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Orange County Space Needs Report ~ 2005 Update <br /> Page 45 of 69 <br /> Department Name : Health Department— Dental Clinic , Carrboro <br /> Project Development Phase : Tier 2A <br /> Current Location . Carr Mill Mall , Carrboro <br /> Current Departmental Square Footage : <br /> Current # Employees : 7 <br /> Proposed Square Footage : 5 , 650 ( plus 30 % Circulation factor) <br /> Options to accommodate space needs . <br /> Long term : This department has occupied leased space at Carr Mill Mall for <br /> more than two decades . The leased premises were sub = divided when the Health <br /> Clinick moved to the Southern Human Services Center upon its completion in <br /> 1998 . The Dental Clinic occupies about 52 % of the subdivided space , with the <br /> Public Defender ' s office occupying the remaining 48 % . However , the Clinic is <br /> operating at full capacity of both staff and space at the Carrboro clinic . Clients <br /> making appointments for things such as routine cleaning at both this Clinic , as <br /> well as the clinic in Hillsborough , can expect a three - month wait . The Public <br /> Defender' s office is slated to relocate to the existing Sheriff ' s building in <br /> Hillsborough when the expansion to the courthouse is completed in 2008 . <br /> The dental clinic is recommended for relocation to the Southern Human Services <br /> Center , where a footprint to the south of the existing building and adjacent to the <br /> Health Department was part of the original SHSC plan . Based on stated <br /> priorities , this project is programmed as a Tier2A project , which would have <br /> construction beginning in the timeframe 2011 - mid 2013 . Given the specialized <br /> nature of this project and given that it lays within the Chapel Hill Planning <br /> jurisdiction , a two -year advance - planning window is projected before construction <br /> can begin . The current lease, which includes the space for both Dental Clinic <br /> and Public Defender , expires in June 30 , 2008 and has an annual cost of <br /> approximately $ 105 , 000 . Any lease renewal negotiated in 2008 could be <br /> structured to coincide with the completion of the dental clinic at the Homestead <br /> Road site . <br /> This project is scheduled to coincide with the expansion of the Southern Human <br /> Services Center in order to realize the economy of scale that a larger <br /> construction project offers . <br /> 45 <br />