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za Attachment D Review of Buildings in Hillsborough Purchasing and Central Services Building 129 E. King Street Hillsborough, NC Approximately 6200 sq. ft. This building is very linear in design. It was constructed approximately in the mid 1960s and served first as a furniture store. At some time it was purchased by the county and reconfigured for office purposes. It has three distinct spaces. Its current configuration can be briefly described as a series of offices on both sides of the building, with a central corridor to access each office. This space is on one heatJac system. The second space is comprised of two rooms at the end of this corridor that currently house the telephone switching station for the city and the computer system for the city. This area is heated and cooled with a second heat/ac system, to keep the machinery very cool. A third heating and cooling system is a backup system to this area should the normal system fail. It is anticipated that within the next several months that the equipment in these two rooms will be removed from the building. The original hard wood floors are throughout the first and second areas, as is the original wooden ceiling. The offices were created by installing sheetrock walls, which are non- load bearing. Therefore, this space, which is approximately 2/3rds of the building is a well insulated (brick exterior) space with minimal windows on the east and west sides at the top of the wall. These windows could easily be closed if needed. There are six windows on the front of the building. The dimensions of this part of the building is 36' wide x 119"' long. The third area of the building, the warehouse, (approximately 1/3 the total square footage of the building) is constructed of cinder block, one block thick. The dimension of this area is 32'7" wide x 60' long. It has a slab floor. It was added on to the original structure. It is comprised of three rooms. The walls between the rooms are cinder block but I do not know if they are load bearing. This area does not appear to be heated or have AC, however, it was not very cold, suggesting it might receive some heat from the building. There is a rolling door on the rear of the structure. David Cannell stated that the land immediately behind the building rises up. When it rains, this area can flood in through the rolling door. Anything in that area was always kept on platforms. Water never reached 6" high. Sandbags were evident on the interior east wall of this room. Markings on the wall showed that moisture had been wicked up into the wall. There was red clay on the floor throughout, reflective of some flooding in the past. There was no standing water, and no odor of dampness or mustiness, which was surprising. Reference has sometimes been made to a creek running under the building. Mr. Cannell said that the warehouse section of the building was built over a natural storm drain. Some water is channeled under the building and enters into a big storm drain. Mr. Cannell stated that this never caused water problems with the building.