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Regents approve $150 million in planning funds for UC San Diego Hillcrest hospital replacement
Summary
The UC Board of Regents approved planning-dollar authorization for a replacement Hillcrest hospital that campus leaders said would be a roughly 303-bed, seismically compliant facility; the item passed on a roll-call vote.
Regent Cohen, committee chair, presided over a vote approving planning-dollar authorization for a replacement hospital at UC San Diego Hillcrest.
The Regents approved $150,000,000 in planning funds to advance planning for the Hillcrest Hospital replacement, which the campus described as a replacement for the original hospital built in the 1960s that is not seismically compliant. The campus said the replacement project is planned as a roughly 303-bed acute-care hospital.
The campus presented the item as a next phase of a 2019 long-range development plan and requested the planning dollars to support design and early project development. Patty Mason, Chief Executive Officer (presenting on behalf of UC San Diego), said the planning funds are for the replacement of the existing facility and that the 1960s-era hospital is not seismically compliant.
Committee members moved and seconded the item and the committee called the roll. The roll call recorded votes in favor from Regents Cohen, Drake, Elliott, Kunaalakis, Lee, Macarecian, Montesantos, Riley and Sarris; the item was approved.
The campus did not provide an implementation timeline or identify a construction start date during the discussion recorded in the transcript. The discussion on this agenda item was limited to the funding request for planning and a short question-and-answer exchange; no amendments or conditions were recorded on the approved planning authorization.
Looking forward, campus staff will use the planning appropriation to develop project scope, design documents and further cost estimates that would return to the Regents for additional approvals as required by UC policy and project thresholds.
