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Update: No change in the. overall recommendations is recommended. However, a master plan of the Public Works site should be completed in an expeditious manner, following decisions regarding the land swap between the County and the Town of Hillsborough. A vehicle compound of sufficient size to accommodate all "off duty County vehicles is to be included in the master plan. Public Works —Motor Pool —Tier 2 Since the Motor Pool was constructed in 1996, the County's fleet has grown by 25% (60 vehicles). Should this growth continue at a similar rate, expanding the six repair bays to at least ten repair bays should be considered in the 2013 -2015 timeframe. Absence of available repair areas will increase the overall cost of contracts to outside repair shops. Update: There is no change in this recommendation. Whitted Human Services Center —Tier 3A The Whitted site can accommodate only minimal expansion of the building. The recommendations of the report assume the relocation of the current Library and the reallocation of the approximately 12,500 square feet to Health and Social Services. One of the primary areas of focus at this building must be in the Health Department — Health clinic. The clinic, already heavily scheduled, began as a primary care facility on January 4, 2005. Already the clinic has seen over 50 new patients, with many more expected as the service becomes more widely known. The current clinic area includes the entire first floor of Building B and has no expansion capability within the current confines. While expansion to an upper floor is within the realm of possibility, the current building configuration would require patients to go outside to access an elevator that would take them the upper levels. In order to avoid this unacceptable practice, the study suggests that additional square footage be added to join the two buildings, thereby creating additional waiting /reception area, program space, meeting rooms., etc. The most important result however, may be the incorporation of the elevator into the interior of the building, which would significantly improve the flow of traffic between Buildings A, and B. a Update: The recently approved expanded county campus will address essentially all of the long -term space needs identified in this report, with the exception of those of the Human Services departments, whose long -term plan for growth beyond the Whitted Building included relocation to an expanded campus. There are ways in which the space needs for these departments may still be met in an orderly and rational manner, however. As discussed in the section regarding the Southern.Human Services Center expansion, new service delivery methods being explored by the Health Department could minimize the amount of additional space needed at the Whitted Building. Expansion possibilities for the facility are constrained by the availability of parking (although the Library re- location will help in this regard); and expansion must also be sensitive to the residential community that surrounds the facility. XVI I