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EX1BACT OF MINUTES OE MEETING OF THE VILLAGB COUNCIL OF LINO LAKES, ANOKA COUNTY, MINNESOTA. A regular meeting of the Village Council of Lino Lakes, Anoka County, Minnesota, was duly held on April 24, 1967, at 8:00 PM. The following members were present: Mayor Alfred Ross, Ralph L'Allier, Henry Rosengren, William Bohjanen and Andrew Cardinal, and the following absent: none. William Bohjanen introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: WHEREAS, the Village of Lino Lakes has expended considerable monies to police the State of Minnesota Lino Lakes Youth facility and escapees therefrom since the opening thereof, as evidenced by the attached time sheet; and WHEREAS, during the past operation of such facility, the council feels that there have been inadequate internal security measures therein to prohibit the escape of those confined therein; and WHEREAS, the escapees from such facility have often terrorized inhabitants of the Village of Lino Lakes, vandalized properties of, stolen property from and caused severe loss to residents of the Village of Lino Lakes; end WHEREAS, the residents of Lino Lakes live in fear of the escapees or potential escapees from the said facility as presently operated to the extent that many residents refuse to unlock, open or answer their doors in the evenings; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Village Council of the Village of Lino Lakes, Anoka County, Minnesota, es follows: The Village Council of the Village of Lino Lakes, Minnesota strenuously supports the immediate increase and betterment of internal policing and methods thereof in the Lino Lakes State Youth Center, and also, es strenuously, opposes any increase in the use of such facility, and especially any change of the use thereof to in- clude the treatment of "hard-core" juvenile offenders, without adequate prior pro- visions being mode to internally police the said operation, and, in fact, this Village Council favors increase in and betterment of such internal policing even if there is no increase in or change of usage of such facility, to prevent the oocurance of the past problems created by escapees since the operation of such facility. The same was duly seconded by Ralph L'Allier and upon vote thereon the following voted in favor thereof: Mayor Alfred Ross, Ralph L'Allier, Henry Rosengren, William Bohjanen and Andrew Cardinal, and the following voted against: none. STATE OF MINNESOTA ) COUNTY OF ANOKA )SS VILLAGE OF LINO LAKES ) I, the Village Clerk --Treasurer of the Village of Lino Lakes, Anoka County, Minnesota, hereby certify that I have carefully compared the above extract of Minutes and the same are true and correct. Dated this 24th day of April, 1967.