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Seton Coastside hospital officials show reconstruction progress, tell council relicensing depends on fire hydrants and generators
Summary
Hospital executives gave a detailed progress report on reconstruction at Seton Coastside, saying work is about 80–90% complete, but relicensing as an OSHPD‑1 facility requires installation of fire hydrants, replacement of emergency generators and completion of long‑lead mechanical and electrical items.
Seton Coastside hospital executives briefed the Half Moon Bay City Council on March 18 about reconstruction work at the coastal hospital damaged by storms in 2023 and 2024, saying major repairs are mostly complete but relicensing will require additional infrastructure and state review.
Aman Duper, the hospital executive managing the reconstruction, told the council the facility is licensed as an OSHPD 1 (acute care hospital) and so must meet the more stringent building and life‑safety requirements that apply to hospitals. He said completed work includes a full roof replacement, new electrical lines and lighting, demolition and rebuilding of damaged outbuildings and retaining walls, tile and moisture‑resistant finishes installed in patient rooms and hallways, asbestos abatement, and replacement of HVAC units and other long‑lead items.
Duper said the hospital discovered the campus lacked municipal fire hydrants when city fire officials reviewed the site, and that the North County Fire Department recommended a minimum of three hydrants on campus. “It is subject to a complete relicensing survey,” Duper said, noting that relicensing will require code‑required repairs and installation of fire protection and emergency systems.
He said the hospital has replaced “many of the heating and cooling units” and that work included installing new electrical panels, repairing the nurses’ station and replacing damaged medical equipment. Duper noted the structure sustained multiple weather events—one in 2023 and another in 2024—and that damage included mudslides that required new retaining walls and demolition of a damaged engineering building.
Duper asked council members to schedule a small group tour of the completed interior work and said the chief remaining delays were long‑lead items for the emergency generators. “We are hoping, we are anticipating that we will complete everything by end of spring,” he told the council.
Council member Penrose, who toured the site earlier, praised the quality of repair work. Several council members asked for details about bed counts and emergency services. Duper said the restored facility will keep the same bed counts as before closure: 16 skilled‑nursing beds, five acute‑care beds, and the emergency area expanded from seven to eight ER bays with an additional four urgent‑care rooms on the floorplan under consideration.
Seton representatives said emergency response systems, the fire alarm, and nurse‑call systems are being upgraded to integrate with local agencies; they also said some medical equipment was discarded because it was no longer usable after water intrusion.
No formal council action was taken; the item was an informational presentation. Hospital staff requested to host council tours in small groups for familiarization.
