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Public Works details progress, risks on $350 million public health and safety bond
Summary
Public Works reported progress across 19 core projects funded by the 2016 public health and safety bond, highlighted a phased seismic retrofit at Zuckerberg General Hospital Building 5, and noted procurement and financial-data reconciliation issues tied to the city's new financial system.
Public Works program manager Joe Chin briefed the committee on the status of the 2016 Public Health and Safety bond program and related 2008 items, outlining project milestones, procurement steps and financial reconciliation work.
Chin said the voter-approved $350 million bond allocates about $272 million to the Department of Public Health, $58 million to the Fire Department and $20 million to the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing. He reported two bond sales completed (March 2017 and June 2018) and said 19 core projects are in various stages of design, permitting or construction.
On Zuckerberg General Hospital Building 5, Chin described a two-phase seismic retrofit approach that aims to limit disruption in an occupied hospital. "We're launching our phase 1, which is focused on the south side of the building," he said, adding teams will vet infection-control and noise impacts and develop mitigation measures before proceeding to full retrofit phases.
Chin also discussed the ambulance deployment facility procurement, noting two bids were received and that the project uses a "best value" selection method that weights schedule and non-cost criteria alongside price. Committee members asked how bid amounts compared with engineers' estimates; Public Works said non-cost scoring is under review and that it will compare best-value results to cost estimates after evaluation.
Members raised concerns about the financial data in the packet, which included estimates as of mid-2018, and asked when labor allocations and reconciliation would be completed. Julia Dawson, Deputy Director of Public Works finance, said the labor migration was roughly 93% complete and that analysts expected final reconciliation within weeks.
Committee members asked Public Works to continue coordinating with CSA audits and to bring lessons learned from project delivery (for example, seismic scope and project controls) into future bond design and oversight work. The committee did not take any formal votes on bond contracts during the meeting.
