Agenda - 11-09-2006-1 Space Needs report

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f A cybrary/branch library will remain at the Whiffed campus . Agriculture Services Building -Tier 1 B This project allows renovation of the building being vacated by the Land Services Departments mentioned earlier . Cooperative Extension , Soil and Water and two non - county agencies will occupy the Agriculture Services Building . Southern Human Services Center—Tier 2A Original plans for the Southern Human Services Center included expansion area to the east end of the building . The Health Department has recently begun primary care at the Whiffed Clinic . Staffing constraints preclude the service being implemented at the Southern Human Services Clinic at this time . The Health Director indicates that clinic patients could double within the next five years . As a Tier 2A project , construction of this facility would begin in the timeframe 2011 - mid 2013 , six years hence . Social Services functions at this facility continue to expand . The Department added six new employees within the past three years to existing Child Welfare units. Further , in response to increased service demands on the southern side of the County , an intake unit with seven employees was also relocated to the facility in 2004 . Food stamp cases handled by DSS have increased approximately 60 % since 2000 . A Dental Clinic is proposed for development contemporaneously with the expansion of the Southern Human Services Center . The current lease , which includes the space for both the Dental Clinic and the Public Defender , expires in June 30 , 2008 and has an annual cost of approximately $ 105 , 0000 Parks/Open Space Building —Tier 2A The Parks and Recreation administrative staff, parks operations base staff and the Environment Resource Conservation Department may locate to a County- owned building on Valley Forge Road during an interim period . However , the long term plans , as defined in the Parks Strategic Plan , would construct the necessary facilities at the Blackwood Farm on Highway 86 and New Hope Church Road between Hillsborough and Chapel Hill . This site is also proposed for the long -term site of the Arts Commission offices and studio space . Emergency Management/9 = 1 = 1 Center-Tier 2B Emergency Management was classified as one of the higher priority needs in the 2000 study . The Department has since absorbed the emergency medical transport function ; adding around 30 new employees . While the full complement of medical transport staff is not based from this facility , office space as well as , sleeping space for one unit has been created from a portion of the training room VI