Posted - 10/09/2009 07:09pm Hospital eyes new design
Hospital eyes new design
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THE
MASTER PLAN shows how the hospital would look in 2013 with the addition
of a new building in the west parking lot that will house the emergency
department, central utility plant and kitchen. Submitted photo |
By Emily Charrier-Botts
INDEX-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
The
Sonoma Valley Health Care District board got a peek at what the newly
designed Sonoma Valley Hospital will look like once the planned $35
million upgrade is completed with the funds raised by last year's
general obligation bond.
The new central utility plant, the most complicated and expensive aspect of the upgrade, will be relocated to occupy a piece of the parking lot directly west of the hospital. That new building will also house the emergency department and the kitchen and cafeteria.
Throughout the rest of this year, hospital officials will be developing a master plan, capitol plan and business plan for the upgrades. In early 2010, they plan to bring in a contractor and do the initial work. Construction is expected to stretch from 2011 to 2013.
As part of the planned upgrades, the hospital got a full assessment from state engineers about which buildings are seismically compliant now and what upgrades are needed to bring the other buildings up to code. The report showed that with the new central utility plant, the west wing would be compliant through at least 2030.
The east wing is compliant indefinitely with a few utility upgrades. The central wing, where the emergency department is currently housed, will not meet
state seismic standards by 2013 and thus patient services will need to be moved outside that unit. The emergency department will be relocated to the newly constructed building with the central utility plant. The central wing building will then be used for support space such as offices.
"The parking is extremely limited," said Carl Gerlach, chief executive officer,
of the fact that the new building will consume much of the parking lot. The hospital has leased the four-acre Carinalli property along Fourth Street West
for additional parking and construction staging.
Board Chair Bill Boerum wanted to clarify that the hospital's lease of the Carinalli property is with Kevin Carinalli, not Clem Carinalli, Sonoma County's biggest individual real estate investor who last week filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
"Our lease is with Kevin Carinalli, Clem Carinalli's son," Boerum said. "He is the sole owner of the property and is not involved in any bankruptcy proceedings."
The new central utility plant, the most complicated and expensive aspect of the upgrade, will be relocated to occupy a piece of the parking lot directly west of the hospital. That new building will also house the emergency department and the kitchen and cafeteria.
Throughout the rest of this year, hospital officials will be developing a master plan, capitol plan and business plan for the upgrades. In early 2010, they plan to bring in a contractor and do the initial work. Construction is expected to stretch from 2011 to 2013.
As part of the planned upgrades, the hospital got a full assessment from state engineers about which buildings are seismically compliant now and what upgrades are needed to bring the other buildings up to code. The report showed that with the new central utility plant, the west wing would be compliant through at least 2030.
The east wing is compliant indefinitely with a few utility upgrades. The central wing, where the emergency department is currently housed, will not meet
state seismic standards by 2013 and thus patient services will need to be moved outside that unit. The emergency department will be relocated to the newly constructed building with the central utility plant. The central wing building will then be used for support space such as offices.
"The parking is extremely limited," said Carl Gerlach, chief executive officer,
of the fact that the new building will consume much of the parking lot. The hospital has leased the four-acre Carinalli property along Fourth Street West
for additional parking and construction staging.
Board Chair Bill Boerum wanted to clarify that the hospital's lease of the Carinalli property is with Kevin Carinalli, not Clem Carinalli, Sonoma County's biggest individual real estate investor who last week filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
"Our lease is with Kevin Carinalli, Clem Carinalli's son," Boerum said. "He is the sole owner of the property and is not involved in any bankruptcy proceedings."
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