facility" located at 207 E. Loeb, Edinburg, Texas, including, but not limited to, the following;

   A.   Recent and present status of facility;
          1) Original structure (County Jail) constructed in 1920 for $100,000.00 (16,468 sq. ft.);
          2) Between 1975 through 1990 improvements totaling $472,113.00 were made to the building (with major portion of expenditures for use as the Restitution Center under the Adult Probation Dept. until 11/2000) and has remained vacant since and used primarily for storage;
          3)  2/21/06 - CC declared facility "Surplus with no current use required by Hidalgo County" and authorized the advertising of an RFP for: "Lease/Occupancy of the Old Jail & Restitution Facility to a Non-Profit Organization" with all required renovations to be at the direction of Hidalgo County but at the cost of the Lessee;
         4)   6/21/06 - CC rejected sole reponse received (incomplete submittal) and authorized re-advertisement;
         5)   7/18/06  - CC rejected sole response received (incomplete submittal) and authorized re-advertisement;
          6)  7/25/06 - CC approved "Cancellation" of re-advertisement until further determination on buildings' condition and use could be determined including possible demolition;
          7)    8/8/06 - Purchasing Dept. sent survey memo to CC for direction on Facility;

   B.   Authority to engage professional engineering and/or architectural services for environmental, structural and/or assessment  studies to determine budgetary impact and feasibility of repairing, renovating and/or demolition the Facility;

    C.   Selection of a least three (3) engineering firms to score and grade (for the purposes of ranking by CC to proceed to negotiate an engagement)  from the County approved "Pool" of engineers for the provision of engineering services in connection with environmental and/or structural studies of the County-owned property known as the Old Hidalgo County Jail and Restitution Center Facility located at 207 E. Loeb, Edinburg, Texas including designation of the grading/scoring committee:
    
    D.    Authority to advertise a project specific Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the provision of engineering services in connection with environmental and/or structural studies of the Old Hidalgo County Jail & Restitution Center Facility;