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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2886 |
| Electrical Infrastructure Upgrades |
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| Requester: |
Marco Pardes |
Organization: |
Miami Children's Hospital |
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| Project Title: |
Electrical Infrastructure Upgrades |
Date Submitted |
1/13/2006 12:20:44 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Diaz de la Portilla |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Miami Children's Hospital accepts and provides services to patients from all around the State of Florida. It is not a regional hospital, benefiting only those in South Florida. |
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| Recipient: |
Miami Children's Hospital |
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Contact: |
Marco Paredes |
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3100 SW 62 Avenue |
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Contact Phone: |
(305) 663-6821 |
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Miami 33155 |
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Contact email: |
marco.paredes@mch.com |
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| Counties: |
Dade |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| Miami Children's Hospital is currently operating without a stable and reliable emergency power system to use in a crisis situation. In addition to being outdated, the current system is decentralized and provides little redundancy. The project would include the installation of two 2,000 kilowatt bi-fuel reciprocating engine generators with paralleling and synchronizing switchgear. The existing equipment and switchgear is outdated and as of the time of LMS publication was ready to fail. The generators did fail during Hurricane Wilma and left the hospital without power for several hours during Hurricane Katrina until portable generators could be brought in. The hospital is in the process of spendng $250,000.00 for the immediate but temporary repair and/or replacement of emergency switchgear. The permanent replacement of generators is part of a $15,000,000.00 planned effort to replace the facility's aging Central Energy Plant. As the only children's hospital in South Florida, Miami Children's Hospital needs to be able to cope in a true disaster and maintain its superior level of service and care. To do so, they need an up-to-date emergency power system with generators that can power the hospital and equipment inside in case there is a power outage. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Miami Children's Hospital will be able to provide a seamless system of care during a natural disaster to all of its patients. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$2,500,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$15,000,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local, Federal |
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Cash Amount |
$6,500,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
June 30th 2006 LMS |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Miami-Dade County Legislative Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
11/30/2005 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
