Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1169FY0102

Encapsulation Project at Miami Children's Hospital

Requester:

Nilda Rodriguez Pedrosa

Organization:

Miami Children's Hospital

Project Title:

Encapsulation Project at Miami Children's Hospital

Date Submitted:

1/17/2002 12:58:41 PM

Sponsors:

J. Alex Villalobos

Statewide Interest:

)? Miami Children's Hospital is a critical facility to Miami-Dade County and is an active participant in Miami-Dade County's Local Mitigation Strategy.� In addition,� Miami Children's Hospital is the only hospital that is completely dedicated to providing critical care to children in Miami-Dade County.

Recipient:

Miami Children's Hospital

Contact:

Nilda Rodriguez Pedrosa

3100 SW 63nd Ave

Contact Phone:

(305) 663-6821

Miami 33155

Counties:

Dade

Gov't Entity:

Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):

Yes

Project Description:

Miami Children's Hospital has suffered structural damage and water intrusion which has resulted in an ongoing and continuous erosion to our main building. The encapsulation of our facility will allow the hospital to remain viable through a level IV storm as well as give us a sheltering capacity of 3000. The main hospital building will be retrofitted by covering the existing "external insulation and finishing system" (EIFS) with a new outer shell which will then qualify the facility as a special needs medical management facility sheltering chronically ill children.� This is the only viable option at this time as the retrofit would allow for work on the outside of the structure causing minimal disruption to patient care. The main building on our campus constructed in 1986 is not able to withstand hurricane winds that exceed those of a level I storm. As it currently stands, the hospital's comprehensive emergency management plan calls for the complete evacuation of this building in a Category 2, or higher, hurricane.� Since approximately 70% of our patient beds are in the building that requires encapsulation, without it, our ability to shelter children transferred from coastal hospitals as well as our own critically ill patients is in jeopardy.

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

Miami Children's Hospital will remain viable through a Level IV storm

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$6,000,000

Total cost of the project:

$7,232,529

Request has been made to fund:

Construction

What type of match exists for this project?

Private

Cash Amount:

$1,232,529

Was this project previously funded by the State?

No

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

No

Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?

Unknown

Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?

Unknown

Is there a documented need for this project?

Yes

Documentation:

Engineering Studies, Local Mitigation Agency minutes

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

Yes

Hearing Body:

Miami Dade County Legislative delegation

Meeting Date:

10/5/2001