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At this point, four options to provide the space requested by DSS and Health are under discussion. Some of the options have been discussed by the Board since October 2007, while others were added as a result of discussions during recent Capital Investment Plan work sessions. The Health and DSS Boards discussed specifically Option A and Option B, although information regarding Option C was provided to the Health Board by Commissioner Gordon and by Pam Jones to the DSS Board. Commissioner Gordon also provided written and oral information regarding these options during the Capital Investments Plan Public Hearing held on February 5, 2008. The attached spreadsheets will provide additional information for each. of the options, which are summarized below as follows: Option A: • Lease/purchase the space previously occupied by Wal-Mart at the Hillsborough Commons shopping center for use by DSS immediately; • No later than February 2012 the County would purchase the entire shopping center for relocation of human services departments currently located at the Whiffed Building in Hillsborough. • Note the $35.50 /S.F. upfit costs used as the basis of evaluation are consistent with those recently experienced with the Gateway Center upfit. Note that upfit costs do not include furnishings. • If the County commits to a lease purchase of the shopping center, the owner would allow the construction of the proposed sustainable design elements, such as parking lot improvements and the addition of natural daylighting to the building. These amounts are cited separately in the cost analysis and are not included in the $35.50/S.F. upfit costs. • The County will upfit the space for use by the Health Department after 2012 when shopping center is purchased. A separate line item cost is included for that work. • Option A also adds approximately 15,000 square feet at the SHSC to meet the needs of the Health Department, including the dental clinic and other departments that currently occupy that facility. The Board. may recall the Space Needs Study suggested an addition to SHSC of approximately 25,000 s.f. The purchase of the shopping center will allow the addition to be reduced while still meeting the long-term needs of the departments. Option B: • Construct a new facility of approximately 50,000 square feet at the existing Southern Human Services Center (SHSC) site in Chapel Hill for DSS; and • Remodel the space vacated by DSS at SHSC for use by Health Department • Renovate approximately 30,000 square feet of the 59,000 square feet in Whiffed Building for Health Department operations; Option C: (added at January 16, 2008 worksession ): • Add approximately 25,000 square feet to existing SHSC building for use in approximately 3 ~/2 to 4 years; • Construct 50,000 square foot facility for DSS around 2017. Although not specifically included in option C as presented at the work session, the County would also need to renovate approximately 30,000 square feet of the 59,000 square feet in Whiffed Building for Health Department operations in order to provide adequate program space for the Department.