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only serve the two remaining juvenile facilities_ All replacement buildings and structures would be within the interior of the remaining DJJ campus, they would generally not be noticeable from Newcastle Road. Option for Combined CHCF/DeWitt Nelson Perimeter Security Fence The current site plan for the conversion of the existing DeWitt Nelson facility provides for the installation of a new double security fence perimeter with a lethal electric fence element around the entire facility. This perimeter would replace the existing DJJ perimeter that can only be used for juvenile wards. The new perimeter would meet all CDCR adult correctional safety standards including the installation of armed observation towers (about 750 feet apart) and an outer patrol road. The CHCF would have an identical perimeter fence, towers, and outer patrol road. Pedestrian sallyports would be placed on the north side or northeast corner of the DeWitt Nelson facility and on the south side or southeast corner of the CHCF to facilitate the direct movement of staff and inmates between the two facilities for treatment and care each day. However, there is a potential that the proposed perimeter security system of the DeWitt Nelson facility may be combined into a single continuous perimeter fence that encompasses not only DeWitt but also the CHCF. This combined perimeter would substantially reduce the movement of inmates and staff through the two pedestrian sallyports, it would reduce the total amount of perimeter fencing, and it would provide for a more unified perimeter security operation. This concept has been successfully deployed at other facilities wherein CDCR has two complementary prisons in close physical proximity. Only minimal changes would be required to the CHCF perimeter fence plan; joining the two perimeter security systems can be accomplished by extending the segments of the east and west fence lines of the respective facilities so the combined site plans are encircled by a single perimeter. The existing plans for parallel cross fences at the end of each facility would be eliminated; a single pedestrian sallyport would be replaced the original plans for two individual sallyports. Option for Integration of DeWitt!Nelson and CHCF Site Plans Another potential option that CDCR may consider in the EIR is to allow the integration of the site plans for the CHCF and DeWitt Nelson facilities into a single facility. Under this concept, the scope of the CHCF and DeWitt Nelson projects would not change. That is, each project would continue to provide the same number of beds, employees, and services as previously approved for the CHCF (1,734 beds) and the current proposal for the DeWitt Nelson facility (1,133 beds). This option would allow for potential improvements in the delivery of medical and mental health care services to the inmates by having a more cohesive arrangement of the building complex. For instance, some facilities included within CHCF could be physically located on the DeWitt Nelson site in order to reduce environmental impacts, provide services more efficiently, and/or reduce construction or operational costs. Alternatively, and for similar reasons, facilities planned as part of the DeWitt Nelson Conversion project could be located on the CHCF site. This site plan alternative, as well as others that may be considered in the EIR, represent preliminary design concepts for the proposed DeWitt Nelson facility. They have been included in this NOP because CDCR intends to evaluate the feasibility of various configurations at the facility and are not intending to determine the ultimate configuration and/or design of the subject project_ Such decision is subject to the CDCR Secretary's independent discretion and approval but only after certification of the combined NCRF/DeWitt Revised Notice of Preparationlinitial Study NCRF and DeWitt Nelson Conversion Project August 2010 14 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation