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May 25, 2011 <br />RicHAxn W. STANIEK <br />HFNNFPIN COUMT SHERIFF <br />Dear Councilmembers: <br />DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY <br />I am writing to ask for your consideration of the attached Resolution in Support of the Sheriffs <br />New 911 Communications Facility. <br />The Hennepin County Sheriffs Office provides 91,1 emergency dispatch for 19 fire departments and <br />23 police agencies in thirty-six communities across Hennepin County, including your city. We are <br />the largest consolidated public safety answering point in the upper Midwest, handling nearly <br />600,000 events each year. <br />Our existing communications facility, located in Golden Valley, is now over sixty years old and must <br />be replaced in order to ensure continued 911 services and to accommodate future advancements in <br />communications technology. <br />The new 911 communications facility will be located in Plymouth, adjacent to the Adult <br />Correctional Facility at Parkers Lake, near County Road 6. Schematic design is well underway and <br />we expect construction to begin in 2012 with a move -in date early 2014. <br />Because of the regional and statewide significance of this project, we are working with the county <br />board to secure state and federal dollars to support this project. <br />Adoption of this resolution demonstrates local support for the project and helps secure these state <br />and federal funds. State and federal funding for this project ultimately benefits Hennepin County <br />taxpayers by decreasing the amount of property taxes necessary to fund this project. <br />As deadlines for submitting local government unit bonding proposals for the 2012 legislative <br />session are just around the corner, I would appreciate your timely consideration of this request. <br />If you have any questions about this request, please feel free to contact me directly at 612.348.2347 <br />or Sandra Westerman, Director of Intergovermental Relations for the Sheriffs Office at <br />612.543.0694 Sandra.westerman(@co.hennepin.mn.ris. <br />Thank you for your consideration of this request. I look forward to our continued partnership to <br />advance public safety in Hennepin County. <br />Sincerely, <br />Richard W. Stanek <br />Hennepin County Sheriff <br />Room 6, COURTIMUSE 350 SOUTH 5rri STRUT NIMNIAPOLls, NIN 55415 www.iiENNLV1N511EK1FF.01,r, 612-34$-3740 <br />19 <br />