Animal Services Facility
The new animal services facility is being constructed at the County Operations Center off Highway 1. The County Board of Supervisors awarded the Design-Build contract for the County’s animal services facility project to F&H Construction. The new facility will replace the outdated 43-year-old public animal shelter that has deteriorated beyond repair.
The new shelter will be a public-accessible facility designed to hold, care for, and adopt companion animals. The project design consists of a one-story, approximately 20,625 gross square foot fully-sprinklered building with slab on grade, prefabricated wood members and wood framed construction. The exterior features a plaster finish with acrylic finish coat, and concrete masonry unit (CMU) at the dog kennel areas. CMU site walls, ornamental iron fence and chain link surround the perimeter. All interior areas will be heated and air-conditioned with animal holding and medical areas receiving 100% outside air.
This project was authorized as a joint effort between the County and Cities of Atascadero, Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach, Morro Bay, Paso Robles, Pismo Beach, and San Luis Obispo. When complete, the new facility will meet the community’s needs by providing an inviting facility for pet adoptions and allow for the humane care of sheltered animals decades into the future.
Link to Construction Time-lapse Camera
Construction was completed in the early Summer of 2022, after experiencing some delays related to supply chain materials and equipment. Animal Services Staff is now moved into the new facility and a ribbon cutting ceremony took place on September 21, 2022. The new facility was a Team effort in Design-Build between the County, Kitchell (Construction Management), Swatt Meiers (Design Architect), F&H Construction, LDA Partners (Architect of Record), and many other local consultants and subcontractors, such as: Thoma Electric Inc., Cannon, Boneso Brothers, Earth Systems and others. Total budget for the project is $20,348,740.
Footage of the New Animal Services Facility
Ribbon Cutting for New Animal Services Facility
3-D Rendering of Proposed New Animal Services Facility
Front Elevation of Proposed New Animal Services Facility
Design Build Informational Meeting
The County of San Luis Obispo is planning to release a Request for Statements of Qualifications to Design-Build entities in August 2018 who are interested in proposing on the Design-Build project delivery for the County’s Animal Services Facility project. The County discussed the project along with the Design-Build delivery method and the Design-Build entity selection process to be used for this approximately $10 million construction project on July 31, 2018. View the recording of this meeting below:
Draft Conceptual Plans and Needs Assessments are available at the links below:
Old Studies and Reports:
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Schedule
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Notice to proceed
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Feb 11, 2020
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Contract Schedule Total # of Days
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680
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Dec 21, 2021
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Added time with Change Order #1
Current Contract Duration
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74
754 Days
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March 5, 2022
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Days Completed to Date
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713
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94.5%
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Balance to Final Completion
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41
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March 5, 2022
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Upcoming Work
- Natural gas service (So Cal Gas Company)
- Vinyl floors (Performed by Floor Connection)
- Casework (Performed by Emerzian Woodworking)
- T-bar ceiling tiles (Performed by Western BM)
- FRP wall finish (Performed by Western BM)
- Landscaping (Performed by Bruno)
- Paving (Performed by Herrera Sub)
- Walk-in freezer (Performed by F&H)
- Mechanical/electrical/plumbing finishes and trim (All Trades)
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12/01/21: Metal roofing in progress at kennel wards.
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12/02/21: Sally port metal building underway.
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12/06/21: Concrete rebar and formwork at ext. kennels.
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12/07/21: Spray Master equipment mounted at chemical cleaning room.
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12/08/21: Finished concrete flatwork at exterior kennel yards.
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12/20/21: Interior paint and t-bar ceiling grid at interior kennel wards.
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12/21/21: Grading and base fill at entrance courtyard.
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12/27/21: View of northeast corner sally port, night drop, kennels, and parking lot.
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12/28/21: Hollow metal doors/frames and CMU walls painted at interior.
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Project Contacts
For questions or additional information please contact Rob Ruiz via email or phone: (805) 788-2114.
Project Updates
CEQA Document Released for Public Review
A DRAFT Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared and issued for the Animal Services Facility (project). The project includes a main animal care building, approximately 60 parking spaces, a stall/paddock for up to eight hoofstock, pasture, a dog exercise park, landscaping, and storm water detention basins. Copies of the proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration and all the associated documents referenced in the Mitigated Negative Declaration are available for review at the County of San Luis Obispo Department of Public Works, 976 Osos Street, County Government Center Room 206, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408, or online HERE. The 30-day review and comment period for the proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration begins on Monday, August 27, 2018 and ends on September 28, 2018. Written comments must be received by 5:00 p.m. on the last day of the review period and should be addressed to: Keith Miller, Environmental Resource Specialist, County Government Center, Room 206, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408, or emailed to [email protected].
Board of Supervisors Items
Agendas and Presentations for project milestones presented to the County of San Luis Obispo Board of Supervisors.
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December 15, 2020
The Board received an update on the project and recognized its groundbreaking with the attached video.
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December 10, 2019
The Board of Supervisors Approved Amendment No. 2 with the Cities of Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, Grover Beach, Morro Bay, Paso Robles, Pismo Beach and San Luis Obispo for reallocation of construction and financing costs for the new Animal Services Facility, and Awarded a Design-Build contract to F&H Construction
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April 23, 2019
The Board of Supervisors authorized issuance of the Request for Proposal (RFP) to the top three ranked Design-Build Entities. Ranking of submittals received in response to the RSOQ was based on the scoring process described in the RSOQ.
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August 28, 2018
The Board of Supervisors authorized the Director of Public Works to issue the project’s Request for Statements of Qualifications (RSOQ) to interested Design-Build Entities. This was the first step in the two-step Design-Build selection process.
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June 19, 2018
The Board of Supervisors approved Amendment #1 to the Memorandum of the Agreement with the Cities of Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, Grover Beach, Morro Bay, Paso Robles, Pismo Beach and San Luis Obispo for the allocation of construction and financing costs.
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December 5, 2017
Item #37 - Request to receive an update from the Ad Hoc Committee on the new Animal Shelter project and provide direction. All Districts.
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November 7, 2017
The Board of Supervisors was to consider authorizing the advertisement of the “Request for Statement of Qualifications” in order to pre-qualify prospective Design-Build Entities. The Board elected to defer the authorization since the Cities of Paso Robles and Atascadero opted out of the project. Board created an Ad Hoc committee to negotiate with Paso and Atascadero.
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September 19, 2017
The Board of Supervisors received an update on the progress of the project, reviewed conceptual site and floor plans and provided input on value-engineering items.
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February 28, 2017
The Board of Supervisors approves a capital improvement project for a new Animal Shelter, approved a consultant services agreement for CM-PM services to establish project requirements for a design build project process, and authorized budget adjustment totaling $1,741,600 to fund the project thru the preliminary design and DB selection process.
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April 12, 2016
The Board of Supervisors adopted a pilot design build project delivery method for the New Animal Services Facility at the County Operations Center.
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April 7, 2015
The Board of Supervisors received a report regarding options for improvements to the County’s Animal Shelter. The Board directed staff to proceed with recommendations for a new animal shelter project.
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