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Public Works gives status update on 2016 $350M public health and safety bond; projects move into construction
Summary
Public Works briefed the committee on the 2016 Public Health and Safety bond, reporting active work across six components including Zuckerberg Building 5 projects, community health centers, an ambulance deployment facility, neighborhood fire-station seismic work, and homeless-service site improvements. Several projects are in construction or procurement, and committee members requested further audits and location detail.
Public Works provided the committee with a detailed mid-cycle update on the 2016 Public Health and Safety general obligation bond, a $350 million measure approved by voters. Joe Chin, Public Works program manager for the bond program, said the program funds three client departments — the Department of Public Health (DPH), the San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD), and the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing — across six components and that two bond sales have already been completed to fund major components.
Chin said the Zuckerberg Building 5 component includes multiple active projects: an urgent-care clinic that is licensed and scheduled to open with a ceremony on Feb. 12, 2019; a 6H surge space and rehabilitation department relocation that have encountered schedule extensions related to unforeseen site conditions and code issues; and a phase 1 seismic upgrade that is addressing roughly 20–30 vacated locations. He said the program has advertised a request for qualifications (RFQ) for a construction-manager/general-contractor delivery to cover eight of 19 core Building…
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