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buildings are placed in the middle of this ~reage. It will be more valuable as time goes on but we have thought about keeping :~ part of the property. Boardmember Ward inquired why the plan is to, move thep~lice7 Department out of this area of the City where ~nost of the population is.i Police Chief: Way stated that City Hall is moving and the Police Department and City Officesig~ ha~d in hand and with the build up of the Town Center, we will be in the middle .of ~h~ mc~st populated area. Ms. Ward stated she feels that comment is a little PrCmature~ :Sl~e is! not sure the Town Center will "fly like they say". Boardmember Paplham stated ~that~Fire Departments have fixed response time. Police Officers are moving around _~o~ response time is different. Ms. Ward inquired if the Chief Way and Office~ Paplham did'~ot think this would make a difference. Both replied that it should not make a ,diffe[¢nc~. Chief Way added that it would probably be more convenient because :of less c°ngestibn such as the school and busses, etc. The location is not a critical piece fOr. ~ e0~ce Department. We may be looking at a substation eventually. CoUncilmembe~Pearson felt that the Town Center area will be the core area of the City - it is close tS High_way #10 - north/south corridors and there is easier access. Chair And~rson stated!that Police are more likely to not respond from stations about 85 percent Of the time2 NOw with computers in cars - more and more response comes from where the officex' is. Ms. Ward suggested that the Police Department may want to .publish inf~rm{tion in the Ramsey Resident about how this move will not make a difference~r wi}h regard to Police calls response time. Councilmember Pearson re. ported that:he lives off of Highway #10 and when he needed officer assistance for his Mom, itdidn~t ta[e any more than three minutes and they were there. Chair Anderson stated it is Ve~ important to have the Police Department located with the City Hall. With~regard to. Emergency Management, Fire Chief Kapler stated that this building is currently our EmergenCy Operations Center (EOC) and Fire Station I is our back up. Our intent is~that oUr EOC be put in the new facility. Ms. Ward commented that right now:the school ¢om~s here for emergency evacuation and inquired what happens if the City Hall is not here. police Chief Way stated that it would be Lord of Life Church- there has'alreadY been dis~cussion relating to that. They are already our backup. Chair Anderson s. tated that tlie EOC location is not as important as an area for sustaining, communicatiom, etc. 7) Building Code. Fire Chief Kapler star, ed ~at last summer, the City of Ramsey adopted an amendment to the Butlding Codelwhlch requires sprinklers in some of the town homes, etc. This is a big Step in fire5pre~ention. This would be for town home units over 8500 feet - this is just'on new Units ' it is not retroactive. Police Chief Way proceeded to give an update to the Board. 1) Itiring's. The Police Departmenti hired two new officers last year - one in January and one about four months ago. :We are now up to 19 officers. 2) Major incidents. Chief Way reported!thi~te were some major incidents in 2004. Last March, there was a shooting at an officer at: a call. There were two homicides in the City, and most recently, the exPlosion at Premier' Development. We were in the news far too often! There were six fatal motor Vehicle accidents. One of those was a motorcycle chase which ended up herein RamseY. <That person is still on a respirator. Public Safety BOard -~ February 17, 2005 Page: 3 ~6f 5