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RE!JOLUTION No.&i:'.
SERIES OF 1997
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING "BALLOT QUESTION lA" IN THE NOVEMBER l997
ELECt:liON.
WHEREAS. Colora do's population has g,owi ·• 15% since 1990 to a total of2.l million;
and
WHEREAS. Arapahoe County'• population has I own 18 .4%, to 463 ,600 during this same
period: and
WREREAS, population growth, and mandatory jail and prison sentencing laws which
exte!ld confinement, have filled the County jails beyond their capacities ; and
WHEREAS, the Arapahoe County Sheriff holds over 800 inmates in jail • ,ch day in a
fa cility designed for 752 inmates ir. 384 cells; and
WHEREAS, the Arapahoe County Detention Facility was completed in 1987 and was over
capacny one year later when double bunking wns implemented; and
WHEREAS, the Arapahoe County Sheriff needs to increase housing capacity by adding
anotha-400 beds just to ac co mm odate the increase in criminals apprehended; nnd
WHEREAS, Colorado State law mandates the Co unty Sheriff incarcerate criminn..ls fo r
all ~ cities in the County; and
wlil:REAS, w,th voter approval of Ballot Question lA, the expansion of the Arapahoe
Coun...~ Jail can be accomplished without a tax increase; and
WHEREAS , it is the desire oftbe City Co uncil of Englewood, Colorado to s uppoot Ballot
Qu.esti:.n 1A in the November 1997 Election ;
S OW, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ESGL!,.--W OOD , COLORADO, THAT:
The Englewood City Council desires to set forth their support for Ball ot Qi.ostion 1A in the
Novec.ber 1997 El ection .
AD OPTED AND APPROVED this 20th day of Octobe r, 1997 .
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, ......... ,. '"'·"'""""'•"''"""-~ obove is a true copy of Resolution N<{°~ Sene9 al t997. -,-ffiJ
Loucriabia A. Ellis
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