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2 <br />time required for permitting, which is subsequently reflected in the pricing <br />of the project. <br />6. Health Department stated they will have a deficit of 8,000 s.f. at SHSC (and <br />suggests an addition to the SHSC building) <br />• Staff response: Discussions of the options over the past few weeks have <br />lead to assumptions about the sufficiency of the long term space that were <br />not indicated as such in the original proposal. The original proposal: <br />o Did not attempt to address the space needs for Health Department <br />through 2020 at SHSC. It did suggest there could be space <br />available in the SHSC for the dental clinic, but did not assume the <br />SHSC would not require expansion at some point in the future. <br />Based on priorities of the Health Department programs, the <br />expansion could just as easily become expansion of the Personal <br />Health clinic space. There has been a long-term goal to move <br />dental away from leased premises and save the lease amount, <br />which prompted the suggestion to use the space vacated by DSS <br />for the Dental Clinic function. The addition of approximately 25, 000 <br />square feet was included in the space study update as a Tier 2A <br />project to be completed in the 2011-2013 timeframe. The <br />Hillsborough Commons proposal does not alter that timeframe. <br />(See attached 2005 Space Update Summary page Xll and X111 for <br />additional information). it is understood the expansion of SHSC will <br />be required to accommodate long-term growth needs for the Health <br />Department and Housing and Community Development and Child <br />Support, who are also located in the building, however, it may serve <br />to reduce the size of the needed addition. Any addition would <br />presumably be done in a timeframe acceptable to our debt <br />capacity. <br />o The original assumption of 5,000 s. f. assigned to DSS <br />contemplated a total of 5,000 s.f., including circulation space (4,000 <br />s. f. was the basis first articulated by the Department. The <br />circulation s. f. was added bringing it to a total of 5,000 s. f.) <br />o The proposal honored the constraints of the debt policy and did not <br />propose new construction, or upfit, or purchase prior to such time <br />debt capacity would allow it. <br />7. Clarification is provided that the Whitted Building contains 59,000 square feet. <br />8. What are the alternative uses for the vacated space? <br />• Staff response: No alternative uses of the Whitted Center have been <br />offered at this point.