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24 <br /> Carr Mill Mall: Dental Health Services <br /> The current capacity of the waiting room at Carr Mill Mall is totally inadequate for the number <br /> of patients seen in the clinic. Patients often have to wait in the hall and children are often <br /> running up and down the halls because there is no room in the waiting area. These are safety <br /> concerns for the department as well as parents. <br /> This problem can be remedied with some remodeling of the current space and will not require <br /> additional space. This immediate need is addressed in the CIP request that hasbeen forwarded. <br /> Animal Shelter <br /> The current space plan projections for the new shelter is not adequate to meet the projected need. <br /> The current shelter is approximately 10,218 sq. ft. and it is anticipated that the space projections <br /> for a new shelter should be around 17,000 square feet. This includes two spaces/runs per dog. <br /> You cannot clean a dog run with an animal present in it and allows space for the retention of <br /> some evidence animals without interfering with shelter operations. In addition,the relocation of <br /> the current animal control staff to the new shelter allows for a modest expansion of one <br /> additional animal control officer and one additional office assistant by 2010. Co-locating the <br /> animal control officers would increase the space needed an additional 2,200 square feet for a <br /> total building of approximately 19,200 square feet. These figures may need to be adjusted <br /> slightly as planning for the new shelter advances. <br /> Storage Space <br /> There is an over-riding need for storage space in all locations except Carr Mill Mall. Storage <br /> spaces have traditionally been the first to be sacrificed when new staff has been hired and there is <br /> no other place to put them. In addition, as programs have grown and changed,there has been a <br /> need to have additional equipment available that is used often but not daily. Overall the <br /> department estimates that it could use an additional 1,800 square feet of storage space(none of <br /> which is records storage). Inactive medical and dental records storage prior to destruction of <br /> those records would consume an additional 400 square feet. <br />