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Option A: <br /> Lease/purchase the space previously occupied by Wal-Mart at the <br /> Hillsborough Commons shopping center for use by DSS immediately; <br /> No later than February 2012 the County could purchase the entire <br /> shopping center for relocation of human services departments currently <br /> located at the Whitted Building in Hillsborough. <br /> Note the $35.501S.F. upfit costs used as the basis of evaluation are consistent <br /> with those recently experienced with the Gateway Center upfit. Note that upfit <br /> costs do not include furnishings. <br /> If the County commits to a lease/purchase of the shopping center, the owner <br /> would allow the construction of the proposed sustainable design elements, <br /> such as parking lot improvements and the addition of natural daylighting to the <br /> building. These amounts are cited separately in the cost analysis and are not <br /> included in the $35.501S.F. upfit costs. <br /> The County will upfit the space for use by the Health Department after 2012 <br /> when shopping center is purchased. A separate line item cost is included for <br /> that work. <br /> Option A also adds approximately 15,000 square feet at the SHSC to meet <br /> the needs of the Health Department, including the dental clinic and other <br /> departments that currently occupy that facility. The Board may recall the Space <br /> Needs Study suggested an addition to SHSC of approximately 25,000 s.f. The <br /> purchase of the shopping center will allow the addition to be reduced while still <br /> meeting the long-term needs of the departments. <br /> Option B: <br /> Construct a new facility of approximately 50,000 square feet at the existing <br /> Southern Human Services Center (SHSC) site in Chapel Hill for DSS; and <br /> Remodel the space vacated by DSS at SHSC for use by Health Department <br /> Renovate approximately 30,000 square feet of the 59,000 square feet in <br /> Whitted Building for Health Department operations. <br /> Option C (added at January 16, 2008 work session): <br /> Add approximately 25,000 square feet to existing SHSC building for use in <br /> approximately 3 % to 4 years; <br /> Construct 50,000 square foot facility for DSS around 2017. <br /> Although not specifically included in option C as presented at the work session, <br /> the County would also need to renovate approximately 30,000 square feet of <br /> the 59,000 square feet in Whitted Building for Health Department operations <br /> in order to provide adequate program space for the Department. <br /> Option D (added at February 7, 2008 work session): <br /> Lease 56,000 square feet at Hillsborough Commons for a period of ten <br /> years. Current lease costs are based on a lease period of 10 years to allow <br /> amortization of some upfit costs by the Landlord. While a lease period of less <br /> than 10 years may be possible, it has not been negotiated as such and the <br /> lease rate would be increased to reflect the shorter lease period. <br /> o As a condition of the lease, the Landlord would likely require the County to <br /> return the building to retail status at expiration. Creating the natural light in <br />