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RESOLUTION NO. /
SERIES OF 1985--
A RESOLUTION '11) REX:<M-IEND ro THE DEPAR'IMEN'r OF CORROCTIONS, THE
OOVERNOR AND LEG!S[.ATURE OF COLORADO '11) APPROVE AND SITE A NEW
CORROCT!ONAL FACILITY ON STATE I.AND LOCATED AT THE LOWRY BCMB!NG
R/\NGE.
WHEREAS , the fi nal sll11l\ary r e port of the DRCCX, Jail Needs
Task Force .ork i n 1983 identified housing costs for state
prisoners i n county jails to be approximatel y $1.6 mi llion per
year . 'Ill e task force r eport a lso indicated f ive of the six metro
counties are curre ntly transporting approximately 6 ,000 state
pri s one r s a year to and from fac ilities at canon City and Buena
Vi sta ; and
WHEREAS , the De nv er Regional Council of Go verrme nts created a
Cor rections Facility Siting Task f orce in August of 1984 to locate
a site in t he met ropolitan area for formal r ecannendation by DRCCX,;
and
WHEREAS , the Ta sk Force , as a resu l t o f .ork i n J eveloping a
correctional facility ::te proposal , r ecommended DRCCX,'s formal
a pproval and support for the correct 1ona l facility site proposal
for land in the Lowry Banbing Rang e ; and
WH EREAS , the State Board of Land Comm iss ione r s has ass isted
i n identi fy i ng this state l a nd ;
NO.;, THEREFORE , BE l'r RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCI L OF TH E
CITY OF ENGL EWOOD , COLO R/\00 :
Section l. 'lllat Ci ty Co uncil recomm ends that t hu Departme nt of
Corrections , t he Governor and Legislature of the State of Colorado
approve and site the new correctional faci li ty on state l and i n the
Lowry Ban bing Range ;
Section 2 . 'lllat such a new co r rect i ons facility at the Lowr y
site COrlt:ain a diagnostic un it so as to maximize benefits to the
pu b lic and the facil i ty i t.se If ;
Section 3 . 'lllat a speci[i . site selection be determi ned by the
affect ed-par ties .
l\DOPTED AND APPROVE D the 7th d ,,y of January , 1985 .
I, Gary R. Higbee, ex officio City Clerk-Tn,asurer of the
City of El'lglewood , Colorado, hereby certify t hat the foregoing is a
canplete, true and accurate copy of Resolution NO . / , Serieo of
1985. --