Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1675FY0102
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:		1/18/2002 12:02:49 PM
Sponsors:		Gustavo Barreiro
Statewide Interest:
The encapsulation of our facility will allow the hospital to remain viable through a level IV storm as well as give us a shelterin capacity of 3,000.
Recipient:		Miami Children's Hospital			Contact:		Nilda Rodriguez-Pedrosa
		3100 S.W. 62nd Street			Contact Phone:		(305) 663-6821
		Miami 33155
Counties:		Dade
Gov't Entity:			Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):					Yes
Project Description:
MCH has suffered structural damage and water intrusion, which has resulted in ongoing and continuos erosion to our main buikding. 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 3,000. The main hospital building will be retrofitted by covering the existing "external insulation and finishing system" with a new outer shell which eill then qualify the facility as a special needs medical management facility sheltering chonically ill chidren. 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, in 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 buiding in a Category 2, or higher, huricane. Since approximately 70% of our patient beds are in the building that requires encapsulation, without it, our ability to shelter children transferred from costal hospitals as well as our own citically ill patients is in jeopardy.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
The encapsulation of our facility will allow the hospital to remain viable through a level IV storm as well as give us a shelterin capacity of 3,000.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$6,000,000
Identify items(s) in the FY 2002-03 Appropriations Bill to be reduced:
Specific Appropriation #:			578
Specific Appropriation Title:			Operating Capital Outlay
Amount to be reduced:			$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?							Unknown
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 Legislative Delegation
	Meeting Date:		10/5/2001