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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05152001 - SD.2 To: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONTRA FROM: JOHN SWEETEN, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COSTA COUNTY DATE: MAY 15, 2001 SUBJECT: APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR THE RICHMOND HEALTH CENTER PLANNING STUDY SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION(S): 1. APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the County Administrator, or designee, to execute an Amendment to the Consulting Services Agreement with Anshen + Allen Architects, increasing the payment limit by $60,000 to a new payment limit of $85,000 for feasibility planning services related to the Richmond Health Center. 2. AUTHORIZE the County Administrator, or designee, to execute the Amendment and to issue written authorizations for extra work, provided that the cumulative total extra cost for all such authorizations shall not exceed $25,000. FINANCIAL IMPACT: These Amendments could increase the payment limit in aggregate by $60,000. Adequate funds for these Amendments are included in the plant acquisition budget for this project. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND: Several months ago, the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County directed staff to initiate efforts to expand and upgrade the Richmond Health Center, currently located at 100 38th Street. Anshen and Allen, a well-respected health care architectural firm, conducted a space study forecasting the needs of the Richmond Health Center last year. They found that given the current patient caseload in West County, the current facility provides only 50% of the space needed to meet the greater Richmond community's health care needs. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE: yRECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE _APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOAJ D N May 15, 2001 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED XX OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS ______ 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A XX UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ON MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. ATTESTED May 15, 2001 JOHN SWEETEN,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUP RVISO S BY �EPUTY Contact: Laura Lockwood, County Administrators Office, 5-1093 CC: Auditor/Controller, GSD (Accounting) -- Terry Mann, O'Brien Kreitzberg (via CAO), Steve Harris,'HSD a The Richmond Health Center provides primary, specialty, and dental care to members of the Contra Costa Health Plan, as well as offering the community services ranging from outpatient mental health and public health services to Healthy Start, Born Free, and the Women, Infant and Children's programs. The Health Center also offers evening and weekend clinics for working individuals that are very popular. In all, the Richmond Health Center receives over 100,000 visits each year, making it one of the two largest outpatient health centers in West County. The Health Center serves a broad cross-section of the greater Richmond community. For example, in February 2001, there were approximately 800 visits by senior citizens who receive health coverage through Medicare, 1,620 visits by children who receive health coverage either through MediCal or the County Health Plan, 355 visits by individual who work for the County, small businesses, or have otherwise chosen to receive health coverage through the County Health Plan, and 819 other individuals who do not belong to a health plan but paid directly for services. In addition, the Richmond Health Center there were approximately 2,000 medically indigent adult patient visits that month. Subsequent to the release of the Anshen and Allen study, the dehumidification system at the forty- year-old facility ceased functioning during a hot spell last October. As a result, the Health Center had to close for the day, which greatly inconvenienced patients and resulted in operating losses to the County Health Services Department. Emergency repairs to the HVAC system are nearly complete, but it is clear that the HVAC and other building systems are near the end of their useful lives. Given the vital importance of this facility to the County's health services delivery system, the Board of Supervisors directed staff to conduct a building evaluation study of the facility and to report back to them by summer regarding options for the cost-effective expansion and/or upgrade of the Richmond Health Center. This contract with Anshen and Allen will allow staff to conduct the building evaluation study and to develop options for the expansion and upgrade of the facility.