I am contacting you to ask that you use my tax money responsibly.  

Please urge the University Medical Center Management Corporation Board to include the existing Charity Hospital structure in the new Verite and Kaufman-Hall feasibility study to determine the least expensive and most sustainable plan for the new downtown hospital.

To not consider reusing the existing Charity Hospital building would be unacceptable. The UMC Board were tasked with commissioning this new study that considers ALL OPTIONS. The Reverend Avery C. Alexander Hospital is one option and for the following reason, would not cost tax-payers much to incorporate into the mix.

The Foundation for Historical Louisiana was charged by the State Legislature to assess the feasibility of reusing  Charity Hospital building. The Foundation raised $600,000 dollars and hired the world class architectural firm -- RMJM Hillier -- specialists in building health care facilities around the world -- who determined that a modern, state-of-the-art hospital could be built in the existing shell of Charity and meet all the programmatic requirements of the new UMC Academic Medical Center for a fraction of the cost of the proposed new hospital, and finished years sooner.

It would be irresponsible for the State and the UMC Board not to take advantage of the only professional study of an already prepared alternative.  Again, the UMC Board were tasked to consider ALL OPTIONS.  Reusing the Reverend Avery C. Alexander Hospital is a fiscally responsible and sustainable option.   

As a taxpayer in the State of Louisiana, I ask that my voice be heard. I want to see the existing Charity Hospital Building included in the new Verite/Kaufman-Hall "all options" study.

Thank you for listening!

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