House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1073 Design Funds for future construction of new Polk County Haines City Health Dept.
Requester:	Dr. Daniel Haight		Organization:		Polk County Health Department
Project Title:	Design Funds for future construction of new Polk County Haines City Health Dept.		Date Submitted:		01/25/2000 10:48:09 AM
District Member:	Lori Edwards		Service Area:		County
Counties Affected:	Polk
Recipient:	Polk County Health Department		Contact:		Hedy Weddington
	1290 Golfview Avenue		Contact Phone:		(863) 965-5510
	Bartow 33830
Project Description:
The $265,540 request is for the design phase of the anticipated construction of a new clinic. Anticipated future fixed capitol outlay funding request for new clinic construction would be approx. 2.6 million. The Polk County Board of County Commissioners have identified existing county property in Haines City that the health department concurs would be an acceptable site for a new clinic. The Board of County Commissioners has committed to provide this property for a new clinic as in-kind. The existing Haines City Clinic, which houses both clinical health care services and the WIC Program, was built in 1955. The Haines City region of Polk County has the highest growth rate in the county, and by the year 2000, the growth rate is projectd to be 55% greater than in 1990. The clinic is functionally obsolete and has outlived its usefulness. Severe clinic overcrowding due to the large and rapid growth in client base and the physical space limitations of the facility has hindered the ability of the health department to provide quality services or to expand public health services that are needed in this area. Some areas of disfunction are: Space constraints impact clinic staffing and the ability to see and treat clients; inadequate file storage capacity; severe parking inadequacy creates potentially dangerous traffic flow problems; clinic structure does not comply with Department of Health policies and procedures on information security; the facility is not ADA compliant; and, structure is not adequately wired for existing or future technological needs. Polk County Facilities Management is responsible for maintenance of the existing building. Alternative solutions into leasing and renovating the structure has been explored, however, these options were not feasible due to a number of restrictions. Attached documentation gives details of statistical and other pertinent information to support this request.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
In fiscal year 97/98, the nursing division staff provided services to clients in 8,383 primary visits. In addition, immunizations were administered to 3,697 additional clients. Through eleven months of fiscal year 98/99, 8,825 primary visits were provided and 3,678 immunization clients were served. The WIC/nutrition division caseload in this clinic is approximately 2,100 per month. The benefits are: Improve the general health and well being of the citizens of Polk County; improve the health departments ability to provide health services in one of the higher growth areas in Polk County; and, increase client access to health department services.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
The detrimental implications of failure to implement funding for this project include the following: The existing structure will continue to deteriorate and result in increased expenditures due to on-going repairs; Space limitations and severe overcrowding will continue to worsen; and, the cost of one low birthweight infant is up to $100,000 or more in expenses in the neonatal intensive care unit of a hospital. If the health department is unable to provide clinical and WIC services to pregnant women because of overcrowded conditions and/or lack of staff, the public will pay the initial cost of care as well as other long term costs associated with developmental disabilities. If the project is adopted, the outcome would be: . Assure continued compliance with ADA and Department of Health regulations; and, relieve severe overcrowding of staff & clients.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$265,540
Total cost of the project:		$2,655,400

Request has been made to fund:			Construction
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?						Yes
				In-Kind Amount:		$116,800
Was this project previously funded by the State?						No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?						Yes
	Amount:	$2,655,400
	Purpose for future year funding:				YesNon-recurring Construction
	Will this be an annual request?					No
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?						No
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?						No
Is there a documented need for this project?						Yes
	Documentation:	See attached documentation from the Polk County Health Department
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?						Yes
	Hearing Body:	Polk County Legislative Delegation and Polk County Board of County Commissioners
	Meeting Date:	11/09/1999