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! I December 16, 1996 To: From: Re: Ramsey City Council Chief Auspos Commendation for Jim Singewald The D.A.R.E. House has been constructed, sold and is being occupied by a young family. The amount of"profit" to the Ramsey Police D.A.R.E. fund, after all costs incurred by the City have come in and after the split with Minnesota D.A.R.E. Inc. comes to $17,000 and we are looking ways to best invest this money for the benefit of youth as their behavior is related to drag abuse. Since the Council is aware of what was involved in the construction of the D.A.R.E. House I will not take the time here to go over that again. I do however ask that the City Council join me in extending recognition to officer Jim Singewald for his role in making the house possible. Because of Jim's active interest in D.A.R.E. and his innate capability to involve himself so deeply in projects such as this one, we were able to join with Minnesota D.A.R.E. Inc. in constructing the house. After many meetings with various persons within D.A.R.E. and with contractors and reviewing ideas on how best to do the building, a plan was decided on and land acquired. Again, Jim spearheaded these movements to lay the groundwork. With these preparations well laid out, Jim then went into high gear with the task of approaching contractors and suppliers for donations of time and material to build the house. Thanks to the willingness of his fellow officers to work wildly fluctuating schedules in order to cover for the time that Jim was off the patrol schedule, he was able to contact and meet with the very many persons and companies that donated time and products or agreed to supply them at or below cost. While the assistance of the other officers in the department contributed greatly to Jim's ability to devote duty time to this project, I know from observation that he invested many, many hours of his own time to seeing that the D.A.R.E. House was a success and, when we really needed him on patrol, he quite expertly divided his time between routine duties and the project. I would like the City Council, on behalf of the citizens of Ramsey, and personally, to join me in commending Jim Singewald for a job well done; a job, in fact, that would not have been accomplished otherwise. I should also like to make Council aware that we have received a' check in the amount of $3,000 from the Sanifill-D.A.R.E. program, which check is our share ora golf tournament held this summer for the benefit of the Ramsey and Elk River ~~ (see attached). Jim worked closely with Terry Miller and was actively ~~~uctive effort. Chief, Ramsey Police