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<br />. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />WHERE AS, Policing costs to suburban cities are significantly <br />higher for time spent in court testimony by arresting officers at <br />the downtown Ramsey County Courthouse than the costs for booking <br />procedures; and <br /> <br />WHERE AS, The recent addition of the Public Works/Maintenance <br />complex as a jail site option did not invite input from suburban <br />elected officials or citizens during site selection processes; <br />and <br /> <br />WHERE AS, The City Council of Shoreview has gone on record as <br />opposed to the Ramsey County Public Works/Maintenance complex <br />located at the intersection of 1-694 and Rice Street as a site <br />for the proposed county jail; <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, The Mounds View City Council <br />respectfully informs the Ramsey county Board of Commissioners of <br />our support to the City of Shoreview in opposition to conversion <br />of the Ramsey County Public Works/Maintenance site located at the <br />intersection of 1-694 and Rice Street for expanded county jail <br />facilities; <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, The Mounds View City Council supports <br />the Ramsey County Board in building cost effective jail <br />facilities efficiently proximate to the Ramsey County Courthouse <br />and likewise encourages accomplishment of recommendations from <br />the 1991 Ramsey County Suburban Courts Study Commission for one <br />centrally located suburban court facility in the area of Rice st. <br />and 1-694 on a site that has potential for future expansion to <br />accommodate a suburban county service center efficiently <br />proximate to suburban Ramsey County municipalities. <br /> <br />Adopted this 23rd day of <br /> <br /> <br />Roger <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> <br />CR.~/f ~~ <br /> <br />Charles S. Whiti g, City Clerk-Adm~n~strator <br /> <br />(SEAL) <br />