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11'1. .7"s ), <br />l: +a' ry <br />I/� F1 <br />TONY BENNETT <br />BOARD OF RAMSEY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />DISTRICT 1 <br />JOE MURPHY <br />ASSISTANT TO COMMISSIONER <br />May 5, 1997 <br />Bob Fletcher <br />Ramsey County Sheriff <br />Adult Detention Center <br />14 West Kellogg Boulevard <br />St. Paul, MN 55102 <br />220 COURT HOUSE <br />SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA 55102 <br />TEL. (612) 266-8350 <br />FAX (612) 2668370 <br />Dear Bob, <br />This is to inform you that it is my intention to add a sixth site <br />to be studied as a potential site for an additional Ramsey County <br />Adult Detention Center by Ramsey County. That site is located at <br />694 and Rice Street in the area of the present Ramsey County <br />Maintenance Facility. The Maintenance Facility is in the process <br />of evaluating a site at the arsenal in Arden Hills and would be <br />available at that point. This is the site I advised you of at <br />lunch on February 24, 1997. <br />The site is owned by Ramsey County, therefore it would require no <br />tax dollars to purchase. This site also is approximately 12 acres, <br />not including an additional 8 acres across the street at the <br />Owasso Home site, or the other acreage on the southeast corner <br />that the County now owns. This site would provide for space to put <br />a combined suburban court; space for a new Sheriff's patrol <br />station which I understand is overcrowded; and it would still <br />leave room to build a one stop suburban Ramsey County government <br />center. It is located fairly close to the center of Ramsey County. <br />Being at the center of Ramsey County it would become convenient <br />for the local police departments as well as your department which <br />services 7 of those suburban communities, with adequate parking.' <br />I realize it was the previous County Board who put forward the <br />sites that are now under consideration. There is now a new Board <br />with some new ideas, and as a suburban County Commissioner I <br />realize we (the County) have the responsibility to build a new <br />jail and you have the responsibility to run that new jail. <br />Minnesota's First Home Rule County <br />printed on recycled paper with a minimum of IO% pOst consumer content <br />Page 165 <br />