HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-051-04/16/1996-DETENTION CENTER EVALUATION CENTER LARIMER COUNTY POLICE YOUTH OFFENDER RESOLUTION 96-51
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
STATING THE CITY COUNCIL'S SUPPORT FOR A YOUTH OFFENDER
EVALUATION CENTER IN LARIMER COUNTY AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO WORK WITH LARIMER COUNTY AND OTHER LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS WITHIN LARIMER COUNTY TO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR A
PROPOSED FACILITY
WHEREAS, Larimer County representatives are proposing to build a twelve-bed youth
offender evaluation center on County-owned land near the Larimer County Detention Center; and
WHEREAS,Larimer County representatives have approached the City of Fort Collins and
other local governments in Larimer County asking each of them to participate with Larimer County
in the development, construction and operation of such a youth offender evaluation center; and
WHEREAS, because of the current lack of a local youth offender evaluation center in
Larimer County, Fort Collins police officers who take a youth into custody are often taken away
from their usual patrol duties for long periods of time in order to transfer custody of the youth to the
appropriate person or agency; and
WHEREAS,the existence of a local youth offender evaluation center would help reduce this
lost patrol time and it would provide numerous other benefits to the City and its youth.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS, that the City Council acknowledges the need and importance for a youth offender
evaluation center to be located in Larimer County and hereby authorizes the City Manager to work
with Larimer County and other local governments on developing a plan to provide such a facility,
and to report back to Council concerning any plan for the financing and construction of the same.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 16th day of April, #VD.
1996. j
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk