2003 NS Manager - APS for operation of the Animal Shelter

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~~ Go~~ty tiear6 fi M~ ~o o Ll1J >a ,. L!U 0 3 m ~, NarM Carolina Pablit HanIM~ ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT Rosemary L Summers, MPH, DrPH Health Director Richard E. Whiffed Human services Center 300 West Tryon Street Post Office Box 8181 Hillsborough, NC 27278 Phone: (919) 245-2411 Fax:(919) 644-3007 www.m.oranoe, n~ us/health Animal Control Services Central Administrative Services Dental Health Services ivironmental Health Services Health Promotion and Education Services Personal Health Services ~ 304 Revere Road ~ POBox8181 °~ Hillsborough, NC 27278 ~ ~ + C Phone: (919) 245-2075 FAX: (919)644-3308 E . ~ Memo To: Rosemary Summers, Health Director From: John Sauls, Animal Control Director Date: May 15, 2003 Subject: Meeting at Animal Shelter to Survey HVAC Systems and Develop Action Plan to Bring Air Exchange Characteristics to Recommended Standards. (May 14, 2003, 10:45 to Noon) Present at the meeting were Wilbert McAdoo, Public Works Director; Ron Holdway, Environmental Health Director; Steve Kaufinan, P.E., President of RN&M Consulting Engineers; Laura Walters, Animal Shelter Director; Nicole Carper, Shelter Manager; and John Sauls, Animal Control Director. We began with a general discussion about the nature of the problem and the history of the building, followed by a tour of the building to view every room and all the intake and heat/ac output vents and exhaust vents and fans. Wilbert McAdoo proposed the following action plan to be started as we were meeting: • Wilbert will get his people on the job immediately. Their assignments are to check the operation of every exhaust fan unit as much as possible without a schematic. 'They are to attempt to make every non- working unit operational wherever that can safely be done. • Replace all filters as needed. • Check all heat and ac units for proper operation. We discussed where we might find existing HVAC plans or schematics used by the contractors who installed the systems. We agreed on where we might find them and who would inquire at each location. The engineer understands his mission is to effect a HVAC and air exchange system that will meet the recommended standards (10-12 air exchanges per hour and no air exhausted from one room into another) regardless of how much or how little he is able to work with the existing systems. After the meeting I discovered the names of all the companies involved in the Animal Shelter Expansion Project completed in 1991, including the mechanical contractor. I forwarded this information to Mr. McAdoo today. This should facilitate the engineer's ability to understand the systems now in place, thereby facilitating the whole project. 9