Healthier smiles…Happier kids!
A non-profit organization 501(c)3/TIN:95-4791296
400 W. Elmwood Ave, Burbank CA 91506 • (818)841-8010 • Fax (818)841-8006 • www.kidsclinic.org City of Burbank Public Information Office July 29, 2022 Attention: Simone McFarland
150 North Third Street
Burbank, CA 91502
Dear Ms. McFarland,
The Kids’ Community Dental Clinic (KCDC) has provided dental services based in the Burbank community for over 50 years and despite being in a small space, we have worked to create an extensive reach into this community working with Burbank Unified, HeadStart programs and have grown and flourished into becoming nationally renowned and awarded by prestigious national funders like the American Dental Association Foundation, the American Academy of Pediatric Dentists Foundation, and the National Children’s Oral Health Foundation for our work in bringing access to vital dental care for communities of color and of need where the lack of health equity and basic dental care has become a severe health emergency. Our Board, staff and volunteers are committed to giving every child a chance at thriving with good health. A child cannot thrive if their teeth hurt and they cannot eat and receive proper nutrition. Their emotional and mental health suffers because they cannot socially connect because they do not smile because they have teeth missing or blackened by decay. The Kids’ Community Dental Clinic is interested in this building to expand treatment space and increase the number of children and families we can serve to provide more equitable access to dentistry, more dentists to serve others, and to help individuals who wish to pursue careers in dentistry grow in their pursuit.
The Kids’ Community Dental Clinic is a unique place where, for many years we have experienced a gathering of volunteers, donors, staff, and families who work together with a passionate synergy of community giving and receiving that is unique to our industry. Dentistry is not popular or fun—but it is vital to the overall health of each of us. Now, the Clinic has grown to the point where we are “bursting at our seams” but we need the help of the City to see our growth continue. Our everyday programs reach way beyond our current 4 walls of 980sq ft of clinical dentistry space. We teach cavity prevention, we offer free services at public events, we lecture to parents, and we connect relationally to establish long term patients for our clinic.
We propose a family and community-friendly place that offers low income and homeless families access to vital oral health resources that is unique to most cities. We respectfully submit the attached response to the City’s Request For Proposal, Financial Reports, Timeline, References, Letters of Support and our best effort at demonstrating our ability to pay for renovations and ongoing rent while sustaining our operations.
Sincerely,
Dal
e Gorman, Executive Director
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Healthier smiles…Happier kids!
A non-profit organization 501(c)3/TIN:95-4791296
City of Burbank
Response to Request For Proposal for Property located at 2244 N. Buena Vista Street, Burbank
Requesting Entity (Legal Name): Kids’ Community Clinic of Burbank (aka Kids’ Community Dental Clinic, or KCDC)
Current Address: 400 W. Elmwood Ave. Burbank, CA 91506 Contact: Name/Title/Business Phone/Cell Phone/Email: Dale Gorman, Executive Director, 818-399-1373, [email protected]
Project Name: Request for lease of property located at: 2244 N. Buena Vista, Burbank
Proposal Response
A. No
n -Profit Background
a. Type of service provided
The Kids’ Community Dental Clinic has a longstanding community-based history here in Burbank where are roots began at St. Joseph’s Hospital basement in 1968. Since that time, KCDC has been serving low-income, indigent and homeless communities in and around Burbank as one of the only pediatric dental clinics serving the very poor. Our clinic mission is to provide access for any child from a low income household to provide health equity and access. The majority of dental offices or clinics typically provide a preset range of dental treatments then refer patients out to specialists for vital follow up treatments that are expensive and rarely covered by insurance including MediCal/DentiCal.
However, when a KCDC patient needs something outside the scope of general dentistry, they are offered options at incredibly discounted rates, generally 10% of usual and customary rates. These services are provided by local specialists who perform these treatments and donate their service fees to the clinic as do all volunteers. Thus, services are comprehensive for patients who grow up utilizing KCDC as their dental home throughout their childhood.
The increased demand for services for this demographic necessitated an expansion offering services to surrounding communities. Most low income families cannot afford preventative dental care and seek services at KCDC for emergency issues including debilitating pain. As we have learned over time, ATTACHMENT 2-2
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KCDC is in a unique position to serve many more children including those outside the area due to: 1) its ability to offer quality dentistry by private practice dentists who volunteer; 2) the offer of very low barriers to accessing care; 3) accepting patients at $30 per visit for those who are not eligible for MediCal Dental but are still considered regionally low income by CDBG guidelines; and 3) easy access to (expensive) pediatric specialists (who historically serve higher income patients) and access to other specialists (endodontists, periodontists, orthodontists, oral surgeons) for free or low cost (as each case is unique).
KCDC focuses on providing these dental programs:
1) Pediatric Dental Clinic; 2) Basic Dental Treatments for low- income children at Schools & Health Fairs; and 3) Student Mentoring and Clinical Rotations. By creating access and improving children’s oral health with quality procedures, preventative treatments and education KCDC’s mission is to address the developmental needs of the whole child and their family by resolving free or at low cost potentially dangerous dental issues while raising self-confidence through treatment.
As a strong Dental Home this is one of very few community clinics offering comprehensive pediatric dentistry to thousands of low-income children and is focused on teaching parents and children who are at high risk for poor health how to prevent dental disease at the earliest age. Outside the clinic our "Dental Treatments for Low Income Children" program at schools impacts thousands of children every year and during COVID, we revised delivery of these programs to ensure KCDC programs remain relevant, effective, and impactful during unpredictable COVID restrictions leading to expanded programming to offer all of these variations, including:
1) in person school dental screenings, fluoride treatment, oral health education, brushing and flossing instruction, and toothbrush goody bags for every participating student;
2) dent
al programs and services for specifically for special needs patients; 3) free toothbrushes and oral health education tips to recipients at resource fairs or as a part of food baskets or homeless services; 4) virtual oral health education on line to schools in each classroom with follow up and toothbrush goody bags for students;
5) virtual or in person oral health education for parents and giving toothbrushes and referrals to community clinics that accept adults; 6) drive-thru events featuring fluoride varnish and toothbrushes for the entire family; and/or
7) free community sealant programs for any family interested in protecting teeth (within the clinic and engaging dental students).
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Funding for KCDC’s dental programs comes from diverse sources focused on the health and well-being of low-income children in this community mainly because healthcare professionals know that poor oral health has dire consequences on future health. Early Childhood tooth decay has been identified as the most prevalent disease in children and is considered an epidemic and KCDC has been working with local government and community health agencies to eradicate the disease but space limitations are preventing us from being able to schedule our professional volunteers and having to decline their services which is leading to limitations in providing equitable access, doing increased outreach to communities of color, and meeting the rising demand and cases that are presenting in low income families. Therefore, hospitals like Kaiser Los Angeles, Providence St. Josephs, Dignity Health Glendale Memorial and other hospitals are interested in ensuring robust dental programs are being offered at the youngest ages to populations that are typically underserved and left with poor overall health outcomes. These healthcare foundations began reaching out to KCDC to create partnerships to address the increasing demand for oral healthcare and preventative training.
KCDC
is committed to bringing quality and expert comprehensive oral healthcare to raise healthcare equity in our community. Our broad objectives are met through active outreach and by establishing strong relationships with local schools and organizations that serve the low income and homeless population, to impact the oral health of as many low-income children as funding and human resources allow.
b. Experience, particularly within Burbank (if applicable) Our dental clinic was founded in Burbank 54 years ago and has undergone some structural changes but has worked to address issues of healthcare equity in the Burbank community from its founding. KCDC has consistently received funding from the City of Burbank for 18 years since it evolved into the Kids’ Community Dental Clinic in 2001. Since that time, KCDC outreaches to Burbank residents by offering free dental services to all BUSD schools through the Principals or Health Teachers at each location. KCDC has partnered with St.
Joseph’s Hospital, the Burbank YMCA and currently, Burbank Unified School District for space to operate. Each partnering organization understands the importance of dental access at early ages and the value of the work performed and its vital nature to low income families.
K
CDC offers Burbank residents access to specialty pediatric dentistry through introductions to dentistry via free dental services at Burbank Unified schools, over 12 preschools that feed into Burbank Kindergarten classes, and 5 non- profit agencies. The Title I schools are a priority and receive robust dental screenings, fluoride treatments, oral health education and free toothbrush goodie bags. Other schools opt for age-appropriate virtual or in-person oral ATTACHMENT 2-4
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health lectures. The Principals, Health office, teachers and school nurses are advocates of the clinic at each location.
KCDC has been effective and proactive in expanding the number of outreach opportunities and patients served from the confines of our 980 square foot bungalow, but the board and staff feel that the organization can do more to help more children with special needs, to see diverse youth achieve dental careers, and to continue to work in communities where underserved families need education and affordable healthcare which would be better accomplished through the physical expansion of capacity within the clinic. KCDC has proven successful and effective in implementing and growing our programs and as a result we have been recognized by national and local organizations for our unique ability to serve so many children. We have been awarded the “Best Clinic” nationally by the National Children’s Oral Health Foundation and were awarded one of only 5 national grants from the Dental Trade Alliance Foundation in 2021 for innovation and accessible health care equity programs and are being funded and supported by the American Academy of Pediatric Dentists Foundation since 2013 and locally, by the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the Ahmanson Foundation, the Rose Hills Foundation, and the Green Foundation consistently since 2002 because of the strength of the programs we offer and our proactive outreach into school systems like Burbank Unified.
c. Length of time in Burbank
The clinic has been operating in Burbank for 54 years. Originally founded in 1968 as a dental clinic within St. Joseph’s Hospital by the Sisters of Providence to fill a gap in oral health care services for low-income children, the clinic was run from the hospital basement where dentists and oral surgeons would come over from across the street to help with basic emergency dental procedures.
This evolved into a full dental clinic until 1997 when the hospital closed operations and the clinic underwent transformative changes and was reopened on May 4, 2001 as the Kids’ Community Dental Clinic (KCDC) by hygienist Carole Nese and other volunteers who saw the unaddressed and increasing need for dental care for low income families. We are proud of the impact KCDC has made since 2001 bringing services to over 125,000 low income children through outreach, serving over 7,000 as in clinic patients over the years and being the current dental home to 2,396 children while serving an additional 12,000 annually through public health outreach events and innovative treatment delivery systems to meet rising demand for this at-risk population.
d. C
ommunity served; include statistics (i.e., number of community members assisted for each program)
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Burbank children are a priority for the Kids’ Community Dental Clinic. KCDC also serves children from low-income communities from all over Southern California where access to free and low cost dental services are limited or non-existent. In order to support health equity initiatives throughout a broad area, many funders invite KCDC for funding that can specifically provide services to children in specific service areas such as Glendale, Hollywood, Panorama City, Canoga Park, Santa Clarita and Palmdale/Lancaster – all areas where pediatric dental services are limited and health outcomes are poor if you are economically disadvantaged. These types of areas are often referred to as dental deserts.
Decay is generally rampant at a higher level in these locations which compels us to accept the invitations to provide preventative dental care and education for children who attend school in these areas. This outreach results in parents who bring their children to KCDC in Burbank and accounts for 60% of its patients.
In 2021, KCDC encountered 11,581 individuals through school visits for free dental screenings, oral health lectures, parenting classes, community events, drive through fluoride events, and as patients within the clinic through 10,275 volunteer hours and with 14 dedicated (mostly part time) staff members (6.1 FTE). We traveled to 96 schools in 2019, but decreased to 38 schools due to COVID-19 because of school policy restrictions that did not allow external organizations to return to campuses yet in 2021.
Similar to all non-profits within Burbank city, KCDC’s reach extends beyond just the city of Burbank. Burbank’s 100,000 resident population is divided with about 78,000 adults and 28,000 children. There are 2,368 dentists in Burbank, and KCDC is just one office and it only serves low income families. If we consider the current Burbank City poverty level of 10.6%, KCDC addresses the needs and serves a significant percentage of Burbank children who fall into the household income levels that we are able to serve. KCDC currently serves 1,050 Burbank children. This number constantly changes as children “age out” of our program when they become “adults” at age 18, and begin coming from as early as 6 months of age. KCDC works closely with Burbank schools and agencies where students with rampant decay and in need of dental care are identified through our school screening program which KCDC offers for free to each of the Title I schools. KCDC wants to broaden its Burbank capacity to serve more children by broadening the types of programs and services we could offer if we have more space.
In 2021, a lighter than usual year, KCDC providers conducted 3,737 cleanings/preventative treatments, filled 1,843 cavities, placed 106 crowns, accepted 242 emergency visits, and of these visits 31 were homeless children who paid nothing for treatments and care received. These numbers capture just a portion of the overall community need and demonstrates the efficiency by ATTACHMENT 2-6
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which KCDC operates within 980 square feet each day. This is only a fraction of the daily numbers KCDC serves through our programs.
In addition to introducing KCDC to low income Burbank residents through school visits, community events are vital to introducing KCDC to families and securing ongoing new patients who reside in Burbank. Prior to 2011, the City of Burbank would host events in “focus neighborhoods” to highlight resources available for its lower socioeconomically challenged residents. Without resource fairs, it is difficult for agencies like KCDC to “reach” those in need. Community events like the Back to School event, National Night Out, the FSA Carewalk, are vital to both the agencies and the residents.
KCDC’s community investment goes beyond dentistry and we also participate in Career Days at the High Schools to support more youths engaging in vocational career development. Dale Gorman is active in BUSD’s National Finance Academy’s Medical Careers group where she mentors high school students and hires 4 summer interns each year since 2020. In addition to high school-level students, KCDC hosts clinical rotations for dental students from UCLA School of Dentistry, Dental Hygiene Students from Pasadena City College and West Los Angeles College, and a host of Pre-Dental students (current college students, or post-bac) – annually, a total of approximately 83 students serve here.
e. Non-profit partners include: Boys & Girls Clubs – 6 sites, Burbank Family Services Agency (mental health), Burbank Temporary Aid Center, Home Again LA, Ascencia, MEND, (homeless services), Burbank Housing Corp, Burbank YMCA, Burbank Coordinating Council, BCR, A Place to Grow, (Community initiatives like) Glendale Health Coalition, Pacoima Community Initiative, First 5 Los Angeles Best Start; Burbank Executive Directors Coalition, Pacoima Community Initiative, SPA 2 Coalition, and Elizabeth House (pregnant homeless women and their children), Children of the Night (human trafficked youth).
Schools receiving KCDC's program (88 locations): Title I elementary, middle & high schools (13) of Burbank Unified School District; (6) Glendale Unified School District; Pacoima Charter Elementary; Title I Parochial schools (17) within SPA 1 (the San Fernando Valley).
Head Starts/Early Head Start Preschools (52) – through Volunteers of America; ChildCare Resource Centers; Pacific Clinics; Para Los Ninos; Pacific Asian Consortium for Employment (PACE); and UCLA Early Head Start.
References from any of these organizations can be provided at your request.
Some are included in this packet.
B. Q
ualifications of Staff (Experience with services provided and background; include fundraising expertise)
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a. Executive staff:
1. Dale Gorman, Executive Director since 2008. Previously Vice President Human Resources, IndyMac Bank. Oversees profit and loss: Including all operations, administration, compliance, HR, scheduling, programs, fundraising, other duties include oral health lecturer, dental assistant.
2. Beverly Amano, Grants and Funds Development Manager with background in donor relations, fundraising, research, contracts, resource development, volunteer management and recruitment and leadership development.
3. Linda Grovier, Administration Manager, Oversees accounting, data collection, compliance, policies & procedures, 401k plan oversight, payroll, purchasing. Her background is banking finance, large event planning, data collection and volume participant relations through her past employment with the LA Auto Show and United Mizrahi Bank.
4. Ana Gomez, RDA (licensed by State of California) Bi-Lingual Spanish, Dental Programs Manager; 18 years of pediatric dental experience; oversees and works in all dental programs and staff. Key role is volunteer relations.
5. Peter Shimizu, DDS – Volunteer Dental Director – 40+ years private practice dentist – clinical provider, preceptor, mentor, and volunteers as dental advisor since 2008.
6. Tom Engman, CPA Partner at CPA firm, Current and past president of the board, over 18 years of volunteer service ensuring consistency and sustainability of finance as volunteer CFO in addition to Board executive.
7. Other staff members are also vital to the organization. They are all part time including 3 dentists, 4 dental hygienists, and 4 dental assistants all licensed, certified, and dedicated to providing dental treatments, mentoring and preceptorship of students, and traveling to provide free dental services and lecturing outside the clinic as needed. Volunteer dental professionals include 104 from all over LA, Orange, Ventura and San Diego Counties.
b. Board members
1. Thomas Engman, CPA – Interim President, Treasurer, (Member, & Past President 13 years) Partner, KKAJ LLC, 818-848.5585 Email [email protected]
Affiliations: AICPA – American Institute of CPA’s,
California Society of CPA’s, Affordable Housing Association of CPA’s, Kiwanis Club of Burbank – Treasurer, Burbank Kiwanis Foundation, Inc., - Treasurer, Burbank Chamber of Commerce Board Member
2. R
ené Benavides – Secretary - The Walt Disney Company, Corporate Risk Management VoluntEARs leader, Tree People Volunteer, Leadership Burbank 2013 Office - 818.553.7379 Email - [email protected]
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3. Luis Centeno – My Merchant Expert Inc. Cell: 818430-7499 Email:
[email protected] Past President of the Kiwanis Club of Burbank 2018-2019/2020. Past Lt Governor Kiwanis Division 16 of the Cal- Nev-Ha District 2020-2021. Current Board Member: Kiwanis Club of Burbank; Vice-President: Kiwanis Literacy Club of Southern California; Member of the Burbank Chamber of Commerce and Burbank BNI.
4. Ale
jandra Gillette-Teran – Witt/Kieffer Consulting Office: 323-552-8785 Email: [email protected] Succession Planning Committee Chair; Past member Pitzer College Alumni Board, Five Acres past volunteer, Leadership Burbank 2017
5. Tim
othy Knox, DDS -- Private practice dentist, Burbank, CA, Office: 818- 846-1806 Email: [email protected] KCDC volunteer 36 years, American Dental Association, California Dental Association, Dental Advisory Committee, UCLA School of Dentistry Preceptor
6. Silv
ia Mancini –The Walt Disney Company Email: [email protected] Office – 818-209-6632 Disney VoluntEARs leader, Leadership Burbank 2013, Burbank Temporary Aid Center Volunteer
7. Magdal
ena Otero – (Member 2022) – Partnership to Uplift Communities Chief of Human Resources, 1405 North San Fernando Blvd. Suite 303, Burbank, CA 91504. Office: 818-559-7699
Email:
[email protected]
8. Daniel Sanchez – (Member 2 years, previously 4 years) - Dilbeck Real Estate, Real Estate Agent 303 N. Glenoaks Blvd., Burbank, CA 91502 Office: 818-450-2046 Cell: 818-730-2361Email: [email protected] Realtor, Commercial Director, Senior Estates Director, Board of Directors and Treasurer for Burbank Association of Realtors, State Director for California Association of Realtors, Board of Director and Treasurer for Crescenta Valley Soccer Club, Board Director for the Alameda Office Park
9. George Saikali – (Member 2022) –Glendale YMCA, President & CEO, 140 N. Louise St. Glendale, CA 91201 Office: 818-696-2590 Email:
[email protected] Affiliations: Vision Burbank, Glendale Noon Rotary Club, Glendale PD Advisory Committee, Glendale Healthier Community Coalition, Burbank Human Relations Council
c. Ref
erences Include the name of the organization, a concise summary of the work performed and the name and telephone number of the responsible contact person.
Please see attached 5 letters of references from:
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1. UCLA School of Dentistry, (Letter included) Oversees the partnership of all Community Based Clinics who provide clinical experience for 4th year dental students. Lisa B. Nguyen, DDS, FAAPD, Diplomate, American Board of Pediatric Dentistry, Associate Director, Community-Based Clinical Education (CBCE), Health Sciences Asst. Clinical Professor Office: 310-206-2743
2. ChildCare Resources Center, (Letter included) Partnering agency that oversees 30+ HeadStart and Early Head Start Federal preschools. Rubie Martinez, MPH CHES is the Health & Nutrition Manager who oversees our partnership which provides dental screenings and fluoride treatments at all students at all of her sites annually. 20001 Prairie Street, Chatsworth, CA 91311, O: 818-717-4501, C: 818-209-0134
3. Volunteer Private Practice Dentist: (Letter included) Longest Burbank- based volunteer dentist serving KCDC for over 32 years: Dr. Timothy Knox, 818-846-1306
4. Burbank Unified School District, (Letter included) Collaborator for Youth programs: Alyson Edge, NAF Director Burbank High School, NAF Academies Cell: 818-681-9429
5. Providence Southern California: (Letter included) Funding partner for community outreach and health education and equitable access. Anthony Ortiz-Luis, MS, Director Community Health Los Angeles Region 818-381- 7994
C. Proposed Use and Services Offered
a. Pr
oposed facility use(s) and programs provided at the site include short- and long-range goals
If
KCDC is selected to lease this property, the plan is to create a warm and welcoming family friendly place for Burbank residents to come bring their child for dental services. The building and the programs offered would be an asset to the neighborhood and to the community. KCDC serves low income, indigent and homeless children who have limited or no access to regular dental care and offers families access to care for free, low cost, or as Medicaid/Medi-Cal patients. There is also a lack of Medi-Cal/Denti-Cal providers, especially for pediatric specialists who accept MediCal-Dental patients. KCDC is one of only a few community clinics offering general and pediatric specialists throughout Los Angeles County who help the uninsured at a cost they can afford. This influx of outside residents is witnessed regularly by new patients from all over LA County seeking help for their child.
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The proposed use of the facility includes a KCDC expansion that would benefit the City of Burbank by enhancing and strengthening the healthcare services being currently provided to Burbank residents and beyond.
1. This building presents 3500 square feet of additional space for KCDC program expansion. Proposed uses are as follows:
a. to add and double the number of dental operatories to serve more children and could open opportunities for training additional dental students for clinical rotations adding to diversifying the future dental workforce;
b. In addition to “open bay” operatories to be added, we propose adding 2 “quiet rooms” to accommodate the most fearful children who cry before, during and after treatment. The room features various equipment that can be stored and easily reached, limits sounds, and accommodates family members who might opt to be present;
c. A second closed operatory would accommodate special needs patients who have difficulties finding access for care and represent an underserved population in pediatric dentistry;
2. P rivate office area for patients or parents to confer with staff on treatment plans or to discuss medical conditions and special needs. It would also serve as a private space for staff to complete billing work, or handle confidential business matters.
3. Storage of materials for school and community outreach programs including donated dental materials that we need and use to defray costs.
4. Community conference area that would double as training area for workforce development programs
a. Investing in young people as they explore future vocational opportunities serves the community through social impact and works to transform the healthcare landscape by encouraging populations to pursue career paths they may not have known were potentialities. KCDC’s mission is to create an impact beyond urgent treatment and to provide holistic care for our patients and the future dental workplace.
Our efforts to divert children from Hospital Emergency Rooms are successful and KCDC is funded heavily by hospitals who recognize this cooperative benefit. By outreaching at Title I schools through free dental programs, we help rampant decay cases gain access to comprehensive treatments and year over year, the schools we visit show reduced decay resulting in rates below the County and National average.
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respond to demands and changing conditions as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic so we can effectively conduct our free dental treatment programs at schools and in clinic and mitigate disruptions to access to care for low income children and families. Our programs promote equitable access to care, help children to learn good oral health habits at an early age, assist families with receiving care that is needed, and aid adults in gaining access to low-cost programs through our referral process which is intended to impact the whole family with good oral health. In addition to outreach in the community to offer treatment for current dental health issues, the mission of the clinic is to also increase education and training toward the prevention of early childhood dental disease in the most high risk and vulnerable populations.
KCDC's long term vision includes:
1) Plans to expand programs and physical space. While we hope to secure a building with the help of the City of Burbank where we are located, our long term plan is to expand to a larger, OSHPD (or Office of Statewide Planning & Development)
compliant space for community dental clinic operations to serve more children from low income and underserved areas in our local community and help address healthcare inequity. 2) Additionally, expanded space will allow options of care for special needs pediatric patients who are most fearful and lack understanding around treatments.
3) Robust Workforce Development Program specifically targeting minority populations not well represented in professional dentistry. We aim to engage local youth in workforce
development programs for dental careers as an option for underserved communities of color to help link needed dental assistant positions with youth who need jobs and provide training in life-skills, professional skills and place them in multigenerational mentoring relationships with retired or working dental professionals for increased support and success. b. Any
non-profits and/or joint use proposed
We
have not finalized nor formalized any specific partnership. However, the following partnership programs are under consideration: Mental health counseling, providing space for a certified MediCal enroller, pop up vaccination clinics, blood drives. Potential partnerships were discussed/considered with Burbank Family Services Agency, All Inclusive Health, Providence Health Services, Valley Care Community Consortium, LA County Department of Public Health. KCDC would consider programs engaging or provided for children with a healthcare, skills training, and educational focus.
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In the past, joint use had been discussed with several potential partners including a strong potential with one agency serving people experiencing homelessness but changing demands required them to go in a different direction. KCDC has determined a strong need for the core of approximately 3,000 square feet of space to be dedicated to dental operatories, waiting areas and equipment sterilization laboratory on a permanent basis. In order to fulfil plans to increase capacity and expand programs (e.g., to children with different abilities, and physical limitations, workforce development program), KCDC foresees utilizing the entire space.
KCDC envisions creating a conference room multi-purpose room space that would be available for volunteer projects, to community groups, for training sessions for dental continuing education, for youth club meetings such as National Charity League, Inc. Burbank, Scouting groups, etc., as an opportunity for additional community service use and space for smaller non- profits to utilize.
c. How the proposed use aligns with the City Council goals. (https://www.burbankca.gov/web/city-managers-office/city-council-goals)
KCDC’s services address three of the Burbank City Council goals: Quality of Life, Sustainability, and City Services. By providing high quality equitable access to oral healthcare, KCDC improves the quality of life of the city’s most vulnerable residents including providing services to individuals experiencing homelessness and receiving other services within the city. Through KCDC’s workforce development program and by actively recruiting staff who reflect the communities we serve, KCDC also adds to the sustainability of the city workforce and is a proud employer of Burbank residents who contribute to the accessibility of the clinic to the immediate community. Our comprehensive approach to oral health also includes a robust partnership with other non- profits in Burbank who supplement and provide much needed services and resources as part of the network of City Services provided by Burbank. KCDC actively supports Burbank’s efforts to improve the health and well-being of its residents and brings more people into the city through the services we offer adding to the economic sustainability of the small businesses with whom we have relationship. Our goals for our programs targeting Burbank residents supports and complements the goals of the City Council.
d. Demographics on population and numbers to be served
• Current active patients: 2,626 – projected increase by 15% to 3,020 within 2 years with continued growth annually;
• Increase of age of children to 21 years from low-income families who have no dental insurance;
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• Ethnicities to be served in all programs: 60% Hispanic, 22% Caucasian (including a growing Armenian population), 7% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Other;
• Increase from 8,000 children at 80+ Federal HeadStart preschools, Title I elementary schools, charter schools, middle schools, high schools to 10,000 at new partnering schools;
• Increase to 300 in bi-lingual Spanish parenting classes on cavity prevention;
• 40% of KCDC’s patient base are Burbank residents and another 3% attend Burbank Schools – endeavor to engage higher numbers of Burbank residents for care by increasing 3% the first year
• KCDC serves Primarily Burbank and secondarily, families from the North East San Fernando Valley. KCDC has no geographic limits.
e. Implementation timelines related to proposal
KCDC’s ability to move in and begin offering dental services is contingent upon the timeline of permitting, construction, COVID -related issues, and availability of materials.
Once the lease is fully executed (assuming this is at the November 15, 2023 City Council meeting as listed in the Request for Proposals document schedule of events), KCDC is prepared to: engage an architect to begin plans; meet with selected construction manager; meet with the project manager; and will schedule meetings with City departments to review earlier research to begin permit requests for items (listed In Attachment 2) with whom the City has secured quotes. We plan to immediately schedule clean up and clearing of the property; and begin to securing funding by launching a capital campaign and securing any additional funding through financial institutions.
For further timeline please see the timeline for construction below (Question
2.)
1. Fi
nancial
a. Last two years’ financial statements
See attachments
b. Proposed plan to pay for the on-going maintenance and long-term maintenance
The final building that KCDC proposes will result in an asset to the City and will offer state of the art, OSHPD-approved clinic features enabling KCDC to provide quality and equitable dental health services to indigent, homeless and low income families.
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KCDC has many compliance requirements and maintenance standards on dental equipment that impacts the building. KCDC requires compliant infrastructure approved through California State permitting and inspection in order to construct and operate the space. The clinic has a proven history of maintaining its equipment and current structure and has done so for the 14 years that we have occupied 400 W. Elmwood Avenue. Since everything in the new property will have been renovated and newly installed, we are confident that we can build a reserve for repairs and ongoing maintenance as has been done for our current property. The KCDC fund development team directs 25% of its grant requests to general operating and another 15% for equipment and physical infrastructure needs and has been able to fundraise for building upkeep without City of Burbank support. Historically, KCDC is a good tenant and has been able to well maintain physical upkeep of the spaces they have occupied since 2001. No financial support has been needed to support ongoing maintenance needs of the property owned by Burbank Unified.
I
n regard to long term maintenance, because of the heavy initial proposed investment and quality materials to be used, KCDC’s maintenance practices will be focused on a 10-year cycle for interior and exterior inspection for needed work. The current location (400 W. Elmwood Ave.) building was painted, landscaped, hardscape installed at 5 years after initial construction and is due for inspection and refurbishing regardless whether we are successful in our bid for this site.
T
he dental equipment is reviewed constantly by KCDC’s Dental Director Peter Shimizu, DDS and by our pro-bono maintenance firm, LAG Dental Repair Company (contacted to consult on equipment when slow, or not working correctly). LAG provides proactive maintenance on large and small equipment tied to the property and will continue to do so.
K
CDC proposes a meeting of City representatives and KCDC management to walk through the property and review any maintenance needs every 5 years.
At that time, the operator and tenant will discuss any facilities maintenance needs. KCDC will establish a savings account for on going maintenance needs of the building. The current KCDC Board and Management team members do not feel that KCDC will need to request City funding for ongoing future maintenance.
c. P
roposed plan to pay for tenant improvements; include any grant funds that will be applied for and where these might come from along with any requested City funding offsets
ATTACHMENT 2-15
KCDC RFP-15
Construction Cost Estimates and Responsibilities for 2244 N. Buena Vista Project Additional anticipated costs based on community clinic demands City
Estimate City Estimate
Tenant
Estimate
All costs
Operator
responsibilities
Tenant
responsibilities
1 Construction Drawing/Plans Tenant $ 200,000 $ 200,000 2 Construction/Project Management Tenant $ 150,000 3 Site work Tenant $ 18,000 $ 30,000
4 Hazardous Material Abatement Operator $ 38,000 $ 38,000 5 Structural Retrofit Operator $ 15,000 $ 115,000 6 Roofing & Waterproofing Operator $ 83,875 $ 83,875 7 Energy Modernization Operator $ 83,000 $ 83,000 8 Cabinetry and other casework Tenant $ 75,000 $ 200,000 9 Finishes and Textures Tenant $ 50,000 $ 100,000 10 Interior and Exterior Paint Tenant $ 60,000 $ 60,000 11 Fire life safety systems Operator $ 125,000 $ 125,000 12 Mechanical Operator $ 135,000 $ 135,000
13 Electrical and Low Volt Operator $ 175,000 $ 175,000 14 Plumbing Operator $ 115,000 $ 115,000
15 Additional plumbing for dental Tenant $ 50,000
16 ADA Compliance Operator $ 125,000 $ 125,000
17 Exterior Tenant $ 25,000 $ 25,000
18 Temp Facility Removal & demo Tenant $ 25,000 $ 130,000 19 Parking, Fencing Tenant $ 50,000
20 Dental equipment Tenant $ 70,000
21 Security, internal doors Tenant $ 30,000
22 Telecommunications Tenant $ 55,000
Sub total $1,547,875 $994,875 $ 1,150,000
Contingency @ 15% $ 232,181 $ 149,231 $ 172,500 Total estimated cost: $1,780,056 $ 1,144,106 $ 1,322,500 F
inancial breakdown of City/Operator Responsibilities and Tenant Responsibilities:
O
perator responsibilities - $1,144,106
1. Site work
2. Hazardous Material Abatement
3. Structural Retrofit
4. Roofing & Waterproofing
ATTACHMENT 2-16
KCDC RFP-16
5. Energy Modernization
6. Fire life safety systems
7. Mechanical
8. Electrical and Low Volt
9. Plumbing (with added support of KCDC)
10. ADA Compliance
In a
ddition, per RFP Instructions Scope of work section, the City Council on June 7, 2022, allocated $413,756 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds toward needed improvements and KCDC assumes the City will utilize this CDBG funding to offset their Operator responsibility costs.
KC
DC as tenant responsibilities - $1,322,500
1. Construction Drawing/Plans/Design Development
2. Construction/Project Management
3. Site Work
4. Cabinetry and other casework
5. Finishes and textures
6. Interior and Exterior Paint
7. Plumbing for specific dental requirements
8. Exterior
9. Temporary facility removal
10. Parking, ingress and egress, fencing
11. Dental equipment
12. Security, internal doors
13. Telecommunications
Cas
h position: The Kids’ Community Dental Clinic has been fundraising for several years with a vision of expansion and has saved $438,000 in “building reserves” to be utilized to begin construction as we simultaneously raise funds. This funding is additional to our savings of 12 months of operating funds. KCDC also has other designated funds to meet rolling commitments to funders of programs and services provided throughout the year. $438,000 is immediately accessible to begin the build out process.
Cur
rent Pending Funds Requested: KCDC has submitted a request for Senate Appropriations Committee funding to Congressman Adam Schiff’s office. The request has cleared the first two approval stages and is currently going through the third of four review processes in the Senate and House for further approvals to be finalized and announced on or before October 1, when the funds are expected to be released. The original submitted request is for $1,200,000.
ATTACHMENT 2-17
KCDC RFP-17
Capital Campaign: KCDC has conducted a readiness study and capital marketing study in order to determine the ability to raise the funds needed for this project. The Board and staff stand ready to launch a capital campaign if this site request is approved. Our regular funders (both nationally and Los Angeles based) have been alerted to our intent to expand our capacity to serve more children an many provided a verbal approval for funding that they could support for expansion of the work that we have partnered with them to provide. We have had preliminary discussions with all of our major foundation funders about supporting a capital campaign and 60% of them have provided positive verbal feedback to support an expansion and site acquisition. Others have directed us to submit funding requests for capital improvement grants. A few have no funding programs that include capital improvements or campaigns. We fully intend to pursue large, national and local funders for capital improvements in addition to individual and corporate donors.
Financing Options: KCDC has started the application process working with 2 banks to pre-qualify for SBA loan funding. This will allow us to have more immediate cash when it is needed for this project.
KCDC has been anticipating the right opportunity to expand and has been preparing for over 4 years by saving and researching grant and loan opportunities in order to present adequate cash flow to stay on track with the timing of construction. Additionally, the current KCDC Board and Management team members do not anticipate that KCDC will need to request City funding for ongoing future maintenance.
d. Ability to pay monthly negotiated rent
KCDC has worked with its internal accounting team to determine that it has the regular cash flow that enables us to sustain an initial $3,500- $5,000 per month lease payment. We propose re-evaluating the rent amount based on the increase amount of patient generated income due to capacity growth resulting in higher patient fee income and MediCal reimbursements.
Without substantially altering KCDC’s vision of offering free and low cost dental care or without changing our efforts to develop and retain long term volunteer private dentists to serve their low income and at risk fellow community members, we are not easily able to offer high rents. Our historic receivables are not high, but neither are our costs to operate, or salaries, nor our expenses. We humbly request to pay a rent that is sustainable for our operations.
ATTACHMENT 2-18
KCDC RFP-18
2. Timeline
a. Showing proposed renovation, permitting and construction schedule and anticipated move-in date
Assumptions
The ID steps are from City Attachment 2: Property Assessment Report
1. The award date is unknown for planning purposes we selected 11/15/2022 as the award date. The timeline is serial, i.e., the current ID # must be Government approved before the next ID can begin The Project steps were developed by the City of Burbank.
2. Column C is the estimated sequential throughput days required by KCDC.
3. Column D is the estimated throughput days required by the government agencies. The agencies can include, city, county, fire, environmental, and other unidentified agencies. We are very open to the Government input for throughput dates.
4. The Description actions are assumed to be consecutive and is the most conservative completion date effort.
5. The dates do not include holidays, shutdowns, or government resource sick/vacation days.
Completion dates:
a1 Is most conservative where actions are serial
a2 Is the earliest, where government approvals are concurrent with other ID # steps and other actions can begin before the prior action is fully approved
a3 Highly possible is based upon a mid max
All 3 Completion Dates are conservative, and we wish to ensure expectations are properly set. The dates are dependent upon government reviews and approvals.
ATTACHMENT 2-19
Healthier smiles…Happier kids!
A non-profit organization 501(c)3/TIN:95-4791296
400 W. Elmwood Ave, Burbank CA 91506 • (818)841-8010 • Fax (818)841-8006 • www.kidsclinic.org City of Burbank
References List and Letters of Support for
Reques
t For Proposal for Property located at
2244 N. Buena Vista Street, Burbank
R
equesting Entity (Legal Name): Kids’ Community Clinic of Burbank (aka Kids’ Community Dental Clinic, or KCDC)
Current Address: 400 W. Elmwood Ave. Burbank, CA 91506 Contact: Name/Title/Business Phone/Cell Phone/Email: Dale Gorman, Executive Director, 818-399-1373, [email protected]
Project Name: Request for lease of property located at: 2244 N. Buena Vista, Burbank
References:
See attached letters
1. UCLA School of Dentistry, (Letter included) Oversees the partnership of all Community Based Clinics who provide clinical experience for 4th year dental students. Lisa B. Nguyen, DDS, FAAPD, Diplomate, American Board of Pediatric Dentistry, Associate Director, Community-Based Clinical Education (CBCE), Health Sciences Asst. Clinical Professor Office: 310-206-2743
2. ChildCare Resources Center, (Letter included) Partnering agency that oversees 30+ HeadStart and Early Head Start Federal preschools. Rubie Martinez, MPH CHES is the Health & Nutrition Manager who oversees our partnership which provides dental screenings and fluoride treatments at all students at all of her sites annually. 20001 Prairie Street, Chatsworth, CA 91311, O: 818-717-4501, C: 818- 209-0134
3. Volunteer Private Practice Dentist: (Letter included) Longest Burbank-based volunteer dentist serving KCDC for over 32 years: Dr. Timothy Knox, 818-846-1306
4. Burbank Unified School District, (Letter included) Collaborator for Youth programs: Alyson Edge, NAF Director Burbank High School, NAF Academies Cell:
818-681-9429
5. Providence Southern California: (Letter included) Funding partner for community outreach and health education and equitable access. Anthony Ortiz-Luis, MS, Director Community Health Los Angeles Region 818-381-7994 ATTACHMENT 2-20
Healthier smiles…Happier kids!
A non-profit organization 501(c)3/TIN:95-4791296
400 W. Elmwood Ave, Burbank CA 91506 • (818)841-8010 • Fax (818)841-8006 • www.kidsclinic.org
Letters of Support:
See attached letters from:
1. Senator Anthony Portantino
2. Maritza C. Cabezas, DDS, MPH, Dental Director, Oral Health Program, LA County Department of Public Health
3. Peter Knapik, Burbank Unified School District
ATTACHMENT 2-21
April 9, 2022
Dear City of Burbank Electorate Members:
On behalf of the UCLA School of Dentistry and our Community-Based Clinical Education (CBCE) program, we are writing to respectfully support the expansion of Kids’ Community Dental Clinic (KCDC). It is an honor to affiliate with Ms. Dale Gorman and the KCDC team. They are true community champions who continue to demonstrate compassion and service to families in need.
The UCLA School of Dentistry focuses on achieving and maintaining excellence in providing a comprehensive dental education, cutting-edge research, quality patient care and public service. We are committed to educating future academic and community leaders to have the confidence, capabilities and ethical decision-making skills to improve the health of our communities.
The mission of our UCLA CBCE program is to enhance our students’ education while increasing access to care for vulnerable populations through sustainable community service built in to our student curriculum. Since the launch of our pilot program in 2018, our UCLA trainees, in affiliation with our community affiliates, have delivered care for over 16,000 patients while significantly enhancing their clinical experience. KCDC has proven to be an exceptional community partner. Not only does our team enjoy working with KCDC, our students express the value of rotating to KCDC as well. After completing a rotation with KCDC, students report enjoying the busy, well-run and inviting nature KCDC offers. The only student complaint we have received pertains to students wanting longer rotations at KCDC.
KCDC strives to serve Burbank and surrounding communities within and external to the walls of their clinic. They members of their Board truly understand the pulse of the community. KCDC partners with many other organizations to offer and connect people to oral health and overall health services. Throughout the pandemic, most dental offices and organizations were faced with many challenges which limited the ability to offer services. KCDC quickly rose to the challenge and discovered ways to continue to serve the community safely. UCLA Dentistry has collaborated with KCDC during the pandemic to hold drive-thru health fairs to address oral health and food insecurity.
Our UCLA CBCE program strongly and enthusiastically supports the growth of KCDC and we are honored to grow alongside them. Please feel free to reach out to any of our team members with any questions, comments or concerns.
ATTACHMENT 2-22
Sincerely,
Bill Piskorowski, DDS
Associate Dean, Community-Based Clinical Education
Lisa B. Nguyen, DDS, FAAPD
Associate Director, Community-Based Clinical Education
Steve Y. Lee, DDS
Director, Professional Program for International Dentists Group Practice Director
Kyle Tupaz, MPA
Public Administration Analyst
ATTACHMENT 2-23
April 2022
To whom it may concern:
It was with the utmost pleasure to write this recommendation letter for Kids Community Dental Clinic (KCDC). Child Care Resource Center, Head Start Birth to Five program has been partnering with KCDC for over 5 years. Dale Gorman and her team have been an exceptional support to our program, families and children. Each year we coordinate and collaborate for KCDC’s team to visit our Head Start children and complete a free oral health screening. During these visits, the dental team engages with the children to provide education regarding the importance of oral health. They complete a screening and apply fluoride for those with parental consent.
The screenings KCDC offers not only support the importance of oral health, but offer an opportunity for young children to engage in healthy habits as well as inform parents if their children need any immediate treatment.
Kids Dental Community Clinic is passionate and committed to the work they do for children and families. The staff is professional, prompt, knowledgeable, and caring. Their team screens more than 800 of our Head Start children annually across 25 preschool site locations in the San Fernando Valley and Antelope Valley.
As the Health & Nutrition Manager with the CCRC Head Start Birth to Five Program, I am committed to support Kids Dental Community Clinic with this recommendation letter of support.
Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at [email protected].
Respectfully,
Rubie Martinez, MPH, CHES
Health & Nutrition Manager
Child Care Resource Center
ATTACHMENT 2-24
ATTACHMENT 2-25
BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
NAF Academies
902 N. Third Street ~ Burbank, California 91502-1019
Telephone: 818-558-4700 ~ Fax: 818-845-6122
Alyson Edge, NAF Director
Cell: 818-681-9429
July 23, 2022
Re: City of Burbank RFP of City-Owned Building to Expand Dental Services I have the pleasure of working with Dale Gorman and Kids Community Dental Clinic. Dale has served on the BUSD NAF Academy Advisory Board for years. She serves as the lead for our medical academies and is instrumental in helping meet our work-based learning objectives. She has served as an interviewer for many rounds of mock interviews, organized resume and personal statement workshops, and recruited and hosted multiple guest speakers. She has also provided valuable experiences when she and the clinic hosted numerous medical academy students for internships.
The BUSD has five NAF Career Academies including business, engineering, and medical. Academy students take part in a four-year rigorous program where students learn about their career pathway. They complete specialized academic courses, participate in various work-based learning activities including industry visits, mock interviews, and learning from guest speakers. Each student is also required to complete extensive career and college research to help focus their goals, and every academy student must also complete an 80-120 hour community internship.
We know that Kids Community Dental Clinic is seeking to expand beyond their 980 square foot bungalow. A larger space would allow the clinic to provide more opportunities to serve patients. The extra space would add open bay operatories, quiet rooms, room to develop their team and add dental assistants, and ultimately help more children in our community.
The clinic has been successfully serving and growing for years and has outgrown their current space. They require more space in order to continue providing their valuable community services. Our hope is that the clinic would continue and expand their partnership with BUSD by offering more student internship opportunities. The larger facility would also allow the clinic to host students for a tour and a chance to meet with industry experts.
Kids Community Dental Clinic is a valuable asset to the City of Burbank. They help the community on many different levels and want to expand their footprint of service. I support the clinic and Dale’s goals. Please consider their request.
Sincerely,
Alyson Edge
Alyson Edge
BUSD Academy Director – Business, Engineering, Medical
WWW.BURBANKUSD.ORG/NAF
ATTACHMENT 2-26
Community Health
7621 Van Nuys Blvd. Unit B
Van Nuys, CA 91405
818.847.3981
providence.org/cacommunityhealth
7/28/2022
The Honorable Jess Talamantes
Mayor of Burbank
Burbank City Hall
275 East OIive Avenue
Burbank, CA 91502
I am happy to express our support for Kids Community Dental Clinic’s (KCDC) proposal to utilize the Boys & Girls Club of Burbank old facility at 2244 North Buena Vista Street.
Originally established as a dental clinic within St. Joseph’s Hospital in 1968 by the Sisters of Providence to fill a gap in oral health care services for low-income children, the hospital decided to shut its doors in 1997. KCDC has impacted 7,000 children and families as in-clinic long term patients and serves an additional 14,000 annually through public health outreach events and innovative treatment delivery systems to meet rising demand for this at-risk population. The Sisters of Providence continue to support the organization today. Kids Community Dental Clinics continues to serve many schools in the local area including low-income parochial schools. The Kid’s Community Dental Clinic is a nationally recognized pediatric safety-net dental home serving LA County providing free or low-cost comprehensive and restorative oral care to raise healthcare equity for low-income families.
Providence St. Joseph Medical Center via our Community Health Department partners with Kids Community Dental Clinic for many years in providing health education workshops around the importance of healthy eating, physical activity, and oral health.
If you need additional information, please free to contact me at [email protected].
Sincerely,
Anthony Ortiz-Luis
Anthony Ortiz-Luis, MS
Director, Community Health
Providence St. Joseph Medical Center
ATTACHMENT 2-27
July 27, 2022
Hon. Jess Talamantes
Mayor, City of Burbank
275 East Olive Ave.
Burbank, CA 91502
RE: Kids’ Community Dental Clinic
Dear Mayor Talamantes,
I am pleased to submit this letter of support for the Kids’ Community Dental Clinic of Burbank’s (KCDC) proposal to relocate to the city owned property located at 2244 N. Buena Vista Street.
The clinic has served the Burbank area for over 50 years having originated out of Providence St. Joseph Medical Center. It became the Kids’ Community Dental Clinic in 2001 and continued the mission of helping families access dental care. With a long history in the city, KCDC has earned the respect and appreciation of the community, which includes a significant population that is impoverished, unemployed, homeless, and/or uninsured.
Currently, the Kids’ Community Dental Clinic provides low- and no-cost pediatric and general dental treatment services to the low-income residents of Burbank and the surrounding communities. KCDC works with low- income schools throughout the Burbank area to help children with basic oral health services. In addition to offering dental treatments for children, KCDC provides oral health education and community outreach dental screenings at schools and public health events.
The Clinic hopes to expand its services to serve more children. Relocating to a larger facility within the City of Burbank would ultimately support these efforts while also allowing KCDC to further develop its workforce development program to help local residents pursue careers in dentistry.
I thank you for your consideration of the Kids’ Community Dental Clinic’s application.
Respectfully,
Hon. Anthony J. Portantino
State Senator, 25th District
ATTACHMENT 2-28
BARBARA FERRER, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.Ed.
Director
MUNTU DAVIS, M.D., M.P.H.
County Health Officer
MEGAN McCLAIRE, M.S.P.H.
Chief Deputy Director
RITA SINGHAL, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Disease Control Bureau
MARITZA CABEZAS D.D.S., M.P.H.
Director, Oral Health Program
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
3530 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1010
Los Angeles, CA 90010
TEL (213) 351-1279
www.publichealth.lacounty.gov
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Hilda L. Solis
First District
Holly J. Mitchell
Second District
Sheila Kuehl
Third District
Janice Hahn
Fourth District
Kathryn Barger
Fifth District
July 26, 2022
Dale Gorman
Executive Director
Kids’ Community Dental Clinic
400 W. Elmwood Avenue
Burbank, CA 91506
Re: Letter of Support for Kids’ Community Dental Clinic Expansion
Dear Ms. Gorman:
On behalf of the Los Angeles County Department of P ublic Health's Oral Health Program, I am writing to express my support of Kids’ Community Dental Clinic (KCDC) request for clinic expansion. The Kids' Community Dental Clinic is dedicated to improving the oral health of children from low -income families wi th quality procedures, preventative treatments, and oral health education. KCDC has successfully grown to serve this population of need.
KCDC will be able to expand the existing limited-size bungalow into a more compliant, spacious area that would 1) ad d open bay operatories; 2) add 1 -2 quiet rooms; 3) provide space to develop a workforce of dental assistants; and 4) serve more children. KCDC has demonstrated a commitment and ability to incre ase access to affordable dental services for children experiencing homelessness and children from socioeconomic ally disadvantaged families. The clinic expansion will allow KCDC to increase the much-needed scope of services provided to our community.
ATTACHMENT 2-29
Dale Gorman
July 26, 2022
The Oral Health Program's (OHP) vision is that all Los Angeles Count y residents will benefit from good oral health and recognize it as an important component of good general health.
KCDC’s success will be an important addition to our efforts in preventing dental disease. We are pleased to support KCDC’s request for expansion to be able to continue providing dependable and affordable dental services.
Sincerely,
Maritza Cabezas, DDS, MPH
Dental Director, Oral Health Program
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
ATTACHMENT 2-30
ATTACHMENT 2-31
Healthier smiles…Happier kids!
A non-profit organization 501(c)3/TIN:95-4791296
City of Burbank
Proposed List of City Responsibilities for
Request For Proposal for Property located at
2244 N. Buena Vista Street, Burbank
Reque
sting Entity (Legal Name): Kids’ Community Clinic of Burbank (aka Kids’ Community Dental Clinic, or KCDC)
Current Address: 400 W. Elmwood Ave. Burbank, CA 91506 Contact: Name/Title/Business Phone/Cell Phone/Email: Dale Gorman, Executive Director, 818- 399-1373, [email protected]
Project Name: Request for lease of property located at: 2244 N. Buena Vista, Burbank Construction Cost Estimates and Responsibilities for 2244 N. Buena Vista Project Additional anticipated costs based on community clinic demands City Estimate City Estimate Tenant Estimate
All costs
Operator
responsibilities
Tenant
responsibilities
1 Construction Drawing/Plans Tenant $ 200,000 $ 200,000 2 Construction/Project Management Tenant $ 150,000 3 Site work Tenant $ 18,000 $ 30,000
4 Hazardous Material Abatement Operator $ 38,000 $ 38,000 5 Structural Retrofit Operator $ 15,000 $ 115,000 6 Roofing & Waterproofing Operator $ 83,875 $ 83,875 7 Energy Modernization Operator $ 83,000 $ 83,000 8 Cabinetry and other casework Tenant $ 75,000 $ 200,000 9 Finishes and Textures Tenant $ 50,000 $ 100,000 10 Interior and Exterior Paint Tenant $ 60,000 $ 60,000 11 Fire life safety systems Operator $ 125,000 $ 125,000 12 Mechanical Operator $ 135,000 $ 135,000
13 Electrical and Low Volt Operator $ 175,000 $ 175,000 14 Plumbing Operator $ 115,000 $ 115,000
15 Additional plumbing for dental Tenant $ 50,000 16 ADA Compliance Operator $ 125,000 $ 125,000
17 Exterior Tenant $ 25,000 $ 25,000
18 Temp Facility Removal & demo Tenant $ 25,000 $ 130,000 19 Parking, Fencing Tenant $ 50,000
20 Dental equipment Tenant $ 70,000
21 Security, internal doors Tenant $ 30,000
22 Telecommunications Tenant $ 55,000
Sub total $1,547,875 $994,875 $ 1,150,000
Contingency @ 15% $ 232,181 $ 149,231 $ 172,500 Total estimated cost: $1,780, 056 $ 1,144, 106 $ 1,322,500 400 W. Elmwood Ave, Burbank CA 91506 • (818)841-8010 • Fax (818)841-8006 • www.kidsclinic.org
ATTACHMENT
2-32
Healthier smiles…Happier kids!
A non-profit organization 501(c)3/TIN:95-4791296
400 W. Elmwood Ave, Burbank CA 91506 • (818)841-8010 • Fax (818)841-8006 • www.kidsclinic.org Financial breakdown of City/Operator Responsibilities and Tenant Responsibilities:
O
perator responsibilities - $1,144,106
1. Site work
2. Hazardous Material Abatement
3. Structural Retrofit
4. Roofing & Waterproofing
5. Energy Modernization
6. Fire life safety systems
7. Mechanical
8. Electrical and Low Volt
9. Plumbing (with added support of KCDC)
10. ADA Compliance
I
n addition, per RFP Instructions Scope of work section, the City Council on June 7, 2022, allocated $413,756 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds toward needed improvements and KCDC assumes the City will utilize this CDBG funding to offset their Operator responsibility costs.
K
CDC as tenant responsibilities - $1,322,500
1. Construction Drawing/Plans/Design Development
2. Construction/Project Management
3. Site Work
4. Cabinetry and other casework
5. Finishes and textures
6. Interior and Exterior Paint
7. Plumbing for specific dental requirements
8. Exterior
9. Temporary facility removal
10. Parking, ingress and egress, fencing
11. Dental equipment
12. Security, internal doors
13. Telecommunications
The final building that KCDC proposes will result in an asset to the City and will offer state of the art, OSHPD-approved clinic features enabling KCDC to provide quality and equitable dental health services to indigent, homeless and low income families.
Long T
erm Partnership: KCDC proposes a meeting of City representatives and KCDC management to walk through the property and review any maintenance needs every 5 years. At that time, the operator and tenant will discuss any facilities maintenance needs for long-term building stewardship.
KCDC will establish a savings account for ongoing maintenance needs of the building. The current KCDC Board and Management team members do not feel that KCDC will need to request City funding for ongoing utilities and maintenance.
ATTACHMENT 2-33