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AMENDMENT TO THE 2017 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR RENOVATION OF THE FORMER MURDOCK TAG OFFICE FOR EMSS/OMD.
Presented by: Tania Cole, Director of Facilities Maintenance and Project Services.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the amendment to the Capital Improvement Program.
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The Office of the Medical Director needs to be relocated in order to 1) comply with the requirements of the City/County interlocal agreement and 2) provide a centralized location that is easily accessed by senior leadership as well as frontline crew members. The City/County interlocal agreement states that the Office of the Medical Director will be independently housed separately from any of the services of the EMS system. The current location (4343 N. Woodlawn) is within a Sedgwick County Fire District firehouse and is thus in violation of the contract agreement. The new location (200 W. Murdock) provides a downtown location that is easily accessible to the City building, County buildings, and Emergency Communications Center. It is also in very close proximity to the downtown trauma centers and the EMS administration. This location will improve access to the Medical Director and staff as well as provide easy access to the simulation center for training/evaluation of frontline crew members.
The scope of the work at this location will be to renovate the facility for the Office of the Medical Director as the sole occupant for the facility. The facility has 6,778 SF with basement and 1st Floor. Renovation will include the north half of the 1st floor for the simulation lab while the south half will be for offices, conference room, work room, and recording room. The basement will remain in its current use as a break room and storage room. The aging roof and windows will be replaced along with the north half of the hvac systems.
The cost of the renovation including design, construction, and FF&E totals $591,223. The approval of this CIP amendment will allow design and constr...
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