DEPARTMENT: Health
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Dr. Vincent Nathan
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 3
SUBJECT:
Allocate sufficient funds to renovate a leased facility for the Metropolitan Health District's lab facilities at the State owned Texas Center for Infectious Diseases.
SUMMARY:
Consideration of the following ordinance authorizing execution of a lease agreement for 11,985 square feet of lab space and providing a budget not to exceed $400,000.00 to cover compensation expenses to the State of Texas for renovating lab space leased by the City at the State owned Texas Center for Infectious Diseases (TCID) located in Council District 3 at 2303 SE Military Drive to serve as the primary lab for the City's public health operations under the management of the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (SAMHD).
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City presently provides laboratory services from the SAMHD headquarters building located downtown at 332 West Commerce Street. Located on the second floor of that building, the lab facilities are antiquated and inhibit staff's ability to provide lab services including testing for sexually transmitted diseases, water and milk testing and other public health functions that are responsive to the needs of the community.
Pursuant to an Ordinance adopted by Council on December 11, 2014, staff was authorized to negotiate and execute a lease agreement for up to 12,000 square feet of space at the TCID facilities. The City proposes to renovate those facilities to make them state of the art and relocate the lab functions to this leased building located at 2303 SE Military Drive, in Building 533 on the campus of the TCID within what has now been verified to be 11,985 square feet of building area. However subsequent to the approval of this Ordinance, it was determined that the renovation estimates developed by State construction personnel were inadequate in terms of determining an accurate cost to renovate the fac...
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