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City says spending on 2016 public-health bond is slower than expected while Zuckerberg and clinics advance through phased work
Summary
Capital-oversight staff told the Health Commission that about $30 million of the 2016 public-health bond has been spent to date; enabling work, seismic requirements and phased occupancy moves are the main causes of a slower spending pace, while several clinic and Zuckerberg projects proceed through design, bidding and early construction.
Mark Primo, capital oversight lead, told the Health Commission the department has spent roughly under $30 million of the $146.5 million tracked in the presentation (just under 17 percent), lower than earlier projections. Primo said enabling projects, seismic work that runs around a building perimeter and the need to move occupants for construction all reduced the pace of direct construction spending.
Primo and project leads outlined next steps and near-term milestones: Building 5 at Zuckerberg remains a multi-phased, occupied construction project with five separate phases; the department is advancing mechanical, seismic and IT infrastructure studies and bidding work for phase 1. Joe Chin of Public Works said several projects are in construction or early demolition with HAZMAT abatement underway where needed, and that some bids came in higher than expected, prompting repackaging and rebidding.
Terry Salz of Capital Planning described accomplishments at Zuckerberg and community clinics, noting civic design approval for Phase 2 of the Southeast Health Center and design approvals at Maxine Hall and Castro Mission. Primo said the department is asking for $3 million to deepen geotechnical design for Chinatown Public Health Center in the coming budget request and anticipates asking for about $15 million the following fiscal year for construction-related work.
Michael Bade, associate vice chancellor for Capital Programs (UCSF), gave a UCSF timeline and said the UCSF research building procurement is under way with a design-build contract form; he said the city attorney's office is close to clearing title issues that will allow the ground lease to be signed and escrow closed so roadway work can start.
Commissioners pressed on sequestration of schedules and cost drivers; staff said many of the schedule changes reflected interdependencies (for example, dialysis and public-health-lab projects share space with the rehabilitation-department relocation) that were not built into earlier baselines. Primo acknowledged the city is building contingencies into future budgets to account for a tighter bidding market and updated seismic requirements.
Next steps: staff will return with updated baseline schedules and financials and incorporate geotechnical work and funding requests into the next year's capital budget discussions.
