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Home My WebLink AboutMiscellaneous CITY OF COLLEGE STATION Post ()ffice LOCK 1101 Texas Avenue Station, Texas 77842-9960 (409) 764-3500 February 23, 1996 James C. Alvis, P.E. Page Southerland Page 606 W est Avenue Austin, Texas 78701 RE: Emergency Addition Brazos Valley Medical Center Detention Basin Analysis Dear Mr. Alvis: We have reviewed your drainage report on the above referenced site and have found that it is in compliance with the City of College Station Drainage Ordinance. Therefore, the report is approved. At this time you may wish to contact Shirley V olk, our Development Coordinator, for necessary submission requirements of your site plan, in order that it may be approved through our Project Review Committee. We will also need site construction documents which you may submit either concurrently with your site plan or after the site plan is approved, whichever you prefer. Should you have any questions, please call me at 764-3570. Sincerely, s;};~ ~ Samantha Smith Engineering Assistant cc: Shirley V olk, Development Coordinator Home of Texas /\J:-:'I'ii\ Oniversity c--:-",-r--,,.. . Texas Department of Health David R. Smith, M.D. Commissioner 1100 West 49th Street Austin, TX 78756-3199 (512) 458-7111 Carol S. Daniels Deputy Commissioner for Programs Roy L. Hogan Deputy Commissioner for Administration March 22, 1995 Mr. Garold Smith, AlA Project Manager Page Southerland Page 606 West Avenue Austin, Texas 78768 Subject: Brazos Valley Medical Center College Station, Texas Scope: Conversion to a new 6 Bed Skilled Nursing Facility Unit AppL #03184 Dear Mr. Smith: The fmal plan submittal received in this office on January 30, 1995, for the above referenced project has been reviewed. Please respond to each of the enclosed comments and make appropriate revisions to the documents. Upon satisfactory resolution of all comments, and certification that these documents have been approved by the local fIre marshal and building inspection department, approval to begin construction can be given. Hospital Licensing Standards require that tmal working drawings and specifications be approved by this office before construction is begun. It is our intent to render a helpful service to you. By working together, we will include in the construction documents the accepted safeguards and standards for hospital construction. This review is based upon the Hospital Licensing Standards and Life Safety Code Standards. In no way should this review. be construed to mean the approval of the structural stability or mechanical integrity of this facility. Any item not covered by this review that is contrary to the above mentioned standards does not mean the waiver of these standards. Please Note: Scheduling of onsiteconstruction inspections will be contingent upon fmal plan approval or receipt of an acceptable letter of disposition of fmal plan review comments. An Equal Employment Opportunity Employer ;, Mr, Garold Smith, AlA March 22, 1995 Page 2 If you have any questions regarding the enclosed comments, please contact me at 512/834-6649. Sincerely, f!tut1~ /ZVkt14 Randy Rickels, Consulting Architect Architectural Section Health Facility Licensing Division RR/vc cc: Mr. Pat Cornelison, President/CEO Brazos Valley Medical Center Mr. Dan Callaway, Program Manager Certillcation Section, LTCRS, TDHS Mr, James Frazier, Architect Section Manager, LTC, TDHS Mr. Duke Squibb, Unit Manager-Arch TDHS Region 7 Central Texas, Austin Fire Marshal 4' '\...... Brazos Valley Medical Center College Station, Texas 6-Bed SNF Conversion APPLICATION NO. 3184 Page I of J FINAL PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS On 1/30/95 this office received from Garold Smith, Architect, of PSP/ Austin, the proposed final construction plans consisting of 14 sheets. These fmal plans have been reviewed by the architectural staff and were found to be acceptable except as noted in the following comments. I. If the existing building is not already fully and completely protected by an approved automatic sprinkler system, then the entire smoke compartment in which this project Occurs must be sprinklered in accordance with NFPA-101, 12~1.1.4.5. 2. Mechanical systems shall comply with HLS Chapter 8 including Table 8-1 and 8-2. 3. Electrical systems shall comply with HLS Chapter 9. PLAN REVIEW RBRAVAL3.184 Garold D Smith, Jr., AlA Partner Architects Engineers Consultants 606 West Avenue Austin Texas 78701 TEL 512 472 6721 FAX 512 477 32II Austin Dallas Houston Washington DC Page Southerland Page "='=' w.'~..m'''c 1898 1998 January 23, 1996 City of College Station Planning and Zoning Commission 1101 Texas Avenue College Station, Texas 77842 Re: Brazes Valley Medical Center 1604 Rock Prairie Road College Station, Texas On-Site Parking PSP Job No. 194127 Dear Commissioners, Brazos Valley Medical Center is planning an 11,470 sq. ft. Emergency Department addition to the existing facility. Weare in the process of evaluating requirements of parking, both existing and needed, when the addition is completed. The hospital is a one hundred bed facility with an adjOining medical office building. Existing conditions are; Hospital - 76503 SF (100 beds) Medical Bldg. - 44624 SF Total on site 269 spaces 304 spaces 569 The above spaces have proven to be more than adequate for peak parking requirements of existing faCilities. Page Southerland Page has based the needed spaces for the hospital on the City of Austin Zoning .Ordinances which require one car per four beds plus one car per two employees. These requirements we. have observed to be adequate at several hospitals. Using lhese requirements, parking needs are: Per 1990 American Hospital Assoc. Guide, the hospital has 378 total employees. Typically the 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. shift employs 60% of total personnel. This shift would then have 378 (.60) - 226 personnel. HosOital: Beds - 100/4 = Staff - 226/2 = *Visitors = 25 spaces 113. spaces 100 spaces 238 spaces Medical Offices: 44624 s.1./250 = 179 spaces Total on-site spaces required - 417 Total on-site spaces. provided - 569 Total excess spaces - 152 * included beyond City of Austin requirements to insure adequate number of spaces. City .of C.ollege Station Planning & Z.oning C.omm. January 23,1996 1898 . - Page 2 Page Southerland Page _U..U 1998 The pr.op.osed parking pr.ovisi.ons exceed the very c.onservative numbers required by the Texas Department .of Health which are .one car per bed and .one car far each day shift empl.oyee. Based up.on the f.oreg.oingcalculati.ons, we feel the existing number .of spaces t.o be adequate, and $ubmiUhem far your review. Sh.ould y.ou have any questi.ons,.or need mare informati.on, please c.ontact me. cc: Wayne Ogburn, CEO J. Alvis, P.E., PSP Jab File GDS :tSg\n:194127lcorresplletters\1~23-96.doc 16.~r CITY OF COLLEGE STATION __ PostOffl~':::.:':.~~ijon;r~~t?~~;:'Y~U__ (409) 764-3500 Garold D. Smith, Jr., AlA Page. Southerland Page 606 West Avenue Austin, Texas 78701 Parking for expansion to Brazos valley Medical Center > :.- '-".' -.:' ,":-'.. i. !iff reView of the proposed parking for the fUture expansion of the hospital trauma, , '. t. Weappredaie your concise letter of evaluation, and agree that the existing parking is adequate for the expansion. . ., - " , ,-.,'~ ,. .', According to our files; the (>riginal.gi ." . Commission for 258 spaces serving t by the Planning & Zoning Another site planfot'the . resulting in a tota.Iof 4~7 , exceeding the citY's - ': ',"'-'. '--:'.'j ,',,' .- "'-",,,, .::As youlmow, our or~ance did not, . o~s;.not~p~qif):required parking (or hospital use .i,:per se. Neither thefiled.ocuments lie) .' eting minu~e~ :specify what parking methodology <was used at the time of site plan appr ;v8t.Howe\rer/CiiyStafffeels that the parking '~ecessary for the 11,470 s.f. trauma~nt~rexpan,siotlis ~omparable to the 1 space per 200 S.f. requirement for medicaVdental c1ir1ic~ur1.der20,()0() s.f. Using these numbers, the ::','Uaumacenter expansi()~wou1d needappro:..... .' ly' aces, which is well under the ..... Current 132 additional spaces. ". , .... . ~ From: To: Date: Subject: Sabina Kuenzel Jdunn 2/13/9610:15am BVMC parking -Reply -Reply yes, you may just want to add some info to this email, such as current square feet, proposed square feet, number of spaces now, proposed number of spaces, and then print this out and add it to the file (i assume there will be a case file on it, even if it is only a staff-only review). >>> Jane Kee 02/13/96 !0:09am >>> sounds good to me. thanks. let's be sure and document this for future reference. >>> Joey Dunn 02/12/96 03 :28pm >>> Shidey, since I am outthis aftern.oon, I wanted to let you know that looked thru the file info you gave me, including the correspondence I had in early Dec. with Mr. Smith. Looking at the numbers, it appears that they have at least 64 "extra" spaces currently, using the. more conservative numbers from the health department. Jane & Bine, check me on this, but I would think that the use is as comparable to a medical clinic as any, especially since it is a trauma ctr., without "traditional" hospital beds. Therefore, using those numbers allows the additional s.f. with current parking. I wouldn't think: the commission would require any more than Isp/200 s.f. Bottom line, there is no specified number in the parking regs., but I don't think: it is necessary to take it to p&z. .. From: To: Date: Subject: Jane Kee JDUNN 2/13/96 !0:09am BVMC parking -Reply sounds good to me. thanks. let's be sure and dOCUItlent this for future reference. >>> Joey Dunn 02/12/96 03:28pm >>> Shirley, since I am out this afternoon, I wanted to let you know that looked thru the file info you gave me, including the correspondence I had in early Dec. with Mr. Smith. Looking at the numbers, it appears that they have at least 64 "extra" spaces currently, using the more conservative numbers from the health department. Jane & Bine, check me on this, but I would think that the use is as comparable to a medical clinic as any, especially since it is a trauma ctr., without "traditional" hospital beds. Therefore, using those numbers allows the additional s.f. With current parking. I wouldn't think the commission would require any more than Isp/200 s.f. Bottom line, there is no specified number in the parking regs., but I don't think it is necessary to take it to p&z. CC: svolk,skuenzel .. From: To: Subject: Shirley Yolk JDUNN BVMC parking -Reply First of all, let me preface my questions with a statement - I love your answer. Now here's the "big but... "Where did they get extra spaces? Unless I looked at what has been built totally wrong, using the 1/250 sq ft. required for a clinic, they would be short on parking. I need a lesson, please! Oh - thanks for taking this case over. Also, congratulations on your "boy" news! At least you have all the stuff already and have a place to hand it down! >>> Joey Dunn 02/12/96 03:28pm >>> Shirley, since I am outthis afternoon, I wanted to let you know that looked thru the file info you gave me, including the correspondence I had in early Dec. with Mr. Smith. . Lookingat the numbers, it appears that they have at least 64 "extra" spaces currently, using the more conservative numbers from the health department. Jane & Bine, check me onthis, but I would think that the use is as comparable to a medical clinic as any, especially since it is a trauma ctr., without "traditional" hospital beds. Therefore, using those numbers allows the additional s.f with current parking. I wouldn't think the commission would require any more than Isp/200 s.f. Bottom line, there is no specified number in the parking regs., but I don't think it is necessary to take it to p&z. ... . ~F