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FACILITIES STUDY
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HONORABLE MAYOR
MEMBERS, VILLAGE COUNCIL
VILLAGES OF EAGAN, INVER GROVE
HEIGHTS AND ROSEMOUNT
DEAR MADAME AND GENTLEMEN:
WE HEREWITH SUBMIT OUR FINAL REPORT ENTITLED "POLICE COORDINATED
FACILITIES STUDY" FOR THE VILLAGES OF EAGAN, INVER GROVE HEIGHTS
AND ROSEMOUNT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH YOU ON EITHER A
COLLECTIVE OR INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY BASIS TO DISCUSS THE REPORT IN
DETAIL. AT THIS TIME WE BELIEVE A COLLECTIVE MEETING WOULD PRO-
DUCE GREATER BENEFITS THROUGH AN INTERCHANGE OF DIALOGUE BETWEEN
GOVERNMENTAL UNITS.
ONE PROPOSAL CONTAINED HEREIN WILL NEED EARLY ATTENTION, THAT OF
ESTABLISHING A CENTRAL, FULL-TIME COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FOR THE
POLICE AND FIRE UNITS OF THE AFFECTED COMMUNITIES. A DAKOTA COUNTY
GRANT APPLICATION FOR NEW EQUIPMENT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE
GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON CRIME PREVENTION AND CONTROL WITHIN
THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS. IN ADDITION THE VILLAGE OF EAGAN ANTICI-
PATES THE POSSIBLE TRANSITION TO FULL-TIME DISPATCHING BY JULY 1,
1973• IT WOULD BE DESIRABLE TO RESOLVE ANY FINAL DECISION ON THIS
ENTIRE MATTER AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE.
WE BELIEVE THE ADOPTION OF THE MAJOR ELEMENTS OF THIS REPORT, A.;D
THE DECISION TO PROCEED WITH MORE DETAILED PLANS FOR THE SHARING OF
HUMAN AND PHYSICAL RESOURCES BETWEEN THE THREE DEPARTMENTS WILL
BE IN THE BEST LONG--RANGE INTERESTS OF THE THREE COMMUNITIES. SUCH
A DECISION WOULD ALSO BE INNOVATIVE AND SUBJECT TO WIDESPREAD REVIEW
RELATIVE TO THE RAMIFICATIONS OF SUCH ACTION.
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IT HAS BEEN A DISTINCT PLEASURE TO SERVE YOU IN THIS STUDY. IF
WE CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE TO YOU IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
- PROGRAM PLEASE CONTACT US. ON BEHALF OF MR. DONALD DWYER,
CRIMINAL JUSTICE ASSOCIATES, INC. , WHO PROVIDED GENERAL RE-
VIEW OF POLICE MATTERS; MR. DUANE MIEDTKE OF DRM ASSOCIATES,
WHO PROVIDED INFORMATION ON BUILDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS
AND MR. JOHN VOSS OF URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN WHO REVIEWED SITE
SELECTIONS, I WISH YOU MUCH SUCCESS WITH ANY FUTURE DECISIONS IN
THIS GENERAL AREA.
OUR APPRECIATION IS EXPRESSED TO ROBERT SCHAEFER, VILLAGE
ADMINISTRATOR AND HOWARD FRANDSON, ACTING CHIEF OF INVER GROVE
HEIGHTS; C. ELDON STAUFFER, COUNCILMAN AND RAY TOUSIGNANT,
CHIEF OF ROSEMOUNT AND TO MRS. ALYCE BOLKE, VILLAGE CLERK,
AND MARTIN DESL.AURIERS, CHIEF OF EAGAN. THEIR HELP IN ANSWERING
QUESTIONS, ESTABLISHING INTERVIEW DATES AND REVIEWING THE COM-
MUNITY WAS INVALUABLE.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
ROBERT P. PULSCHER,
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
CHAPTER I -- COMMUNITY BACKGROUND
EAGAN -- GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS. . . . . I - 12
EAGAN -- POLICE DEPARTMENT . '. . . . . . 12 -22
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS -- GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS 23 -39
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS =- POLICE DEPARTMENT 39 -47
ROSEMOUNT - GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS . . . . . . . 49-60
ROSEMOUNT -- POLICE DEPARTMENT . . . . . . . . 61 -66
SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 - 71
CHAPTER 11 -- EMPLOYMENT - BUDGET PROJECTIONS
CURRENT PERSONNEL LEVEL . 72 -80
PERSONNEL PROJECTIONS -- EAGAN . 80 -85
PERSONNEL PROJECTIONS -- INVER GROVE HEIGHTS . . . . 85 -89
PERSONNEL PROJECTIONS -- ROSEMOUNT . . . . . . . . 89-93
GENERAL COMMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 -98
CHAPTER III -- NECESSARY SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS
COMMUNICATIONS -- EMERGENCY CONTACT . . . . . . . 99 - 103
TRAINING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 - 108
INVESTIGATION . 108 - 110
RECORDS ADMINISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . I 1 1 - 116
PURCHASING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
USE OF SUPERVISORY - SPECIALIST PERSONNEL . . . . . 117 - 120
CHAPTER IV -- POSSIBLE REORGANIZATION AS TO IMPROVE
THE DELIVERY OF POLICE SERVICES
COMPLETE CONSOLIDATION . 121 124
J PARTIAL COORDINATION . 124 - 128
CONSTRUCTION OF JOINT FACILITY . . . . . . . . . 128 - 137
CHAPTER V -- PROPOSED BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
POSSIBLE BUILDING DESIGN . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 - 142
LOCATION 143 - 149
FINANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 - 155
MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 - 158
APPENDIX
MAP OF DAKOTA COUNTY
PROPOSED SITE LOCATIONS CENTRAL FACILITY
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PAGE 20 REFERS TO A LIST TO BE FOUND IN THE APPENDIX OF FORMS
AND RECORDS USED BY THE DEPARTMENTS. THAT LIST WAS NOT
INCLUDED BECAUSE OF THE SUBSTANTIAL EXISTING UNIFORMITY
IN RECORD AND FORM USE IN THE THREE DEPARTMENTS.
PAGE 88 INVER GROVE HEIGHTS' RATIO OF POLICE STRENGTH PER 1,000
POPULATION SHOULD BE .94 PER THOUSAND USING 1973 ESTI-
MATED POPULATION, NOT 1 .07.
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VILLAGE OF EAGAN
THE VILLAGE OF EAGAN HAS A TOTAL LAND AREA OF 21,600 ACRES OR
NEARLY 33.5 SQUARE MILES. IT IS THE MOST SUBSTANTIALLY DEVELOPED COM-
MUNITY OF THE THREE STUDIED AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME THE SECOND LARGEST
COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF POPULATION IN DAKOTA COUNTY. IT IS LOCATED IN NORTH-
WESTERN DAKOTA COUNTY AND IS BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY MENDOTA AND MENDOTA
HEIGHTS; ON THE WEST BY THE MINNESOTA RIVER AND THE VILLAGE OF BURNSVILLE;
ON THE SOUTH BY THE VILLAGES OF APPLE VALLEY AND ROSEMOUNTj AND ON THE
EAST BY THE VILLAGE OF INVER GROVE HEIGHTS.
THE CURRENT GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE IN EAGAN IS NEW. IN SEPTEMBER
OF 1972 THE MINNESOTA MUNICIPAL COMMISSION ORDERED THE TOWN OF EAGAN
TO INCORPORATE AS A VILLAGE. IN OCTOBER OF THAT YEAR AN ELECTION WAS HELD
AND THE FIRST VILLAGE COUNCIL WAS SELECTED.
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WE HAVE ESTIMATED THAT THE POPULATION OF THE VILLAGE OF EAGAN WILL
REACH 16, 136 PERSONS DURING 1973. THE TOWN OF EAGAN HAD A POPULATION OF
3-1381 AS DETERMINED BY THE 1960 CENSUS AND HAD A TOTAL POPULATION IN 1970
OF 10,398. PROJECTIONS MADE BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL PLANNING STAFF
INDICATE THE TOTAL POPULATION BY THE YEAR 20 10 WILL REACH 86,000 PERSONS.
THE GENERAL AGE LEVEL OF EAGAN'S POPULATION IS YOUNGER THAN THE
METROPOLITAN AREA AVERAGE. A BREAKDOWN BY AGE AS TAKEN FROM CENSUS TAPES
IS SHOWN ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE.
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COUNT OF PERSONS BY
AGE AND SEX I
AGE MALE FEMALE TOTAL
UNDER 3 543 452 995
3-5 511 440 951
6-9 630 695 1325
10-13 629 480 1 109
14-15 247 186 433 117
16-17 166 173 339
18 73 61 134
19-21 66 180 246 r-7
22-24 126 274 400
25-29 576 655 1231
30-34 486 539 1025
35-39 502 271 773
40-44 305 299 604
45-49 218 157 375
50-54 116 107 223
55-59 53 68. 121
60-64 71 73 144
65-69 41 34 75
70-74 22 24 46
75 + 50 10 60 r
I SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS, 1970,
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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ACCORDING TO CENSUS STATISTICS, 49.8% OF THE TOTAL 1970 POPULATION
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WAS AGED 18 OR UNDER IN THE VILLAGE. THAT PERCENTAGE RATE OF 18 OR LESS
COMPARES TO 38.4%p IN THE SEVEN COUNTY METROPOLITAN AREA AND 44.8%p IN THE
REMAINDER OF DAKOTA COUNTY.
EAGAN`S RAPID POPULATION GROWTH HAS RESULTED IN A RELATIVELY SHORT
TENURE FOR MANY PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT CAN BE SHOWN BY THE CHART
ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE WHICH INDICATES BY NUMBER OF PERSONS THE YEAR IN
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WHICH THEY MOVED INTO THEIR CURRENT HOUSING UNIT.
COUNT OF PERSONS BY
F YEAR MOVED INTO UNIT 1
YEAR NO. OF PERSONS PERCENTAGE
1969-70 2825 26.7%
1968 1339 12.7%
1967 548 5.2%
1965-66 1442 13.6%
1960-64 2 702 25.6%
1950-59 989 9.4%
1949-EARLIER 91 .9%
ALWAYS LIVED THERE 638 6.0%Q
SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS, 1970,
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
IN EAGAN, NEARLY 39.5%p OF THE TOTAL POPULATION IN 1970 HAD LIVED IN
THEIR PRESENT HOUSING UNIT FOR THREE YEARS OR LESS. THAT COMPARES WITH
33% IN THE SAME CATEGORY IN THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE.
INCOME LEVELS OF A POPULATION HAVE SOME INFLUENCE ON THE LEVEL
OF SERVICES WHICH CAN BE PROVIDED BY A MUNICIPAL UNIT. WE EXAMINED
AVERAGE FAMILY INCOME IN EAGAN AND COMPARED THEM WITH THE AVERAGE IN
THE METROPOLITAN AREA AND IN DAKOTA COUNTY. THE AVERAGE FAMILY TOTAL
INCOME IN EAGAN ACCORDING TO THE 1970 CENSUS WAS $13263 1, COMPARED TO
THE SEVEN COUNTY METROPOLITAN AREA AVERAGE OF $13,097 AND THE DAKOTA
COUNTY AVERAGE OF $13,424. A CHART ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE INDICATES THE
COUNT OF FAMILIES BY MAJOR INCOME BRACKET IN THE EAGAN AREA.
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COUNT OF FAMILIES
BY INCOME 1
TOTAL INCOME NO. OF FAMILIES PERCENTAGE
UNDER $1,000 18 .7%
it 000 - 29 999 41 1.7%
39000 - 4,999 52 2. 1%
5,000 - 6,999 74 3.0%
7,000 - 8,999 172 7.0%
99000 - 9,999 288 11.7%
109 000 - ill 999 581 23.6%
12,1000 - 149 999 528 21.5%
15,000 - 24,999 551 22.4%
251000 - 49,999 135 5.5% -J
50,000 - OVER 19 .8%
SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS, 1970, --
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
LAND USE
AT THE PRESENT TIME A RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT OF EAGAN'S 21, 600
TOTAL ACRES IS ACTUALLY UTILIZED BY AN EXISTING DEVELOPMENT. IT IS EST[-
MATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 41000 TOTAL ACRES OF LAND ARE PLATTED FOR
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RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.
EAGAN`S RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SEPARATE
CATEGORIES. THE FIRST INCLUDES SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING STRUCTURES AND IT
IS ESTIMATED THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 2500 EXISTING OR OTHER UNITS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION IN THIS CATEGORY. THE LARGEST SINGLE CONCENTRATION OF UNITS
IN THIS CATEGORY IS IN THE CEDAR GROVE AREA IN THE EAST-CENTRAL PORTION OF
THE COMMUNITY. THIS AREA IS BOUNDED BY CEDAR VALE DRIVE ON THE WEST,
SILVER BELL ROAD ON THE NORTH AND CLIFF ROAD ON THE SOUTH. OTHER SMALLER
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RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, WITH
CLUSTERS OF HOMES RANGING IN NUMBER FROM SEVERAL HUNDRED TO AS FEW AS FIVE.
A SIGNIFICANT SEGMENT OF EAGAN*S RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IS DEVOTED
TO TOWNHOUSES AND APARTMENTS. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE COMMUNITY CUR-
RENTLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 2,000 OF THESE UNITS COMPLETED AND AVAILABLE
FOR LIVING PURPOSES. IN ADDITION, CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED ON SIX MAJOR
NEW APARTMENT PROJECTS INVOLVING A TOTAL OF 3200 NEW UNITS, SCHEDULED FOR
COMPLETION OVER A TWO TO FIVE YEAR PERIOD. THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIVE TO
TEN UNIT TOWNHOUSES IS ALSO GAINING MOMENTUM IN EAGAN. AN ILLUSTRATION
OF THIS SUBSTANTIAL EXPANSION CAN BE SEEN IN THE ISSUANCE OF BUILDING
PERMITS DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES. IN 1971
AND 1972 COMBINED, THE VILLAGE HAS ISSUED PERMITS FOR MORE THAN $31,000,000
OF SUCH CONSTRUCTION. THAT TWO-YEAR TOTAL INCLUDES 758 APARTMENT UNITS
AND 1,075 UNITS OF SINGLE FAMILY OR TOWNHOUSE AND APARTMENT UNITS OF LESS
THAN FIVE UNITS PER BUILDING.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURING AT AN EVEN FASTER RATE IN THE
VILLAGE. MUCH OF THIS GROWTH IS TAKING PLACE IN THE FOUR MAJOR EAGANDALE
INDUSTRIAL PARKS WHICH ARE BEING DEVELOPED BY THE RAUENHORST CORPORATION.
MORE THAN A THOUSAND ACRES IS INVOLVED IN THESE INDUSTRIAL PARKS, WHICH
ARE COMPLETELY SERVED BY ALL NECESSARY PUBLIC UTILITIES AND ROADS. AN
EXAMPLE OF THE FIRMS CURRENTLY LOCATED IN THESE INDUSTRIAL PARKS TOGETHER
WITH A NUMBER OF ESTIMATED EMPLOYEES IS LISTED ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE.
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REA EXPRESS 100
COCA COLA 90
U S PLYWOOD - CHAMPION PAPERS 40
BANN, INCORPORATED 80
ADAMS-BURKE CORPORATION 140
ATRON CORPORATION 90
DONALDSON COMPANY 250
AMERICAN FRUIT AND PRODUCE COMPANY 245
VILLAUME BOX AND LUMBER 95
GENERAL BEVERAGES 60
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN EAGAN IS NOT CONFINED TO THE IN-
DUSTRIAL PARKS. EXAMPLES OF MAJOR FIRMS AND THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THEY
EMPLOY WHICH CAN BE FOUND OUTSIDE THE EAGANDALE CENTERS ARE LISTED BELOW.
UNI VAC 1,200
K.W. McKEE ENTERPRISES 180
BLUE CROSS - BLUE SHIELD 775
IN ADDITION TO THESE INDUSTRIES, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A REGIONAL U.S. POSTAL
BULK MAILING FACILITY IS UNDERWAY WHICH WILL EMPLOY APPROXIMATELY 500
EMPLOYEES UPON COMPLETION. THAT FACILITY IS LOCATED AT LEXINGTON AVENUE
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AND GEMINI ROAD.
THE EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE IN EAGAN IS
BOTH AN ASSET AND A LIABILITY. IT REPRESENTS AN ASSET IN TERMS OF TAX BASE
AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR EAGAN RESIDENTS. HOWEVER, IT DOES PRO-
VIDE SUBSTANTIAL PROBLEMS FOR THE EAGAN POLICE DEPARTMENT IN CONTROLLING
THE TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THOSE FIRMS AND ATTEMPTING TO PREVENT CRIMINAL
ACTIVITIES INVOLVING THEFT OR DAMAGE OF THE SUBSTANTIAL PROPERTIES AND
MERCHANDISE STORED OR USED IN THOSE FACILITIES.
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THE 1970 CENSUS INDICATED THAT OF THOSE EMPLOYEES COUNTED IN A
SURVEY 1, 138 WORKED IN DAKOTA COUNTY. A CHART OF THE COUNT OF PERSONS
BY PLACE OR WORK IS LISTED BELOW.
COUNT OF PERSONS BY
PLACE OF WORK I
PLACE NO. OF EMPuOYEES
DAKOTA COUNTY 19138
MINNEAPOLIS 831
HENNEPIN COUNTY OUTSIDE MPLS.) 677
ST. PAUL 767
r 1 RAMSEY COUNTY OUTSIDE ST. PAUL) 81
OTHER COUNTIES 30
1 SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS, 19709
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
TAX BASE
EAGAN ENJOYS THE HIGHEST TAX VALUATION OF THE THREE COMMUNITIES,
PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF ITS SUBSTANTIAL INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT. THE TOTAL
ESTIMATED MARKET VALUE OF EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS AND THOSE DEVELOPMENTS
FOR WHICH PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED IN EAGAN IS SHOWN BELOW.
TOTAL TAXABLE MARKET VALUES
ASSESSOR'S VALUE PERMIT VALUE
1-2-72 1972 z TOTAL
RESIDENTIAL $ 69,692,406 $1691329876 $ 85,825,282
COMMERCIAL 43, 157,221 34,069,200 77,226,421
MULTIPLE UNITS 815009400 296021010 111102,410
PUBLIC UTILITIES 4381707 1041480 543% 187
AGRICULTURAL 13, 723,064 - - - 13, 723,064
INDUSTRIAL 3 223039501 2,975,396 5,278,897
PERSONAL PROPERTY 1,984,016 -- - 119841016
$139,1799,1315 $55,883,962 $195,683,277
FOOTNOTES 1 , 2 AND 3 ON FOLLOWING PAGE.
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I REPRESENTS ASSESSORS 1972 VALUATION FOR TAXES PAYABLE
IN 1973 i SOURCE: DAKOTA COUNTY ASSESSOR
2 SOURCE: EAGAN BUILDING PERMIT, 1972 ANNUAL REPORT
3 MUCH OF EAGAN`S INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES OFFICE
BUILDINGS AND WAREHOUSES WHICH ARE CLASSIFIED AS COM-
MERCIAL FOR TAX PURPOSES e-
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THE VALUE SHOWN 1N THE FORM OF PERMITS ISSUED
DURING 1972 WILL NOT BE TOTALLY INCLUDED IN ASSESSMENT FOR TAX PURPOSES FOR
A PERIOD AS LONG AS TWO TO THREE YEARS. HOWEVER, THE VALUATION r °1
INVOLVED IN 1972 PERMITS IS TOO SIGNIFICANT TO IGNORE, BOTH AS TO FUTURE TAX
BENEFITS AND AS AN INDICATOR AS TO TYPE OF GROWTH TAKING PLACE IN THE
VILLAGE WHICH AFFECTS LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES. THE TOTAL TAX AND PERMIT
VALUATION REPRESENTS A PER CAPITA VALUATION OF $12, 127. 12. THE PERCENTAGE OF
THE TAX REVENUE BY MAJOR SOURCE 1S ALSO UNUSUAL IN EAGAN. THE CHART BELOW
WHICH SHOWS PERCENTAGE OF VALUATION BY PROPERTY CLASS INDICATES THAT THE
TOTAL COMMERCIAL-INDUSTRIAL VALUATION REPRESENTS 42.2% OF THE TOTAL. THAT
IS WELL ABOVE THE METROPOLITAN AREA AVERAGE FOR SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES, AL-
THOUGH IT IS LESS THAN THE TOTAL FOR THE VILLAGE OF ROSEMOUNT. .
PERCENT VALUATION BY
PROPERTY CLASS
RESIDENTIAL -
MULTIPLE
49.5%
FARM -
7.0%p
COMMERCIAL -
INDUSTRIAL OTHER
1.3% -
42.2%
IN VIEW OF THE SIGNIFICANT MARKET VALUATIONS IN EAGAN WE EXAMINED
THE EFFECT OF THE COMBINED VILLAGE, COUNTY, SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND SPECIAL DISTRICT
MILL LEVIES ON CERTAIN VALUED PROPERTIES WITHIN THE VILLAGE. BECAUSE OF CON-
TINUING DISPUTE OVER FISCAL DISPARITIES WE WERE UNABLE TO OBTAIN 1972 MILL
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RATES FOR TAXES PAYABLE IN 1973. THEREFORE, WE USE TAX RATES FOR PAYMENT
IN 1972. THE MILL RATES LISTED BELOW WILL BE CUT BY APPROXIMATELY THREE
DURING 1973 BUT THE TOTAL IMPACT OF THE TAX RATE ON ANNUAL TAXES WILL NOT
CHANGE APPRECIABLY SINCE THE VALUATION OF PROPERTIES ALSO CHANGES. THE
CHART BELOW LISTS THOSE MILL RATES AND THE EFFECT OF THAT RATE ON CERTAIN
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
1972 MILL RATES
EAGAN
TAXING DISTRICT MILL RATES
VILLAGE 23.69
` ROSEMOUNT ISD NON AG 213.90 1
DAKOTA COUNTY 58.67
SPECIAL DISTRICTS 6.84
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-' ROSEMOUNT AS AN EXAMPLE SINCE IT SERVES THE
LARGEST AREA.
EFFECT OF TOTAL MILL RATE
ON CERTAIN PROPERTIES
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$18,000 HOMESTEAD RESIDENCE $ 354.63
24,3000 '` 538.06
301000 " 780.54
351000 '` 983.62
401000 1, 183.66
iTOTAL ANNUAL TAX REFLECTS REDUCTION OF HOMESTEAD
TAX CREDIT OF 35%p OR MAXIMUM OF $250.00, EXCLUSIVE
OF LEVY FOR BONDED INDEBTEDNESS.
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TRANSPORTATION ACCESS
EAGAN HAS EXCELLENT ACCESS TO THE CITIES OF MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL,
AND TO THE MINNEAPOLIS - ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. MAJOR STATE
TRUNK HIGHWAYS SERVING THE COMMUNITY INCLUDE TRUNK HIGHWAY 52, TRUNK
HIGHWAY 49, TRUNK HIGHWAY 13, AND TRUNK HIGHWAY 3. ALL THOSE HIGHWAYS
RUN IN GENERALLY A NORTH-SOUTH DIRECTION. COUNTY HIGHWAYS 31 AND 43 ALSO
PROVIDE A MAJOR NORTH-SOUTH ACCESS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
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THE EAST-WEST ACCESS IS PROVIDED BY COUNTY HIGHWAYS 26, 28, 30 AND 32.
THE COMMUNITY IS SUBDIVIDED BY A NATURAL HIGHWAY GRID SYSTEM WITH BOTH A-
NORTH-SOUTH AND EAST-WEST ACCESS PROVIDED AT NEARLY EVERY SQUARE MILE.
THIS REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT ASSET TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHICH IS GENERALLY
LACKING IN BOTH INVER GROVE HEIGHTS AND ROSEMOUNT.
THE FUTURE HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION WILL INCLUDE A SIX MILE SEGMENT
OF 135E WHICH WILL BISECT THE VILLAGE FROM THE NORTHEAST TO THE SOUTH-
WEST AND WILL CONNECT WITH 135W. THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE FOR THAT
FACILITY IS UNCERTAIN BECAUSE OF ALIGNMENT CONTROVERSIES. IN ADDITION THE
COMPLETION OF 1494 WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION DURING THE NEXT THREE
YEAR PERIOD WILL PROVIDE AN IMPORTANT ACCESS ACROSS THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY
OF THE COMMUNITY.
DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL
EA.GAN`S SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION DURING THE PAST DECADE IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE BECAUSE OF ITS EXCELLENT LOCATION. THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL HAS
ESTIMATED THAT THE POPULATION BY THE YEAR 2010 WILL REACH 86,000 PERSONS.
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THEIR PROJECTION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DECADES IS LISTED BELOW.
YEAR POPULATION PROJECTION
1980 28,000
1990 531300
2000 709600
F-,
2010 869000
THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL HAS ALSO PROJECTED SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL AND
COMMERCIAL GROWTH IN THE AREA AS EVIDENCED BY THEIR PROJECTION ON THE
TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE. THEY ARE
LISTED BELOW FOR THE SAME TIME PERIODS.
YEAR AVAILABLE POSITIONS
1980 159000
1990 249700
2000 321700
2010 409600
WE HAVE ESTIMATED THAT THE POPULATION IN EAGAN WILL REACH 16, 136
IN 1973. THAT ESTIMATE WAS DETERMINED BY ADDING TO THE 1972 ESTIMATE OF
THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL OF 12, 745, THOSE HOUSING UNITS FOR WHICH CON-
STRUCTION PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED SINCE THAT ESTIMATE WAS MADE. THAT
TOTAL IS SHOWN BELOW.
POPULATION
1972 METRO COUNCIL ESTIMATE 12,745
1972 SINGLE FAMILY UNITS (813) 21959
1972 MULTIPLE UNITS (144) 432
161136
WE HAVE PROJECTED THE COMMUNITY'S 1985 POPULATION AT 35,000. THAT COMPARES
TO THE 1980 ESTIMATE OF THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION OF 28,000, AND
A 1985 PROJECTION MADE BY THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION IN 1967 OF
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31132 1. IN ORDER TO REACH THE 35,000 POPULATION FIGURE THE COMMUNITY WOULD
HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TOTAL OF 5, 182 SINGLE FAMILY
EQUIVALENT UNITS OVER THE NEXT TWELVE YEARS. THAT IS AN AVERAGE OF 431
UNITS WHICH WE FEEL IS A REASONABLE EXPECTATION.
THE DAKOTA COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS PROJECTED A 1985 POPULATION
FOR EAGAN OF 41,000 PERSONS. IN ORDER TO REACH THAT TOTAL POPULATION THE r`fi
COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE TO CONSTRUCT AN AVERAGE OF 569 SINGLE FAMILY EQUIVALENT
DWELLING UNITS PER YEAR FOR THE NEXT TWELVE YEARS. THAT ESTIMATE WAS MADE
PRIOR TO THE DECISION, AT LEAST TENTATIVELY, BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
AND THE METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION, NOT TO LOCATE THE PROPOSED
NEW AIRPORT JUST SOUTH OF ROSEMOUNT.
THE SIGNIFICANT POPULATION GROWTH PROJECTED BY ALL PARTIES DOES NOT
SEEM OPTIMISTIC WHEN THOSE FACTORS WHICH LARGELY DETERMINE DEVELOPMENT
POTENTIAL ARE EXAMINED. SOME OF THOSE FACTORS ARE LISTED BELOW. �}
1 . LOCATION. EAGAN HAS EXCELLENT LOCATION IN TERMS OF ITS
PROXIMITY TO THE MORE DENSLY SETTLED URBAN AREAS, AND
TO CERTAIN KEY TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES. ITS LARGE LAND
AREA IS LARGELY UNDEVELOPED TO DATE, AND THE NATURE OF
THAT LAND AREA LENDS ITSELF TO EASY DEVELOPMENT. WITH
FEW EXCEPTIONS THE LAND AREA HAS NO SIGNIFICANT SOIL
PROBLEMS AND THERE ARE NO EXTREME DIFFERENCES IN
ELEVATION OF MOST OF THE PROPERTIES. LAND IS STILL
REASONABLY PRICED COMPARED TO OTHER AREAS IN CLOSE
PROXIMITY TO THE CORE CITIES.
2. PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE. THE TOWN BOARD, AND NOW THE
VILLAGE COUNCIL, HAS AGGRESIVELY EXTENDED WATER AND
SEWER FACILITIES IN THE COMMUNITY. IN GENERAL, APPROX-
IMATELY 2/3 OF THE COMMUNITY IS NOW SERVED BY MAJOR
WATER AND SEWER TRUNK FACILITIES. THE COMMUNITY HAS
SPENT MORE THAN $ 17 MILLION DURING THE PAST DECADE ON
UTILITY FACILITIES.
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3. COMMUNITY FACILITIES. THE VILLAGE IS SERVED BY THE BURNSVILLE,
ROSEMOUNT AND WEST ST. PAUL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ALL OF WHICH
HAVE NEW PHYSICAL PLANT FACILITIES AND EXCELLENT EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMS. THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS GENERALLY REPRESENT AN ASSET TO
FUTURE GROWTH.
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL EMPLOYMENT IS ABOVE AVERAGE IN A
SUBURBAN COMMUNITY OF THIS SIZE AND THIS FACTOR PROVIDES CON-
VENIENT, CLOSE-IN EMPLOYMENT FOR EXISTING AND FUTURE EAGAN
RESIDENTS.
4. TRANSPORTATION ACCESS. HIGHWAY ACCESS TO MAJOR FACILITIES IN
THE TWIN CITIES IS EXCELLENT AND WILL BE EVEN FURTHER IMPROVED
WITH THE EXTENSION OF 135E. HIGHWAY ACCESS WILL REPRESENT
A SIGNIFICANT GROWTH FACTOR WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
5. EXISTING GROWTH. THE HIGH QUALITY OF EXISTING COMMERCIAL
AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT SHOULD ESTABLISH A PATTERN FOR
EXPANSION OF THE SAME QUALITY GROWTH. SUCH DEVELOPMENT
SEEMS TO BREED OTHER DEVELOPMENT AND THAT IS ALREADY OBVIOUS
IN EAGAN. QUALITY INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL GROWTH WILL EN-
COURAGE RESIDENTIAL GROWTH SINCE MANY EXISTING AND FUTURE
EMPLOYEES WORKING IN EAGAN WILL PREFER TO RESIDE IN THE
GENERAL AREA.
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
EAGAN
THE EAGAN POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS ORGANIZED IN 1965 WITH THE APPOINT-
MENT OF ITS FIRST THREE-MAN PART-TIME DEPARTMENT WITH A TOTAL BUDGET OF
19,415. SINCE THAT TIME IT HAS GROWN TO A DEPARTMENTAL SIZE OF 12 FULL-
TIME EMPLOYEES AND 2 PART-TIME PERSONNEL, AND IS SCHEDULED FOR EXPANSION TO
14 FULL-TIME PERSONS AND 3 PART-TIME PERSONS DURING 1973. THE GROWTH OF
THE DEPARTMENT IS SHOWN HEREAFTER FOR THE PERIOD OF 1965 TO 1973.
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YEAR PERSONNEL BUDGET
1965 3 PART—TIME $ 199415
1966 2 FULL—TIME, 3 PART—TIME 251000
1967 3 FULL—TIME, 4 PART—TIME 419025
1968 7 FULL—TIME, 1 PART—TIME 539630
1969 8 FULL—TIME, 2 PART—TIME 829157
1970 9 FULL—TIME, 1 PART—TIME 94,562
1971 10 FULL—TIME, 3 PART—TIME 1581993
1972 12 FULL—TIME, 2 PART—TIME 215,065
1973 14 FULL—TIME, 3 PART—TIME 251,902
A COMPARISON OF ACTUAL EXPENDITURES AND BUDGET LEVELS FOR THE PAST THREE
YEARS IS SHOWN BELOW.
BUDGETS — EAGAN POLICE 77)
1971-1973
1971 1972 1 1973
ACTUAL ACTUAL ESTIMATE
SWORN PERSONNEL $1121193 $ 156,860 $178,730
CIVILIAN PERSONNEL 101000 111000 14,000
TRAINING EDUCATION 800 880 800
PURCHASE EQUIP. , SUPPLIES 119000 14,000 49000
CAPITAL OUTLAY 49000 51325 19000
INSURANCE 39000 511000 139000
OTHER 18,000 229000 351372
$1581993 $2159065 T2511902
1 REPRESENTS ESTIMATED ACTUAL EXPENDITURES,
PENDING FINAL AUDIT.
PERSONNEL
THE POLICE CHIEF IS APPOINTED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL. THE DEPART—
MENT HAS NO CIVIL SERVICE STATUS AND ALL SUBORDINATE PERSONNEL ARE APPOINTED
BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL UPON RECOMMENDATION BY THE CHIEF. HISTORICALLY
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FULL—TIME PERSONNEL ARE APPOINTED AFTER SERVING AS PART—TIME PERSONNEL
WORKING FOR THE DEPARTMENT. THEY ARE SUBJECT UPON APPOINTMENT TO A ONE
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YEAR PROBATION.
ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT INCLUDE A MINIMUM AGE OF
20 AND A MAXIMUM AGE OF 35. MINIMUM HEIGHT IS 5'7", AND APPLICANTS MUST
HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION. A LOCAL RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT IS NOT RE-
QUIRED. THE PRESENT PERSONNEL COMPLEMENT IS COMPOSED OF ONE CHIEF, ONE
SERGEANT, NINE PATROLMEN AND TWO CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES WHO REPRESENT ONE
A ND THREE-FOURTHS POSITIONS WHO WORK PRIMARILY IN RECORD MAINTENANCE,
COMMUNICATIONS AND CLERICAL RESPONSIBILITIES. THE DEPARTMENT HAS NO
FORMAL JOB DESCRIPTION OR CLASSIFICATION FOR ITS PERSONNEL.
THE DEPARTMENT WILL APPOINT TWO NEW OFFICERS IN 1973, AND WILL
PROMOTE TWO EXISTING PERSONNEL TO THE RANK OF SERGEANT. THIS WILL PERMIT
THE ASSIGNMENT OF ADDITIONAL SUPERVISORY MANPOWER TO EVENING AND EARLY
MORNING SHIFTS, WHICH CURRENTLY OPERATE WITHOUT SUFFICIENT SUPERVISORY
PERSONNEL.
TRAINING
THE DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE A FORMAL IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM WHICH
IS CONDUCTED BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE. EMPLOYEES ATTEND A MONTHLY SESSION
REPRESENTING A TOTAL OF FOUR HOURS PER MONTH PER EMPLOYEE. EMPHASIS AT
THOSE SESSIONS IS ON COURT RULINGS, LEGAL POINTS RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. ,
AND TRAINING KEYS RELATING TO CURRENT POLICE PROBLEMS. EMPLOYEES ARE RE-
IMBURSED EITHER BY COMPENSATORY TIME OFF OR PAY AT A REGULAR RATE. THE
DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO COOPERATED WITH DAKOTA COUNTY AND OTHER MUNICIPAL
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DEPARTMENTS AND HAS RECEIVED TRAINING FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEYS OFFICE
ON SEARCH AND ARREST PROCEDURES.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS NO PAY DIFFERENTIAL FOR EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
AND DOES NOT HAVE AN EDUCATION TUITION REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM FOR DEPART-
MENTAL MEMBERS.
ALLOCATION OF MANPOWER
DURING 1972, THE ELEVEN SWORN PERSONNEL REPRESENTED A TOTAL OF
229880 MAN HOURS AVAILABLE FOR POLICE WORK. DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS AND
ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT TIME WAS SPENT IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. r
FUNCTION NO. OF HOURS
PATROL i 13,582
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION 49040
JUVENILE MATTERS 29500
COURT APPEARANCES,
PREPARATION 11500
TRAINING 550
RECORD MAINTENANCE 500
PUBLIC APPEARANCES 208 m
INCLUDES ROUTINE PATROL, ACCIDENT
INVESTIGATION, BUILDING SECURITY CHECK,
DOMESTIC DISTURBANCES,.ETC.
IN ADDITION TO THE TOTAL SHOWN ABOVE, TWO CIVILIAN FEMALE EMPLOYEES DEVOTE
A TOTAL OF 39 640 MAN HOURS TO RADIO DISPATCHING, RECORD MAINTENANCE, CLERICAL
WORK AND ROUTINE POLICE DUTIES. IN 1973, THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET WILL PERMIT
THE ADDITION OF A THIRD EMPLOYEE WHO WILL WORK DAY TIME HOURS ON SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THESE SAME DUTIES. THAT ADDITION WILL
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REPRESENT A TOTAL OF 4640 HOURS SO SPENT.
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THE DEPARTMENT HAS ADOPTED THE FOUR-DAY WEEK, TEN HOUR PER DAY
SCHEDULE WHICH PERMITS SHIFT OVERLAP AT CRITICAL PERIODS. SHIFT ONE HOURS
ARE FROM 6 AM TO 4 PM: SHIFT TWO FROM 12 NOON TO 10 PM: AND SHIFT THREE
FROM 10 PM TO 8 AM. A FOURTH SHIFT, STAFFED BY ONE MAN AND ONE PATROL
CAR, IS AVAILABLE FROM 4 PM TO 2 AM. THIS OVERLAP OF SHIFTS PROVIDES THE
FOLLOWING PERSONNEL STRENGTH BY SHIFT AND FUNCTION.
FIRST SHIFT SECOND SHIFT THIRD SHIFT
SUPERVISORY 1 3/4 1/4
INVESTIGATIVE 1/2
PATROL 1 1/2 2 1/2 2 1/2
COMMUNICATIONS 1 1/3 1/3
THE PATROL OPERATION DEMANDS THE GREATEST EXPENDITURE OF TIME.. THE
DEPARTMENT OPERATES WITH ONE MAN CARS AND IS DIVIDED INTO TWO DISTRICTS
OF 15 SQUARE MILES EACH. ONE CAR IS ASSIGNED TO EACH AREA. A THIRD
PATROL VEHICLE IS AVAILABLE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10 PM AND 2 AM AND IS
USED AS NEEDED.
WORK LOAD INFORMATION
THE EAGAN DEPARTMENT'S TOTAL WORK LOAD, AND NUMBER OF CONTACTS,
IS INCREASING AS ITS POPULATION AND TRANSIENT COMMUNITY WORK FORCE INCREASES.
THE TOTALS FOR VARIOUS ACTIVITIES REPORTED DURING 1971 AND 1972 ARE SHOWN
ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE.
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1971 1972
FOUNDED CLEARED BY FOUNDED CLEARED BY
OFFENSE COMPLAINTS ARRESTS COMPLAINTS ARRESTS
HOMICIDE 0 0 0 0 _
RAPE 0 0 2 0
ROBBERY 2 0 1
0
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 7 7 4 2 _
BURGLARY 72 8 88 8
LARCENY/OVER $50 71 6 85 55
/UNDER $50 129 58 131 57 -
AUTO THEFT 17 3 21 7
ARSON 2 2 10 7
FORGERY, COUNTERFEITING 16 1 4 1 - -
FRAUD, EMBEZZLEMENT 49 11 48 7
BUY, RECEIVE, POSSESS
STOLEN PROPERTY 14 4 5 1
VANDALISM 100 18 132 21
USE, POSSESS NARCOTICS 56 0 37 20
GAMBLING 0 0 2 0
OFFENSES / FAMILY 0 0 4 2
DWI 33 27 34 31
LIQUOR LAW VIOLATION 48 44 25 19
DRUNKENNESS 50 9* 25 9
DISORDERLY CONDUCT 1 4 64 25
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TAKEN TO DETOXIFICATION CENTER AT HASTINGS STATE HOSPITAL _
OTHER INDICATIONS OF WORK LOAD EXPERIENCE IN 1971 AND 1972 IS SHOWN BELOW:
1971 1972
TRAFFIC ARRESTS 765 665
ORDINANCE ARRESTS 267 308
TRAFFIC WARNINGS 508 551
ORDINANCE WARNINGS 50
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VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS 421 434
HOUSE CHECKS 314 549
PROCESS SERVICE 4330
TOTAL INITIAL CONTACTS 6, 611 71390
PHYSICAL FACILITIES
THE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY OCCUPIES QUARTERS IN THE VILLAGE HALL
LOCATED AT 3795 PILOT KNOB ROAD. THAT LOCATION IS IN NEARLY THE EXACT CENTER
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OF THE COMMUNITY. THE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1969 AND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT HAS THE FOLLOWING AREA, BY ALLOCATION OF USE:
DETENTION (2 HOLDING CELLS 200 SQ. FT. PATROL OFFICES 150 SQ. FT.
COMMUNICATIONS 50 SQ. FT. EVIDENCE STORAGE 96 SQ. FT.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES (2) 192 SQ. FT. OTHER STORAGE NOTHING
RECORD MAINTENANCE 290 SQ. FT. TRAINING VILLAGE .COUNCIL
INVESTIGATIVE.PERSONNEL 96 SQ., FT. CHAMBERS
r� THE POLICE CHIEF FELT THAT THE CURRENT QUARTERS WERE ADEQUATE IN SIZE
FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS ALTHOUGH HE INDICATED CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE FACILITY
ARE ALREADY INADEQUATE. THESE PORTIONS INCLUDE THE PATROL OFFICES AND
EVIDENCE STORAGE. THE QUARTERS OCCUPIED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL
SOON BE NEEDED BY EXPANSION OF THE GENERAL VILLAGE ADMINISTRATIVE FACILITIES
UNLESS THE TOTAL BUILDING IS EXPANDED.
THE LOCATION OF THE CURRENT FACILITY 1S DEEMED WELL SUITED TO SERVE
COMMUNITY NEEDS FOR AT LEAST A TWENTY-YEAR PERIOD.
COMMUNICATIONS
THE EAGAN DEPARTMENT IS ON THE DAKOTA COUNTY SHERIFF'S RADIO
SYSTEM AND THEREFORE FULL-TIME DISPATCH PERSONNEL ARE NOT REQUIRED. THE
DEPARTMENT DOES MAINTAIN A BASE STATION AND MAINTAINS DISPATCH CAPACILITY
BETWEEN ITS OFFICE AND FIELD UNITS. THE DEPARTMENT OWNS FIVE MOBILE UNITS
AND THREE HAND HELD PORTABLE UNITS.
THE DEPARTMENT MAINTAINS RADIO CONTACT THROUGH THE COUNTY RADIO
SYSTEM WITH THE SHERIFFS OFFICE AND THE MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENTS OF APPLE
VALLEY, BURNSVILLE, FARMINGTON, INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, LAKEVILLE, MENDOTA
HEIGHTS, ROSEMOUNT AND WEST ST. PAUL.
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THE DEPARTMENT INDICATED IT INCURS NO COST FOR MAINTAINING THE
DISPATCH SYSTEM ALTHOUGH IT STAFFS THE OFFICE WITH 1 1/3 EQUIVALENT FULL-
TIME PEOPLE DAILY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7 AM AND 5 PM. THESE PERSONNEL
PERFORM A VARIETY OF CLERICAL DUTIES INCLUDING TELEPHONE ANSWERING AND
RADIO DISPATCH. THE DEPARTMENT DURING 1973 EXPECTS TO STAFF THE OFFICE
ON A FULL-TIME BASIS, PARTIALLY TO IMPROVE THE RESPONSE TO FIRE ALARMS.
RECORD MAINTENANCE
OF THE THREE DEPARTMENTS STUDIED, EAGAN MAINTAINS THE MOST COM-
PLETE RECORD SYSTEM AND ALSO SPENDS THE MOST MONEY IN THAT EFFORT. A r
LIST OF INDIVIDUAL RECORDS MAINTAINED CAN BE FOUND IN THE APPENDIX.
CIVILIAN PERSONNEL PERFORM AN ESTIMATED 95%p OF ALL RECORD WORK
AT AN ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST OF $109 000. DICTATION EQUIPMENT IS AVAILABLE
TO POLICE OFFICERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPORT PREPARATION AND IT IS ESTI-
MATED THAT ONLY 25% OF ALL REPORTS ARE HANDWRITTEN.
MAJOR POLICE PROBLEMS
THE DEPARTMENT INDICATES ITS FIVE MAJOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PROBLEMS
INCLUDE, IN ORDER:
I . INVESTIGATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS
2. LARCENY - THEFT
3. BURGLARIES
4. VANDALISM
5. TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT INCLUDING THE INVESTIGATION OF ACCIDENTS, 1S
LIKELY TO REMAIN A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND WILL IN- -
CREASE IN SCOPE. THAT WILL BE THE DIRECT RESULT OF AN EXPANDING POPULATION
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AND AN EXPANDING TRANSIENT WORK FORCE WHICH IS IN THE COMMUNITY ON NEARLY
A DAILY BASIS. EAGAN'S SIGNIFICANT COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL GROWTH WILL
REQUIRE MUCH GREATER EMPHASIS IN THIS AREA THAN FOUND IN MANY SUBURBAN
POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
THE PROBLEM OF LARCENY AND BURGLARIES WILL ALSO BE INCREASED BY
THE SIGNIFICANT NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. EAGAN HAS A CURRENT UNIQUE
PROBLEM IN THAT THE COMMUNITY`S INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS CUR-
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RENTLY CONTAIN 75 SEPARATE BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEMS, NONE OF WHICH ARE
CONNECTED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THESE 75 ALARM SYSTEMS ARE OWNED
AND OPERATED BY A NUMBER OF PRIVATE ALARM COMPANIES IN THE TWIN CITIES.
THE DEPARTMENT INDICATES THAT CONTACT WITH THE DEPARTMENT UPON AN ALARM
BEING SOUNDED IS GOOD. HOWEVER, IT IS DIFFICULT FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO
RESPOND TO THE EXACT CORRECT LOCATION BY THE INSTRUCTIONS SOMETIMES
GIVEN THE DEPARTMENT AS TO THE ALARM LOCATION. THIS IS CAUSED IN PART BY
THE EXISTENCE OF SUBSTANTIAL WAREHOUSE FACILITIES WHICH ARE OCCUPIED BY
MULTI-COMPANIES WHO MIGHT UTILIZE ALL OR PART OF SEVERAL WAREHOUSE
BUILDINGS. A FURTHER PROBLEM IS THAT THE USE OF THESE WAREHOUSES FACIL-
ITIES IS SOMETIMES ON A SHORT INTERVAL BASIS AND THEREFORE THE OCCUPANT
OF THE STRUCTURE FREQUENTLY TURNS OVER. THE DEPARTMENT IS NOT ALWAYS
AWARE OF THESE CHANGES WHICH CREATES A NEED FOR SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS ON
THE EXACT LOCATION OF A BREAK-IN OR OTHER EVENTS WHICH CAUSE AN ALARM TO
TRIP.
THE DEPARTMENT INDICATED IT FEELS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROBLEMS
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WHICH ARE MOST ADEQUATELY MET INCLUDE ROUTINE PATROL AND CRIME PRE-
VENTION EFFORTS.
THE DEPARTMENT INDICATED THAT IT FREQUENTLY MUST RELY UPON OTHER "I
LAW ENFORCEMENT UNITS INCLUDING THE MINNESOTA HIGHWAY PATROL, THE
MINNESOTA BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION, THE DAKOTA COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE, AND ADJACENT LOCAL POLICE UNITS. THE ASSISTANCE NORMALLY RE- ! ?
QUESTED INCLUDES THE INVESTIGATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE PERSONAL INJURY AND
PROPERTY DAMAGE ACCIDENTS ON STATE TRUNK HIGHWAYS BY THE HIGHWAY PATROL'
SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION EFFORTS FROM THE BCA; RADIO DISPATCH AND THE SER- r-
VICE OF WARRANTS FROM THE DAKOTA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE; AND MUTUAL AID
IN EMERGENCIES AND GENERAL INFORMATION FROM OTHER LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS. _
GENERAL
THE DEPARTMENT WAS ASKED TO INDICATE THE FUNCTIONS WHICH SHOULD
BE INCLUDED SHOULD A CENTRAL POLICE FACILITY CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN THE
THREE COMMUNITIES BE CONSIDERED. THE FUNCTIONS WHICH SHOULD BE INCLUDED
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IN THE EAGAN ANALYSIS ARE AREAS FOR POLICE VEHICLE STORAGE AND MA1NT-NANCE,
EMPLOYEE LOCKER AND REST ROOMS, TRAINING FACILITY, AND JAIL SECURITY, AS
WELL AS THE NORMAL AREAS REQUIRED FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
RESPONSIBILITY.
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VILLAGE OF INVER GROVE HEIGHTS
THE VILLAGE OF INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, LIKE EAGAN AND ROSEMOUNT,
HAS A LARGE LAND AREA. INVER GROVE HEIGHTS HAS A TOTAL OF 19,400 ACRES
OR MORE THAN 30 SQURE MILES OF PROPERTY. AT THE PRESENT TIME 1T IS AP-
PROXIMATELY 10% DEVELOPED IN TERMS OF TOTAL LAND USE. IT IS LOCATED IN
NORTH-CENTRAL DAKOTA COUNTY AND IS BOUNDED BY THE CITIES OF WEST ST. PAUL
AND SOUTH ST. PAUL ON THE NORTH; BY THE VILLAGE OF ROSEMOUNT ON THE SOUTH;
BY THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ON THE EAST; AND BY THE VILLAGES OF EAGAN. AND
SUNFISH LAKE ON THE WEST.
THE GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS IS OLDER THAN
IN THE OTHER TWO COMMUNITIES. THE VILLAGE OF INVER GROVE HEIGHTS WAS
CREATED IN 1965 BY A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE ACT WHICH INCORPORATED THE FORMER
TOWNSHIP WITH THE OLD VILLAGE OF INVER GROVE. THE OLD VILLAGE OF INVER
GROVE IS LOCATED IN THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE COMMUNITY AND IS
BORDERED BY THE CITY OF SOUTH ST. PAUL, THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, AND CAHILL
AVENUE. A CUNCIL-ADMINISTRATOR FORM OF GOVERNMENT IS CURRENTLY IN
EFFECT. THE COMMUNITY HAS CONDUCTED EXTENSIVE PLANNING EVALUATIONS OF
THE COMMUNITY, WITH MUCH OF THE WORK COMPLETED AS EARLY AS 1967. THE
VILLAGE SHARES ONE MAJOR CHARACTERISTIC WITH EAGAN AND ROSEMOUNT, THAT
BEING THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF UNPLATTED, UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY REMAINING
WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. OF THE VILLAGE'S 199400 TOTAL ACRES OF LAND,
NEARLY 5,000 ACRES IS UNDEVELOPABLE. THAT INCLUDES AN ESTIMATED 3,666
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ACRES DEVOTED TO STREET AND HIGHWAY USES, 1, 126 ACRES CONTAINED WITHIN
WATER BODIES, AND MORE THAN 300 ACRES DEDICATED TO RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAYS.
OF THE REMAINING PROPERTY, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT LESS THAN 2,500 TOTAL t
ACRES ARE DEVOTED TO A DEVELOPED USE, LEAVING MORE THAN 10,000 ACRES OF J
VACANT LAND WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES OR
BEING HELD FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. ?
THE POPULATION OF THE VILLAGE HAS STEADILY INCREASED SINCE 1950.
THE POPULATIONS AS SHOWN BY RECENT CENSUS REPORTS ARE SHOWN BELOW. THE y
1972 ESTIMATE IS BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.
YEAR POPULATION
1950 211419 _
1960 61466
1965 101387
1970 129 148
1972 149 117
WE HAVE ESTIMATED THE POPULATION OF THE VILLAGE WILL REACH 15,950
DURING 1973. PROJECTIONS MADE BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL PLANNING STAFF
INDICATE THE TOTAL POPULATION IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS BY THE YEAR 2010 WILL
REACH 66,000.
THE GENERAL AGE LEVEL OF INVER GROVE HEIGHTS* POPULATION IS YOUNGER
THAN THE METROPOLITAN AREA AVERAGE. A BREAKDOWN BY AGE AS TAKEN BY CENSUS
TAPES IS SHOWN ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE.
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COUNT OF PERSONS BY
AGE AND SEX 1
AGE MALE FEMALE TOTAL
UNDER 3 449 384 833
3-5 537 514 1051
6-9 909 826 1735
T 10-13 689 757 1446
14-15 267 300 567
16-17 212 233 445
18 74 60 134
19-21 141 194 335
22-24 168 2 1 1 379
25-29 498 588 1086
30-34 485 527 1012
35-39 478 390 868
40-44 344 306 650
45-49 266 221 487
50-54 209 165 374
55-59 104 88 192
60-64 89 117 206
65-69 63 53 1 1'6
70-74 54 30 84
75 + 59 87 146
i SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS, 1970,
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
THE CENSUS STATISTICS INDICATE 51. 1%p OF THE VILLAGE'S 1970 POPULATION
WAS AGED 18 OR UNDER. THAT PERCENTAGE RATE COMPARES TO 38.4%p IN THE
SEVEN COUNTY METROPOLITAN AREA AND 44.8% 1N THE REMAINDER OF DAKOTA
COUNTY.
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS' RAPID POPULATION GROWTH HAS RESULTED IN A
RELATIVELY SHORT TENURE FOR MANY PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT CAN BE
SHOWN BY THE CHART ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE WHICH INDICATES BY NUMBER OF
PERSONS THE YEAR IN WHICH THEY MOVED INTO THEIR CURRENT HOUSING UNIT.
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COUNT OF PERSONS BY -
YEAR MOVED INTO UNIT I
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YEAR NO. OF PERSONS PERCENTAGE
1969-70 1490 12.3% rte,
1968 1267 10.4%
1967 805 6.6%
1965-66 1856 15.3%
1960-64 3396 2 7.9%
1950-59 2025 16.7%
1949-EARLIER 266 2.2%
ALWAYS LIVED THERE 1055 8.6%
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SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS, 1970, r-7
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS 22.7/0 OF THE 1970 POPULATION HAD LIVED IN THEIR '
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PRESENT HOUSING UNIT FOR THREE YEARS OR LESS. THAT COMPARES WITH 33%p
IN THE SAME CATEGORY IN THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE, AND COMPARES WITH THE
RELATIVELY HIGH LEVEL OF 39.5%p IN THAT SAME CATEGORY IN THE VILLAGE OF
EAGAN. THE LONGER TENURE OF OCCUPANCY IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS IS PARTIALLY
THE RESULT OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE OLD VILLAGE OF INVER GROVE.
INCOME LEVELS OF THE POPULATION OFTEN INFLUENCE THE LEVEL OF
SERVICES WHICH CAN BE PROVIDED BY A MUNICIPAL.UNIT. WE EXAMINED THE
AVERAGE FAMILY INCOME IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS AND COMPARED THAT WITH THE
AVERAGE IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA AND IN DAKOTA COUNTY. THE AVERAGE
FAMILY TOTAL INCOME IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS ACCORDING TO THE 1970 CENSUS
WAS $139094. THAT COMPARES WITH THE SEVEN COUNTY METROPOLITAN AREA
AVERAGE OF $13,097 AND THE DAKOTA COUNTY AVERAGE OF $13,424. THE CHART
ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE INDICATES THE COUNT OF FAMILIES BY MAJOR INCOME BRACKET.
IN THE VILLAGE.
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COUNT OF FAMILIES BY
INCOME 1
ANNUAL INCOME NO. OF FAMILIES PERCENTAGE
UNDER $1,000 24 .9%
1,000 - 2,999 57 2. 1%
31000 - 41 999 103 3.8%
511000 - 6,999 152 5.6%
79000 - 81 999 281 10.3%
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91000 - 919 999 206 7.6%
109000 - 111 999 560 20.5%
129000 - 141999 637 23.4%
15,000 - 24,999 605 22.2%
259000 - 49,999 93 3.4%
50,000 - OVER 10 .4%
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SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS, 1970,
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
LAND USE
AS INDICATED PREVIOUSLY A RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT OF INVER GROVE
HEIGHTS' TOTAL AREA IS ACTUALLY UTILIZED BY AN EXISTING DEVELOPMENT. MUCH
OF THE LAND 1S BEING USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES, OR BEING HELD FOR DE-
VELOPMENT, OR IS INVOLVED IN LARGE ESTATE PROPERTIES UTILIZED FOR SINGLE
FAMILY RESIDENCE PURPOSES.
ONE OF THE LARGEST SINGLE CONCENTRATIONS OF POPULATION IN THE
COMMUNITY IS LOCATED IN THE OLD VILLAGE. IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA THE POP-
ULATION DENSITIES PER ACRE REACH 23 PERSONS, A HIGH RATIO COMPARED WITH THE
REMAINDER OF THE VILLAGE.
TWO OTHER AREAS OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT INCLUDE THE SOUTH BLUFF
AREA WHICH IS THE LARGEST SINGLE DEVELOPED RESIDENTIAL AREA, CONTAINING,
APPROXIMATELY 1,200 HOMES IN THE SOUTH GROVE ADDITION, THE GLENWOOD-EDGEWOOD
ADDITION, AND THE AREA SURROUNDING SCHMIDT LAKE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF TRUNK
HIGHWAY 110. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THESE POCKETS OF DEVELOPMENT, THE GEN-
ERAL POPULATION DENSITY IN THE REMAINDER OF THE COMMUNITY IS LOW, AND IN
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MANY CASES DOES NOT EXCEED 1/2 PERSON PER ACRE.
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, TO DATE, HAS NOT UNDERGONE THE EAGAN.
EXPERIENCE WITH A RAPID EXPANSION OF MULTIPLE HOUSING UNITS. SOME TOWN—
HOUSE DEVELOPMENTS HAVE BEGUN AND IN 1972 PERMITS FOR 29 SEPARATE PROJECTS
INVOLVING 254 TOWNHOUSE UNITS WERE ISSUED. IN ADDITION, PERMITS WERE ISSUED
IN THAT YEAR FOR 276 NEW APARTMENT UNITS. THIS TREND TO MULTIPLE DWELLING r-r�
CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE, AND WILL ACCELERATE UPON COMPLETION
OF THE L.AFAYETTE FREEWAY.
THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE VILLAGE AND-
MOST OF THAT IS CONCENTRATED IN THE AREA OF THE OLD VILLAGE OF INVER GROVE.
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APPROXIMATELY 29000 ACRES HAVE BEEN SET ASIDE IN THE COMMUNITY'S LAND USE
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PLAN FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES. THESE AREAS ARE CONCENTRATED ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER ADJACENT TO THE OLD VILLAGE, THE MIDDLE OF THE COMMUNITY
ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED LAFAYETTE EXPRESSWAY, AND THE AREA IN THE SOUTH—
EASTERN PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY WHICH ABUTS,. AND [INCLUDES A PORTION OF THE
PINE BEND INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. HOWEVER, TO DATE, MOST OF THE DEVELOPMENT
IN THAT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IS LOCATED WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF ROSEMOUNT.
SOME COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT HAS TAKEN PLACE, BUT THE COMMUNITY
HAS NO MAJOR REGIONAL SHOPPING CENTER. THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
NOW EXISTING SERVES THE CURRENT POPULATION OF THE VILLAGE. THERE '
IS A SUBSTANTIAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG TRUNK HIGHWAY 110 AND IN
THE AREA IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO WEST ST. PAUL.
THAT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES FOUR MAJOR NEW CAR Awa+
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DEALERSHIPS LOCATED AT THE JUNCTION OF TRUNK HIGHWAY 1 10 AND U.S. HIGHWAY
52. THOSE FACILITIES INCLUDE BOB CARTER FORD, ANDERSON'S TRAIL DODGE,
SOUTHVIEW CHEVROLET AND THE MCDONALD VOLKSWAGON DEALERSHIP.
A MAJORITY OF THE PERSONS RESIDING IN THE VILLAGE WORK OUTSIDE
DAKOTA COUNTY AS SHOWN BY THE CHART BELOW OF THE COUNT OF PERSONS BY
PLACE OF WORK.
COUNT OF PERSONS BY
PLACE OF WORK 1
PLACE NO. OF PERSONS
DAKOTA COUNTY 1668
MINNEAPOLIS 384
HENNEPIN COUNTY OUTSIDE MPLS.) 163
ST. PAUL 1542
RAMSEY COUNTY OUTSIDE ST. PAUL) 127
OTHER COUNTIES 151
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SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS, 1970,
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
TAX BASE
THE VILLAGE'S TAX VALUATION IS INCREASING AT A LESS RAPID RATE
THAN IN EAGAN. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE OF EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS
AND THOSE DEVELOPMENTS FOR WHICH PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED IN 1972
IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS IS SHOWN IN THE CHART ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE.
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TOTAL TAXABLE MARKET VALUES
ASSESSOR'S TOTAL PERMIT VALUE
1-2-72 1 1972 2 TOTAL
RESIDENTIAL $ 53,0325 634 $ 2,279,859 $ 559312,493
COMMERCIAL 13,994,832 796,997 14, 791,829
MULTIPLE UNITS 21389,000 6, 935,3883 993241388
PUBLIC UTILITIES 25,276,313 - -- 2592769313
AGRICULTURAL. 591649789 - -- 591649789
PERSONAL PROPERTY 492199300 - -- 49219,300 -l
VALUATION
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$104,0769 868 $109012,1244 $114,089, 112
REFLECTS 1972 VALUATION FOR TAXES PAYABLE IN 1973.
SOURCE: DAKOTA COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE
2 SOURCE: 1972 ANNUAL REPORT, INVER GROVE HEIGHTS
INSPECTION DEPARTMENT
3 CONSTRUCTION COSTS WERE ASSUMED TO BE MULTIPLE UNITS
FOR ALL STRUCTURES WITH FOUR OR MORE UNITS PER STRUCTURE
THE TOTAL TAX AND PERMIT VALUATION REPRESENTS A PER CAPITA MARKET
VALUE OF $7, 152.47. THAT TOTAL IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN IN EAGAN AND
ROSEMOUNT. THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TAX BASE REPRESENTED BY RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS THAN IN THE
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OTHER TWO COMMUNITIES. THE CHART ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE SHOWS THE
PERCENTAGE OF VALUATION BY PROPERTY CLASS, AND INDICATES THAT THE TOTAL
RESIDENTIAL VALUATION REPRESENTS 53.2%p OF THE TOTAL.
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PERCENT TAX VALUATION BY
PROPERTY CLASS
RESIDENTIAL .- MULTIPLE
53.2%
COMMERCIAL
13.5%
PUBLIC UTILITY
24.3%
AGRICULTURAL
5.0%
OTHER
4.0%
THE PERCENTAGE OF THE MARKET VALUES REPRESENTED BY RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTIES WOULD BE MUCH HIGHER IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE MORE THAN $259000,000
IN TAXABLE VALUATION AS REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC UTILITIES THAT VALUATION IS
LARGELY REPRESENTED BY NORTHERN STATES POWER FACILITIES WITHIN THE
COMMUNITY.
NORTHERN STATES POWER MAINTAINS A 5 3/4 MILLION GALLON STORAGE
COMPLEX IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS. THE UTILITY COMPANY HAS JUST COMPLETED
A 3002 000 KILOWATT PEAK SHAVING GENERATOR PLANT AND ASSOCIATED 345 KILOVOLT
SUBSTATION LOCATED ON A 60-ACRE PARCEL JUST .NORTH OF MALTBY ROAD ABOUT
1/4 MILE WEST OF HIGHWAY 55. THE ESTIMATED COST OF THAT STORAGE COMPLEX
WAS $35,000,000. PLANS ARE UNDERWAY FOR THE SECOND PHASE OF THIS SUB-
SEQUENT COMPLEX.
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WE EXAMINED THE EFFECT OF THE COMBINED VILLAGE, COUNTY, SCHOOL
DISTRICT AND SPECIAL DISTRICT MILL RATES ON CERTAIN VALUED PROPERTIES
WITHIN THE VILLAGE. EVEN THOUGH THE PER CAPITA MARKET VALUES ARE SIG- '!
NIFICANTLY LESS IN INNER GROVE HEIGHTS THE TOTAL EFFECT ON TAX RATES FOR
HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES DOES NOT REFLECT THAT DIFFERENCE. WHILE THE
VILLAGE MILL RATE IS HIGHER THAN THAT FOR EAGAN AND ROSEMOUNT, THE
MILL LEVY FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT 199 IS LESS THAN THE LEVY OF DISTRICT 196
WHICH SERVES A MAJORITY OF EAGAN AND ALL OF ROSEMOUNT. THAT DISTRICT y
ALSO SERVES A PORTION OF INNER GROVE HEIGHTS, BUT WE UTILIZED THE LEVY
OF THE INVER GROVE - PINE BEND DISTRICT RATHER THAN THE ROSEMOUNT DIS-
TRICT, SINCE IT SERVES A MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNITY.
BECAUSE OF CONTINUING DISPUTE OVER FISCAL DISPARITIES WE WERE
UNABLE TO OBTAIN 1972 MILL RATES FOR TAXES PAYABLE IN 1973. THEREFORE
WE USE TAX RATES FOR PAYMENT IN 1972. THE MILL RATES LISTED BELOW WILL
BE CUT BY APPROXIMATELY THREE DURING 1973 BUT THE TOTAL IMPACT OF THE
TAX RATE ON ANNUAL TAXES WILL NOT CHANGE APPRECIABLY SINCE THE VALUATION
OF THE PROPERTIES ALSO CHANGES. THE TABLES BELOW AND ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE LIST
THOSE MILL RATES AND THE EFFECT OF THAT RATE ON CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
1972 MILL RATES _
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS
TAXING DISTRICT MILL RATE --
VILLAGE 32.64
INVER GROVE ISD 199 NON AG 190.84
DAKOTA COUNTY 58.67
SPECIAL DISTRICTS 6.84
288.99
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EFFECT OF TOTAL MILL RATE
ON CERTAIN PROPERTIES
PROPERTY ANNUAL TAX I
$18,000 HOMESTEAD RESIDENCE $ 338. 12
24,000 to
'` 501 .37
309000 to
732.57
35,000 to "` 926. 19
40,000 to '' 1116.92
I TOTAL ANNUAL TAX REFLECTS REDUCTION OF
HOMESTEAD TAX CREDIT OF 35%p, OR MAXIMUM
OF $250.00.
TRANSPORTATION ACCESS
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS HAS GOOD ACCESS TO THE CITIES OF MINNEAPOLIS
AND ST. PAUL. MAJOR STATE TRUNK HIGHWAYS SERVING THE COMMUNITY INCLUDE
TRUNK HIGHWAY 110 WHICH WILL BECOME INTERSTATE 494 UPON ITS COMPLETION,
TRUNK HIGHWAY 52-55, WHICH RUNS 1N A NORTHWESTERLY—SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION
THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, AND TRUNK HIGHWAY 56 WHICH RUNS NORTH AND SOUTH
THROUGH THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY.
TRUNK HIGHWAY NO. 3 PROVIDES A NORTH—SOUTH ACCESS BETWEEN TRUNK
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HIGHWAY 55 AND 110. THE COMMUNITY'S EAST-WEST THOROUGHFARES ARE MORE
INADEQUATE. THE ONLY THROUGH EAST-WEST ACCESS IS PROVIDED BY 70TH STREET
OR COUNTY HIGHWAY NO. 26. OTHER COUNTY ROADS WHICH PROVIDE INTERMITTENT
ALIGNMENT AND ACCESS INCLUDE COUNTY ROAD 28 AND COUNTY ROAD 73 WHICH
RUNS ON AN IRREGULAR ALIGNMENT BETWEEN STATE HIGHWAYS 52, 55 AND 56 ON
THE EAST AND THE VILLAGE LIMIT ON THE WEST. MANY OF THE COMMUNITY'S
MAJOR ROADWAYS FOLLOW THE ALIGNMENT OF PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED MEANDERING J
TRAILS. THE RESULT IS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS SIGNIFICANT DIFFICULTIES
IN PROVIDING A RAPID RESPONSE TO PROBLEMS WHEN ROUTING BETWEEN VARIOUS �-
POINTS IS OFTEN INDIRECT. J
THE COMMUNITY'S ACCESS WITH ST. PAUL WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY IM-
PROVED WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE LAFAYETTE FREEWAY WHICH WILL CONNECT r�
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS WITH ST. PAUL THROUGH WEST ST. PAUL. THE ALIGNMENT
OF THIS PROJECT IS FAIRLY WELL ESTABLISHED AND WILL BISECT THE COMMUNITY
ALONG THE GENERAL ALIGNMENT OF THE EXISTING BLAINE AVENUE. THE LAFAYETTE
FREEWAY AS CURRENTLY PLANNED WILL TERMINATE WITH ITS INTERSECTION WITH
TRUNK HIGHWAY 55-52 IN APPROXIMATELY THE CENTER OF THE COMMUNITY. THEj
EXTENSION OF THAT FREEWAY SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION CURRENTLY IS NOT
PROGRAMMED.
DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL
THE GROWTH EXPERIENCED BY INVER GROVE HEIGHTS DURING THE PAST
TWO DECADES WILL CONTINUE BECAUSE OF SEVERAL FACTORS. THE METROPOLITAN
COUNCIL HAS ESTIMATED THAT THE POPULATION BY THE YEAR 2010 WILL REACH AN
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ESTIMATED 669000 PERSONS. THEIR PROJECTIONS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DECADES.
ARE LISTED BELOW.
YEAR PROJECTED POPULATION
1980 20,600
1990 349000
2000 48,000
2010 661000
WE HAVE ESTIMATED THAT THE POPULATION IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS WILL
REACH 15,950 PERSONS IN 1973. THAT ESTIMATE WAS DETERMINED BY ADDING
TO THE 1972 ESTIMATE OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL OF 141117, THOSE HOUSING
UNITS FOR WHICH CONSTRUCTION PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED SINCE THAT ESTIMATE
WAS MADE. THAT TOTAL 1S SHOWN BELOW.
]SOP ULATI ON
1972 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ESTIMATE 141117
1972 SINGLE FAMILY UNITS (61) 244
1972 TOWNHOUSE UNITS (254) 762
1972 MULTIPLE UNITS (276) 828
TOTAL 15,951
WE HAVE ACCEPTED THE 1967 METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION'S PROJECTION OF
THE COMMUNITY'S 1985 POPULATION AT 339372. THAT COMPARES TO THE 1980 PROJECTION
-� OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL OF 28,000 PERSONS. IN ORDER TO REACH 339372 THE
COMMUNITY WOULD NEED TO CONSTRUCT 4,230 EQUIVALENT SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING UNITS
OVER THE NEXT TWELVE YEARS, OR AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 352 PER YEAR. WE THINK
THIS EXPECTATION IS REASONABLE IN VIEW OF THE COMMUNITY'S LOCATION, ITS HIGH-
WAY ACCESS, AND ITS SIZE.
THE DAKOTA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION HAS PROJECTED A 1985
`-' ESTIMATE OF 361300 PERSONS. IN ORDER TO REACH THAT POPULATION LEVEL THE
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COMMUNITY WOULD NEED TO CONSTRUCT 4,973 SINGLE FAMILY UNITS OVER THE
NEXT TWELVE YEARS AT A RATE OF 414 UNITS PER YEAR. THAT ESTIMATE SEEMS
SOMEWHAT HIGH, AND IT WAS MADE PRIOR TO THE DECISION BY THE METROPOLITAN
COUNCIL AND THE METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION NOT TO LOCATE THE
PROPOSED NEW:INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES SOUTH OF
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS. �-
THE SIGNIFICANT POPULATION GROWTH PROJECTED BY ALL PARTIES DOES
NOT SEEM OPTIMISTIC WHEN THE FACTORS WHICH DETERMINE DEVELOPMENT
POTENTIAL ARE EXAMINED. SOME OF THOSE FACTORS, AND THEIR APPLICATION -�
TO INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, ARE LISTED BELOW.
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1. LOCATION. INVER GROVE HEIGHTS HAS A GOOD LOCATION IN TERMS
OF ITS PROXIMITY TO THE CITIES OF MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL.
THAT PROXIMITY AND ITS ACCESS WILL IMPROVE WITH THE EX-
TENSION OF THE LAFAYETTE FREEWAY. ITS LARGE LAND AREA
IS FOR THE MOST PART UNDEVELOPED AND LAND VALUES ARE STILL
REASONABLE COMPARED TO OTHER AREAS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE
CORE CITIES.
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS HAS GEOGRAPHIC AND SOIL CONDITIONS WHICH
ARE NOT FOUND IN THE OTHER TWO COMMUNITIES. MUCH OF THE
NORTHERN PART OF THE VILLAGE IS HEAVILY WOODED WITH SUB-
STANTIAL DIFFERENCES IN ELEVATION. THAT LAND IS NOT LIKELY
TO BE DEVELOPED QUICKLY WITH LARGER HOUSING PROJECTS BECAUSE
OF THE DEVELOPMENT COST REQUIRED. IT WILL PROBABLY RESULT IN
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EXCELLENT BUILDING SITES, WITH EXPENSIVE HOUSING LOCATED ON
LARGER THAN AVERAGE SIZE LOTS.
-' 2. PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE. THE VILLAGE COUNCIL HAS SPENT AN
ESTIMATED $9,000,000 FOR WATER AND SEWER FACILITIES SINCE
1965. DESPITE THIS SUBSTANTIAL EXPENDITURE, IT IS ESTIMATED
THAT LESS THAN 20% OF THE TOTAL COMMUNITY IS SERVED BY SEWER
AND WATER TRUNK SERVICE WHICH WOULD PERMIT THE EXTENSION
OF UTILITY LATERALS INTO AREAS READY FOR DEVELOPMENT. THE
r AREAS OF UTILITY SERVICE ARE RESTRICTED TO THE NORTHERN MOST
PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE AREA IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER
OF THE COMMUNITY IN AND ADJACENT TO THE OLD VILLAGE OF INVER
GROVE AND THE VILLAGES LARGEST RESIDENTIAL AREA, SOUTHGROVE.
THE AREA WITH ACCESS TO UTILITY SERVICE IS BOUNDED GENERALLY
BY CAHILL AVENUE ON THE WEST, THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ON THE
EAST, AND 80TH STREET, OR COUNTY HIGHWAY NO. 28 ON THE SOUTH.
THE INVER GROVE HEIGHTS BUILDING INSPECTOR IN HIS ANNUAL
1972 REPORT INDICATED THAT AT THAT TIME HE ESTIMATED THERE
WERE FEWER THAN FIVE UNDEVELOPED PLATTED LOTS REMAINING IN
THE COMMUNITY WITH DIRECT ACCESS TO A WATER AND SEWER LINE.
THE VILLAGE'S DECISION TO ACCELERATE OR REDUCE ITS UTILITY
INSTALLATION POLICY WILL HAVE A LARGE IMPACT ON ITS GROWTH
OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THE ANTICIPATED POPULATION FOR 1985
OF 33,372 WILL PROBABLY NOT MATERIALIZE UNLESS UTILITIES ARE
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EXTENDED TO MEET THE DEVELOPMENT DEMAND. IT 1S LIKELY THAT
THE VILLAGE WILL USE UTILITY EXTENSION TO CONTROL THE GROWTH
TO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COMMUNITY, AND SUCH AN EFFORT
WOULD BE COMMENDABLE IN VIEW OF THE DESIRABILITY OF MAKING MAX-
[MUM UTILIZATION OF EXISTING UTILITY TRUNKS AND AS AN EFFORT TO
REDUCE THE TOTAL COST OF PROVIDING MUNICIPAL SERVICES WHICH
INCREASES AS DEVELOPMENT IS DONE IN AN UNCONTROLED ENVIRONMENT.
3. COMMUNITY FACILITIES. THE VILLAGE IS SERVED BY TWO SCHOOL
DISTRICTS, INVER GROVE HEIGHTS-PINE BEND DISTRICT NO. 199 AND r
ROSEMOUNT DISTRICT 196. BOTH DISTRICTS HAVE EXCELLENT PHYSICAL
FACILITIES AND THE DISTRICT 199 HAS THREE SCHOOLS WITHIN THE
VILLAGE INCLUDING THE SIMLEY JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
THE INVER GROVE HILLS JUNIOR COLLEGE IS LOCATED WITHIN
THE COMMUNITY BETWEEN TRUNK HIGHWAYS 52-55, COLLEGE TRAIL,
AND COUNTY ROAD 28. CONSTRUCTION ON THAT COLLEGE BEGAN IN
1967 ON AN ATTRACTIVE 97 ACRE SITE. IT CURRENTLY HAS AN EN-
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ROLLMENT OF MORE THAN 1500 STUDENTS AND WILL EVENTUALLY
PROVIDE SERVICE TO AN ENROLLMENT OF 3,000. TOTAL CON-
STRUCTION COSTS TO DATE AT THE CAMPUS ARE ESTIMATED AT
$7,500P000.
THE VILLAGE HAS AGGRESSIVELY PURSUED THE ACQUISITION
OF MAJOR PARK AND OPEN SPACE SITES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THEIR
EFFORTS WERE CULMINATED BY THE AUTHORIZATION OF A $5509000
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PARK BOND ISSUE IN 1972 FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.
4. EXISTING GROWTH. POPULATION OF DAKOTA COUNTY IS EXPECTED
TO INCREASE FROM 139,808 IN 1970 TO 28 1,684 IN 1985. THAT
1985 PROJECTION WAS MADE BY THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING COM-
MISSION IN 1967. BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION IN THE NORTHERN
PART OF THE COUNTY, INVER GROVE HEIGHTS WILL EXPERIENCE A
SIGNIFICANT PART OF THAT PROJECTED GROWTH. THE QUALITY OF
EXISTING DEVELOPMENT SHOULD ALSO PROVE AN ASSET TO THE
VILLAGE AS MORE AND MORE VACANT LAND IS SUBJECT TO A DE-
MAND FOR DEVELOPMENT.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS
THE INVER GROVE DEPARTMENT WAS ORGANIZED IN 1966 WHEN ITS FIRST
TWO POLICEMEN WERE APPOINTED AND OPERATED WITH A BUDGET OF $27,812. SINCE
THAT TIME IT HAS GROWN TO A DEPARTMENTAL SIZE OF 11 AUTHORIZED SWORN PER-
SONNEL AND A SECRETARY-MATRON. THE 1973 BUDGET PROVIDES FOR THE APPOINTMENT
OF TWO ADDITIONAL PATROLMEN, AFTER WHICH TIME THE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE 13
- FULL-TIME OFFICERS ON DUTY. THE GROWTH OF THE DEPARTMENT IS SHOWN IN
THE TABLE ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE FOR THE PERIOD 1966 TO 1973.
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YEAR NO. OF PERSONNEL TOTAL EXPENDITURE
1966 2 $ 279812
1967 2 1 31,1398
1968 5 61,846
1969 8 106,819 rte+
1970 9 125,861
1971 11 171,508
1972 11 185, 719
1973 14 224,1764
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1 INCLUDES $19,803 FOR PERA: $8,802 FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY AND
$71200 FOR ANTICIPATED 1973 SALARY INCREASES NOT YET AWARDED.
THESE ITEMS ARE NOT BUDGETED UNDER POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
J
A COMPARISON OF ACTUAL EXPENDITURES AND BUDGET LEVELS FOR THE PAST
THREE YEARS IS SHOWN BELOW.
BUDGETS -- INVER GROVE HEIGHTS POLICE
1971-1973
1971 1972 1973
ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGET
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SWORN PERSONNEL
$1 19,595 $134, 533 $149,203
CLERICAL PERSONNEL - - - - 69036
TEMPORARY-OVERTIME - - -- 3,843
TRAINING-EDUCATION 689 943
850
PURCHASE EQUIP. , SUPPLIES 12,822 139365 149 125
CAPITAL OUTLAY 7,478 6,201 18-1845
COMMUNICATIONS 63 1 799 950
CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 715 551 650
INSURANCE-RETIREMENT -- -- 309262
OTHER 8, 138 5,328 -$1719508 3 $1859719 3 $2249764
I PROVIDES ESTIMATED 5%p INCREASE FOR 1973 SALARIES OVER 1972 LEVELS.
2 RETIREMENT COSTS NOT INCLUDED.
3 REPRESENTS ACTUAL COSTS INCURRED AS PER POLICE DEPARTMENT RECORDS.
INDIVIDUAL UNIT TOTALS DO NOT INCLUDE ALL CAPITAL OUTLAY OR PERA COSTS.
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PERSONNEL
THE POLICE CHIEF IS APPOINTED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL AS ARE ALL
MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHIEF. THE
DEPARTMENT HAS NO CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM. THE DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE A
PERFORMANCE RATING SYSTEM FOR ALL FULL-TIME PERSONNEL BUT IT IS NOT
UTILIZED AT PRESENT.
ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR PATROLMEN ARE A MINIMUM AGE OF 219
AND A MAXIMUM AGE OF 45. THERE ARE NO HEIGHT OR WEIGHT REQUIREMENTS AND
THE APPLICANT MUST HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION OR THE EQUIVALENT. THERE
IS NO LOCAL RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT.
TRAINING
THE DEPARTMENT HAS NO FORMAL IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM AT
PRESENT. MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT HAVE ATTENDED BCA SCHOOLS WHICH
ARE IN ADDITION TO THEIR BASIC POLICE SCIENCE PROGRAM. SCHOOLS MOST
FREQUENTLY ATTENDED BY DEPARTMENTAL PERSONNEL INCLUDE THE TRAFFIC
PROGRAMS AND THE INTERMEDIATE COMMAND PROGRAM.
THE DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE A PAY DIFFERENTIAL IN EFFECT FOR EDU-
CATIONAL ATTAINMENT. DEPARTMENTAL MEMBERS ARE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE
$.40 PER MONTH ADDITIONAL PAY FOR EACH CREDIT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OR
SOCIAL SCIENCE COURSES COMPLETED. THE CREDIT HOURS MUST BE OBTAINED IN
BLOCKS OF NINE, WITH A MAXIMUM FOR CREDIT PURPOSES OF 180 CREDITS. THE
LOCATION OF THE INVER GROVE HILLS JUNIOR COLLEGE REPRESENTS AN ASSET TO
THE DEPARTMENTAL PERSONNEL FOR THIS PURPOSE.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS RARELY COOPERATED IN THE PAST WITH OTHER DEPART-
MENTS TO PROVIDE JOINT TRAINING PROGRAMS.
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ALLOCATION OF MANPOWER
DURING 1972 THE DEPARTMENT HAD AN AUTHORIZED STRENGTH OF ELEVEN
PERSONS. THOSE PERSONS WERE AVAILABLE FOR REGULAR WORK DUTIES FOR
A TOTAL OF 22,280 HOURS. THE MANNER IN WHICH THOSE HOURS WERE SPENT
IS LISTED BELOW BY MAJOR ACTIVITY.
ACTIVITY HOURS SPENT r
GENERAL PATROL I 20, 730
RECORD MAINTENANCE 2, 150
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION 940
JUVENILE MATTERS 740
COURT APPEARANCES,
PREPARATION 350
1
WOULD INCLUDE ROUTINE PATROL, ACCIDENT
INVESTIGATION, DOMESTIC DISTURBANCES,
BUILDING SECURITY, HOUSE CHECKS, ETC.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS AS ESTIMATED SPENT BY THE DEPARTMENT
EXCEEDS THE TOTAL HOURS AVAILABLE IN REGULAR TIME. IF THE PROJECTIONS
ARE CORRECT, IT IS OBVIOUS THAT APPROXIMATELY ONE MAN YEAR OF OVERTIME
WAS PERFORMED BY DEPARTMENTAL MEMBERS. THE DEPARTMENT IS ON A FIVE-
DAY, EIGHT HOUR BASIS AND OPERATES ON A STANDARD THREE SHIFT SCHEDULE.
THE FIRST SHIFT BEGINS AT 7 AM TO 3 PM; THE SECOND SHIFT FROM 3 PM TO
1 1 PMj AND THE THIRD SHIFT FROM I I PM TO 7 AM. THE STRENGTH OF PER-
. ..
SONNEL ON DUTY BY SHIFT AND BY FUNCTION IS SHOWN BELOW.
IST SHIFT 2ND SHIFT 3RD SHIFT
SUPERVISORY
INVESTIGATIVE --- --- -- -
PATROL 2 2 2
COMMUNICATION - -- - -- -- -
CLERICAL I - -- - - -
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SUPERVISORY STRENGTH HAS BEEN REDUCED SINCE THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN
WITHOUT A CHIEF OFFICER SINCE OCTOBER OF 1972. THAT HAS REDUCED THE
SUPERVISION AVAILABLE TO ONE SERGEANT,WHO IS SERVING AS ACTING CHIEF.
APPLICANTS FOR THE CHIEF OFFICERS POSITION ARE NOW UNDERGOING FINAL
INTERVIEWS AND AN APPOINTMENT IS EMINENT.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEGUN A RESERVE POLICE PROGRAM BUT IT IS
LARGELY UNORGANIZED TO DATE. NINE PERSONS ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN
THE PROGRAM AND THE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY HOPE TO EXPAND AND
UPGRADE THAT SERVICE CAPABILITY.
THE DEPARTMENT'S PRIMARY EFFORT IS DEVOTED TO PROVIDING A POLICE
PATROL SERVICE. THE DEPARTMENT OPERATES WITH ONE MAN SQUAD CARS AND
ATTEMPTS TO MAINTAIN TWO SEPARATE UNITS IN THE FIELD AT ALL TIMES. THE
DEPARTMENT HAS NOT ESTABLISHED SPECIFIC PATROL DISTRICTS AND BOTH CARS
OPERATE AT LARGE AS NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGE.
WORK LOAD INFORMATION
THE DEPARTMENTAL WORK RESPONSIBILITIES ARE EXPANDING AS CAN BE
SEEN BY THE TABLE ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE INDICATING THE NUMBER OF FOUNDED
COMPLAINTS IN MAJOR CASES IN 1971 AND 1972.
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1971 1972
FOUNDED CLEARED BY FOUNDED CLEARED BY
COMPLAINTS ARRESTS COMPLAINTS ARRESTS
HOMICIDE 1 0 0 0
RAPE 0 0 1 0
ROBBERY 0 0 7 0 /
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 5 5 7 3
BURGLARY 90 2 114 6
LARCENY/OVER $50 130 3 154 4
/UNDER $50 152 1 171 3 - ,
AUTO THEFT 59 0 50 4
ARSON 5 0 1 0
FORGERY, COUNTERFEITING 2 0 1 0 �-
FRAUD, EMBEZZLEMENT 2 0 4 0
BUY, RECEIVE, POSSESS
STOLEN PROPERTY 0 0 1 0
VANDALISM 150 17 2 1 1 25
USE, POSSESS NARCOTICS 16 6 10 7
GAMBLING 0 0 0 0
OFFENSES / FAMILY 53 -3 83 5
DWI 33 33 38 38
LIQUOR LAW VIOLATION 15 4 10 10
DRUNKENNESS 6 1* 2 0
DISORDERLY CONDUCT 82 8 58 12
*TAKEN TO DETOXIFICATION CENTER AT HASTINGS STATE HOSPITAL
OTHER INDICATIONS OF WORK LOAD EXPERIENCE IN 1971 AND 1972 IS SHOWN BELOW:
1971 1972
TRAFFIC-ORDINANCE ARRESTS
& WARNINGS 235 263
VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS 299 296
RADIO/TELEPHONE CALLS RECEIVED 39677 3, 782
HOUSE CHECKS 205 280
THE INVER GROVE HEIGHTS' EXPERIENCE ON INCIDENCE ON MAJOR CRIME INCREASE
IS SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER THAN IN THE OTHER TWO COMMUNITIES. THIS IS PARTICULARLY
TRUE IN THE FOUNDED COMPLAINTS OF BURGLARY, AND LARCENY CASES BOTH OVER AND
i
UNDER $50 1N VALUE.
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THE INVER GROVE HEIGHTS` POLICE DEPARTMENT OCCUPIES QUARTERS IN
THE VILLAGE HALL, LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF TRUNK HIGHWAY 55 AND
BARNES ROAD. THE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1939 AND THE DEPARTMENT
HAS THE FOLLOWING SQUARE FOOTAGE OF SPACE AVAILABLE BY MAJOR USE.
COMMUNICATIONS 30 SQ. FT.. EVIDENCE STORAGE 6 SQ. FT.
RECORDS MAINTENANCE 123 SQ. FT. DETENTION FACILITY NOTHING
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES 132 SQ. FT. INVESTIGATIVE PERSONNEL NOTHING
CLERICAL 120 SQ. FT. LOCKER FACILITIES NOTHING
PATROL OFFICES 144.SQ. FT. TRAINING FACILITIES NOTHING
THE QUARTERS ARE INADEQUATE AT PRESENT AND FUTURE GROWTH OF THE
COMMUNITY AND DEPARTMENT WILL INTENSIFY THE NEED FOR IMPROVED FACILITIES.
THE PRESENT VILLAGE HALL BUILDING MAY BE CONDEMNED BY THE STATE HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT AS A PART OF THE LAFAYETTE FREEWAY EXTENSION AND THE COMMUNITY
HAS BEGUN PRELIMINARY PLANNING ON A NEWNILLAGE HALL.
COMMUNICATIONS
THE INVER GROVE HEI'GHTS' DEPARTMENT IS ALSO ON THE DAKOTA COUNTY
RADIO SYSTEM. EACH POLICE CAR UNIT HAS TWO RADIOS IN EACH CAR. ONE OF THE
RADIOS UTILIZES THE SHERIFFS FREQUENCY, THE OTHER RADIO, THE GENERAL
VILLAGE FREQUENCY. THE DEPARTMENT ALSO MAINTAINS TWO SEPARATE BASE
STATIONS FOR EACH OF THE TWO SYSTEMS AND CAN COMMUNICATE WITH FIELD UNITS.
THE VILLAGE RADIO FREQUENCY IS UTILIZED BY ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING
ENGINEERING, INSPECTION AND UTILITY SERVICE.
THE DEPARTMENT ALSO OWNS TWO HAND-HELD PORTABLE UNITS. THE ENTIRE
�. EQUIPMENT IS VALUED AT AN ESTIMATED $25,000 IN COST.
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THE USE OF THE SHERIFF'S RADIO SYSTEM HAS PERMITTED THE DEPARTMENT
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TO UTILIZE A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITHOUT THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR
DISPATCH PERSONNEL. THE DEPARTMENT AT THIS TIME DOES NOT INTEND TO PROVIDE
24 HOUR PER DAY COVERAGE OF OFFICE PERSONNEL AVAILABLE FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES.
RECORDS
RECORD MAINTENANCE IS PERFORMED BY BOTH CIVILIAN AND SWORN PERSONNEL.
A LIST OF ALL RECORDS MAINTAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT MAY BE FOUND IN THE
APPENDIX OF THIS REPORT. THE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT ESTABLISHED AN ESTIMATED
ANNUAL COST FOR RECORD MAINTENANCE. POLICE OFFICERS, IN PREPARING THEIR
REPORTS, HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF DICTATION EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE TO THEM
AND IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 90%p OF ALL REPORTS ARE HAND-WRITTEN.
GENERAL
THE DEPARTMENT WAS ASKED TO LIST THE FIVE MAJOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
PROBLEMS IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS. THOSE FIVE MAJOR PROBLEMS ARE LISTED
BELOW.
I. PUBLIC AWARENESS OF POLICE PROBLEMS
2. PERSONNEL STRENGTH
3. DRUG PROBLEMS
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4. COMMUNITY RELATIONS
S. WORKING CONDITIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT
THOSE PROBLEMS WERE STATED BY THE ACTING CHIEF, WHO ALSO INDICATED
THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY BEST PERFORMED IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS BY THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT WAS ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC LAWS. HE INDICATED THAT THE AREAS
WITH THE LEAST PERFORMANCE INCLUDED THE INVESTIGATION OF FELONY AND MIS-
DEMEANOR CASES, WORK WITH JUVINILE OFFENDERS, AND EFFECTIVE DRUG CONTROL
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PROGRAMS. HE INDICATED THAT THE GREATEST DEFICIENCIES IN THESE PROGRAMS
WERE A RESULT OF INADEQUATE PERSONNEL AND INADEQUATE TRAINING.
THE DEPARTMENT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS DUTIES REQUIRES THE SERVICES
OF OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT UNITS INCLUDING THE HIGHWAY PATROL, THE BUREAU
OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION, THE DAKOTA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE AND ADJACENT
LOCAL POLICE UNITS. AS IS THE CASE IN EAGAN, THE DEPARTMENT UTILIZES THE
HIGHWAY PATROL SERVICES PRIMARILY IN INVESTIGATION OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
ON TRUNK HIGHWAYS. THEY UTILIZE THE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION FOR
r l LABORATORY ANALYSIS AND INDICATED THAT THE SERVICE WAS EXCELLENT IN TERMS
OF QUALITY BUT THE TIME DELAY BETWEEN THE REQUEST AND RECEIVED INFORMATION
WAS EXCESSIVE. THEY INDICATED THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SERVICES ARE RE-
STRICTED PRINCIPALLY TO RADIO DISPATCH AND INVESTIGATION OF FELONY CASES AND
THAT THE LOCAL UNIT ASSISTANCE WAS REQUIRED PRIMARILY FOR EMERGENCIES.
THE ACTING CHIEF WAS ASKED TO COMMENT ON THE FACILITIES DESIRABLE IN
THE EVENT A CENTRAL POLICE FACILITY FOR THE THREE COMMUNITIES WAS CONTEM-
PLATED. HE INDICATED THAT IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO HAVE AREAS FOR POLICE
VEHICLE STORAGE, EMPLOYEE LOCKER ROOMS, EMPLOYEE REST AREAS, A TRAINING
FACILITY, A HOLDING CELL CAPACITY FOR SECURITY, IN ADDITION TO THE AREAS RE-
QUIRED BY PERSONNEL IN THE NORMAL EXECUTION OF POLICE DUTIES.
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VILLAGE OF ROSEMOUNT
THE VILLAGE OF ROSEMOUNT IS THE LARGEST GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF THE THREE COM-
MUNITIES BUT AT PRESENT IT HAS THE SMALLEST POPULATION. TOTAL LAND AREA
IS 36 SQUARE MILES ( 23,000 ACRES ), WITH A CURRENT ESTIMATED POPULATION
OF 4,581 .
THE PRESENT GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE IS RELATIVELY NEW. ON
JANUARY 12, 1971, THE TOWN OF ROSEMOUNT WAS CONSOLIDATED WITH THE VILLAGE
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OF ROSEMOUNT AND A NEW VILLAGE ADMINISTRATION TOOK OFFICE. THE FORMER
VILLAGE PROPER REPRESENTED APPROXIMATELY ONE SQUARE MILE OF LAND AND CON-
TAINED 1,337 PERSONS ACCORDING TO THE 1970 CENSUS.
ROSEMOUNT IS SITUATED IN NORTH-CENTRAL DAKOTA COUNTY. IT IS BOUNDED ON THE
NORTH BY THE VILLAGES OF EAGAN AND INVER GROVE HEIGHTS; ON THE SOUTH BY THE
TOWNSHIP OF EMPIRE; ON THE WEST BY THE VILLAGE OF APPLE VALLEY; AND ON THE
EAST BY THE TOWNSHIP OF NININGER AND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
WE HAVE ESTIMATED THE CURRENT POPULATION OF THE VILLAGE AT 4,58 1 , AN IN-
CREASE OF 447 PERSONS FROM THE 1970 CENSUS STATISTICS. IN 1970, THE POPU-
LATION IN THE THEN EXISTING VILLAGE OF ROSEMOUNT WAS I,337 WHILE THE TOTAL
IN THE THEN TOWNSHIP OF ROSEMOUNT WAS 2,997. THE CURRENT POPULATION PRO-
JECTION REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 128% OVER THE COMMUNITIES* COMBINED 1960
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POPULATION OF 2,0 12.
THE GENERAL AGE LEVEL OF ROSEMOUNT*S POPULATION IS YOUNGER THAN THE METRO-
POLITAN AREA AVERAGE. A BREAKDOWN BY AGE IS TAKEN FROM CENSUS TAPES AS
SHOWN BELOW.
COUNT OF PERSONS BY
AGE AND SEX 1
AGE MALE F EMALE TOTAL
UNDER 3 152 122 274
3 - 5 219 131 350
6 - 9 183 191 374
10 - 13 258 271 529
14 - 15 96 90 186
16 - 17 104 98 202
18 18 22 40
19 - 21 31 72 103
22 - 24 68 87 155
25 - 29 153 182 335
30 - 34 138 124 262
35 - 39 173 159 332
40 - 44 129 88 217
45 - 49 88 76 164
50 - 54 57 62 119
55 - 59 77 57 134
60 - 64 21 32 53
65 - 69 32 37 69
70 - 74 34 24 58
75 + 11 31 42
1 SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS 1970, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
ACCORDING TO CENSUS STATISTICS, 48.870 OF THE TOTAL 1970 POPULATION WAS AGED
18 OR UNDER IN THE TWO COMMUNITIES. THAT PERCENTAGE RATE OF 18 OR LESS COM--
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PARES TO 38.4% IN THE SEVEN-COUNTY METROPOLITAN AREA AND 44.8% IN THE
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REMAINDER OF DAKOTA COUNTY.
ROSEMOUNT`S RAPID POPULATION GROWTH HAS RESULTED IN A RELATIVELY SHORT -
TENURE FOR MANY PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT CAN BE SHOWN BY THE CHART
BELOW WHICH INDICATES BY NUMBER OF PERSONS, THE YEAR IN WHICH THEY MOVED
INTO THEIR CURRENT HOUSING UNIT.
COUNT OF PERSONS BY
YEAR MOVED INTO UNIT
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1969-70 782 19.6%
1968 580 14.5% r
1967 308 7.7%
1965-66 557 14.0%
1960-64 808 20.3%
1950-59 608 15.9%
1949-EARLIER 134 3.4%
ALWAYS LIVED THERE 213 5.3%p
1 SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS, 1970, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT MORE THAN 34%p OF THE POPULATION HAD LIVED 1N
THEIR PRESENT UNIT FOR THREE YEARS OR LESS. THAT COMPARES WITH 33%p IN THE
COUNTY AS A WHOLE.
SINCE INCOME LEVELS OF A POPULATION TEND TO INFLUENCE THE LEVEL OF PUBLIC
SERVICES WHICH WILL BE PROVIDED, WE EXAMINED THE AVERAGE FAMILY INCOMES IN
ROSEMOUNT AND COMPARED THEM WITH THE AVERAGE IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA AND
IN DAKOTA COUNTY. THE AVERAGE FAMILY TOTAL INCOME IN DAKOTA COUNTY ACCORDING j
TO THE 1970 CENSUS WAS $139424, WHILE THE AVERAGE FAMILY INCOME 1N THE SEVEN-
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COUNTY METROPOLITAN AREA WAS $13,097. THE AVERAGE INCOME IN ROSEMOUNT
ACCORDING TO THE 1970 CENSUS WAS $12,484 IN THE FORMER VILLAGE AND $12,899
IN THE TOWNSHIP AREA. A CHART BELOW INDICATES THE COUNT OF FAMILIES BY
MAJOR INCOME BRACKETS IN THE ROSEMOUNT AREA.
COUNT OF FAMILIES BY
INCOME 1
UNDER $1,000 6 0.8%
111000 - 2,999 16 1.8%
3,000 -- 41 999 31 3.4%
5,000 - 64 999 85 9.3%
71000 - 8,999 103 11 .3%
9,000 - 9,999 107 11.7%
10,000 - it,999 161 17.6%
12,000 - 14,999 164 17.4%
15,000 - 24,999 192 21.0%
25-1000 - 491 999 44 4.8%
50,000 - OVER 4 0.5%
1 SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS, 1970, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
LAND USE
A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF ROSEMOUNT's 23,000 ACRES OF LAND AREA IS CURRENTLY
UNAVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES. THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA OWNS
APPROXIMATELY 3,000 ACRES OF LAND WHICH IS CURRENTLY TAX EXEMPT AND WHICH
15 DEVOTED PRIMARILY FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH PURPOSES. IN ADDITION TO RE—
SEARCH, THE PROPERTY IS UTILIZED EITHER BY THE UNIVERSITY, OR ON A SUBLEASE
BASIS BY PRIVATE PARTIES, FOR VETERINARY MEDICINE FACILITIES, THE RAISING OF
LIVESTOCK AND VARIED WAREHOUSE AND COMMERCIAL PURPOSES. THE DAKOTA COUNTY
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VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOL AND A U.S. NAVAL DEPARTMENT TRACKING STATION
ARE ALSO LOCATED ON THE 39 000 ACRES.
THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF THIS PROPERTY IS UNCERTAIN. THE UNIVERSITY
HAS RELEASED NO DEFINITIVE PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT AND INDICATES THAT PRESENT
USE IS UNLIKELY TO CHANGE UNDER PRESENT CONDITIONS. THE VILLAGE RECEIVES
NO TAX INCOME FROM THE PROPERTY AND TO DATE HAS RECEIVED NO SPECIAL ASSESS-
MENT PAYMENTS FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS WHICH BENEFIT THE STATE-OWNED PROPERTY.
INCLUDING THE UNIVERSITY PROPERTY, MORE THAN HS 7p OR APPROXIMATELY 209,000 ACRES
WITHIN THE VILLAGE IS DEVOTED FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES OR IS VACANT AND BEING
HELD FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.
CURRENT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OCCUPIES LESS THAN 400 TOTAL ACRES OR LESS
THAN 2% OF THE LAND AREA. THAT IS NEARLY ALL IN OR DEVELOPED ADJACENT TO THE
OLD VILLAGE. NEARLY ALL OF THE VILLAGES COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO
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IN OR ADJACENT TO THE OLD VILLAGE PROPER, AND TOTAL COMMERCIAL LAND UTILIZATION
REPRESENTS APPROXIMATELY 20 ACRES.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IS LIMITED IN LAND AREA BUT NOT IN TERMS OF TAX VALUES.
THE MAJOR INDUSTRIAL GROWTH HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE PINE BEND INDUSTRIAL COM-
PLEX LOCATED IN THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER. MAJOR FIRMS LOCATED THERE INCLUDE KOCH REFINING COMPANY ( FORMERLY THE
GREAT NORTHERN OIL , ST. PAUL AMMONIA PRODUCTS, NORTH STAR CHEMICAL, CER NEX
CORPORATION, AND RUAN TRANSFER. TWO PIPE LINES SERVE THIS PETRO-CHEMICAL
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COMPLEX. THE MID AMERICA PIPE LINE COMPANY TRANSPORTS GAS FROM SOUTHERN
STATES AND OPERATES A "BOTTLING'* STATION AT PINE BEND. THE MINNESOTA PIPE
LINE COMPANY TRANSPORTS CANADIAN AND NORTH DAKOTA CRUDE OIL TO THE KOCH
REFINERY.
THE KOCH REFINERY EMPLOYS AN ESTIMATED 400 EMPLOYEES. OTHER MAJOR EM-
PLOYEES IN ROSEMOUNT INCLUDE BROCKWAY GLASS WITH 350 EMPLOYEES AND
GRIEF BROTHERS COOPERAGE CORPORATION EMPLOYING AN ESTIMATED 150 EM-
PLOYEES.
ROSEMOUNT`S RELATIVELY HIGH LEVEL OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY, WITH ITS
ACCOMPANYING HIGH INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL TAX VALUATION, PERMITS A
RELATIVELY HIGH NUMBER OF ROSEMOUNT RESIDENTS TO WORK WITHOUT TRAVELING
SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCES TO PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT. A COUNT OF PERSONS BY
PLACE OF WORK WHICH ILLUSTRATES THIS POINT IS SHOWN BELOW AS TAKEN FROM
THE 1970 CENSUS STATISTICS.
COUNT OF PERSONS BY
PLACE OF WORK
PLACE NO. OF EMPLOYEES
DAKOTA COUNTY 836
MINNEAPOLIS 180
HENNEPIN COUNTY OUTSIDE MPLS.) 150
ST. PAUL 164
RAMSEY COUNTY (OUTSIDE ST. PAUL) 34
OTHER COUNTIES 21
7 SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS, 1970, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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TAX SASE -
ROSEMOUNT ENJOYS A RELATIVELY HIGH VALUATION FOR TAX PURPOSES, PARTLY
BECAUSE OF THE PINE BEND INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED MARKET
VALUE OF EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS IN ROSEMOUNT IS SHOWN BELOW.
TOTAL TAXABLE MARKET VALUES
RESIDENTIAL $ 17,3919390
COMMERCIAL 2,948,940
MULTIPLE UNITS 436,600
PUBLIC UTILITIES 710,822
AGRICULTURAL 51938,745
INDUSTRIAL
,938,745INDUSTRIAL 8,862,830
REFINERY 38,439,200
PERSONAL PROPERTY VALUATIONS 1,998,230
TOTAL $76,726,764
I INCLUDES 1972 VALUES FOR TAXES PAYABLE IN 1973.
REFLECTS ASSESSOR'S VALUE AS OF 1-2-72, TOGETHER -�
WITH ESTIMATED VALUE OF ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION
DURING 1972.
THE TOTAL VALUATION REPRESENTS A PER CAPITA MARKET VALUATION FOR TAX
PURPOSES OF $169748.91, AN EXTREMELY HIGH FIGURE. THE PERCENTAGE OF THE
TAX REVENUE BY MAJOR SOURCE 1S SHOWN BELOW. THE 68. 1% DERIVED FROM
COMMERCIAL-INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IS EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH AND THE SHARE
OF THE COST OF GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES ALLOCATED FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES
IS OBVIOUSLY MUCH LOWER THAN NORMAL IN SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES.
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PERCENT TAX VALUATION BY
PROPERTY CLASS
COMMERCIAL-INDUSTRIAL
REFINERY
68. 1%
RESIDENTIAL-
MULTIPLE
ESIDENTIAL-
MULTIPLE
23.2%
FARM
7.7%
OTHER
1.0%
THIS SUBSTANTIAL INDUSTRIAL-COMMERCIAL VALUATION SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES THE
PERCENTAGE OF RESPONSIBILITY WHICH MUST BE BORN BY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES FOR
THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC SERVICES. WE EXAMINED THE EFFECT OF THE COMBINED
VILLAGE, COUNTY, SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SPECIAL DISTRICT MILL LEVIES ON CERTAIN
VALUED PROPERTIES WITHIN THE VILLAGE. BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUING DISPUTE
`_. OVER FISCAL DISPARITIES WE WERE UNABLE TO OBTAIN 1972 MILL RATES FOR TAXES
PAYABLE IN 1973. THEREFORE, WE USE THE TAX RATE FOR PAYMENT IN 1972. THE
MILL RATES LISTED BELOW WILL BE CUT BY APPROXIMATELY THREE DURING 1973 BUT
THE TOTAL IMPACT OF THE TAX RATE ON ANNUAL TAXES WILL NOT CHANGE APPRECIABLY
SINCE THE VALUATION OF PROPERTIES ALSO CHANGES. THE CHART BELOW LISTS THOSE
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MILL RATES AND THE EFFECT OF THAT RATE ON CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
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1972 MILL RATES
ROSEMOUNT
TAXING DISTRICT MILL RATEi l
VILLAGE 12.77
ROSEMOUNT ISD
NON AG 213.90
DAKOTA COUNTY 58.67
SPECIAL DISTRICTS 6.84
TOTAL 292. 18
EFFECT OF TOTAL MILL RATE
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ON CERTAIN PROPERTIES
PROPERTY ANNUAL TAX 1
$18,000 HOMESTEAD RESIDENCE $341.85 -
$24,000 509.69
$30,000 " 743.41
$35,000 " 939. 17
$40,1000 1, 132.01
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I TOTAL ANNUAL TAX REFLECTS REDUCTION OF
HOMESTEAD TAX CREDIT OF 35%p OR MAXIMUM
OF $250.00, EXCLUSIVE OF LEVY FOR BONDED
INDEBTEDNESS.
TRANSPORTATION ACCESS
ROSEMOUNT IS SERVED BY SEVERAL NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS INCLUDING TRUNK HIGHWAY 3,
TRUNK HIGHWAY 55 AND TRUNK HIGHWAY 52-56. THE LATTER .ISA FOUR-LAND LIMITED
EXPRESS ROUTE WHICH IS ALIGNED IN THE EASTERN ONE-THIRD OF THE COMMUNITY. t
COUNTY HIGHWAYS 73 AND 71 PROVIDE REASONABLE ACCESS FROM THE UPPER 60% OF
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THE COMMUNITY TO COUNTY ROAD 42, THE MAIN EAST-WEST CORRIDOR IN THE
COMMUNITY. COUNTY ROAD 42 RUNS FROM TRUNK HIGHWAY 55 ON THE EAST BOUNDARY
THROUGH THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO THE WEST. IT CONTINUES THROUGH APPLE VALLEY,
LINKING ROSEMOUNT WITH 135W. THIS ROAD OR AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE 1S SCHEDULED FOR
UPGRADING BY THE DAKOTA COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT THROUGH ROSEMOUNT. IT
WILL BECOME A FOUR-LANE LIMITED ACCESS ROUTE.
THE ONLY OTHER EAST-WEST THROUGH ROUTE IS PROVIDED BY COUNTY ROAD 38, LOCATED
APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES NORTH OF 42. IT IS ALIGNED IN AN IRREGULAR MANNER
BETWEEN APPLE VALLEY ON THE WEST AND TRUNK HIGHWAY 55 ON THE EAST. MORE
LIMITED USE EAST-WEST ROADWAYS INCLUDE THE INDIRECT ROUTES OF COUNTY ROADS
389 39, 46 AND 48.
DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL
ROSEMOUNT HAS EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT POPULATION GROWTH DURING THE PAST
DECADE, ALTHOUGH THE NUMERICAL GROWTH HAS BEEN LESS THAN EAGAN AND INVER
GROVE HEIGHTS.
A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DEVELOPED FOR ROSEMOUNT DURING 1971 BY ITS PLANNING
CONSULTANT, BRAUER & ASSOCIATES, INDICATED THAT **THE RATE OF GROWTH WILL
-.- CONTINUE TO INCREASE BETWEEN 1970 AND 1980 EVEN THOUGH THE FIRST TWO YEARS
OF THE DECADE WERE CHARACTERIZED BY AN UNUSUALLY SLOW POPULATION INCREASE
AFTER 1980, THE RATE OF INCREASE WILL GENERALLY DECLINE BUT VERY LARGE
- NUMERICAL INCREASES ARE POSTULATED IN TERMS OF NUMERICAL POPULATION GROWTH,
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THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PERIOD WILL BE 1990 TO 2020 UNLESS UNFORSEEN CIRCUM-
STANCES SPEED UP THE GROWTH PROCESS. BASED ON THE GUIDE PLAN LAND USE
ALLOCATION THE SATURATION POPULATION OF ROSEMOUNT WILL APPROXIMATE 120,000
PEOPLE. SATURATION WILL NOT BE REACHED UNTIL SOME TIME AFTER THE TURN OF
THE CENTURY."
BRAUER & ASSOCIATES ALSO MADE POPULATION PROJECTIONS IN THE FORM OF A GRAPH
FOR CERTAIN PERIODS BETWEEN 1970 AND 1990. WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO ESTIMATE
THOSE APPROXIMATIONS AND THEY ARE INDICATED BELOW FOR VARIOUS TIME PERIODS.
1975 6,000
1980 8,500
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1985 13,200
1990 18,000
WE HAVE ACCEPTED THE ESTIMATES MADE BY BRAUER &ASSOCIATES AFTER EXAMINING =s
ROSEMOUNT AND CONSIDERING THOSE FACTORS WHICH AFFECT DEVELOPMENT. SOME OF
THOSE FACTORS ARE SHOWN HEREAFTER.
(1) AVAILABILITY OF REASONABLY PRICED (EASILY DEVELOPABLE LAND AREA
ROSEMOUNT HAS NEARLY 201000 ACRES.AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT.
WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS THAT LAND AREA HAS NO SIGNIFICANT SOIL PROBLEMS
WHICH WOULD INCREASE THE DEVELOPMENT COST OF THE LAND. THE LAND
IS STILL REASONABLY PRICED AND COULD BE PURCHASED FROM $1,000 TO
$3,000 PER ACRE, MUCH LESS THAN IN COMMUNITIES SLIGHTLY CLOSER TO
THE CORE CITIES.
(2) PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE
ROSEMOUNT IS WELL SERVED BY SANITARY SEWERAGE FACILITIES PRESENTLY
UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY THE METROPOLITAN SEWER BOARD. THOSE FACIL-
ITIES INCLUDE BOTH TREATMENT AND TRUNK CAPACITY. THE VILLAGE 1S
EXPANDING ITS OWN SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM AND EXTENDING
LINES AS NEEDED FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT. A COMPREHENSIVE SANITARY
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SEWER PLAN HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR THE VILLAGE.
THE OLD VILLAGE'S WATER SYSTEM IS UNDER EXPANSION TO SERVE
NEW AREAS. ADDITIONAL STORAGE FACILITIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED
AND THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER FROM DEEP WELLS WILL PERMIT THE
VILLAGE TO ADD TO ITS SOURCE CAPACITY IN AN ORDERLY AND FINANCIALLY
FEASIBLE METHOD.
THE VILLAGE HAS AN ABOVE AVERAGE CREDIT RATING FOR DEBT PURPOSES
WHICH HAS BEEN ASSIGNED BY MOODY'S INVESTOR SERVICE, A NEW YORK
r BASED RATING FIRM. THAT RATING IS NOT IN JEOPARDY AND THE COM-
MUNITY'S FUTURE DEBT CAPACITY IS NEARLY UNLIMITED FOR UTILITY
PURPOSES.
THE VILLAGE COUNCIL HAS ACTED DECISIVELY IN THE AREA OF UTILITY
CONSTRUCTION SINCE THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE TWO COMMUNITIES AND
HAS ADOPTED A POLICY OF EXTENDING UTILITY SERVICE TO MEET REASONABLY
FORESEEN GROWTH.
(3) COMMUNITY FACILITIES
ROSEMOUNT SCHOOL SYSTEM IS WIDELY RESPECTED FOR ITS EDUCATIONAL
EXCELLENCE AND THE PHYSICAL PLANT FACILITIES ARE NEW AND ADEQUATE.
THE SCHOOL SYSTEM REPRESENTS AN ASSET TO FUTURE GROWTH.
INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT IS ABOVE AVERAGE IN A SUBURBAN COMMUNITY
OF THIS SIZE. THIS PROVIDES CONVENIENT, CLOSE-IN EMPLOYMENT FOR
EXISTING ROSEMOUNT RESIDENTS AND ANY EXPANSION OF THE PINE BEND
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, OR OTHER INDUSTRIAL AREAS IN ROSEMOUNT, WILL
PROMOTE GROWTH.
(4) HIGHWAY ACCESS
HIGHWAY ACCESS IS NOT AS GOOD FOR CONVENIENCE PURPOSES AS IT IS
IN EAGAN AND INVER GROVE HEIGHTS BUT IT IS ADEQUATE. IT SHOULD
NOT SUBSTANTIALLY INHIBIT GROWTH WHEN ALL OTHER FACTORS ARE
CONSIDERED.
(5) TAXES
AS WE HAVE SHOWN THE TAX RATE IN ROSEMOUNT HAS BEEN KEPT AT
A LOW LEVEL, PARTICULARLY THE VILLAGE RATE OF 12.77 MILLS.
LOW TAXES ALSO REPRESENTS AN ASSET FOR GROWTH ALTHOUGH THE
VILLAGE RATE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY INCREASE AS MORE URBAN SERVICES
_ ARE REQUIRED BY AN EXPANDING POPULATION.
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WE HAVE ESTIMATED THE CURRENT POPULATION OF ROSEMOUNT TO BE 4,58 1. THAT
PROJECTION WAS DETERMINED BY ADDING TO THE 1971 ESTIMATE OF THE METROPOLITAN
COUNCIL OF 4, 199, THOSE HOUSING UNITS FOR WHICH CONSTRUCTION PERMITS HAVE
BEEN OBTAINED SINCE THAT ESTIMATE WAS MADE. THAT IS SHOWN BELOW.
POPULATION
1971 POPULATION. 49199
1971 SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING UNITS (39) 156
1972 SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING UNITS (34) 136
1972. MULTIPLE UNITS (30) 90
T OTA L 4,581
WE HAVE PROJECTEDi THE'COMMUNITYes 1985 POPULATION AT 13,500. THAT COMPARES
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TO THE APPROXIMATELY 13,200 ESTIMATE BY BRAUER & ASSOCIATES; AND AN ESTIMATE
OF 12,603 AS MADE BY THE .METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION IN 1967. 1N ORDER
TO REACH 13,500 PERSONS BY 1985 IT WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR THE VILLAGE TO HAVE
AN ANNUAL AVERAGE INCREASE OF 185 EQUIVALENT SINGLE FAMILY UNITS CONSTRUCTED
EACH YEAR FOR THE NEXT 12 YEARS. WE FEEL THIS IS A REASONABLE EXPECTATION.
FOR OUR PURPOSES IN DEVELOPING PROJECTED LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICE COSTS, THE
13,500 ESTIMATE FOR 1975 Is SUFFICIENT.1
THE DAKOTA COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS PROJECTED A '1985 POPULATION OF
191000 FOR ROSEMOUNT. THAT PROJECTION HOWEVER WAS MADE PRIOR TO THE
DECISION, AT LEAST TENTATIVELY, BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL AND THE METRO-
POLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION, NOT TO LOCATE THE PROPOSED NEW AIRPORT JUST
SOUTH OF ROSEMOUNT. TO REACH 19,000 POPULATION THE VILLAGE WOULD HAVE
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TO AVERAGE 300 NEW HOUSING UNITS OVER THE NEXT 12 YEARS. BASED ON CURRENT
GROWTH PATTERNS WE DO NOT BELIEVE THIS EXPECTATION IS LIKELY TO OCCUR.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
ROSEMOUNT
THE CURRENT THREE-MAN DEPARTMENT WAS ORGANIZED AND STAFFED IN 1971 FOL-
LOWING THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE VILLAGE AND TOWNSHIP. THE DEPARTMENT IS
COMPOSED OF A CHIEF AND TWO PATROLMEN, ASSISTED BY SOME PART-TIME PERSONNEL.
THE FORMER VILLAGE POLICE CHIEF WAS REAPPOINTED TO HEAD THE NEW DEPARTMENT.
THE 1973 BUDGET FOR THE DEPARTMENT IS $60,000 AND WILL PROVIDE FOR THE
RECRUITMENT AND APPOINTMENT OF A FOURTH FULL-TIME POLICEMAN. IN ADDITION,
$4,000 IS INCLUDED FOR PAYMENT OF PART-TIME PERSONNEL. THE 1973 BUDGET IS
LISTED BELOW.
1973 POLICE BUDGET
SWORN PERSONNEL (4) $48,500
PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES 4, 170
CAPITAL OUTLAY 3,700
RETIREMENTS 31395
INSURANCE 235
T OTA L $601000
PERSONNEL
THE POLICE CHIEF IS APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL AS ARE ALL SUBORDINATE OFFICERS.
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THE VILLAGE HAS NO CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM AND FORMAL EXAMINATIONS ARE NOT
GIVEN TO APPLICANTS FOR NEW POSITIONS. THE DEPARTMENT HAS NO SYSTEM FOR
EVALUATING PERFORMANCE OF OFFICERS. THE ONLY ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR
INITIAL EMPLOYMENT INCLUDE A MINIMUM AGE OF 21, A MINIMUM OF A HIGH SCHOOL
EDUCATION OR EQUIVALENT, AND A RESIDENCY IN DAKOTA COUNTY AT THE TIME OF
APPLICATION.
TRAINING
THE DEPARTMENT HAS NO FORMAL IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM AND NO TRAINING
WAS PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN 1972.
ALLOCATION OF MANPOWER
NO RECORDS HAVE BEEN MAINTAINED WHICH WOULD PERMIT AN ALLOCATION OF MAN-
POWER TO SPECIFIC POLICE FUNCTIONS. HOWEVER, IT CAN BE ASSUMED THAT A
MAJORITY OF THE TIME ON DUTY BY THE THREE OFFICERS WOULD BE SPENT IN ROUTINE
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PATROL, ANSWERING COMPLAINTS, AND DEALING WITH ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS.
WORK LOAD INFORMATION
NO DATA WAS AVAILABLE FOR ANY PERIOD PRIOR TO 1972. DURING 1972, MONTHLY
TOTALS OF DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITY AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY FOR AUGUST AND
DECEMBER WERE UNAVAILABLE. FOR THE REMAINING TEN MONTHS THIS FOLLOWING
ACTIVITY WAS REPORTED.
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FOUNDED COMPLAINTS
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 2 BURGLARY 19
LARCENY - $50/OVER 20 $50/UNDER 0
AUTO THEFT 7 FORGERY 1
FRAUD 1 BUY, POSSESS STOLEN
VANDALISM 16 PROPERTY 16
CARRY, POSSESS WEAPON I
IN ADDITION TO THAT ACTIVITY INDICATED ABOVE, THE DEPARTMENT HAD THE FOLLOWING
CONTRACT REPORTS:
DWI 9 RADIO CALLS 647
MISC. ARRESTS 94 COMPLAINTS 448
AID TO PUBLIC 302 HOUSE CHECKS 58
DURING THAT SAME PERIOD, TEN MONTHS, A TOTAL OF $19,395 OF STOLEN PROPERTY
WAS REPORTED; AND A TOTAL OF $6,059.50 WAS RECOVERED.
THE DEPARTMENT HAD CONTACT DURING THAT PERIOD WITH 54 SEPARATE JUVENILE CASES,
TWO OF WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COURT. VARIOUS OFFENSES ARE LISTED BELOW.
CURFEW VIOLATION 9 RUN AWAY 14
SHOPLIFTING 18 OTHER 10
MINOR IN POSSESSION 2
RECORD KEEPING IN THE ROSEMOUNT DEPARTMENT IS INADEQUATE, CAUSED IN PART BY
THE SHORTAGE OF MANPOWER AND THE NEED TO KEEP THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE PERSONNEL
IN THE FIELD AT ALL TIMES. THE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON A NEW RECORD SYSTEM
WHICH HAS NOT BEEN FULLY IMPLEMENTED AT PRESENT.
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PHYSICAL FACILITIES
THE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY SHARES OFFICE FACILITIES IN THE OLD VILLAGE HALL, WITH
THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY AND LIQUOR DEPARTMENTS. THAT SHARED SPACE IS INADEQUATE,
EVEN FOR THE CURRENT SIZE DEPARTMENT AND IN OUR OPINION WILL HAVE TO BE EITHER
EXPANDED OR THE DEPARTMENT RELOCATED AS THE PERSONNEL COMPLEMENT AND DE-
PARTMENTAL ACTIVITY INCREASES. THE LOCATION OF THE BUILDING IS WELL SUITED
FOR THE CURRENT NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE AREAS OF CURRENT GROWTH.
THE POLICE CHIEF FEELS THAT THE LOCATION WILL SERVE THE CURRENT REQUIREMENTS
FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS, BUT HE FEELS, AND WE CONCUR, THAT AS DEVELOPMENT
BEGINS TO TAKE PLACE IN AREAS NOT IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE OLD VILLAGE
ANOTHER LOCATION MAY BE NECESSARY.
COMMUNICATIONS
THE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY OWNS TWO POLICE VEHICLES AND BOTH ARE EQUIPPED
WITH MOTOROLA MOBILE UNITS WHICH ARE ON THE DAKOTA COUNTY SHERIFF'S RADIO
FREQUENCY. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HANDLES ALL TELEPHONE ANSWERING AND DISPATCH
SERVICES FOR THE DEPARTMENT, SINCE ROSEMOUNT OFFICERS SPEND THE MAXIMUM
TIME POSSIBLE 1N THE FIELD.
THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM UTILIZED IN THE ROSEMOUNT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
IS NOT CONNECTED WITH THE POLICE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, THREE OF THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT'S FIVE TRUCKS ARE EQUIPPED WITH TWO-WAY RADIOS, SO THAT COMMUNICATION
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BETWEEN THE TRUCKS AND THE FIRE STATION IS POSSIBLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
CURRENTLY USES A TELEPHONE WARNING SYSTEM WHEREIN A FIRE CALL IS AUTO-
MATICALLY REFERRED SIMULTANEOUSLY TO 14 DIFFERENT HOMES OF VOLUNTEER
FIREMEN.
MISCELLANEOUS
THE ROSEMOUNT POLICE CHIEF WAS ASKED TO LIST THE FIVE MAJOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
PROBLEMS IN ROSEMOUNT. HIS RESPONSE WAS LIMITED TO ONE MAJOR PROBLEM,
THAT BEING TRAFFIC CONTROL.
THE CHIEF WAS ALSO ASKED TO RESPOND AS TO WHICH NORMAL POLICE SERVICES ARE
LEAST WELL PERFORMED IN ROSEMOUNT AND HIS RESPONSE WAS AGAIN TRAFFIC CON-
TROL. HE INDICATED THAT THE LACK OF MANPOWER AND EQUIPMENT REPRESENTED
A SIGNIFICANT HANDICAP IN CARRYING OUT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.
THE DEPARTMENT RELIES HEAVILY UPON THE DAKOTA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE FOR
BOTH ROUTINE PATROL AND FOR ASSISTANCE IN THE INVESTIGATION OF ACCIDENTS
AND CRIMINAL OFFENSES. THE MINNESOTA HIGHWAY PATROL PROVIDES SOME
ASSISTANCE, ALTHOUGH IT IS LIMITED PRIMARILY TO HIGHWAY 3 AND TRUNK HIGH-
WAY 52-56.
`J THE CHIEF WAS ASKED TO INDICATE FUNCTIONS HE FELT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN
A CENTRAL POLICE FACILITY FOR THE THREE COMMUNITIES. HE INDICATED THAT IT
WOULD BE NECESSARY TO PROVIDE AREAS FOR POLICE VEHICLE STORAGE, EMPLOYEE
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LOCKER ROOMS, AND A TRAINING FACILITY IN ADDITION TO THE NORMAL SPACE RE-
QUIRED FOR POLICE FUNCTIONS. HE DID NOT FEEL IT WAS NECESSARY TO INCLUDE ALL
AREA FOR VEHICLE MAINTENANCE, EMPLOYEE REST AREAS, OR ANY JAIL-SECURITY
FACILITY.
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SUMMARY
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE
ALL THREE OF THE DEPARTMENTS EVALUATED RECEIVED SERVICE FROM
THE DAKOTA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHICH IS DIRECTED BY SHERIFF CHESTER
CHERRY. THE DEPARTMENT HAS A TOTAL OF 41 PERSONNEL WHO ARE ASSIGNED
ON A FUNCTIONAL BASIS AS FOLLOWS:
1 - SHERIFF 1 - ASSIGNED TO MANS SQUAD
I - CHIEF DEPUTY 2 - WARRANT SERVICE/COURT SERVICE
3 - INVESTIGATORS 2 - IDENTIFICATION OFFICERS
5 - CIVIL PROCESS SERVICE 15 - PATROLMEN
8 - JAILORS/DISPATCHERS 3 - CLERKS
THE SERVICE RENDERED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO THE THREE MUNICIPALITIES
INCLUDES RADIO DISPATCH SERVICE, INCARCERATION OF PRISONERS, INVESTIGATION,
AND PATROL SERVICE. THE LATTER IS LIMITED PRIMARILY TO SERVICE ON AN
EMERGENCY BASIS.
DAKOTA COUNTY CONTAINS A TOTAL AREA OF 3651000 ACRES OR MORE THAN
570 SQUARE MILES, WITH A TOTAL POPULATION IN EXCESS OF 1509000. IT IS
OBVIOUS THAT EXCEPT FOR RADIO AND JAIL SECURITY, THE REMAINING SERVICES
AVAILALBE FOR THE THREE DEPARTMENTS FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ARE
LIMITED DUE TO HIS PERSONNEL STRENGTH AND THE DEMANDS UPON THAT STRENGTH,
AND CANNOT BE COUNTED UPON ON A REGULAR BASIS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE PATROL
SECTION OF 15 OFFICERS PERMITS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ONLY TWO TO THREE FIELD
UNITS TO ANY ONE SHIFT DEPENDING UPON THE FULL AVAILABILITY OF THE 15
OFFICERS. SINCE THE COUNTY OPERATES WITH TWO MAN PATROL UNITS DURING
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THE EVENING HOURS, THE NUMBER OF FIELD UNITS IS NORMALLY TWO.
THEREFORE, THE THREE UNITS MUST PLAN TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT
INDIVIDUAL PATROL STRENGTH TO MEET THEIR NEEDS, RELYING UPON THE SHERIFFS
OFFICE FOR SERVICE WHEN AVAILABLE, AND ON OTHER MUNICIPAL UNITS ON AN
EMERGENCY BASIS.
THE SHERIFFS PATROL PERSONNEL DO PROVIDE VALUABLE ASSISTANCE
IN TRANSPORTING PERSONS ARRESTED IN THE THREE COMMUNITIES TO THE JAIL
IN HASTINGS. IN ADDITION THE TELEPHONE ANSWERING AND RADIO DISPATCH
SERVICE MAINTAINED BY THE SHERIFF IS OF SIGNIFICANT ASSISTANCE TO THE
THREE DEPARTMENTS, SINCE WITHOUT IT THEY WOULD HAVE TO STAFF THEIR
OWN OFFICES WITH FULL-TIME DISPATCH PERSONNEL. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT
IT WOULD REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF 15 PERSONNEL TO PERFORM THIS SAME FUNCTION
IN THE THREE DEPARTMENTS ON A 24-HOUR BASIS, ASSUMING THEY INDIVIDUALLY
PROVIDED THE SERVICE. IN THE CASE OF ROSEMOUNT, THE OFFICE PERSONNELy
WOULD HAVE TO EXCEED THE NUMBER CURRENTLY.AVAILABLE FOR FIELD DUTY.
IT IS HOPED THAT THIS CENTRALIZED SERVICE CAN BE MAINTAINED FOR THE AREA
COMMUNITIES FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
IN AN ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH OTHER CENTRALIZED
SERVICES MIGHT BE EXTENDED TO AREA COMMUNITIES FROM THE SHERIFFS OFFICE,
SHERIFF CHERRY WAS INTERVIEWED. HE INDICATED HE WAS NOT ACTIVELY SEEKING
TO EXTEND ADDITIONAL SERVICES TO COMMUNITIES AND WAS NOT INTERESTED IN
PERFORMING ANY COMMUNITY LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICE ON A CONTRACT BASIS.
AS A RESULT OF THAT INTERVIEW, OUR PROJECTIONS ON FUTURE MANPOWER AND
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BUDGET REQUIREMENTS FOR THE THREE DEPARTMENTS ASSUMED THAT THE LEVEL
OF GENERAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE SHERIFFS OFFICE WILL NOT INCREASE, AND
THAT ANY EXPANSION OF PERSONNEL STRENGTH IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WILL BE
LIMITED TO THE INCREASE NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT LEVEL OF SERVICE
TO AN EVER—EXPANDING DAKOTA COUNTY POPULATION, BOTH IN AND OUTSIDE IN—
CORPORATED AREAS.
COMMUNITY SIMILARITIES
IN ATTEMPTING TO DEFINE THE NEED FOR A CENTRAL POLICE FACILITY,
IT IS NECESSARY TO EXAMINE THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN THE THREE
COMMUNITIES. ALL THREE HAVE CERTAIN SIMILARITIES WHICH ARE LISTED BELOW
WITHOUT REGARD TO THEIR IMPORTANCE.
1. THE MOST OBVIOUS SIMILARITY IS THEIR LOCATION, SINCE THEY
,HAVE COMMON BOUNDARIES AND SHARE IN LARGE PART A COMMON
SCHOOL DISTRICT, ROSEMOUNT DISTRICT NO. 196.
2. ALL THREE COMMUNITIES HAVE LARGE LAND AREAS WITH A
RELATIVELY SMALL CURRENT POPULATION DENSITY. POPU—
LATION DENSITY IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS IS THE HIGHEST
AT .82 PERSONS PER ACRE, FOLLOWED BY EAGAN, WITH
.75 PERSONS PER ACRE AND ROSEMOUNT WITH .20 PERSONS
PER ACRE.
3. EACH COMMUNITY IS EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE A RAPID INCREASE
IN POPULATION BETWEEN NOW AND 1985 WITH AN ANTICIPATED POP—
ULATION 1-N EAGAN OF 35,000; 33,372 IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS,
AND 13,500 IN ROSEMOUNT.
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4. THE CURRENT STRENGTH OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE
THREE COMMUNITIES IS SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE, AND BELOW
THE MINIMUM LEVEL WHICH WE FEEL IS CURRENTLY REQUIRED TO
DEAL WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT PROBLEMS IN EACH COMMUNITY.
THOSE FUNCTIONS WHICH ARE MOST UNDERSTAFFED ARE PATROL,
INVESTIGATION OF CRIMINAL OFFENSES, CRIME PREVENTION AND
TRAINING.
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5. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY CURRENTLY TO BE EXPENDED IN 1973
FOR POLICE FUNCTIONS REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT EFFORT
ON THE PART OF EACH COMMUNITY. INEAGAN THE TOTAL POLICE
BUDGET OF $2519902 REPRESENTS 47%p OF THE VILLAGE'S
TOTAL GENERAL FUND BUDGET, EXCLUSIVE OF THE FUNDS
NEEDED FOR THE RETIREMENT OF BONDED INDEBTEDNESS.
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS' TOTAL POLICE BUDGET OF $224, 764 REPRE-
SENTS 28%p OF A TOTAL GENERAL FUND BUDGET OF $808,465,
WHILE ROSEMOUNT'S TOTAL POLICE BUDGET OF $601 000
REPRESENTS 3 1%p OF ITS TOTAL GENERAL BUDGET OF $190,000.
6. LEVY LIMITATION LAWS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT IN MINNESOTA
WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR EACH OF THE THREE COM-
MUNITIES TO BRING THEIR PERSONNEL STRENGTH UP TO A LEVEL r
SUFFICIENT TO DEAL WITH THE EXPANSION WHICH WILL BE RE-
QUIRED THROUGH ANNUAL INCREASES IN BOTH POPULATION AND
LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES.
7. ALL THREE DEPARTMENTS OCCUPY PHYSICAL FACILITIES WHICH
ARE CURRENTLY INADEQUATE EITHER FROM AN AREA OR PHYSICAL
STANDARD. INVER GROVE HEIGHTS AND ROSEMOUNT NEED AD-
DITIONAL OR NEW SPACE IMMEDIATELY. EAGAN'S FACILITY IS
ADEQUATE PRESENTLY BUT AN EXPANSION IN RESPONSIBILITIES r
OF BOTH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE GENERAL VILLArGE
GOVERNMENT WILL CREATE AN EARLY NEED FOR A REVIEW OF
FUTURE BUILDING PLANS.
COMMUNITY DIFFERENCES
THERE ARE ALSO CERTAIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE THREE COMMUNITIES
WHICH MUST BE RECOGNIZED IN ANY EXAMINATION OF A CENTRAL POLICE FACILITY.
SOME OF THOSE DIFFERENCES ARE LISTED BELOW.
1 . THE RATE OF DEVELOPMENT IN EACH COMMUNITY WILL BE SOME- `-
WHAT DIFFERENT, SINCE THE ESTIMATED GROWTH POTENTIAL IN
ROSEMOUNT IS SOMEWHAT LOWER BETWEEN NOW AND 1985. THAT
IS PRIMARILY THE RESULT OF ITS LOCATION, BEING FURTHER SOUTH
IN CENTRAL DAKOTA COUNTY AND THE DISTANCE IS EXPECTED TO
AFFECT ITS GROWTH.
2. THE TYPE OF GROWTH EXPECTED IN THE THREE COMMUNITIES
WILL BE DIFFERENT. EAGAN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO
EXPERIENCE A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL GROWTH,
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AND THE MULTIPLE DWELLING AND TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE AND POSSIBLY ACCELERATE.
THE RESIDENTIAL GROWTH IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS IS LIKELY
TO CONTINUE IF THE COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO EXTEND UTILITIES
TO AREAS WITH A PRIME DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL. THE TOTAL
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL TAX BASE IS EXPECTED TO IN-
CREASE AT A SLOWER RATE THAN IN EAGAN.
3. ABILITY TO PAY. IF TAX VALUATIONS CAN BE USED IN DE-
TERMINING ABILITY TO PAY THEN ROSEMOUNT AND EAGAN HAVE
A SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER CAPACITY BECAUSE OF THEIR SUB-
STANTIAL INVESTMENTS AND NON-RESIDENTIAL TAX VALUATIONS.
WHILE INVER GROVE HEIGHTS ENJOYS A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC
UTILITY VALUATION, ITS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL TAX
BASE IS SMALLER THAN EITHER EAGAN OR ROSEMOUNTS. HOWEVER,
THE STATES CURRENT LEVY LIMITATION REGULATION LARGELY IGNORES
ABILITY TO PAY AND RESTRICTS FUTURE EXPENDITURES TO A PERCENTAGE
INCREASE OVER A 1970 BASE.
4. THE LEVEL AND EFFECTIVENESS OF SERVICE PROVIDED IN EACH
COMMUNITY IS DIFFERENT. ROSEMOUNT CURRENTLY HAS A TOTAL
POLICE STRENGTH OF .7 PER 1,000 POPULATIONj INVER GROVE
HEIGHTS HAS A RATIO OF .9 PER 1,000 AND EAGAN HAS A RATIO
OF CLOSE TO 1.0 EMPLOYEE PER 19000 POPULATION. THESE RATIOS
ARE BASED ON CURRENT ROSTERS AND 1972 POPULATIONS.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DEPARTMENTS CANNOT BE MEASURED WITHOUT
CONSIDERATION OF MANY FACTORS, INCLUDING PERSONNEL STRENGTH. IN OUR OPINION,
ALL THREE OF THE DEPARTMENTS ARE UNDERSTAFFED. DESPITE THIS COMMON PROBLEM,
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DEPARTMENTS IS DIFFERENT; IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGE OF
MAJOR CRIME CLEARED BY ARREST, TOTAL INCIDENCE OF CRIME WHICH IS A FACTOR
IN CONSIDERING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CRIME PREVENTION ACTIVITIES, THE NUMBER OF
NON-MAJOR CRIME SOLUTIONS, THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ARRESTS, TRAINING EMPHASIS
AND OTHERS. THESE AND OTHER FACTORS WILL BE DISCUSSED IN LATER SECTIONS OF
THIS REPORT.
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CHAPTER 2
EMPLOYMENT - BUDGET PROJECTIONS
ANY ANALYSIS OF A POSSIBLE CONSOLIDATION OR COORDINATION OF PHYSICAL
FACILITIES AND SERVICE PROGRAMS DEPENDS IN LARGE DEGREE ON THE LEVEL OF
SERVICE TO BE PROVIDED AND THE COSTS TO BE INCURRED BY EACH DEPARTMENT IN
FUTURE YEARS. THIS CHAPTER IS AN ATTEMPT TO DEAL WITH PROJECTIONS OF THOSE
COSTS AND SERVICE LEVELS.
PERSONNEL COSTS REPRESENT THE LARGEST BUDGET EXPENSE TO A POLICE
DEPARTMENT. THEREFORE A PROJECTION OF PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS, BOTH TO
A LEVEL TO MEET CURRENT NEEDS AND TO THE LEVEL REQUIRED TO DEAL EFFECTIVELY -�
WITH ANTICIPATED 1985 COMMUNITY CONDITIONS IS MADE IN THIS CHAPTER. W
CURRENT PERSONNEL LEVELS
IN THE UNITED STATES DURING 1971, THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF POLICE
EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING CIVILIANS, WAS 2.4 PER 1,000 POPULATION, AN INCREASE
OF 4%p OVER THE 1970 RATE OF 2.3 PER 1,000 PERSONS. HOWEVER, THAT RATIO
IS NOT APPROPRIATE AS A GENERAL GUIDE FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS SINCE LARGER
CITIES WITH HIGHER RATIOS THROW THE AVERAGES OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. FOR
EXAMPLE, DURING 1971 , CITIES OF 250,000 POPULATION OR MORE MAINTAINED AN
AVERAGE EMPLOYMENT RATIO OF 3.3 EMPLOYEES PER 1,000 PERSONS.
WHEN ALL COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT LEVELS ARE ARRANGED BY QUARTILE,
50%p OF ALL MUNICIPAL LAW ENFORCEMENT UNITS HAVE RATIOS RANGING FROM
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1 .4 TO 2.3 POLICE EMPLOYEES PER 'I,000 INHABITANTS. THE RATIO IN ALL SUBURBAN
COMMUNITIES, WITHOUT REGARD TO SIZE, WAS 1.8 PER 19000 PERSONS, UP FROM 1 .7
IN 1970. ONE-HALF OF THE SUBURBAN POLICE UNITS HAD RATIOS RANGING FROM 1 .2
To 2.2.
AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, AVERAGES CAN BE DECEIVING UNLESS MORE DEFINITIVE
SERVICE DEMANDS CAN BE ISOLATED AND DESCRIBED. SOME OF THE FACTORS WHICH ON
A REGIONAL BASIS CAN DISTORT AVERAGES INCLUDE:
1 . THE HISTORIC SOCIO-ECONOMIC VALUE OF STRONG LAW ENFORCEMENT.
2. THE SIZE AND AGE OF A COMMUNITY.
3. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS WHICH AFFECT PUBLIC SERVICES SUCH AS HEAVY
TOURISM, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, HEAVY INDUSTRY, REGIONAL SHOPPING
FACILITIES.
4. POPULATION GROWTH OR LOSS.
5. LOCATIONS NEAR LARGE CITIES.
6. THE FUNCTION OF A SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR A COMPARABLE STATE
AGENCY.
AS A RESULT OF THESE FACTORS, WE EXAMINED SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES
RANGING IN POPULATION FROM 10,000 TO 25,000 AND LOCATED IN THE NORTH CENTRAL
REGION OF THE UNITED STATES. ACCORDING TO THE 1971 UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS
AS PUBLISHED BY THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IN 1972, THE AVERAGE NUMBER
OF POLICE EMPLOYEES IN THESE UNITS WAS 1 .4 PER 11000 POPULATION. OF THE
TOTAL EMPLOYEES SERVING UNITS IN THIS CATEGORY, 26,250 OR 89.3%p WERE SWORN
PERSONNEL, AND 39 129 OR 10.7% WERE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL.
IN AN ATTEMPT TO CHECK THESE REGIONAL.AVERAGES, WE SURVEYED 14 SUBURBAN
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL COMMUNITIES TO DETERMINE THEIR CURRENT STAFF LEVELS.
THE RESULTS ARE LISTED ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE UTILIZING 1972 ESTIMATED POPULA-
TIONS AND 1973 BUDGET AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL LEVELS. THE THREE COMMUNITIES
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UNDER STUDY WERE LISTED LAST. THE COMMUNITIES SELECTED FOR THE SURVEY SHARE
SEVERAL CHARACTERISTICS WITH EAGAN, INVER GROVE HEIGHTS AND ROSEMOUNT. THEY
HAVE LARGE LAND AREAS, WITH A POPULATION WHICH IS EXPANDING OR HAS EXPANDED
RAPIDLY, AND ARE CURRENTLY OF A POPULATION SIZE WHICH EAGAN AND INVER GROVE
HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO GENERALLY EQUAL BY 1985.
POLICE EMPLOYEES
SUBURBAN AREA'
1972 SWORN 2 RATIO PER
UNIT Pop. PERSONNEL CIVILIANS 1.000
BLAINE 24.9 22 2 .96
BLOOMINGTON 84.6 83 13 1 . 13
BROOKLYN CENTER 36.4 28 s •99
BROOKLYN PARK 32. 1 28 3 .97 J
BURNSVILLE 24. 1 22 15 1.54
COON RAPIDS 31.8 34 5 1 .23
EDINA 45.7 44 6 1 .09
5RIDLEY 30.2 23 8 1.03
MAPLEWOOD 27.8 33 2 1 .26
MINNETONKA 37.5 29 3 .85
ROSEVILLE 37.6 39 2 1 .09
ST. LOUIS PARK 49.7 48 7 1 . 11
WEST ST. PAUL 19.7 21 7 1.42 �s
WHITE BEAR LAKE 24.2 24 2 1 .07
TOTA L 506.3 478 83
EAGAN 12.7 133 2 1 . 18
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS 14. 1 143 1 1.06
ROSEMOUNT 4.5 43 -- .88
TOTAL 537.6 595
1 SOURCE: SURVEY, INDIVIDUAL POLICE UNITS
2 REPRESENTS NUMBER ACTUALLY ON DUTY
3 REPRESENTS NUMBER ACTUALLY ON DUTY, PLUS ADDITIONAL
MANPOWER AUTHORIZED IN 1973 BUDGETS BUT NOT CURRENTLY
ON DUTY
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THESE AVERAGES INDICATE THAT THE RATIO OF COMMUNITIES SURVEYED IS 1 . 11
POLICE EMPLOYEES PER 11000 RESIDENTS. THE THREE COMMUNITIES IN QUESTION
RATE WELL 1N RELATION TO THE AVERAGE RATIO. THE 1.4 AVERAGE INDICATED IN
THE UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS IN REALITY IS NOT SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE
MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES SURVEYED SINCE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE COMPARED 1971
PERSONNEL LEVELS WITH 1970 POPULATIONS. IF WE HAD USED 1970 POPULATIONS
IN OUR COMPARISON, THE AVERAGES IN MINNESOTA WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT
HIGHER SINCE 1972 POPULATIONS HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE 1970.
UTILIZING 1970 POPULATIONS WITH 1973 BUDGETED PERSONNEL ROSTERS, THE
RARIO WOULD HAVE BEEN NEAR 1 .2 EMPLOYEES PER 1,000 RESIDENTS.
WHILE THE AVERAGE RATIOS IN THE THREE COMMUNITIES UNDER STUDY COM-
PARED WELL WITH THE METROPOLITAN AREA AVERAGES, THE SIGNIFICANT POPULATION
GROWTH EXPERIENCED DURING 1972 IN EAGAN AND INVER GROVE HEIGHTS WILL DISTORT
THE CURRENT RATIOS. UTILIZING THE POPULATIONS PROJECTED FOR 1973 THE RATIO
OF POLICE EMPLOYEES PER 19000 PERSONS WOULD DECREASE TO .94 IN INVER GROVE
HEIGHTS AND .87 IN EAGAN. ROSEMOUNT`S RATIO WOULD NOT CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY.
--- ANOTHER VARYING CONDITION IN DETERMINING THE MINIMUM PERSONNEL
STRENGTH IS THE SIZE OF THE UNIT, AND THE RESULTING AVAILABLE FORCE FOR FIELD
WORK. IT IS OUR OPINION THAT UNITS WITH LESS THAN 10 TO 15 TOTAL EMPLOYEES
WILL GENERALLY HAVE LESS MANPOWER AVAILABLE FOR FIELD DUTY SINCE IN A
y
SMALLER DEPARTMENT A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL AVAILABLE MAN HOURS
IS REQUIRED FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING PERSONNEL
-- REVIEW, PURCHASING, BUDGETING, PUBLIC RELATIONS AND RELATED MATTERS.
THIS
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IS LIKELY TO DEMAND NEARLY 10070 OF THE CHIEF'S TIME, AND FREQUENTLY MUCH OF �
THE TIME OF HIS ASSISTANT OR NEXT HIGHEST RANKING OFFICER. WE BELIEVE THIS
FACTOR IN THE THREE COMMUNITIES STUDIED HAS A VERY DEFINITE EFFECT ON RE-
DUCING THE FIELD STRENGTH AT ALL TIMES EVEN THOUGH PERSONNEL RATIOS MIGHT rte+
BE CONSIDERED APPROXIMATELY EQUAL WITH LARGER MORE ESTABLISHED COMMUNITIES. _.
ANOTHER MEASURE OF THE ADEQUACY OF POLICE STRENGTH IS THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF CRIMINAL OFFENSES IN A COMMUNITY DURING A GIVEN PERIOD OF TIME.
WE EXAMINED THE OCCURRENCE OF MAJOR CRIMES IN EAGAN AND INVER GROVE HEIGHTS
AND COMPARED THEM WITH THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES OF
COMPARABLE POPULATION SIZES. IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO INCLUDE ROSEMOUNT IN
THE REVIEW BECAUSE OF THE INCOMPLETENESS OF THEIR 1972 RECORDS. THE TABLE
BELOW ON INCIDENCE OF MAJOR CRIME PROVIDES THE NORTH-CENTRAL REGIONAL AVERAGE
FOR SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES PER 100,000 POPULATION] THE NUMBER OF OFFENSES WHICH
COULD BE EXPECTED IN EACH COMMUNITY IF THEY WERE AVERAGE, AND THE ACTUAL
OCCURRENCE OF CRIMES OF THAT CATEGORY DURING 1972.
INCIDENCE OF CRIME
NATIONAL --
OFFENSE SUBURBAN 1 EAGAN 2 INVER GROVE HEIGHTS 2
MURDER 3. 1 .4 (0) .4 `0)
FORCIBLE RAPE 9.9 1.3 (2) 1 •4 `1)
ROBBERY 58.7 7.5 (1) 8.3 (7)
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 110.8 14. 1 (4) 15.5 (1
BURGLARY 917.8 117.0 (88) 129.$ (114
LARCENY - OVER $50 978.6 124.8 (85) 138.0 (154)
AUTO THEFT 290 . 37.0 (21) 40.9 (50)
t REPRESENTS THE RATE OF CRIMINAL INCIDENCE PER 100,000 POPULATION FOR
ALL NORTH-CENTRAL REGIONAL SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES IN A POPULATION RANGE
OF 10,000 TO 25,000. SOURCE: "1971 UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS`, U.S.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
2 REPRESENTS THE 1972 EXPERIENCE IN EAGAN AND INVER GROVE HEIGHTS.
THE FIRST COLUMN REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF OFFENSES BASED ON THE
REGIONAL SUBURBAN AVERAGES WHICH COULD BE EXPECTED IN EACH COM-
MUNITY, ADJUSTED BY THE RATIO OF EACH COMMUNITY'S 1972 POPULATION
TO 100,000. THE SECOND COLUMN, WITH FIGURES IN PARENTHESIS, REPRE-
SENTS THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF OFFENSES IN EACH COMMUNITY DURING 1972.
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THERE ARE TWO ASSUMPTIONS WHICH CAN BE MADE FROM THIS CHART. ONE
IS THE NUMBER OF MAJOR CRIMES IN EACH COMMUNITY IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, EXCEPT FOR THE OCCURRENCE OF LARCENY OVER $50 AND AUTO
THEFT IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS. THE INVER GROVE HEIGHTS EXPERIENCE IS HIGHER
THAN THE REGIONAL AVERAGE FOR BOTH THOSE CATEGORIES. THE SECOND ILLUSTRATION
IS THE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED RATE OF CRIME IN EAGAN, COMPARED WITH INVER GROVE
HEIGHTS, PARTICULARLY IN CRITICAL AREAS SUCH AS BURGLARY AND LARCENY
WHERE THE EAGAN EXPERIENCE WAS ONE-HALF OR LESS THAT OF INVER GROVE HEIGHTS
DURING 1972.
OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE TO THE RATE OF CRIME IS THE SUCCESS IN DEALING
WITH THAT CRIME AS DETERMINED BY THE CLEARANCE FACTOR FOR EACH CATEGORY.
THE CHART BELOW INDICATES THE PERCENTAGE OF MAJOR CRIMES CLEARED BY ARREST
IN EACH COMMUNITY. WE UTILIZED THE 1971-1972 AVERAGE CLEARANCE RATES SO AS
TO PREVENT A PARTICULARLY SUCCESSFUL OR UNSUCCESSFUL YEAR FROM THROWING THE
AVERAGE RATE OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.
PERCENT FOUNDED CASES
CLEARED BY ARREST
NATIONAL EAGAN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS
ACTIVITY AVERAGE ' 1971 - 1972 1971 - 1972
MURDER 87% NA% 0%
FORCIBLE RAPE 59 0 0
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 68 82 67
ROBBERY 28 0 0
BURGLARIES 22 10 3
LARCENY / OVER $50 12 7 2
AUTO THEFT 22 26 4
SOURCE: 1971 UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS, U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
AVERAGE RATES OF CLEARANCE APPLY TO NORTH CENTRAL REGION SUBURBAN
COMMUNITIES.
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WHILE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF OFFENSES COMMITTED IN THE COMMUNITY MAY
INFLUENCE THE CLEARANCE RATE BY ARREST, THE EAGAN-INVER GROVE HEIGHTS
COMPARISON WOULD SHOW THAT IN CRITICAL AREAS SUCH AS ROBBERY, BURGLARIES
AND LARCENY OVER $50, THE TWO COMMUNITIES ARE NOT MEETING THE REGIONAL
AVERAGE AS TAKEN FROM THE UNIFORM CRIME REPORT. THE INVER GROVE EX-
PERIENCE WITH CLEARANCE IN THESE CATEGORIES, AND WITH AUTO THEFT, IS NOT
IMPRESSIVE.
WE EXAMINED OTHER INDICATIONS OF THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE
POLICE UNIT IN DEALING WITH SOME SPECIFIC PART 2 CLASSIFICATION CRIMES AND
THAT INDIVIDUAL COMPARISON IS LISTED BELOW SHOWING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
OFFENSES COMMITTED OVER THE TWO YEARS, THE NUMBER OF CASES CLEARED BY
ARREST, AND THE PERCENTAGE RATE OF SUCH CLEARANCE.
EAGAN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS
No. Offenses % No. Offenses %
('71272) Cleared Cleared ('71-'72) Cleared Cleared
Larceny/under$50 260 115 44 323 4 1
Fraud, Embezzlement 94 17 18 6 0 0
Vandalism 232 39 17 261 42 16
Use, Possess Narcotics 93 20 22 26 13 50
Eagan Inver Grove Heights
Total value property stolen (1970-72) $368,354 $430,184 -
Total value property recovered (1970-72) 31,692 180,612
%property value recovered to date 8.6% 41.9%
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IN THIS LIST, PERHAPS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CATEGORY IS LARCENY UNDER $50.00.
THIS CRIME FREQUENTLY INVOLVES THE THEFT FROM INDIVIDUALS OF BICYCLES, LAWN
_ MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT, TIRES, CLOTHING AND COMPARABLE ITEMS. MANY CITIZEN
VICTIMS OF THIS CRIME WILL FORM LASTING IMPRESSIONS OF THEIR LOCAL POLICE
DEPARTMENT ON THE RESULTS AND MANNER WITH WHICH THESE CASES ARE DEALT.
THE SUCCESS OF THE INVER GROVE HEIGHTS DEPARTMENT IS SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW
A REASONABLE LEVEL OF CLEARANCE.
r�
ONE UNEXPLAINED INCONSISTENCY WITH THE INVER GROVE HEIGHTS CLEARANCE
RATE, IS THEIR RATE OF RECOVERY OF PROPERTY. WHILE THEIR COMBINED CLEARANCE
RATE FOR ALL LARCENY AND AUTO THEFT OFFENSES 1S LESS THAN 3%p, PROPERTY RE-
COVERY IN DOLLAR VALUE OF 4 1.9%p WAS REPORTED FOR A THREE YEAR PERIOD OF
1970 - 1972.
THE USE OR ASSIGNMENT OF CURRENT PERSONNEL ALSO HAS AN EFFECT ON
ANY PROJECTION OF NEED. IN AN ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE WORKLOADS OR WORK
EMPHASIS OF THE DEPARTMENTS, WE EXAMINED ACTIVITY REPORTS UNRELATED TO
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION MATTERS. ACTIVITY EXAMINED INCLUDED TRAFFIC AND
ORDINANCE ARRESTS, TRAFFIC AND ORDINANCE FORMAL WARNINGS, TRAFFIC AC-'
CIDENTS INVESTIGATED AND SECURITY CHECKS ON RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES- ROSEMOUNT
REPORTED NO DATA] THE ACTIVITY FOR THE OTHER TWO DEPARTMENTS IS LISTED ON THE
FOLLOWING PAGE.
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MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITY
1971-1972
TRAFFIC ARRESTS 19430 1,686
I
ORDINANCE ARREST 5575
TRAFFIC WARNINGS 19059 498
ORDINANCE WARNINGS 109
ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS 855 595
SECURITY CHECKS - RESIDENCE 863 485 J
I TOTALS INCLUDE BOTH TRAFFIC AND ORDINANCE.
NO SEPARATE BREAKDOWN PROVIDED IN INVER
GROVE HEIGHTS.
PERSONNEL PROJECTIONS
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AFTER REVIEWING ALL THOSE FACTORS HERETOFORE MENTIONED, WE BELIEVE
THAT EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS WILL REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL
ASSISTANCE TO MEET BOTH CURRENT AND 1985 FUTURE NEEDS. WE HAVE INDICATED
ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES FOR EACH COMMUNITY OUR RECOMMENDED MINIMUM RE-
QUIREMENTS
E-QUIREMENTS FOR 1973-74, AND FOR THE YEAR 1985. -
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EAGAN -�
1973 CURRENT AUTHORIZED STRENGTH
1 CHIEF OFFICER
3 SERGEANTS
9 PATROLMEN
2 C LER ICAL
15
1973 - 1974 RECOMMENDED MINIMUM
1 CHIEF OFFICER
1 LIEUTENANT
3 S ERGEANTS
10 PATROLMEN
1 INVESTIGATOR j
2 CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES
18
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THE EMPLOYMENT OF THREE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS IN THE EAGAN DEPARTMENT WILL
BE DIFFICULT UNDER CURRENT BUDGET LIMITATIONS, BUT WE FEEL THE ADDITION IS
NECESSARY IF THE CURRENT RATIO OF POLICE STRENGTH IS TO BE MAINTAINED IN THE
COMMUNITY.
THE ADDITION OF ONE SERGEANT TO THE PATROL FORCE WOULD PROVIDE THE
DEPARTMENT GREATER SUPERVISION FOR PATROL SHIFTS, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME
STRENGTHENING THE PATROL STAFF, SINCE THE SERGEANT COULD BE ASSIGNED A
PATROL RESPONSIBILITY. AT THE PRESENT TIME, SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL ARE
NOT ASSIGNED FULL TIME ON ALL SHIFTS. THE THIRD SHIFT WHICH IS MOST HEAVILY
STAFFED HAS NO SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL ON DUTY FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD FROM
10:00 PM To 8:00 AM.
AN ADDITION OF ONE PATROLMAN WILL BE NEEDED TO MAINTAIN CURRENT
STRENGTH SINCE THE POPULATION OF THE COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE
DURING THIS PERIOD, AND THAT INCREASE IN POPULATION WILL RESULT IN AN
EXPANDED WORKLOAD ENCOMPASSING ALL AREAS OF POLICE RESPONSIBILITIES.
THE PROMOTION OF AN EXISTING SERGEANT TO LIEUTENANT IS NECESSARY
TO PROVIDE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE TO THE POLICE CHIEF, DEALING WITH THOSE
SERVICE AREAS OF PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION, PURCHASING, RECORDS ADMINIS-
TRATION, COMMUNICATION AND RELATED MATTERS. HE WOULD, IN ADDITION, BE
GIVEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION TOGETHER WITH THE THIRD
NEW EMPLOYEE` AN INVESTIGATOR. LACKING A SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION OF THE IN-
VESTIGATIVE STRENGTH IN THE SHERIFFS OFFICE, THE EAGAN DEPARTMENT NEEDS
AT LEAST ONE FULL TIME PERSON ASSIGNED TO THIS ACTIVITY, WHICH SHOULD
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INCLUDE THE LIAISON WITH BUILDING OWNERS AND TENANTS FOR BU ILDING SECURITY
IN THE EVER-EXPANDING NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL AND WAREHOUSE FACILITIES BEING
CONSTRUCTED IN EAGAN.
1985 PROJECTED MINIMUM PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS
THE TOTAL MINIMUM STRENGTH WHICH WILL BE REQUIRED IN 1985 WAS
PROJECTED BASED ON SEVERAL ASSUMPTIONS WHICH ARE LISTED BELOW:
1 . EAGAN°S POPULATION WILL INCREASE TO THE LEVEL OF 35,000. 1
2. THE CONSTRUCTION OF MANUFACTURING, WAREHOUSE AND GENERAL
OFFICE FACILITIES WILL CONTINUE BUT ON A SLIGHTLY REDUCED
SCALE. _
3. NO MAJOR EFFORT WILL BE MADE BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO
EXPAND THE ROLE OF THAT DEPARTMENT IN MUNICIPAL POLICE
PROBLEMS.
4. NO MAJOR EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO CONSOLIDATE OR COORDINATE
BASIC LOCAL POLICE SERVICE ON A MULTI-MUNICIPAL LEVEL.
5. EAGAN RESIDENTS WILL NOT DEMAND A HIGHER LEVEL OF LAW
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ENFORCEMENT SERVICE THAN THEY CURRENTLY RECEIVE.
6. CIVILIANS, OR NON-SWORN PERSONNEL, WILL NOT BE UTILIZED
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TO REPLACE UNIFORMED OFFICERS IN ROUTINE POLICE DUTIES.
7. THE DEPARTMENT WILL PROVIDE AROUND THE CLOCK STAFFING OF
THE POLICE OFFICE AND WILL PROVIDE ITS OWN RADIO DISPATCH
SERVICE.
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1985 PERSONNEL ROSTER
1 CHIEF OFFICER
1 CAPTAIN - PLANNING, TRAINING, INSPECTION, RECORDS
1 CAPTAIN - PATROL, INVESTIGATION
1 LIEUTENANT - SERVICES: RADIO, PURCHASING, PERSONNEL
5 SERGEANTS - PATROL SHIFTS
22 PATROLMEN
3 INVESTIGATORS
2 JUVENILE SPECIALISTS
5 DISPATCHERS - DESKMEN
5 CLERICAL EMPLOYEES
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THAT TOTAL POLICE STRENGTH .WILL PROVIDE A RATIO OF 1. 31 PERSONNEL PER 1,000
PERSONS, A RATIO WHICH IS LESS THAN THE CURRENT NORTH CENTRAL SUBURBAN AVERAGE.
WHILE TITLES OR DUTY ASSIGNMENTS LISTED IN THE 1985 PROJECTIONS
PERHAPS WILL NOT BE DUPLICATED EXACTLY WE DO FEEL THAT THE NUMBER OF
PERSONNEL PROJECTED IS TRULY MINIMAL, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF INVESTIGATIVE
AND JUVENILE PERSONNEL. THE PATROL STRENGTH INDICATED ABOVE, INCLUDING THE
SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL, WOULD PROVIDE AN AVERAGE PATROL STRENGTH PER SHIFT
OF FIVE ON A CONTINUING YEAR ROUND BASIS.
y REQUIRED BUDGET
WE HAVE ESTIMATED A MINIMUM REQUIRED BUDGET BY 1985 TO STAFF AND EQUIP
THE PROJECTED PERSONNEL ROSTER WILL REACH $11355,068. THAT WILL REPRESENT
A COST PER CAPITA IN 1985 OF 38.72. THAT COMPARES TO THE CURRENT PER CAPITA
COST IN 1973 OF $19.76, UTILIZING THE 1973 BUDGET, AND THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL`S
1972 POPULATION ESTIMATE.
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AS A PRELIMINARY TO FORECASTING 1985 BUDGET REQUIREMENTS WE REVIEWED -
THE CURRENT COSTS OF MAINTAINING POLICE UNITS IN THESE FOURTEEN DEPARTMENTS
WHICH WERE SURVEYED PREVIOUSLY FOR PERSONNEL STRENGTH. THE RESULT IS SHOWN
BELOW:
CURRENT BUDGET
COSTS PER CAPITA
UNIT 1973 BUDGET PER EMPLOYEE PER CAPITA COST1
BLAINE $ 344,608 $141358 $13.80
BLOOMINGTON 2,077,319 219638 24.54
BROOKLYN CENTER 4839258 139424 13.28
BROOKLYN PARK 459,751 14,831 14.30
BURNSVILLE 5539342 149955 22.96
COON RAPIDS 627,000 16,077 19.67
EDINA 866,384 17,328 18.95
FRIDLEY 5319342 17, 140 17.57
MAPLEWOOD 597, 120 17,061 21.46
ROSEVILLE 5309458 12,938 14. 11
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MINNETONKA 484,708 15, 147 12.89
ST. Louis PARK 768,385 139971 15.44
WEST ST. PAUL 3309859 119816 16.77
WHITE BEAR LAKE 4769239 18,317 19.63
EAGAN 2519902 16,793 19.76
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS 224,764 141984 15.92
ROSEMOUNT 601000 15,000 13. 10
1 BASED ON 1972 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL POPULATION PROJECTION
AVERAGE COST PER CAPITA $17.98
AVERAGE COMMUNITY COST PER EMPLOYEE'. $ 15, 634
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WHILE EAGAN'S COST PER CAPITA IN THIS CHART IS $19.76, IT SHOULD BE
REMEMBERED THAT 1972 POPULATION ESTIMATES WERE USED FOR UNIFORMITY. IF
THE ESTIMATED 1973 POPULATION OF 161 136 HAD BEEN USED, THE PER CAPITA COST
OF MAINTAINING THE 1973 BUDGET WOULD HAVE BEEN $15.6 1, OR $1.28 PER CAPITA
LESS THAN THE AVERAGE FOR THESE COMMUNITIES SURVEYED.
WE TOOK THE CURRENT AVERAGE PER EMPLOYEE COST AND PROJECTED THAT
COST TO 1985, UTILIZING AN ACCUMULATIVE 5.5%p ANNUAL INFLATION INCREASE FACTOR.
THE 1985 RESULT WAS A PER EMPLOYEE COST OF $29,458. THAT AMOUNT MULTIPLIED
BY 46 EMPLOYEES REPRESENTS THE 1985 PROJECTED BUDGET TOTAL OF $19355,068.
WHILE ALL CURRENT COSTS MAY NOT INCREASE BY 5.5%p ANNUALLY, IT IS
DOUBTFUL THAT SALARY COSTS CAN BE KEPT CONSISTENTLY AT OR BELOW AN INCREASE
OF THAT AMOUNT. THE CURRENT GENERAL AVERAGE SALARY COST FOR PATROLMAN WITH
THREE YEARS EXPERIENCE IS $12,000. THE ADDITION OF CURRENT PERA PENSION
COSTS TO THIS AMOUNT RAISES THE TOTAL TO $13,440 ANNUALLY. PROJECTED TO
1985 AT A 5.5%p ANNUAL RATE OF INCREASE, IT WILL COST $25,552 PER YEAR TO
MAINTAIN A PATROLMAN'S SALARY AND PENSION REQUIREMENTS.
ASSUMING NO MAJOR CHANGE IN THE USE OF LOWER PAID, LESS HIGHLY TRAINED
CIVILIANS, THAT AVERAGE PATROLMAN'S MAINTENANCE COST MULTIPLIED BY 46 REPRESENTS
A TOTAL SUM OF $19 175,392.
A TOTAL BUDGET OF $1,355,068 WILL PROVIDE ONLY $179,676 IN ADDITIONAL
FUNDS TO PAY SALARY COSTS OF HIGHER RANKING OFFICERS AND SUCH NON-SALARY COSTS
AS INSURANCE, UNIFORMS, TRAINING, VEHICLE ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE, ACQUISITION
AND MAINTENANCE OF OTHER POLICE EQUIPMENT, AND BUILDING MAINTENANCE. NO
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PROVISION HAS BEEN MADE IN THE PROJECTED 1985 BUDGET FOR DEBT SERVICE OR
RENTAL FOR NEW OR EXPANDED PHYSICAL FACILITIES.
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS
1973 CURRENT AUTHORIZED STRENGTH
I CHIEF OFFICER
2 SERGEANTS
11 PATROLMEN
I CLERICAL
15
1973 - 1974 RECOMMENDED MINIMUM
I CHIEF
3 SERGEANTS
10 PATROLMEN
2 INVESTIGATORS
I CLERICAL
17
THE RECOMMENDED MINIMUM RESULTS IN THE ADDITION OF ONLY TWO PERSONS TO THE
DEPARTMENT, WITH AN ACCOMPANYING PROMOTION TO SERGEANT OF ONE EXISTING
PATROLMAN. THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE CURRENT DEPARTMENT IS ILL h
DEFINED, RESULTING IN PART FROM THE CONTINUED VACANCY IN THE KEY POSITION OF
CHIEF OFFICER. THE ACTING SERGEANT IN CHARGE OF THE DEPARTMENT HAS TOO
LARGE A SPAN OF CONTROL PROBLEM, WHICH WILL BE ONLY PARTIALLY RELIEVED
WHEN A CHIEF IS SELECTED. THE AVAILABILITY OF THREE SERGEANTS WILL PERMIT
THE ASSIGNMENT OF ONE SUPERVISORY OFFICER TO A MAJORITY OF SHIFTS, PARTICU-
LARLY DURING PEAK HOURS OF NEED. THESE SUPERVISORY OFFICERS SHOULD BE EX-
PECTED TO CARRY OUT A NORMAL PATROL RESPONSIBILITY WHILE ON DUTY.
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THE DEPARTMENT'S RECENT PERFORMANCE WITH CLEARANCE OF BOTH MAJOR
AND MINOR CRIMINAL OFFENSES SHOULD BE TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE ON ANY STANDARD.
UNLESS THE RECORDS MAINTAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT ARE ERRONEOUS, IT MUST BE
ASSUMED THAT EITHER INADEQUATE PRIORITY 1S GIVEN TO THESE MATTERS, OR THE
PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO SUCH ACTIVITY ARE NOT PERFORMING IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER.
THE DEPARTMENT'S 1972 ALLOCATION OF MANPOWER ESTIMATE INDICATED
THAT ONLY 940 HOURS WERE EXPENDED IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. THAT COMPARES
WITH AN ESTIMATED 4,040 HOURS IN EAGAN, A DEPARTMENT SIMILARLY STAFFED WITH
COMPARABLE PROBLEMS. THE EAGAN ESTIMATE REPRESENTS APPROXIMATELY TWO
MAN-YEARS, WHILE INVER GROVE HEIGHTS' TOTAL TIME IS LESS THAN ONE-HALF MAN YEAR.
OUR MINIMUM RECOMMENDED STRENGTH INCLUDES THE APPOINTMENT OF TWO
ADDITIONAL PERSONS WHO WOULD BE ASSIGNED TO INVESTIGATIVE POSITIONS. A POS-
SIBLE ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE THE EMPLOYMENT OF ADDITIONAL PATROLMEN, WITH
INCREASED EMPHASIS ON THE PATROL'S ROLE IN INVESTIGATION. THIS SHOULD INVOLVE
EXTENSIVE TRAINING FOR THESE OFFICERS, INCLUDING AS A MINIMUM, COMPLETION OF THE
BCA PROGRAM FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS.
i
1985 PROJECTED MINIMUM
PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS
THE TOTAL MINIMUM STRENGTH WHICH WILL BE REQUIRED IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS BY
1985 WAS PROJECTED BASED ON CERTAIN ASSUMPTIONS WHICH ARE LISTED BELOW:
1. THE VILLAGE'S POPULATION WILL INCREASE TO THE 1985 LEVEL
OF 331372.
2. THE COMMUNITY'S TAX BASE WILL EXPAND AT LEVELS SUFFICIENTLY
HIGH TO PERMIT BUDGETING OF THOSE FUNDS NECESSARY FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
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ffm 1,
3. IMPROVEMENTS IN SPECIALIZED SERVICES WILL BE DEMANDED BY AREA J
RESIDENTS.
4. ASSUMPTIONS 49 5, 6 AND 7 MADE IN THE CASE OF EAGAN's PRO— '"N
JECTIONS WILL BE VALID,
1985 PERSONNEL ROSTER
I CHIEF OFFICER
1 CAPTAIN — PLANNING, TRAINING, ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICE
I CAPTAIN — PATROL, INVESTIGATION
5 SERGEANTS — PATROL SHIFTS
20 PATROLMEN }
2 INVESTIGATORS
2 JUVENILE SPECIALISTS
5 DISPATCHERS — DESKMEN
4 CLERICAL EMPLOYEES
41
THAT TOTAL POLICE STRENGTH WILL PROVIDE A RATIO OF 1.23 PERSONNEL PER 1,000
PERSONS, AS COMPARED TO 1 .07 UTILIZING AUTHORIZED 1973 STRENGTH WITH CURRENT
ESTIMATED POPULATION.
AS IN OUR RESERVATION ABOUT EAGAN, THE TITLES OR DUTY ASSIGNMENTS
LISTED IN THE 1985 PROJECTIONS MAY NOT BE DUPLICATED EXACTLY. HOWEVER, WE
DO FEEL THE PROJECTIONS ARE AGAIN MINIMAL.
REQUIRED BUDGET
WE HAVE ESTIMATED THE MINIMUM BUDGET BY 1985 TO STAFF AND EQUIP
THE PROJECTED PERSONNEL ROSTER WILL REACH $1,207t 778, A PER CAPITA COST OF
$36. 19. IF WE ASSUME THE COST PER EMPLOYEE FOR SALARY AND PENSION WILL REACH mj
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$259 552 PER YEAR BY 1985, THE TOTAL PROJECTED BUDGET OF $1,207, 778 WILL PROVIDE
ONLY $1609 182 FOR NON SALARY EXPENSE ITEMS.
ROSEMOUNT
THE PROJECTIONS OF MINIMUM PERSONNEL STRENGTH FOR ROSEMOUNT ARE MORE DIFFICULT
TO MAKE FOR SEVERAL REASONS, INCLUDING:
1. INFORMATION ON THE CURRENT LEVEL OF POLICE ACTIVITY IS LACKING.
2. WHILE POPULATION GROWTH IS EXPECTED TO BE SLOWER THAN IN EAGAN
AND INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, THE LARGE LAND AREA OF ROSEMOUNT WILL
REQUIRE POLICE STRENGTH BEYOND THE LEVEL PROVIDED BY A COMMUNITY
WITH THE SAME POPULATION BUT A SMALLER GEOGRAPHIC AREA. IN
ADDITION THE UNCERTAINTY OF FUTURE UTILIZATION OF THE UNIVERSITY
FARM PROPERTY CLOUDS FUTURE POLICE REQUIREMENTS. AT PRESENT
IT REQUIRES LITTLE IN THE WAY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES, IF
THE UNIVERSITY ABANDONS THE FACILITY IT WOULD IN ALL LIKELIHOOD
BE OFFERED IMMEDIATELY FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.
3. THE DEPARTMENT IS NOW, AND WILL BE FOR SOME TIME, TOO SMALL TO
PROVIDE SELF SUPPORT IN KEY AREAS OF MANAGEMENT, TRAINING, AND OTHER
SPECIALIST POLICE ACTIVITIES, PARTICULARLY THOSE ACTIVITIES WHICH
REQUIRE HIGHLY TRAINED PERSONNEL WITH EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT.
ROSEMOUNT'S PERSONNEL WILL BE OCCUPIED PRIMARILY WITH NORMAL
6
PATROL AND RELATED ACTIVITIES.
THIS LATTER CONDITION MAKES IT IMPERATIVE THAT THE ROSEMOUNT DEPARTMENT UTILIZE
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AS EXTENSIVELY AS POSSIBLE, SERVICES IN THESE ACTIVITIES WHICH MIGHT BE
OFFERED BY THE STATE OF MINNESOTA OR DAKOTA COUNTY. IF IMPROVEMENT IS NOT
FORTHCOMING IN THE SERVICES OFFERED BY THOSE HIGHER UNITS OF GOVERNMENT,
THEN THEY SHOULD LOOK TO OTHER MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE ON WT
A CONTRACT OR COORDINATED SERVICE BASIS. WE THINK THE LATTER APPROACH 1
WILL PROVE MOST FEASIBLE.
1973 CURRENT AUTHORIZED STRENGTH
I CHIEF OFFICER
1 SERGEANT
2 PATROLMEN
4
1973-1974 RECOMMENDED MINIMUM
1 CHIEF OFFICER
1 SERGEANT
3 PATROLMEN
.5 CIVILIANS
�y
5.5
THE EMPLOYMENT OF A FIFTH FULL-TIME OFFICER IN THE ROSMOUNT DEPART-
MENT WOULD PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF 1 PERSON ON DUTY ON A CONTINUING BASIS.
THAT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO DATE, ALTHOUGH THE DEPARTMENT HAS EXTEN-
SIVELY UTILIZED PART-TIME EMPLOYEES TO STAFF CERTAIN SHIFTS. WE FEEL �t
FUTURE RELIANCE ON PART-TIME PERSONNEL SHOULD BE DISCONTINUED, OR AS A
MINIMUM, REDUCED, UNLESS THESE PART-TIME PERSONNEL HAVE RECEIVED THE
SAME TRAINING AS A FULL-TIME SWORN OFFICER.
ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES, EVEN IN A SMALL DEPARTMENT, MUST BE ACCOM-
MODATED. INDEED, THE SMALLER A DEPARTMENT, THE GREATER THE TOTAL PERCENTAGE
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OF MANHOURS DEMANDED FOR ADMINISTRATION. AT PRESENT, THE ROSEMOUNT CHIEF
HAS NO CLERICAL ASSISTANCE EXCEPT A UTILITY DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE WHO OCCUPIES
THE SAME FACILITY IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING. IN OUR OPINION THE DEPARTMENT
SHOULD EMPLOY A PERSON AT LEAST HALF-TIME WHO COULD BE AVAILABLE ON A
REGULARLY SCHEDULED BASIS TO ASSIST THE CHIEF IN PREPARING CORRESPONDENCE,
TYPE REPORTS NOW DONE BY POLICE OFFICERS, AND MAINTAIN, OR AT LEAST PERFORM
THE PHYSICAL WORK REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN, THE DEPARTMENT'S RECORD SYSTEM.
1985 PROJECTED MINIMUM
PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS
THE TOTAL MINIMUM STRENGTH REQUIRED IN ROSEMOUNT WAS PROJECTED UTILIZING
THE SAME ASSUMPTIONS MADE IN THE CASE OF EAGAN AND INVER GROVE HEIGHTS.
THE EXCEPTION WAS THE 1985 POPULATION, WHICH 1N ROSEMOUNT IS EXPECTED TO
t
REACH 13,500.
1985 PERSONNEL ROSTER
I CHIEF
I SERGEANT - PATROL
10 PATROLMEN
r
1 INVESTIGATOR
I JUVENILE SPECIALIST
_.r 5 DISPATCHERS CLERKS
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THAT PERSONNEL STRENGTH WILL PROVIDE A RATIO OF 1.40 EMPLOYEES PER 19000
POPULATION. THAT COMPARES WITH THE CURRENT RATIO OF .89 PER 1,000 PERSONS.
IT ALSO REPRESENTS THE HIGHEST EMPLOYEE RATIO OF THE THREE COMMUNITIES
�f STUDIED, AS THEY RELATE TO 1985 PROJECTED LEVELS.
THE FACT THAT ROSEMOUNT WOULD HAVE THE HIGHEST RATIO OF EMPLOYEES
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IN 1985 WAS SURPRISING, BUT CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE PROJECTIONS JUSTIFY
THEM. THE PATROL FORCE LISTED ABOVE WILL PROVIDE AN AVERAGE OF ONLY TWO
PERSONS PER SHIFT, IF THEY WERE DIVIDED EQUALLY DURING THE REQUIRED 24 HOURS
OF COVERAGE.
THE AVAILABILITY OF THE CHIEF AND ONE SERGEANT REPRESENTS A MIN-
IMAL SUPERVISORY FORCE FOR THE DEPARTMENT. THE AVAILABILITY OF ONE FULL-
TIME INVESTIGATOR WILL BE NECESSARY TO WORK WITH THE EXPECTED LEVEL OF
T
CRIMINAL OFFENSES BY THAT PERIOD. WE DO NOT FEEL ONE PERSON WILL BE
ADEQUATE, BUT WITH EXTENSIVE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE OF THE CHIEF OFFICER
AND THE PATROL UNIT, MAY BE SUFFICIENT. THE JUVENILE SPECIALIST WILL BE
NECESSARY TO DEAL WITH A VARIETY OF PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE COMMUNITY 9S --�
RESIDENTS, THE DAKOTA COUNTY VO-TECH CENTER LOCATED IN ROSEMOUNT, AND
THE EXTENSIVE PHYSICAL PLANT OF THE ROSEMOUNT SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH HAS
ITS SENIOR AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL LOCATED IN THE COMMUNITY, THOUGH IT SERVES
A MUCH LARGER AREA, EXTENDING INTO EAGAN, INVER GROVE HEIGHTS AND APPLE
VALLEY. �.
WHILE IT COULD BE ARGUED THAT FIVE PERSONS WOULD NOT BE NECESSARY
FOR RADIO DISPATCH DUTIES IF THE ROSEMOUNT DEPARTMENT REMAINS ON THE SHERIFF'S
RADIO NETWORK, THE PROJECTION OF FIVE PERSONS NEEDED FOR OFFICE DUTIES WOULD
REMAIN, EVEN IF THEY DID NOT MAINTAIN PRIMARY DISPATCH SERVICE. SUBURBAN
DEPARTMENTS IN THIS AREA HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN FORCED BY PUBLIC DEMAND
TO STAFF THEIR OFFICES ON A ROUND-THE-CLOCK BASIS. WHILE PERHAPS NOT _
ALWAYS JUSTIFIABLE, THE DECISION HAS NORMALLY BEEN MADE SO AS TO:
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7 . IMPROVE RADIO DISPATCH SERVICE BY USING PERSONNEL WHO ARE
INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH THE COMMUNITY.
2. PROVIDE 24 HOUR EMERGENCY CONTACTS FOR FIRE OR PUBLIC WORKS
PROBLEMS.
3. PROVIDE INCREASED SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC AT ALL HOURS OF THE
DAY OR NIGHT.
4. PROVIDE IMPROVED RECORDS AND OTHER SERVICE TO FIELD UNITS.
WHILE WE DO NOT AGREE THAT THOSE CONDITIONS ALWAYS WARRANT THE EMPLOYMENT OF THIS
LEVEL OF PERSONNEL, WE DO FEEL THE SAME PRESSURES WILL BE PRESENT IN ROSEMOUNT.
LATER SECTIONS OF THIS REPORT CONTAIN PROPOSALS FOR A MORE EFFECTIVE AND
ECONOMICAL USE OF THESE PERSONS.
REQUIRED BUDGET
WE HAVE ESTIMATED THE MINIMUM BUDGET IN ROSEMOUNT REQUIRED TO STAFF
AND EQUIP THE PROJECTED PERSONNEL LEVELS WILL REACH $559,702, BY 7985, COMPARED
WITH THE CURRENT BUDGET OF $601000. THAT REPRESENTS THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE
INCREASE OF THE THREE DEPARTMENTS SURVEYED. HOWEVER, ROSEMOUNT HAS THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF CURRENT PROTECTION I N THESE COMMUNITIES.
THAT ESTIMATED BUDGET LEVEL COULD BE REDUCED BY $150000-TO $20,000
UNDER OUR PROJECTIONS IF THE DEPARTMENT RETAINED CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES TO PERFORM
THE DISPATCH - CLERICAL FUNCTIONS. HOWEVER, SINCE OUR TOTAL PROJECTIONS ARE
CONSIDERED MINIMAL, THAT SAVINGS MIGHT WELL BE REDUCED BY INCREASES NOT
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CURRENTLY CONTEMPLATED.
THE TOTAL ESTIMATED 1985 BUDGET, ASSUMING A POPULATION OF 131500 -
WILL RESULT IN A PER CAPITA ANNUAL COST IN THAT YEAR OF $41.46. THAT
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COMPARES WITH THE PROJECTED PER CAPITA COST OF $38.72 IN EAGAN AND $36.19
IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS.
GENERAL COMMENTS ON BUDGET PROJECTIONS
WE BELIEVE THE BUDGET PROJECTION FOR THE THREE DEPARTMENTS, WHICH
COMBINED TOTAL $3, 122,548, ARE VALID UNDER ALL THE ASSUMPTIONS AS LISTED.
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WE FURTHER BELIEVE THAT LEVEL OF FUNDING WILL BE MOST DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE r�
FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY. THAT BELIEF IS FOUNDED ON SEVERAL CONDITIONS
WHICH ARE LISTED BELOW: -
1 . EACH COMMUNITY HAS AN ABOVE AVERAGE PROPERTY TAX BASE. -
HOWEVER, CURRENT STATE LEGISLATIVE IMPOSED LEVY LIMITATIONS
APPLY LARGELY TO TOTAL DOLLARS OF TAXES LEVIED, NOT PROPERTY
TAX MILL RATES. THEREFORE, THE ASSESSED TAX VALUATION IS
NOT A CRITICAL MATTER, SINCE EVEN IF IT INCREASES SUBSTANTIALLY
THE COMMUNITY IS NOW FACED WITH A MAXIMUM INCREASE OF 6%p IN
THE TOTAL DOLLARS PER CAPITA LEVIED, COMPUTED ON A COMPLICATED
BASE, UTILIZING THE 1970 BUDGET YEAR AS THE BASE TAX YEAR. IT
WILL BE DIFFICULT, SHOULD THESE LIMITATIONS REMAIN IN EFFECT, TO
PROVIDE THE ANNUAL INCREASES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT AN EXPANDED
LEVEL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. HISTORICALLY, IN THE U.S. , ONCE
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LIMITATIONS ARE ESTABLISHED THEY USUALLY ARE NOT REMOVED TOTALLY.
WHILE THE 1970 BASE DOLLAR TAX LEVY CAN BE EXPANDED AS
THE POPULATION INCREASES AND IS PROPERLY CERTIFIED, THAT EXPAN-
SION IN OUR OPINION WILL NOT PERMIT THE FLEXIBILITY NEEDED BY
THESE THREE RAPIDLY GROWING AREAS. THAT IS PARTICULARLY TRUE
IN ROSEMOUNT WHERE THE POPULATION GROWTH MAY LAG SLIGHTLY
BEHIND THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR MORE POLICE PROTECTION.
r., 2. TWO OF THE THREE COMMUNITIES, EAGAN AND ROSEMOUNT, ARE EX-
PERIENCING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THEIR GOVERNMENTAL ROLE SINCE
THEIR INCORPORATION AS NEW VILLAGES. THESE UNITS CAN EXPECT AC-
CELERATED DEMANDS FOR URBAN SERVICES WHICH PREVIOUSLY
COULD NOT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED LEGALLY AS TOWNSHIPS, OR
WHICH HAVE BEEN POSTPONED BECAUSE OF A HIGHER PRIORITY NEED
FOR BASIC UTILITY, ROAD AND PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES.
THESE DEMANDS FOR NEW OR EXPANDED SERVICE WILL INCLUDE
_.. PARK ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT, RECREATIONAL PLANNING AND
ORGANIZATION, SANITATION AND BUILDING CODE ENFORCEMENT, TRAFFIC
ENGINEERING, INCREASED ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY AND/OR EFFICIENCY,
MORE EXTENSIVE PHYSICAL PLANNING, COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS,
SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVED STORM DRAINAGE, EXPANDED FIRE
PROTECTION, AND COUNTLESS OTHER PROGRAMS. THIS SITUATION WILL
NOT BE UNIQUE TO THESE TWO COMMUNITIES! EACH RAPIDLY GROWING
SUBURBAN AREA HAS UNDERGONE THE EXPERIENCE.
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THESE ACCELERATED DEMANDS WILL REQUIRE A REASONABLE
BALANCE TO BE MAINTAINED BETWEEN 'ESSENTIAL" SERVICES SUCH AS LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND THOSE "FRINGE'! NECESSITIES OUTLINED JUST PREVIOUSLY.
AN EXAMPLE OF THIS PROBLEM OF MEETING "COMMUNITY MATURITY',
CAN BE FOUND IN EXAMING THE POLICE BUDGET OF THE THREE COMMUNITIES
AND RELATING THEM TO THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND BUDGETS. IN EAGAN,
EXCLUSIVE OF DEBT SERVICE, THE POLICE BUDGET REPRESENTS 47/0 OF THE
TOTAL. IN ROSEMOUNT IT REPRESENTS 31%p OF THE TOTAL, WHILE IN
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INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, IT REPRESENTS 23%p, A PERCENTAGE WHICH IS NOT
FAR FROM AN EXPECTED AVERAGE FOR 'OLDER" GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURES
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IN SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES.
3. THE COMPETITION FOR TAX DOLLARS WILL NOT BE,LIMITED TO MUNICIPAL
SERVICES OR FUNCTIONS. EACH OF THESE COMMUNITIES AS IT CONTINUES
TO GROW WILL BE FACED WITH SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURES FOR SCHOOL
CONSTRUCTION. AS AN EXAMPLE THE ROSEMOUNT SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS
DEVELOPED A MU'LTIPLE YEAR CONSTRUCTION NEED OF $20,000s000 WHICH
WILL HAVE BEEN VOTED UPON BEFORE THIS REPORT IS FINALIZED. IF THAT
ELECTION RESULTS IN APPROVAL, THE DOLLAR REQUIREMENT WILL BE
REALITY. IF THE ISSUE IS NOT APPROVED, THE NEED WILL NOT DISAPPEAR.
OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS SERVING THESE COMMUNITIES WILL HAVE THE
SAME REQUIREMENTS. ]
DAKOTA COUNTY WILL ALSO REPRESENT A COMPETING TAX DOLLAR
CONSUMER AS MORE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE SOLUTION OF URBAN PROBLEMS
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ARE THRUST UPON IT. THESE INCREASED RESPONSIBILITIES WILL SOME-
TIMES REPLACE A CURRENT MUNICIPAL OBLIGATION, BUT MANY OF THEM
SUCH AS ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, MEDICAL CARE AND SOCIAL SERVICE
WILL REPRESENT NEW DEMANDS, WHICH MAY NOT BE MET WITH INCREASED
FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING SUPPORT.
THESE CONDITIONS WILL PROVIDE BOTH A LEGAL AND PRACTICAL LIMIT FOR LOCAL VILLAGE
COUNCILMEN AND OFFICIALS IN DETERMINING BUDGET ALLOCATIONS. WE FEEL LOCAL
POLICE OFFICIALS CANNOT PLAN ON OBTAINING ADEQUATE BUDGET LEVELS.
UNLESS THEY HAVE COMPLETELY SA"T"ISFIED THEIR ELECTED POLICY MAKERS AND THEIR
CONSTITUENTS THAT EACH DOLLAR EXPENDED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN SPENT AS
WISELY AS POSSIBLE.
OUR 1985 BUDGET PROJECTIONS WERE BASED IN PART ON THE HISTORICAL APPROACH
OF POLICE AGENCIES IN MEETING NEW OR EXPANDED SERVICE DEMANDS. WE FEEL STRONGLY
THAT THE HISTORICAL APPROACH WILL NOT SATISFY THE AFOREMENTIONED REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE WISEST POSSIBLE DOLLAR INVESTMENT. WITH THIS IN MIND, WE HAVE DEVELOPED
A SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A COORDINATION OF SERVICES BETWEEN THE THREE
COMMUNITIES. THAT SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTABLE TO SOME
PERSONS UNLESS IT CAN BE UNDERSTOOD THAT:
1 . CRIMINAL OR ILLOGICAL BEHAVIOR IN THE THREE COMMUNITIES, RE-
QUIRING EFFECTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT, WILL UNDOUBTEDLY INCREASE
IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN NOW AND 1985.
4.
Z. THERE IS A PRACTICAL LIMITATION ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WHICH
CAN BE EXPENDED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF
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THE ENTIRE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND FOR OTHER EXPANDING
PUBLIC NEEDS.
3. AN INFORMED AND CONCERNED CITIZENRY WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY
MORE CONCERNED WITH "RESULTS' THAN WITH THEIR IDENTITY WITH
A LOCAL UNIT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
4. STATE AND REGIONAL CAPABILITIES WILL BE DEVELOPED TO MEET
CERTAIN CLEARLY IDENTIFIABLE STATE AND REGIONAL NEEDS, AND
THESE LARGER CAPABILITIES WILL BE EXTENDED INTO NEARLY ALL
AREAS OF POLICE WORK UNLESS LOCAL UNITS EFFECTIVELY AND ECONOM—
ICALLY PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES WHICH ARE MOST CLEARLY A LOCAL
RESPONSIBILITY.
5. RESIDENTS OF A COMMUNITY VOLUNTARILY CONTACT THEIR
LOCAL POLICE ORGANIZATION ONLY WHEN THEY HAVE A PROBLEM
WARRANTING SUCH CONTACT. IT IS OUR BELIEF THAT WHEN
FACED WITH THAT SITUATION, MANY TIMES UNDER ENORMOUS DURESS,
THEY ARE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT WHO COMES TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM
OR WHERE THE SOLUTION COMES FROM. THEY ARE FAR MORE CONCERNED
THAT THE PROBLEM LS, SOLVED PROMPTLY, EFFECTIVELY AND AS PAIN—
LESSLY AS POSSIBLE. THEY WILL ALSO BE CONCERNED WITH THE TOTAL
COST OF SUCH SOLUTION ON A COMMUNITY WIDE BASIS.
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CHAPTER 3
NECESSARY SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS
IT COULD BE STATED, WE BELIEVE WITHOUT FEAR OF CONTRADICTION FROM
ANY INVOLVED PARTIES, THAT ALL OF THE TRADITIONAL SERVICES CURRENTLY
RENDERED BY THE THREE DEPARTMENTS COULD BE IMPROVED. SOME OF THE IM-
PROVEMENTS COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE SIMPLE BUT EXPENSIVE INCREASE
OF PERSONNEL. OTHERS COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED BY IMPROVED TRAINING, AND
NEW OR INCREASED EMPHASIS ON PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND REMEDIAL ACTION
WHERE AND WHEN NECESSARY. STILL OTHERS COULD BE DEALT WITH THROUGH A
REDIRECTION OF PRIORITIES AND MANPOWER ALLOCATION, TERMINATING OR AT LEAST
DIMINISHING LESS CRITICAL QUASI-POLICE SERVICES SUCH AS ORDINANCE ENFORCEMENT,
INVESTIGATION OF MINOR COMPLAINTS AND EXCESSIVE PAPER WORK.
THIS STATED NEED FOR SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS IS NO INDICTMENT OF EXISTING
DEPARTMENTAL PERSONNEL OR POLICIES. INDEED, THE NEED COULD BE STATED FOR
NEARLY EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT UNIT IN EXISTENCE. IT IS PARTICULARLY EVIDENT
--- IN NEWER, SMALLER SUBURBAN UNITS FACED WITH LARGE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF
RESPONSIBILITY, LIM ITED BUDGETS AND MANPOWER, AND INCREASING POPULATIONS
WITH THE ATTENDANT INCREASE IN THE RATE OF CRIMINAL OFFENSES, BOTH MAJOR
AND MINOR.
I DESPITE THESE LIMITATIONS WE FEEL THERE ARE SEVERAL PERTINENT AREAS
WHERE IMPROVEMENT CAN BE EXPECTED, AND WHICH WILL BE EXPECTED BY AREA
RESIDENTS. WE HAVE DEVELOPED SUGGESTIONS FOR AREAS OF POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENT,
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WITH AS LIMITED A RELIANCE AS POSSIBLE ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING. THESE AREAS,
WITHOUT REGARD TO PRIORITY, ARE LISTED IN THE REMAINDER OF THIS CHAPTER.
COMMUNICATIONS - EMERGENCY CONTACT r
WE BELIEVE THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM OF ALL THREE DEPARTMENTS
COULD BE IMPROVED BY WITHDRAWAL FROM THE SHERIFF'S RADIO NETWORK AND
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMON NETWORK BETWEEN THE THREE DEPARTMENTS,
WITH A POSSIBLE EXPANSION TO INCLUDE THE VILLAGES OF APPLE VALLEY, FARMINGTON
AND LAKEVILLE.
IF THE AVAILABILITY OF RADIO DISPATCH PERSONNEL COULD BE EXTENDED
TO TWENTY-FOUR HOUR COVERAGE IN THE THREE COMMUNITIES, WE FEEL SEVERAL
IMPORTANT POTENTIAL ADVANTAGES WOULD RESULT. THEY ARE:
1. EMERGENCY FIRE DISPATCHING SERVICE COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED,
INCLUDING THE INITIAL ALERT OF VOLUNTEER FIREMEN, THUS
SAVING TIME AND MAINTAINING AN IMPROVED LIAISON BETWEEN
PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT.
2. A UNIFORM CENTRAL EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER WOULD AID
AREA RESIDENTS IN OBTAINING A MORE CONVENIENT AND RAPID CON-
TACT WITH PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL.
3. DISPATCHERS, INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH THE GEOGRAPHIC
CONDITIONS AND THE AVAILABILITY AND ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES,
COULD BE UTILIZED.
4. THE USERS OF THE SYSTEM, NAMELY THE THREE DEPARTMENTS AND -
POSSIBLY ADDITIONAL UNITS, WOULD HAVE COMPLETE DISCRETION
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IN ESTABLISHING THE STANDARD FOR PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT
AND THE SERVICE RENDERED.
5. A TWENTY—FOUR HOUR DISPATCH SERVICE WOULD PERMIT A
CITIZEN EMERGENCY ACCESS TO A POLICE UNIT AT ALL HOURS.
CURRENTLY THIS IS UNAVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS OF THIS AREA
UNLESS A SINGLE OFFICER, ON AN ISOLATED BASIS, MIGHT BE
AT HIS LOCAL POLICE STATION ON OTHER BUSINESS.
UNFORTUNATELY ECONOMICS CANNOT BE CLAIMED AS AN ASSET IN A PROPOSED
MOVE TOWARD INDIVIDUAL TWENTY—FOUR HOUR DISPATCH SINCE THE DEPARTMENTS CURRENTLY
RECEIVE FREE DISPATCH SERVICE FROM THE SHERIFF`S OFFICE. HOWEVER, JOINT
SHARING OF DISPATCH COSTS BY THE AFFECTED DEPARTMENTS COULD SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCE THE BURDEN ON INDIVIDUAL UNITS. THE AFFECT OF THOSE COSTS WILL BE
DISCUSSED IN GREATER DETAIL IN CHAPTER 4.
A RADIO SYSTEM CONCEPT PLAN CURRENTLY UNDER WAY IN DAKOTA COUNTY
PROVIDES AN INCENTIVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMON NETWORK, WITH
CENTRAL DISPATCH PROVIDED BY THE THREE COMMUNITIES. THE STUDY IS BEING
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PERFORMED FOR DAKOTA COUNTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF QUALIFYING'ALL UNITS FOR
A FEDERAL CAPITAL GRANT FOR NEW COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT FROM THE GOVERNOR'S
COMMISSION ON CRIME PREVENTION AND CONTROL.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED THAT FOUR RADIO NETWORKS WOULD BE
I DEVELOPED AS FOLLOWS:
I . DAKOTA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, HASTINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
2. EAGAN, INVER GROVE HEIGHTS AND ROSEMOUNT POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
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3. WEST ST. PAUL, SOUTH ST. PAUL, MENDOTA, MENDOTA HEIGHTS,
AND LILYDALE POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
4. BURNSVILLE, APPLE VALLEY, LAKEVILLE AND FARMINGTON POLICE
DEPARTMENTS.
SINCE THE INITIAL PLANNING OF THE RADIO SYSTEM IN DAKOTA COUNTY, THE
VILLAGE OF BURNSVILLE HAS ANNOUNCED ITS INTENTION TO WITHDRAW FROM THE OVERALL r
PLAN AND, AT THIS TIME, ANTICIPATES THE OPERATION OF ITS OWN INDIVIDUAL RADIO
SYSTEM. THIS COMPLICATES SOMEWHAT THE PLANNING OF A RADIO SYSTEM SINCE
THE FREQUENCY WHICH WOULD BE UTILIZED BY BURNSVILLE MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE
TO OTHER COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY. THAT MEANS THAT THE VILLAGES OF 1
APPLE VALLEY, LAKEVILLE AND FARMINGTON IN ALL PROBABILITY WILL HAVE TO
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SHARE A FREQUENCY WITH ANOTHER UNIT. THE MOST LOGICAL UNIT IS EITHER THE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR THE EAGAN-INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, ROSEMOUNT NETWORK. ^�
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE POLICE CHIEFS OF APPLE VALLEY, LAKEVILLE AND
FARMINGTON INDICATED AN INTEREST IN DEVELOPMENT OF A PROPOSAL BY THE THREE
COMMUNITIES UNDER STUDY IN DEVELOPING A CENTRAL DISPATCH CAPABILITY WHICH
WOULD INCLUDE FIRE DISPATCHING. THE LATTER SERVICE IS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
TO THE UNITS THROUGH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT A CENTRAL DISPATCH CAPABILITY COULD BE ESTABLISHED
FOR ALL SIX UNITS WITHOUT CONCERN FOR CROWDING OF THE FREQUENCY, EITHER NOW
OR IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. IT IS ALSO OUR OPINION THAT THE CURRENT PLANNED
EQUIPMENT WHICH WOULD BE PROVIDED FOR THE VILLAGES OF EAGAN, INVER GROVE HEIGHTS,
AND ROSEMOUNT WILL NOT BE TOTALLY SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE THAT CAPABILITY UNLESS
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CERTAIN CHANGES ARE MADE IN THE EQUIPMENT WHICH WOULD PERMIT ACQUISITION
OF A TWO POSITION COUNSEL FOR DISPATCH PURPOSES.
WE FEEL THE INCLUSION OF APPLE VALLEY, LAKEVILLE AND FARMINGTON
SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED FOR SEVERAL REASONS. ONE, IT WOULD REDUCE THE OVERALL
COST IMPACT OF PROVIDING FULL-TIME, CENTRAL DISPATCH, SINCE THE ADDITIONAL
THREE COMMUNITIES WOULD BE ASKED TO PAY A REASONABLE SHARE FOR SERVICE.
SECONDLY, WE FEEL THAT BY STARTING WITH RADIO DISPATCH ADDITIONAL SERVICES
MIGHT BE COORDINATED AMONG THE COMMUNITIES WHICH WOULD PERMIT GREATER
ECONOMIES WITHOUT DETRACTING FROM SERVICE CAPABILITIES.
TRAINING
THE THREE INVOLVED POLICE UNITS HAVE MADE SATISFACTORY USE OF THE
BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION FORMAL TRAINING PROGRAM. THEIR PERSONNEL
HAVE ALL COMPLETED THE BASIC POLICE SCIENCE PROGRAM, AND LIMITED NUMBERS
OF PERSONNEL HAVE COMPLETED THE TRAFFIC AND INTERMEDIATE COMMAND TRAINING PROGRAMS.
IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE DEPARTMENTS WILL CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THESE STATE
TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR ADVANCE TRAINING BEYOND THE BASIC PROGRAM WHICH IS
REQUIRED FOR ALL NEW PERSONNEL. SINCE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED HEREIN
WILL INCLUDE AN EXPANSION OF THE SUPERVISORY COMMAND STRUCTURE, IT IS HOPED
THAT ANY PERSONNEL PROMOTED WILL CERTAINLY ATTEND THE INTERMEDIATE COMMAND
PROGRAM AND THAT ANY PERSONS ASSIGNED ON A FULL OR MAJOR PART-TIME BASIS TO
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION WILL ALSO COMPLETE ALL APPLICABLE STATE PROGRAMS.
THE QUALITY OF INSERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMS VARIES BETWEEN THE THREE
COMMUNITIES. IN OUR OPINION THE PROGRAMS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS ARE INADEQUATE,
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AND IN ROSEMOUNT ARE NON-EXISTENT. IT IS MOST DIFFICULT FOR SMALL DEPARTMENTS
TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL INSERVICE ONGOING TRAINING FOR ITS PERSONNEL. ONE OF THE
MAJOR PROBLEMS IS THE LIMITED MANPOWER WHICH DOES NOT PERMIT TAKING ON-DUTY
PERSONNEL OFF THE STREET TO ATTEND TRAINING PROGRAMS. MUCH OF THE INSERVICE
TRAINING MUST BE CONDUCTED DURING OFF-DUTY HOURS AND IF PERSONNEL ARE PAID
FOR ATTENDANCE AT THOSE SESSIONS IT MAKES TRAINING EXPENSIVE. 77
IN ADDITION, THE LIMITED PERSONNEL ON DUTY REQUIRE TRAINING TO BE CON-
DUCTED NORMALLY TWO TO THREE TIMES IN ORDER TO REACH ALL OF THE OFFICERS..
IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY THE THREE DEPARTMENTS THE TRAINING MUST THEN BE
PROVIDED SIX TO NINE TIMES. IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN STATE OR
REGIONAL EXPERTS IN A PARTICULAR SUBJECT TO PRESENT MEANINGFUL TRAINING
PROGRAMS THAT MANY TIMES. 't
IN ADDITION THE LIMITED PERSONNEL DOES NOT PERMIT THE ASSIGNMENT OF
TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES TO ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS SUFFICIENT TIME TO PLAN,
PREPARE AND CONDUCT AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAM.
BASICALLY, WE FEEL THAT RESPONSIBILITY FOR TRAINING SHOULD BE
CENTERED IN A COUNTY AGENCY, PREFERABLY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. A MAJOR
ADVANTAGE WOULD BE THE ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY TO AN INDIVIDUAL FOR
THE SELECTION OF TRAINING SUBJECTS, ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
CONDUCT OF THE TRAINING OR THE RECRUITMENT OF BCA OR OTHER QUALIFIED OUT-
SIDE INSTRUCTORS, SCHEDULING THE TRAINING TO PERMIT THE MAXIMUM EXPOSURE
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TO ALL AFFECTED PERSONNEL WITHIN THE COUNTY, AND A CRITIQUE OF THE EFFECTIVE-
NESS OF THE TRAINING CONDUCTED.
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IN OUR OPINION, ALL MEMBERS OF POLICE UNITS IN EAGAN, INVER GROVE
HEIGHTS, AND ROSEMOUNT, PARTICULARLY PATROL OFFICERS, SHOULD RECEIVE
A MINIMUM OF TWENTY (20) HOURS OF FORMAL INSERVICE TRAINING ANNUALLY.
WE HAVE DEVELOPED AND LISTED BELOW A NUMBER OF ISSUES OR PROGRAMS WHICH
COULD BE COVERED IN SUCH A PROGRAM WITHIN THE TWENTY (20) HOUR TIME SPAN.
THEY INCLUDE:
1 . RULES AND REGULATIONS, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
THIS WOULD INVOLVE EXPLANATION BY A COMMAND OFFICER OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF STANDING RULES AND REGULATIONS AND THOSE
WRITTEN AND UNWRITTEN POLICIES AFFECTING DEPARTMENTAL
PERSONNEL. POLICE ETHICS SHOULD BE COVERED TO INSTILL AND
MAINTAIN PRIDE IN THE PERSONNEL AND THEIR UNIT. THERE
SHOULD BE AMPLE TIME AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND DIS-
CUSSION OF POLICIES WHICH MAY BE SUBJECT TO REVISION.
IF A DEPARTMENTAL MANUAL OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
IS DEVELOPED, IT WOULD PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT FORUM FOR
DISCUSSION OF THESE REGULATIONS. DURATION: I HOUR.
2. CARE AND USE OF FIREARMS.
EMPLOYEES SHOULD NOT ONLY BECOME PROFICIENT IN THE USE
OF THEIR WEAPONS BUT SHOULD ALSO BE INSTRUCTED IN THE CARE,
SAFEGUARDING AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE USE OF WEAPONS BY
POLICE OFFICERS. DURATION: 4 HOURS.
3. CARE AND USE OF EQUIPMENT.
CAREFUL TRAINING SHOULD BE GIVEN IN THE CARE AND USE OF
ALL DEPARTMENTAL EQUIPMENT. AN OFFICER SHOULD BE IM-
PRESSED THAT IMPROPER OR UNSKILLFUL USE OF ANY EQUIPMENT
MAY ENDANGER OTHERS OR SHORTEN THE USEABLE LIFE
OF THE EQUIPMENT. MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES SHOULD BE
DEVELOPED AND EXPLAINED TO THE PERSONNEL. DURATION:
1 HOUR.
4. CRIMINAL LAW - ORDINANCES - STATUTES.
THIS IS A CRITICAL AREA AND THERE IS A NEED TO FAMILIARIZE
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THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF ALL THE LAWS WHICH THEY
MAY COME IN CONTACT WITH, AND WILL BE CALLED UPON TO EN-
FORCE MOST OFTEN. GUEST LECTURES COULD BE OBTAINED FROM
THE COUNTY ATTORNEYS OFFICE, COUNTY JUDGES, CORRECTIONS -
DEPARTMENT AND THE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION. THESE
SESSIONS SHOULD DEAL WITH PRACTICAL PROBLEMS CONFRONTING
THE OFFICERS AND CASE STUDIES COULD BE DEVELOPED TO ASSIST
IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. DURATION: S HOURS.
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WHILE SPECIALISTS IN THE FIELD OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
WILL BE EMPLOYED BY THE DEPARTMENTS IN THE FUTURE, IT IS
CRITICAL THAT PATROLMEN AND OTHER FIELD PERSONNEL UNDER-
STAND THE ELEMENTARY ASPECTS OF PROPER INVESTIGATION.
THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THESE FUNDAMENTALS MAY MAKE THE -
SPECIALISTS JOB EASIER WHEN HE IS CALLED UPON TO RE-
SPOND TO A SITUATION WITHIN HIS SPECIALTY. THE ORDINARY
USE OF OBSERVATION AND DEDUCTION SHOULD BE STRESSED AS
TO METHODS AND OPERATIONS USED BY CRIMINALS. THE SCIEN-
TIFIC KNOWLEDGE AVAILABLE TO BE USED IN INVESTIGATIONS IS
ALSO ESSENTIAL TO THE FIELD OFFICER. SPECIAL EMPHASIS
SHOULD BE GIVEN TO SAFEGUARDING THE CRIME SCENE, SECURING
AND PACKAGING OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AND THE ELEMENTS OF
PHOTOGRAPHY AND FINGERPRINT DUSTING. THIS COURSE COULD
BE TAUGHT BY INVESTIGATIVE PERSONNEL FROM THE COUNTY,
THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION OR THE STATE BUREAU
OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION. DURATION: S HOURS.
6. METHODS OF CONTROL.
THE PATROL PHILOSOPHY OF THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE
PRIMARY IN THIS SUBJECT MATTER. DISCUSSIONS SHOULD
BE THE FORMAT, WITH INPUT ENCOURAGED FROM PATROLMEN
AND SUPERVISORS NOTING SPECIFIC PROBLEMS IN ROUTINE -
PATROL. SEASONAL PROBLEMS SHOULD BE DISCUSSED AND
EXPERIENCES SHARED BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS IN DEPARTMENTS.
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7. TRAFFIC CONTROL.
A BASIC PHILOSOPHY OF TRAFFIC CONTROL, WITH EMPHASIS ON
ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS AND A BRIEF
SUMMARY OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SHOULD BE TAUGHT. IN
ADDITION, LOCAL REGULATIONS ON TRAFFIC SHOULD BE DISCUSSED
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UNDER THE LEGAL SECTION HERETOFORE MENTIONED. TRAFFIC
CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT IN THE THREE COMMUNITIES WILL CON-
TINUE TO INCREASE IN IMPORTANCE. DURAT ION: 2 HOURS.
IF IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO DEVELOP AN EFFECTIVE TRAINING PROGRAM AT THE
COUNTY LEVEL, IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE LOGICAL TO DEVELOP THE PROGRAM ON A
MULTI-COMMUNITY BASIS. WE SUGGEST THAT EAGAN, INVER GROVE HEIGHTS AND
ROSEMOUNT TAKE A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THIS AREA. COORDINATION OF TRAINING
WOULD BE BENEFICIAL EVEN IF THE THREE COMMUNITIES WERE REQUIRED TO DEVELOP
AND CONDUCT THEIR OWN TRAINING PROGRAMS.
IT WOULD OBVIOUSLY COST ADDITIONAL MONIES TO PROVIDE A TWENTY (20) HOUR
TRAINING PROGRAM WHICH WOULD BE REQUIRED, IN ADDITION TO BRIEFING SESSIONS WHICH
MIGHT BE CONDUCTED AS PERSONNEL COME-ON DUTY, OR, THAT WHICH MIGHT BE PRESENTED IN
THE FORM OF TRAINING MANUALS. IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT AT LEAST TWO-THIRDS OF
THE NECESSARY TRAINING WOULD HAVE TO BE CONDUCTED DURING OFF-DUTY HOURS OF
CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS. IF THAT WERE THE CASE, WITH THE EXISTING PERSONNEL ON
DUTY, IT WOULD INVOLVE AN ESTIMATED 480 HOURS FOR WHICH THE COMMUNITIES
MIGHT HAVE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION. THAI' COMPENSATION, IF MADE
AT A STRAIGHT RATE, WOULD PROBABLY EQUAL $3,000. WE FEEL SUCH AN INVESTMENT
WOULD PAY SUBSTANTIAL DIVIDENDS TO THE INVOLVED PERSONNEL.
THE THREE COMMUNITIES COULD ALSO COORDINATE THE PREPARATION OF POLICY
AND PROCEDURE MANUALS AND TRAINING BULLETINS WHICH COULD BE GIVEN TO ALL PER-
SONNEL. IF ONE PERSON WITHIN THE THREE DEPARTMENTS COULD BE ASSIGNED THIS
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RESPONSIBILITY IT WOULD REDUCE THE OVERALL BURDEN AND WOULD PREVENT THE
NECESSITY OF DOING IT THREE TIMES IN THE THREE DEPARTMENTS. IT WOULD BE
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REASONABLE TO EXPECT SOME SHARING OF COST FOR THE ADDITIONAL SERVICE. IT
WOULD ALSO BE NECESSARY TO CLOSELY COORDINATE THE DEPARTMENTAL POLICIES
TO OBTAIN AS MUCH UNIFORMITY AS THE CHIEFS MAY DECIDE IS DESIRABLE.
THE CONDUCT OF TRAINING DURING BRIEFING SESSIONS WHEN THE PERSONNEL
REPORT FOR DUTY IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF INSERVICE TRAINING. OUR RECOMMENDATIONS
ON THE SHARING OF JOINT FACILITIES SHOULD MAKE THE CONDUCT OF THIS TRAINING
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MORE EFFECTIVE AND MORE ECONOMICAL.
INVESTIGATION
INVESTIGATION OF ALL CRIMINAL OFFENSES, PARTICULARLY FELONIES, LIKE
THE TRAINING FUNCTION, MIGHT PROPERLY BE A FUNCTION AND RESPONSIBILITY OF -"
A CENTRAL AGENCY SUCH AS THE COUNTY. IT WOULD BE SOMEWHAT EASIER FOR A
COUNTY AGENCY TO RECRUIT, TRAIN, EQUIP AND RETAIN HIGHLY QUALIFIED INVEST[-
GATORS.
ALL THREE DEPARTMENTS CURRENTLY UTILIZE THE SHERIFF*S INVESTIGATIVE
SERVICE AND OCCASIONALLY THAT OF THE MINNESOTA BUREAU OF -
CRIMINAL APPREHSION. HOWEVER, THE MANPOWER LIMITATIONS IN THOSE TWO
AGENCIES STILL REQUIRE A SIGNIFICANT LOCAL EFFORT IN THE ENTIRE INVESTIGATIVE
AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. WE HAVE INCLUDED IN OUR 1985 PROJECTIONS OF REQUIRED -
MANPOWER, A COMBINED TOTAL OF SIX CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS, IN ADDITION TO
PERSONS WHO WOULD BE ASSIGNED RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE JUVENILE FIELD.
STATISTICS FOR 1971 AND 1972 INDICATE CLEARANCE RATES WHICH FOR INVER
GROVE HEIGHTS AND ROSEMOUNT ARE BELOW A STANDARD WE CONSIDER ACCEPTABLE.
WHILE EAGAN`S RATE OF CLEARANCE IS GENERALLY HIGHER, IT TOO COULD BE IMPROVED.
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THE CONTINUING EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH IN THE THREE COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY
THE NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, WILL CONTINUE TO EXERT A DEMAND FOR IN-
VESTIGATIVE SERVICES. INDEED, OUR PROJECTED 1985 STAFF LEVELS FOR THE THREE
DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING A TOTAL OF SIX CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS, WHICH WOULD BE
AN ADDITIONAL STRENGTH TO ANY AVAILABLE FORCE FROM DAKOTA COUNTY AND A
STATE OR METROPOLITAN AGENCY.
THE BASIC PROBLEMS WITH INVESTIGATION IN THE THREE COMMUNITIES 1S
ONE OF MONEY. THE LACK OF MONEY MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO HIRE SIGNIFICANTLY
INCREASED NUMBERS OF PEOPLE TO PERFORM THE RATHER SPECIALIZED RESPONSI-
BILITIES OF INVESTIGATION. IN ADDITION, THE MINIMAL LEVEL OF EXISTING PATROLMEN
IN THE COMMUNITIES PROHIBIT THEIR SPENDING EXTENSIVE TIME IN THE AREA OF IN-
VESTIGATION, SINCE THEY ARE EXPECTED TO PERFORM ALL OTHER DUTIES AND RE-
SPONSIBILITIES INHERENT IN THE ROLE OF A PATROLMAN. THEREFORE THERE IS BOTH
A LACK OF SPECIALIZATION, AND A SHORTAGE IN TOTAL MAN HOURS AVAILABLE WITH THE
GENERALIST, OR THE PATROLMAN, WHICH WOULD PERMIT THEM TO BECOME EXPERIENCED
AND KNOWLEDGABLE ABOUT INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES.
IN ADDITION, THE EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE TO CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS IS NOT
READILY AVAILABLE. SUCH EQUIPMENT SHOULD INCLUDE AT A MINIMUM CAMERAS OF
SUFFICIENT QUALITY TO PERMIT FINGERPRINT PHOTOGRAPHY, AND FINGERPRINTING
DUSTING KITS AVAILABLE TO A WIDE RANGE OF EMPLOYEES. THE RELATIVELY RECENT
ACQUISITION BY DAKOTA COUNTY OF A MOBILE CRIME LABORATORY MIGHT IMPROVE THE
COLLECTION AND EVALUATION OF SCIENTIFIC DATA. IT MIGHT ALSO REDUCE THE CURRENT
RELIANCE ON THE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION. AS ALL DEPARTMENTS INDICATED,
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IT IS NOT UNUSUAL TO HAVE A FOUR TO SIX WEEK'S DELAY IN RECEIVING INFORMATION
ON MATERIAL SENT TO THE CRIME LAB BECAUSE OF ITS CURRENT BACKLOG OF WORK.
ANOTHER BASIC PROBLEM WITH THE CURRENT INVESTIGATIVE PROGRAMS IS A rte+
LACK OF SPECIFIC TRAINING OF THE PATROLMEN WHO ARE EXPECTED IN A LARGE PART
TO PERFORM THE INVESTIGATION. THIS WILL NOT BE SOLVED UNTIL THE DEPARTMENTS
CAN AFFORD TO TAKE THE EMPLOYEES OFF ACTIVE DUTY AND SEND THEM TO SPECIFIC
TRAINING PROGRAMS. WHEN THEY RETURN FROM THAT TRAINING IT WILL BE NECESSARY
FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE FROM AN EXPERIENCED, QUALIFIED
INVESTIGATOR, AND TO HAVE THEIR WORK EVALUATED FOR AN EXTENSIVE PERIOD !
OF TIME TO INSURE THAT THEIR PERFORMANCE IS ACCEPTABLE.
WE FEEL THAT ANY POSSIBLE CONSOLIDATION OR COORDINATION OF FACILITIES J
AND SERVICES WOULD HAVE A BENEFICIAL AFFECT ON THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF
INVESTIGATION TO BE PERFORMED IN THESE THREE COMMUNITIES. A COORDINATED
SYSTEM OF PURCHASING NEEDED EQUIPMENT FOR EXAMPLE WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY RE-
DUCE THE INDIVIDUAL UNIT COST AND STILL PERMIT THE ACQUISITION OF SUFFICIENT
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AMOUNTS OF EQUIPMENT TO SERVICE THE NEEDS OF THE THREE DEPARTMENTS.
A CONSOLIDATION OF CRIMINAL RECORDS, INCLUDING JUVENILES, WOULD PRO-
VIDE AN IMPROVED BASIC INFORMATION SYSTEM OF THOSE PERSONS WITH CRIMINAL
BACKGROUNDS EITHER LIVING OR OPERATING IN THE THREE COMMUNITY AREA. IT WOULD
,-ERTAINLY BE FAR SUPERIOR TO ANY INDIVIDUAL SYSTEM ONE OF THE THREE DEPARTMENTS
MIGHT DEVELOP FOR ITS OWN USE. OUR REVIEW OF CURRENT FORMS BEING USED IN ALL
RECORD KEEPING OF THE THREE COMMUNITIES INDICATE A SUBSTANTIAL UNIFORMITY IN
THE USE OF FORMS ALREADY EXISTS. THE MANNER IN WHICH A UNIFORM COORDINATED
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RECORD SYSTEM COULD BE ADMINISTERED COULD BE WORKED OUT IN OUR OPINION WITH
LITTLE DIFFICULTY, AND WITH A SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS IN THE TOTAL COST TO THE
THREE COMMUNITIES.
AS PREVIOUSLY INDICATED, QUALIFIED INVESTIGATORS ARE DIFFICULT TO FIND
AND KEEP, PARTICULARLY IN DEPARTMENTS FACING SUBSTANTIAL OTHER DEMANDS UPON
TIME AND RESOURCES. WE BELIEVE THAT AN IMPROVED USE COULD BE MADE OF EXISTING
PATROLMEN IN THE AREA OF INVESTIGATION, IF THOSE PATROLMEN RECEIVE IMPROVED
TRAINING. WE SUGGEST THAT THE THREE COMMUNITIES, EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF THE
PROGRAM IF POSSIBLE TO OTHER COMMUNITIES, APPROACH THE MINNESOTA BUREAU OF
CRIMINAL APPREHENSION AND PROPOSE THAT A FORTY-HOUR OR LONGER BASIC TRAINING
SEMINAR BE GIVEN ON INVESTIGATION PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES TO ALL EXISTING
DEPARTMENTAL MEMBERS. THAT TRAINING, IF PROVIDED, SHOULD PROVE BENEFICIAL
TO BOTH THE PATROLMEN AND TO THOSE PERSONS ALREADY ACTING AS INVESTIGATORS
IN THE AREA. IF A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS AND DEPARTMENTAL MEMBERS
WERE INVOLVED IN THE TRAINING PROGRAM, IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE BCA AGREE
TO PROVIDE THE COURSE OFTEN ENOUGH SO AS TO PERMIT ALL MEMBERS OF THE DEPART-
MENT TO ATTEND AT REASONABLY CONVENIENT TIMES TO THE DEPARTMENT.
RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
J NORMALLY, ONE OF THE FIRST ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE CONSOLIDATION
IS A POLICE RECORD SYSTEM. WE FEEL THE SUBJECT IS OFTEN GLIBLY TREATED IN
RELATION TO THE DIFFICULTIES INVOLVED IN CONSOLIDATING RECORD SYSTEMS BETWEEN
DEPARTMENTS. IT IS OBVIOUSLY POSSIBLE TO REDUCE THE TOTAL COST OF MAINTAINING
A RECORD SYSTEM IF IT IS DONE ON A LARGER BASIS, NORMALLY BECAUSE THE EXISTING
FULL—TIME PEOPLE CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVELY USED IN TERMS OF AVAILABLE
TIME. IN ADDITION, THE FULL TIME PERSONS WORKING EXCLUSIVELY WITH RECORDS
DEVELOP A CAPABILITY WHICH NORMALLY CANNOT BE REACHED BY PART—TIME PERSONS
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OR FULL—TIME PERSONS WHO WORK ONLY PART—TIME IN RECORDS ADMINISTRATION.
THE BASIC PROBLEM OF CONSOLIDATING SEVERAL EXISTING RECORD SYSTEMS
IS THE LOCATION OF THE EVENTUAL SYSTEM. IF THE DEPARTMENTS CONTINUE TO
OCCUPY SEPARATE PHYSICAL FACILITIES, IT WILL DO LITTLE GOOD FOR INVER GROVE
HEIGHTS TO MAINTAIN A JOINT RECORD SYSTEM WHICH 1S INACCESSABLE TO THE EAGAN
DEPARTMENT, PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY DO NOT HAVE A FULL—TIME OFFICE STAFF
AVAILABLE DURING EARLY MORNING AND EVENING HOURS. THE COST AND PROCESS OF
TRANSMITTING RECORD DATA FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER CAN BE OVERCOME
THROUGH THE USE OF RADIOS AND REPRODUCTION EQUIPMENT WHICH MIGHT BE LO—
CATED IN EACH DEPARTMENT, AND POSSIBLY IN EACH FIELD UNIT. THAT EQUIPMENT,
HOWEVER, IS EXPENSIVE AND WOULD PERHAPS BE DIFFICULT TO JUSTIFY IN VIEW OF
OTHER NEEDS OF THE THREE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS.
A CONSOLIDATION OF TERMINAL POINTS WITH COMPUTER ACCESS TO BOTH
THE NATIONAL AND MINNESOTA COMPUTER PROGRAMS WOULD BE DESIRABLE. A
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SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN THE TOTAL MANPOWER NECESSARY TO PUT DATA INTO
THE PROGRAM AND RECEIVE DATA FROM IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE THROUGH REDUCING
THE NUMBER OF POINTS OF NEED. IN ADDITION IT WOULD REDUCE THE NECESSARY
EQUIPMENT WHICH WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN ACCESS TO THE COMPUTER -
PROGRAMS.
DESPITE THESE PROBLEMS, WE FEEL A JOINT RECORDS SECTION WOULD
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PROVE BENEFICIAL IF IT CONTAINED ALL BASIC ELEMENTS OF A TOTAL SYSTEM
INCLUDING:
1 . MAINTENANCE OF INFORMATION ON ARRESTS, CRIME COMMITTED,
ACCIDENTS, PROPERTY, EVIDENCE AND RELATED MATTERS.
2. PROVISION FOR INDEXING AND RETRIEVAL FOR BOTH DEPART-
MENTAL AND PUBLIC USE.
3. REPORT REVIEW AND AUDIT SERVICES.
4. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS.
THE CAPABILITY OF A POLICE RECORDS STAFF TO PROVIDE TIMELY, ACCURATE
AND COMPLETE INFORMATION DEPENDS UPON THE QUALITY OF THE INFORMATION ORIGINALLY
PROVIDED BY THE CONTRIBUTORS AND ITS AVAILABILITY. IN ORDER TO INSURE MAXIMUM
USEFULNESS OF COLLECTED INFORMATION, THE RECORDS ELEMENT MUST ORGANIZE THE
INFORMATION INTO LOGICAL GROUPINGS THAT ALLOW FOR THE SYSTEM TO PROVIDE OR
RECEIVE INFORMATION RANDOMLY AND WITHOUT UNDUE DELAY.
ALL INFORMATION TO BE GATHERED, PROCESSED, STORED AND DISSEMINATED
FALLS WITHIN SEVERAL MAJOR CATEGORIES. IT SHOULD BE ARRANGED IN LOGICAL,
PRESCRIBED WAYS TO FORM FILES OF RETRIEVABLE DATA. THESE MAJOR CATEGORIES
INCLUDE:
1. FIELD OPERATIONS PRIMARY DATA
A. CASE REPORTS AND RELATED MATERIALS.
B. STATEMENTS AND DEPOSITIONS.
C . INVESTIGATIVE NOTES AND SKETCHES..
D. EVIDENCE AND PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION
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E. PHOTOGRAPHS, FINGERPRINTS AND OTHER SUPPORTIVE
DOCUMENTS. F�?5
2. FIELD OPERATIONS SECONDARY DATA.
A . FIELD INTERVIEW INFORMATION.
B. TRAFFIC AND OTHER VIOLATION HISTORIES.
C . MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION REQUIRED BY FIELD PERSONNEL.
3. FIELD OPERATIONS SUPPORTIVE DATA.
A. CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS.
B. MODUS OPERANDI INFORMATION.
C . CRIMINAL SPECIALTIES FILE.
D. PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION DATA.
E. WANTED PERSONS INFORMATION.
4. COMPLAINT AND DISPATCH DATA.
A. TIME, DATE, LOCATION AND OTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING
REPORTED INCIDENTS.
S. MEASUREMENT OF RESPONSE TIME.
C . ADVISORY INFORMATION OF IMMEDIATE PROCEDURAL IMPORTANCE
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TO RESPONDING OFFICERS SUCH AS DESCRIPTIONS OF SUSPECTS,
VEHICLES AND RELATED MATTERS.
D. INFORMATION CONCERNING OFFICERS ASSIGNED, CASE REPORT
NUMBERS, AND OTHER CASE WORK LOAD DATA.
S. ADMINISTRATIVE DATA.
A. COMPREHENSIVE PERIODIC REPORTS, SUMMARIES AND STATISTICAL
TABULATIONS.
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B. CASE LOAD DATA ON PERSONNEL AND ASSIGNMENTS, WHICH
MIGHT PERMIT PERIODIC EVALUATION CF PERSONNEL, DISTRICT
BOUNDARIES AND CASE LOADS.
C . INFORMATIONAL NOTICES AND BULLETINS.
THE CURRENT RECORDS AND FORMS OF THE THREE MUNICIPALITIES, ALTHOUGH
SIMILAR IN COMPOSITION, SHOULD BE COMPLETELY STANDARDIZED FOR COMMON USAGE.
WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT A COLOR CODING BE INSTITUTED TO AFFORD INSTANT
RECOGNITION OF A CONTRIBUTING AGENCY, THOUGH THE FORM WOULD BE STANDARD.
r IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY INFORMATION FOR SUCCESSFUL PLANNING
OF FUTURE OPERATIONS, THE FOLLOWING BASIC FIELD REPORTING FORMS, COLLECTIVELY
CALLED CASE REPORTS, SHOULD OFFICIALLY BE ADOPTED BY THE THREE DEPARTMENTS:.
1 . CRIMES VS. PERSONS REPORT
2. CRIMES VS. PROPERTY REPORT
3. MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENT / SERVICE REPORT
4. GENERAL CASE REPORT / VEHICLE CASE REPORT
S. TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORT STATE REPORT)
6. SUPPLEMENTAL / FOLLOW-UP REPORT
7. ARREST / BOOKING REPORT
ANY MAJOR COORDINATED EFFORT TO IMPROVE A RECORDS SYSTEM SHOULD
INCLUDE INITIAL CONTRACT WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE RECORDS SECTION
OF BCA, SO AS TO INSURE COORDINATION OF THE LOCAL SYSTEM WITH THE
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RECOMMENDED FORMAT FOR EVENTUAL STATE-WIDE STANDARDIZATION OF ALL
POLICE RECORD SYSTEMS. EVENTUALLY A COMPLETE COMPUTERIZATION OF
POLICE RECORDS IS A REALISTIC GOAL. HOWEVER, THIS SHOULD NOT DETER
THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES FROM MOVING AHEAD TO ESTABLISH A VIABLE, WORKABLE
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. AN IMPROVED LOCAL RECORDS SYSTEM WILL PERMIT
EVEN GREATER EVENTUAL BENEFIT FROM THE COMPUTER PROGRAMS.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH A POSSIBLE COMBINED SYSTEM, WE SUGGEST
THE ACQUISITION OF AUTOMATED DICTATION TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT FOR FIELD
REPORT MAKING, WHICH WILL ENABLE PERSONNEL TO STAY IN THE FIELD AND -,
NOT BECOME TIED UP WITH THE TEDIOUS AND TIME CONSUMING TASK OF HAND
WRITING OR TYPING THE NECESSARY REPORTS. A CLERICAL POOL OF SKILLED,
LOWER PAID TYPISTS COULD DEAL WITH TRANSCRIBING THE DICTATED REPORTS
TO THE APPLICABLE RECORD FORMS.
PURCHAS ING `
THE PRESENT LEVEL OF PURCHASING PERFORMED BY THE THREE DEPARTMENTS
AT PRESENT IS NOT SIGNIFICANT. A MAJOR SHARE OF EACH DEPARTMENTS BUDGET
IS CURRENTLY SPENT ON SALARY COST AND THIS WILL NOT CHANGE FOR SOME TIME.
WE HAVE ESTIMATED THAT BY 1985 THE TOTAL BUDGETED FUNDS IN THE THREE DE-
PARTMENTS WHICH WILL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR PERSONNEL COST WILL BE AN ESTIMATED
$395,000 ANNUALLY. THAT REPRESENTS A LEVEL AT WHICH A COORDINATION OF PURCHASING
POTENTIALLY COULD REDUCE UNIT COST BY BUYING IN VOLUME LOTS, AND THROUGH THE
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ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIFORM SPECIFICATIONS FOR MAJOR PURCHASES. SUCH A COORDINATION
OF PURCHASING WOULD CERTAINLY BE PERFORMED WITHOUT ANY CONSOLIDATION OR COORDIN-
ATION OF PHYSICAL FACILITIES AND WE SUGGEST THAT SOME EFFORT BE MADE AT THE
COORDINATION OF MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT ACQUISITION AT THE PRESENT TIME.
USE OF SUPERVISORY -SPECIALIST PERSONNEL
WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY TOUCHED UPON THE DIFFICULTY AND EXPENSE OF RECRUITING,
TRAINING AND RETAINING HIGHLY QUALIFIED CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS. THE SAME DIF-
FICULTY AND EXPENSE EXISTS IN THE NEED FOR FI NDING AND KEEPING HIGHLY QUALIFIED
SUPERVISORY OFFICERS AND SPECIALISTS IN SUCH OTHER AREAS AS TRAINING, SCHOOL
LIAISON, TRAFFIC CONTROL AND ENGINEERING, FINANCE, PERSONNEL, LAW, CRIME
PREVENTION, AND INDEED ALL ELEMENTS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. IT IS NOT REALISTIC
TO EXPECT ANY CHIEF OF POLICE TO POSSESS AN EXPERTISE IN ALL THESE AREAS, AND
IT IS DOUBTFUL.THAT ANY OF THE THREE DEPARTMENTS WILL BE ABLE IN THE NEAR FUTURE
TO AFFORD TO INDIVIDUALLY EMPLOY SUFFICIENT NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO COULD BRING THIS
EXPERTISE TO THE DEPARTMENT.
IT MAKES SENSE THEREFORE, BOTH ECONOMICALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY,
TO POOL THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR SUCH EXPERTISE, RETAIN AS MUCH QUALITY
AND QUANTITY OF SERVICE AS PERMITTED BY THE RESOURCES, AND THEN SHARE THE
KNOWLEDGE BROUGHT TO THE DEPARTMENTS BY THOSE PERSONNEL. WE FEEL THE
JOINT USE OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL IS FEASIBLE, WHETHER OR NOT JOINT
PHYSICAL FACILITIES ARE UTILIZED. WHILE THE JOINT FACILITY MIGHT IMPROVE
SUCH SHARING, THE ABSENCE OF COMMON FACILITIES DOES NOT MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE.
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THIS CONCEPT IS ALREADY BEING UTILIZED BY THE THREE DEPARTMENTS
IN THE SHARING OF BREATHALIZER TECHNICIANS. WE HAVE POINTED OUT A NEED
FOR COMPARABLE SHARING OF INVESTIGATIVE AND TRAINING PERSONNEL. THE
NEED DOES, OR WILL EXIST, IN THE AREA OF PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN—
CLUDING THE RECRUITMENT, TESTING AND EVALUATION OF NEW EMPLOYEES. IT
WILL EXIST IN ADDITIONAL AREAS AS THE DEPARTMENT GROWS IN BOTH SIZE AND
RESPONSIBILITIES.
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IF JOINT PHYSICAL FACILITIES ARE DEVELOPED WE FEEL AN APPLICABLE AREA
FOR THE SHARING OF KEY POLICE OFFICIALS LIES IN TWO PROVINCES. ONE WOULD
BE THE ENTIRE FIELD OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL SERVICES SUCH AS PLANNING,
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TRAINING, RECORDS ADMINISTRATION, COMMUNICATIONS, PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION,
PURCHASING, EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES.
WE SEE NO REASON WHY A SINGLE PERSON, AS A SUPER EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT OR
AS TITLED COMMAND OFFICER, COULD NOT SERVE ALL THREE CHIEFS, ADMINISTERING
HIS RESPONSIBILITIES AS ASSIGNED UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF THE CHIEF
OFFICERS. SUCH MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE WOULD REQUIRE EXTENSIVE COORDINATION
OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTAL POLICIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. HOWEVER, WE FEEL
IT IS PRACTICAL AND WOULD PERMIT THE THREE DEPARTMENTS TO RETAIN ONE HIGHLY
QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL AT A TOP LEVEL COMPENSATION, RATHER THAN RETAINING
THREE PERSONS. AT SOME POINT 1N THE THREE DEPARTMENT`S FUTURE, SUCH A
PERSON WILL BE NECESSARY.
A SECOND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY IS THE FIELD SERVICE OF PATROL AND
INVESTIGATION. ONE PERSON, WELL QUALIFIED THROUGH TRAINING AND EXPERIENCEI
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COULD BRING REAL UNIFORMITY TO STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO THESE CRITICAL
AREAS. THE SAME ADVANTAGES APPLICABLE TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
OFFICER APPLY IN THIS IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY.
USE OF CURRENT PERSONNEL
MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSONS IN THE FIELD OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
FEEL POLICE RESOURCES, ALREADY DEFICIENT, SHOULD NOT BE FURTHER DISSIPATED
BY REQUIRING THEM TO DEAL WITH PROBLEMS IN NON-POLICE AREAS. SOME PERSONS
GO SO FAR AS TO SUGGEST THE USE OF CIVILIAN PERSONNEL FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL
--, AND REGULATION. WE DO NOT FEEL THE LATTER SUGGESTION IS PRACTICAL AT THIS
TIME, BUT ALL THREE COMMUNITIES, TO A DEGREE, EXPECT THEIR OFFICERS TO
PERFORM DUTIES WHICH DO NOT REQUIRE THE LEVEL OF ABILITY, TRAINING AND
COMPENSATION BROUGHT TO THAT DUTY BY A POLICE OFFICER.
THESE ADDED RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE THE ENFORCEMENT OF LOCAL
ORDINANCES RELATING TO ANIMAL CONTROL, JUNKED CARS, UNSIGHTLY EXTERIOR
STORAGE, AND SEVERAL OTHER MATTERS MORE DIRECTLY RELATED TO HOUSEKEEPING
FUNCTIONS RATHER THAN POLICE MATTERS. THEY ALSO INCLUDE THE INVESTIGATION
OF NUMEROUS COMPLAINT TYPES RECEIVED BY OTHER CITY OFFICIALS.
WE FEEL THESE, AND MANY OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES, INCLUDING THE TAKING
OF VOLUMINOUS STATEMENTS OR MINOR COMPLAINTS, COULD BEST BE PERFORMED BY
CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES WHO WOULD BE AVAILABLE ON A FULL-TIME BASIS, AND WOULD
HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME TO UNDERSTAND APPLICABLE ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS,
AND ENFORCE THEM. WE SEE NO REASON WHY PERSONNEL SUCH AS BUILDING
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INSPECTORS, ZONING ADMINISTRATORS AND ANIMAL CONTROL PERSONNEL COULD NOT
BE SHARED AS NEEDED, JUST AS POLICE MANPOWER AND EQUIPMENT RESOURCES.
IT WOULD NOT ONLY PERMIT A WISER USE OF PROFESSIONAL POLICE OFFICERS, BUT
ALSO WOULD RESULT IN A BETTER JOB OF UNIFORM ENFORCEMENT OF THE `!HOUSEKEEPING"
REGULATIONS.
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CHAPTER 4
POSSIBLE REORGANIZATION AS TO IMPROVE
THE DELIVERY OF POLICE SERVICES
WE CONSIDERED NUMEROUS POSSIBLE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES UNDER
WHICH A SUBSTANTIAL COORDINATION OF CURRENT AND FUTURE SERVICES COULD BE
ACCOMPLISHED. IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, ONLY THREE BASIC CHANGES COULD
BE CONSIDERED VALID IN OUR OPINION. THEY ARE LISTED IN THE REMAINDER OF
THIS CHAPTER.
COMPLETE CONSOLIDATION
COMPLETE CONSOLIDATION OF THE THREE DEPARTMENTS INTO A SINGLE
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UNIT, ADMINISTERED BY A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL IS ONE POSSIBILITY. THIS COMPLETE
CONSOLIDATION IN OUR OPINION COULD BE JUSTIFIED IF ECONOMY AND EFFICIENCY
WERE THE ONLY COMMUNITY GOALS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT UNITS.
IN OUR JUDGMENT THE FOLLOWING POTENTIAL BENEFITS COULD RESULT FROM
THE CONSOLIDATION.
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1. A TOTAL REDUCTION IN PAYROLL COSTS BY THE ELIMINATION
OF ANY DUPLICATION OF PERSONNEL, INCLUDING TWO CHIEFS,
SOME SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL, AND A NUMBER OF ADMINISTRA-
TIVE PERSONNEL PRIMARILY RADIO DISPATCHERS, CLERKS AND
SECRETARIES. A PROJECTION OF POSSIBLE PERSONNEL SAVINGS
THROUGH COMPLETE CONSOLIDATION IS SHOWN ON THE FOLLOWING
PAGE BY COMPARING THE TOTAL 1985 INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTAL
PERSONNEL PROJECTIONS WE MADE WITH A POSSIBLE ROSTER OF
PERSONS NEEDED UNDER THE CONSOLIDATED DEPARTMENT PLAN.
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COMPARISON OF PERSONNEL --
MANPOWER PROJECTIONS
1985
POSITION - FUNCTION THREE DEPARTMENTS ONE DEPARTMENT
CHIEF OFFICER 3 1
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CAPTAIN - ADMIN. SERVICE 2 1
CAPTAIN - FIELD SERVICE 2 1
LIEUTENANT - SERVICES 1 1
SERGEANTS - PATROL SHIFTS I 1 5
INVESTIGATORS 6 6
PATROLMEN 52 58
JUVENILE SPECIALISTS 5 5
DISPATCHERS - DESKMEN 15 5 -
CLERICAL EMPLOYEES 9 9
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THIS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED LEVEL OF REQUIRED PERSONNEL COULD SAVE AN
ESTIMATED $280$000 TO $350,000 PER YEAR IN SALARIES BY 1985. THOSE SAVINGS
ARE ESTIMATED USING 1985 PROJECTED SALARY LEVELS.
OTHER POTENTIAL ADVANTAGES OF A CONSOLIDATION WOULD INCLUDE
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2. A MORE EFFECTIVE USE OF EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS BY ELIMINATING
DUPLICATION, UTILIZING THEM MORE EXTENSIVELY, AND STANDARDIZING
SPECIFICATIONS.
3. AN IMPROVED TRAINING CAPABILITY BY CENTRALIZING RESPONSIBILITIES
IN A LARGER, BETTER STAFFED DEPARTMENT.
4. IMPROVED PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING RECRUITMENT, TESTING
AND EVALUATION PRACTICES.
5. INCREASED PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEPARTMENTAL PERSONNEL
IN THE LARGER DEPARTMENTS.
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6. USE OF ONE SINGLE BUILDING, RATHER THAN THREE, THUS RE—
DUCING INITIAL CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE COST.
THESE AND OTHER POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS ARE POTENTIAL, AND JUST THAT:
POTENTIAL. THE ACTUAL BENEFITS ACCRUING FROM CONSOLIDATION WOULD DEPEND IN
LARGE PART ON THE QUALITY OF PERSONS RETAINED TO ADMINISTER THE DEPARTMENT,
AND THE SUPPORT GIVEN TO THAT INDIVIDUAL BY THE AFFECTED VILLAGE COUNCILS AND
SUBORDINATE PERSONNEL.
WHILE THERE ARE ADVANTAGES TO SUCH A SYSTEM THERE ARE ALSO POTENTIAL
- AND SERIOUS DISADVANTAGES TO SUCH A PLAN. THESE POSSIBLE DISADVANTAGES IN
CLUDE:
1 . THE POLITICAL PROBLEM OF THREE VILLAGE COUNCILS ATTEMPTING
TO OPERATE ONE DEPARTMENT WITH DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHIES, DIF—
FERENT COMMUNITY BUDGET NEEDS AND RESOURCES, AND DIFFERENT
CONSTITUENCIES.
2. THE PROBLEM OF WHO MIGHT BE SELECTED AS THE SINGLE CHIEF
FROM THE INCUMBENTS, OR THE PROBLEM OF EMPLOYING A PERSON
FOR THAT POSITION WHO IS NOT NOW EMPLOYED BY ANY OF THE
DEPARTMENTS.
3. THE CITIZENS* CONCERN WHICH MIGHT BE PRESENT OVER A POSSIBLE
LOSS OF INFLUENCE IN DETERMINING THE RESPONSIVENESS to OF THE
POLICE UNIT TO LOCAL ISSUES.
4. THE PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY OF ONE DEPARTMENT ENFORCING THREE
DIFFERENT SETS OF LOCAL ORDINANCES„
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5. THE NEED TO NEGOTIATE COMMON OR UNIFORM SALARIES IN WORKING
- CONDITIONS FOR DEPARTMENTAL EMPLOYEES WITH THREE DIFFERENT
VILLAGE COUNCILS AND THREE DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATORS.
BECAUSE OF THESE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS WE DO NOT FEEL COMPLETE CON-
SOLIDATION WOULD WORK SUCCESSFULLY UNTIL AFTER MANY YEARS OF DIFFICULT
ADJUSTMENT. THE DIFFICULTY OF ADJUSTMENTS MIGHT IN SOME CASES BE MORE
HARMFUL TO LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE AREA THAN THE CONSOLIDATION WOULD BE
HELPFUL. IN ADDITION, WE FEEL THAT MANY OF THE POSSIBLE BENEFITS OF SUCH
CONSOLIDATION COULD BE ACHIEVED THROUGH OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL AND ADMINIS-
TRATIVE TECHNIQUES. THEREFORE WE CANNOT RECOMMEND IT.
PARTIAL COORDINATION WITHOUT MAJOR
ORGANIZATIONAL OR STRUCTURAL CHANGES
WE FEEL THAT EVEN WITHOUT A REORGANIZATION, AND WITHOUT THE MAJOR
CONSTRUCTION OF ANY NEW PHYSICAL FACILITIES, CERTAIN SERVICES SHOULD AND
COULD BE COORDINATED BETWEEN THE THREE UNITS. ONE OF THE PRIMARY SERVICES
WHICH SHOULD BE DONE ON A JOINT BASIS IS THE COMMUNICATIONS FUNCTION OF RE-
CEIVING AND TRANSMITTING ALL POLICE AND FIRE CALLS FOR THE THREE AFFECTED -
COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED THE COUNTY PROGRAM SUPPORTED
BY THE GOVERNORS COMMISSION ON CRIME PREVENTION AND CONTROL TO UPGRADE
CURRENT RADIO COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT. WE FEEL WITH SOME BASIC ADJUSTMENTS -
TO THE CURRENT PROPOSED EQUIPMENT ACQUISITIONS THAT THE THREE COMMUNITIES
COULD BEGIN THEIR OWN SYSTEM OF DISPATCHING POLICE AND FIRE EMERGENCY CALLS.
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IT WOULD COST AN ESTIMATED $462000 IN PERSONNEL COSTS TO BEGIN AN ADEQUATE
RADIO DISPATCH SYSTEM. IT WOULD REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF FIVE PERSONS WHO WOULD
OPERATE THE SYSTEM. THIS ASSUMES A SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT COST OF
NOT MORE THAN $9200 PER PERSON, WHICH PRECLUDES THE USE OF UNIFORMED AND
SWORN PERSONNEL. AN EQUIVALENT COST USING UNIFORMED PERSONNEL PROVIDING THE
SAME SERVICE WOULD REQUIRE AN ESTIMATED $70,000.
IF ONLY THE THREE DEPARTMENTS PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, THE
ALLOCATION OF COST BETWEEN THE THREE UNITS BECOMES FAIRLY SIMPLE. IT
COULD BE DONE ON A POPULATION BASIS, A TAX RESOURCE BASIS, OR A COMBINATION
OF BOTH THOSE FACTORS. WE HAVE SHOWN BELOW A POSSIBLE ALLOCATION OF THE
$469000 UNDER THREE DIFFERENT FORMULAE.
1 . USE OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL'S 1972 POPULATION ESTIMATES
AS A SINGLE FACTOR.
2. USE OF 1972 ASSESSOR'S ASSESSED VALUE FOR 1973 TAXES AS A
SINGLE FACTOR.
3. USE OF THE TWO FACTORS, WEIGHTED EVENLY.
POSSIBLE COST ALLOCATION
$469000 FOR COMMUNICATIONS
POPULATION TAX BASE COMBINED FORMULA
EAGAN $ 189768
$21,390 $201079
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS 20,792 14.1536 17,664
L, ROSEMOUNT 6,440 102074 8,257
$46,000 $46,000 $46,000
THE EFFECT OF THIS COST ALLOCATION IN PAYING FOR THE $46,000 COULD
BE REDUCED IF ADDITIONAL UNITS WITHIN DAKOTA COUNTY UTILIZED THE COMMUNICATION
SYSTEM WHICH WOULD BE ESTABLISHED BY THE THREE COMMUNITIES. THE MOST LIKELY
CANDIDATES FOR ADDITIONAL USE OF THE SYSTEM INCLUDE THE VILLAGES OF APPLE VALLEY,
LAKEVILLE AND FARMINGTON. APPLE VALLEY HAS EXPRESSED A POSITIVE INTEREST IN
UTILIZING THE SYSTEM FOR ITS OWN FIRE SERVICE, BUT HAS MADE NO DECISION AS TO
THE USE FOR POLICE MATTERS.
IF ADDITIONAL UNITS COME INTO THE SYSTEM THE COST ALLOCATION FORMULA
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BECOMES MORE COMPLEX. ONE SUGGESTED METHOD OF ALLOCATION WOULD BE THE
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ASSIGNMENT OF A UNIT TO EACH GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION UTILIZING THE SYSTEM.
ONE UNIT WOULD BE ASSIGNED FOR USE OF THE SYSTEM FOR POLICE PURPOSES, A SECOND
UNIT FOR USE FOR FIRE PURPOSES. THE TOTAL ANNUAL COST OF PROVIDING THE
SYSTEM COULD BE DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF UNITS AND THOSE COSTS ALLOCATED
BACK AND PAID BY EACH INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY. FOR EXAMPLE, IF EAGAN, INVER
GROVE HEIGHTS AND ROSEMOUNT USE THE SYSTEM FOR BOTH POLICE AND FIRE, THEY
WOULD BE ASSIGNED A TOTAL OF SIX UNITS. IF APPLE VALLEY, LAKEVILLE AND
FARMINGTON USED IT ONLY FOR FIRE SERVICE, A TOTAL OF NINE UNITS WOULD BE
AVAILABLE FOR COST SHARING. THAT WOULD REPRESENT A COST OF $5, 111 PER UNIT.
EAGAN, INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, AND ROSEMOUNT WOULD PAY TWICE THAT AMOUNT SINCE
THEY WOULD BE USING THE SYSTEM FOR BOTH SERVICES. 1-14
IT MIGHT BE NECESSARY TO DIVIDE THE EAGAN, INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, AND
ROSEMOUNT COSTS ON A DIFFERENT ALLOCATION FORMULA TO AVOID AN UNFAIR COST
ALLOCATION, PARTICULARLY TO ROSEMOUNT, WHICH WOULD UTILIZE THE SERVICE LESS
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THAN THE OTHER TWO LARGER DEPARTMENTS. IF THE $1092-22 FOR EACH COMMUNITY,
BASED ON TWO UNITS OF USE, WERE POOLED AND REALLOCATED ON A BASIS SIMILAR TO
THAT DISCUSSED FOR ALLOCATION OF THE TOTAL PROGRAM COSTS, THE RESULT OF
THAT DISTRIBUTION IS SHOWN BELOW.
POSSIBLE COST ALLOCATION
$309 666 FOR COMMUNICATIONS
POPULATION TAX BASE COMBINED FORMULA
EAGAN $12,512 $ 14,260 $13,386
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS 13,861 9,1690 11, 776
ROSEMOUNT 4,293 6,716 51504
$301666 $302666 $30,666
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IN ESTABLISHING THE DISPATCH SERVICE IS ITS LOCATION.
AT THE CURRENT TIME, ONLY THE EAGAN DEPARTMENT COULD ACCOMODATE THE DISPATCH
CENTER BECAUSE OF PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS IN THE OTHER TWO DEPARTMENTS. THE
EAGAN DEPARTMENT PHYSICALLY COULD ACCOMODATE THE SERVICE DURING THE EARLY
YEARS, ALTHOUGH AN EXPANSION OF THAT FACILITY WOULD PROBABLY BE NECESSARY
IN THE NEAR FUTURE. IT COULD BE LOGICALLY EXPECTED THAT SOME ADDITIONAL COSTS
WOULD BE INCURRED BY EAGAN FOR OPERATING THE SYSTEM AND THOSE COSTS SHOULD
BE BORN BY THE OTHER PARTICIPATING UNITS.
ANOTHER PROBLEM IS THAT DURING THE EARLY YEARS THE FIVE PERSONNEL
WHICH WE HAVE SUGGESTED FOR STAFFING THE SERVICE WILL NOT BE BUSY FULL TIME
PERFORMING COMMUNICATION DUTIES. WHILE THEY WILL BE ON DUTY FULL TIME, THEY
WILL HAVE IN OUR OPINION SIGNIFICANT FREE TIME TO PERFORM OTHER DUTIES. ONE OF
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THE NATURAL DUTIES THEY COULD PERFORM WOULD BE RECORDS ADMINISTRATION IF A - -
COORDINATED SYSTEM COULD BE ESTABLISHED. IF IT WERE NOT ESTABLISHED, THEY
COULD OBVIOUSLY PERFORM SOME DUTIES FOR THE VILLAGE OF EAGAN DEPARTMENT.
IN THAT EVENT THE VALUE OF THAT SERVICE COULD BE DETERMINED AND SUBTRACTED
FROM THE TOTAL COST OF THE DISPATCH SERVICE AND THE COST ALLOCATION MADE
ON THE REDUCED AMOUNT. IN OUR OPINION THE VALUE OF HAVING THESE PEOPLE IN
THE EAGAN DEPARTMENT, AVAILABLE FOR PERFORMING SERVICES FOR THEM, IS J
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SOMEWHAT LIMITED AND WOULD NOT BE ACCURATELY REFLECTED BY THE ASSIGNMENT
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OF VALUES ON A TOTAL TIME BASIS. IN ESSENCE, THEIR AVAILABILITY WOULD NOT
BE AS VALUABLE TO THE EAGAN DEPARTMENT AS ONE MIGHT THINK BASED ON THE
AMOUNT OF TIME THEY MIGHT HAVE FREE FROM PERFORMING DUTIES SOLELY INVOLVED
WITH RADIO DISPATCHING.
OTHER SERVICES OR RESPONSIBILITIES CERTAINLY COULD BE COORDINATED
WITHOUT A FORMAL REORGANIZATION OR RELOCATION TO A NEW FACILITY. THOSE
INCLUDE MANY OF THE THINGS WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED INCLUDING TRAINING,
PURCHASING, INVESTIGATION AND RELATED MATTERS. THE DEGREE AND SUCCESS OF
COORDINATION WILL DEPEND UPON THE ENTHUSIASM OF THE CHIEF OFFICERS AND THE
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EFFORT THEY MAKE IN ACCOMPLISHING THAT COORDINATION.
CONSTRUCTION OF A JOINT PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY -
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE MOST FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVE FOR ACCOMPLISHING
THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE COORDINATION OF SERVICES, AFFECTING ECONOMIES AND OPER-
ATION, AND IMPROVING EFFICIENCY WOULD BE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE POLICE -
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FACILITY, AT THE SAME TIME RETAINING AS COMPLETE A SEPARATE IDENTITY FOR
EACH DEPARTMENT AS POSSIBLE.
THE OCCUPANCY OF A JOINT FACILITY WOULD PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY
FOR A REDUCTION IN TOTAL REQUIRED MANPOWER FOR COMMUNICATIONS, RECORDS ADMIN—
ISTRATION, SUPERVISION, AND THE EMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN SPECIALISTS TO CARRY
OUT NECESSARY RESPONSIBILITIES. CHAPTER 5 OF THIS REPORT DEALS WITH THE
POSSIBLE DESIGN, COST, LOCATION AND FINANCING TECHNIQUES FOR THIS PROPOSED
BUILDING.
THE MOST VALUABLE ASSET TO A JOINT BUILDING FACILITY WOULD BE THE
SHARING OF CERTAIN PERSONNEL WHO COULD WORK IN AREAS COMMONLY PROVIDED,
THUS REDUCING THE TOTAL NUMBER WHICH WOULD BE REQUIRED IF EACH DEPARTMENT
INDIVIDUALLY PROVIDED THE SERVICE OR PERFORMED THE WORK. WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY
ESTIMATED THAT A COMPLETE CONSOLIDATION WOULD REDUCE REQUIRED MANPOWER
TOTALS FROM 106 PERSONS IN 1985 ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS TO J2 UNDER THE CON—
SOLIDATION.
ON—SOLIDATION.
WHILE OCCUPANCY OF A SINGLE BUILDING COMBINED WITH SHARING OF CERTAIN
PERSONNEL WOULD NOT PERMIT THAT LEVEL REDUCTION, THE POTENTIAL SAVINGS
IS STILL SIGNIFICANT. WE HAVE LISTED ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES THE 1985 PROJECTIONS WE
MADE ON AN INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT BASIS, AND A PROJECTION OF TOTAL REQUIRED PER—
SONNEL IF A toPOOL 1* CONCEPT WAS UTILIZED TO SHARE THE COST OF COMMUNICATIONS,
CLERICAL AND SUPERVISORY OFFICES.
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EAGAN
REQUIRED PERSONNEL LEVEL
1985 INDIVIDUALLY 1985 POOL CONCEPT
1 CHIEF OFFICER 1 CHIEF OFFICER
I CAPTAIN - PLANNING, ADMIN. SERVICES ---
I CAPTAIN - PATROL, INVESTIGATION --- rA,
1 LIEUTENANT - COMMUNICATIONS,
TECH. SERVICES ---
5 SERGEANTS - PATROL SHIFTS 5 SERGEANTS
22 PATROLMEN 22 PATROLMEN
3 INVESTIGATORS 3 INVESTIGATORS
2 JUVENILE SPECIALISTS 2 JUVENILE SPECIALISTS
5 DISPATCHERS - DESKMEN ---
5 CLERICAL EMPLOYEES 2 CLERICAL EMPLOYEES
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IF WE CAN ASSUME THAT A PRIOR 1985 PROJECTION OF ANNUAL BUDGET COSTS OF
$29,458 NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN ON AN AVERAGE BASIS EACH EMPLOYEE IS APPROPRIATE,
THE ANTICIPATED TOTAL REQUIREMENT FOR 46 EMPLOYEES WOULD BE $1,355,068.
ON THE SAME PER EMPLOYEE COST BASIS, IT WOULD REQUIRE A TOTAL BUDGET OF
$190319030 FOR THE STAFF LEVEL OF 35 PERSONS. THAT REPRESENTS A GROSS
SAVINGS OF $324,038.
IT COULD BE ARGUED THAT THE TOTAL SAVINGS MIGHT NOT BE THAT HIGH
SINCE A MAJORITY OF THE EMPLOYEES WHICH ON AN INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT BASIS
WOULD NOT BE NEEDED UNDER THE POOL CONCEPT WOULD BE PARA-PROFESSIONAL,
RATHER THAN SWORN PERSONNEL, AND THEREFORE WOULD NOT BE AS HIGHLY PAID.
THAT 1S A VALID ARGUMENT,- BUT T HAT ALLOWANCE IS ALREADY PARTIALLY MADE
IN THE AVERAGE FIGURE OF $ 15,493 PER EMPLOYEE WE STARTED WITH IN 1973
BASED ON THE SEVENTEEN COMMUNITY CURRENT AVERAGE, THAT AVERAGE ALREADY
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INCLUDES ALL EXISTING CIVILIAN PERSONNEL ON DUTY IN THESE DEPARTMENTS.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALLOCATING THE
COSTS OF THE POOLED EMPLOYEES. WE HAVE MAINTAINED THE SAME $29,458
COST FOR EACH OF THOSE EMPLOYEES EVEN THOUGH A MAJORITY OF THEM MAY
BE PARA-PROFESSIONALS, AND COMPENSATED AT SLIGHTLY LOWER LEVELS THAN
THE $25,552 BASE SALARY EXPECTED IN 1985.
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS
REQUIRED PERSONNEL LEVEL
1985 INDIVIDUALLY 1985 POOL CONCEPT
1 CHIEF OFFICER 1 CHIEF OFFICER
1 CAPTAIN - PLANNING, ADMIN. SERVICES ---
1 CAPTAIN - PATROL, INVESTIGATION ---
5 SERGEANTS - PATROL SHIFTS 5 SERGEANTS
20 PATROLMEN 20 PATROLMEN
2 INVESTIGATORS 2 INVESTIGATORS
2 JUVENILE SPECIALISTS 2 JUVENILE SPECIALISTS
5 DISPATCHERS - DESKMEN ---
4 CLERICAL EMPLOYEES 2 CLERICAL EMPLOYEES
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THE TOTAL BUDGET REQUIREMENT IN 1985 FOR THE 41 MAN DEPARTMENT WOULD BE
$1,2®7,778, WHILE THE TOTAL REQUIREMENT FOR THE 32 MAN UNIT WOULD BE
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$942,656. THAT REPRESENTS A GROSS SAVINGS OF $265, 122.
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ROSEMOUNT
REQUIRED PERSONNEL LEVEL
1985 INDIVIDUALLY 1985 POOL CONCEPT
1 CHIEF OFFICER I CHIEF OFFICER
I SERGEANT-PATROL I SERGEANT-PATROL
IO PATROLMEN
10 PATROLMEN
I INVESTIGATOR I INVESTIGATOR-JUVENILE SPECIALIST
I JUVENILE SPECIALIST ---
5 DISPATCHERS-CLERKS I CLERK
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THE 19 MEMBER DEPARTMENT BY 1985 IN ROSEMOUNT WOULD COST $559, 702 ANNUALLY,
WHILE THE BUDGET REQUIREMENT FOR THE 14 MEMBER UNIT WOULD REQUIRE $412,412
IN BUDGET FUNDS. THAT REPRESENTS A GROSS ESTIMATED SAVINGS OF $147,290.
POOLED EMPLOYEES
THE TOTAL REDUCTIONS IN INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTAL STAFF LEVELS ON 3
THE POOL CONCEPT REPRESENT 25 EMPLOYEES IN THE FOLLOWING GENERAL CATEGORIES:
2 CAPTAINS -- PATROL, INVESTIGATION
2 CAPTAINS -- PLANNING, ADMIN. SERVICES
1 LIEUTENANT -- TECHNICAL SERVICES
14 DISPATCHERS -- DESKMEN
I INVESTIGATOR
5 CLERICAL EMPLOYEES
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IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO RETAIN SOME OF THESE EMPLOYEES AS FOLLOWS UNDER
THE POOL CONCEPT:
1 CAPTAIN -- PATROL, INVESTIGATION i
I CAPTAIN -- PLANNING, TRAINING, ADMIN. SERVICES
I LIEUTENANT -- TECHNICAL SERVICES
5 DISPATCHERS -- DESKMEN
5 CLERICAL EMPLOYEES
I CUSTODIAN -- NOT PREVIOUSLY SHOWN ON ANY
ROSTER OF EMPLOYEES
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THE TOTAL INDIVIDUAL COST OF EACH OF THESE EMPLOYEES BY 1985 WILL
PROBABLY NOT REACH THE $299458 FIGURE. HOWEVER TO REMAIN CONSISTENT,
UTILIZING THAT FIGURE, THE EMPLOYMENT OF THESE PERSONS WOULD COST AN
ESTIMATED $412,412 AND WOULD HAVE TO BE BORNE BY THE THREE COMMUNITIES
ON SOME ALLOCATION BASIS. THE TABLE BELOW INDICATES THE APPROXIMATE
ANNUAL COST UTILIZING THE SAME ALLOCATION FORMULAE SUGGESTED FOR THE
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM.
ALLOCATION OF
POOLED EMPLOYEE COSTS
POPULATION TAX VALUE COMBINED
- EAGAN $168,1264 $ 191,772 $180,018
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS 186,410 130,322 158,366
ROSEMOUNT 57,1738 90,318 74,1028
$412,412 $4129412 $412,412
FOR COMPARATIVE PURPOSES ONLY, WE HAVE ASSUMED THE COMBINED FORMULA OF
EQUALLY WEIGHTING POPULATION AND ASSESSED VALUATION WOULD BE USED. ON THAT
BASIS THE PROJECTED NET SAVINGS BY 1985 FOR EACH DEPARTMENT IS LISTED BELOW.
EAGAN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS ROSEMOUNT
1985 INDIVIDUAL COSTS $1,355,068 $ 1.12079778 $559,702
TOTAL COSTS-POOL CONCEPT 1,0319030 9429656 4129412
GROSS SAVINGS 324,038 265, 122 i47,290
SHARE OF POOL COSTS 1809018 1589366 74,028
NET SAVINGS $ 144,020 $ 106, 756 $ 739262
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THE LEVEL OF THESE POTENTIAL SAVINGS WOULD NOT BE REACHED IN
TOTAL UNTIL 1985 UNDER OUR PROJECTIONS. A SMALLER SAVINGS WOULD BE P'?f
AVAILABLE IN EACH YEAR UP TO 1985 HOWEVER. IN REALITY, THE SAVINGS
COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER. WE HAVE ANTICIPATED A POSSIBLE TOTAL
INCREASE IN COSTS, WITHOUT SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING SERVICE LEVELS, DUE TO INFLATION
APPROXIMATELY 90% BETWEEN 1973 AND 1985. THAT COST COULD VERY WELL
BE GREATER AS EVIDENCED BY THE PAST TWELVE YEARS. IN 1960 IT WAS NOT
UNCOMMON FOR SUBURBAN POLICE OFFICER IS SALARIES TO BE LESS THAN $4,000
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ANNUALLY. TODAY THESE SAME OFFICERS ARE RECEIVING ANNUAL SALARIES OF
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129 000 AND UP, WITH ACCOMPANYING SHARP INCREASES IN THE COST OF FURNISHED
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THE EXPENDITURE FORECASTING METHOD USED IS SIMPLISTIC AND RELIES
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HEAVILY ON CURRENT COSTS AND ANTICIPATED POPULATION GROWTH. IT IGNORES
FACTORS SUCH AS POPULATION VARIABLES WHICH MAY AFFECT POLICE COSTS IN
FUTURE YEARS, SUCH AS AGE COMPOSITION, AND ECONOMIC OR EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT OF THE CITIZENRY. MORE IMPORTANTLY HOWEVER, IT IGNORES
THE POSSIBLE EFFECT OF CRIME TREND CHANGES, AND THE POSSIBLE IMPACT
OF CHANGES IN THE DELIVERY OF POLICE SERVICES, AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT
AREA RESIDENTS MAY DEMAND SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED OR EXPANDED PROGRAMS.
WHILE IT WOULD BE WELL TO CONSIDER THESE ITEMS, THERE IS NO CLEAR CUT
PATTERN WHICH COULD BE ASSUMED WITHOUT DANGER OF RESULTING FORECASTS
WHICH MIGHT BE MORE ACCURATE WITHOUT UTILIZING THE ADDITIONAL INTELLIGENCE.
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IN ORDER FOR THIS CONCEPT TO WORK IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO:
1. CONSTRUCT A SINGLE BUILDING.
2. PROVIDE JOINT COMMUNICATIONS AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION.
3. ADOPT THE PHILOSOPHY THAT SEVERAL KEY SUPERVISORY PERSONS
SUCH AS A PLANNING AND TRAINING OFFICER AND A SPECIALIST
IN PATROL AND INVESTIGATION CAN PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN A RE-
VIEW OF MORE THAN ONE DEPARTMENTS EFFORTS IN THESE AREAS,
IF HE RECEIVES PROPER SUPERVISION AND DIRECTION FROM EACH OF
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OTHER ADVANTAGES
IN ADDITION TO THE POSSIBLE PERSONNEL SAVINGS, THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF POTENTIAL BENEFITS WHICH COULD RESULT IN CONSTRUCTING A SINGLE BUILDING.
THEY INCLUDE:
1 . CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE ECONOMIES WHEN COMPARED
WITH CONSTRUCTING SEPARATE FACILITIES. WE FEEL THAT A
SINGLE BUILDING TO MEET 1985 MINIMUM SPACE REQUIREMENTS
COULD BE CONSTRUCTED FOR AN ESTIMATED $3759000. THE
COST OF CONSTRUCTING THESE SEPARATE BUILDINGS WITH
EQUIVALENT AVAILABLE SPACE COULD REACH $500,000.
2. PROVIDING CLOSER PHYSICAL CONTACT AND GREATER OPPORTUNITY
FOR COORDINATION OF PERSONNEL, EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION, AND
INCREASED AWARENESS OF MUTUAL PROBLEMS.
3. FACILITATES THE COORDINATION OF OTHER SERVICES AND JOINT
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EMPLOYMENT IN NON-POLICE AREAS SUCH AS HOUSING CODE
ENFORCEMENT, BUILDING INSPECTION, SANITATION INSPECTORS, -.
ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND OTHER
SERVICES. THE JOINT EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL AND COORDINATION OF SUCH
TECHNIQUES WOULD NOT ONLY SAVE MONEY BUT WOULD PERMIT
A MORE COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL OF POLICE FROM THESE ES-
SENTIALLY NON-POLICE ACTIVITIES.
4. IT WOULD PERMIT MORE EXTENSIVE JOINT USE OF SPECIALIZED
EQUIPMENT SUCH AS COMPUTER TERMINALS, CAMERAS, BREATH-
ALYZERS, TRAINING AIDS, EMERGENCY FIRST AID EQUIPMENT,
RADAR EQUIPMENT AND COUNTLESS OTHER ITEMS NOW PURCHASED, J
OWNED AND USED SPARINGLY BY THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS.
S. IT WOULD FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LARGER, EFFECTIVE
POLICE RESERVE PROGRAM, WITH ONE UNIT SERVING ALL THREE
COMMUNITIES. GREATER RESPONSIBILITIES COULD BE ASSIGNED
TO THE UNIT, THEREBY INCREASING INTEREST IN INDIVIDUAL
SERVICE. TRAINING WOULD BE CONSOLIDATED AND IMPROVED,
THEREBY PUTTING MORE QUALIFIED RESERVISTS IN THE FIELD
WHEN REQUIRED FOR EMERGENCIES OR EXTRAORDINARY CONDITIONS,
6. IT WOULD PERMIT THE EVENTUAL ALLOCATION OF PATROLMEN, IN-
VESTIGATORS AND OTHER PERSONNEL TO A COMMUNITY OR AREA OF
A COMMUNITY WITH A PARTICULAR NEED, WITHOUT UNDUE CON-
CERN FOR CORPORATE BOUNDARIES.
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7. MANAGEMENT OF THE BUILDING, THE ALLOCATION OF COSTS, AND THE
COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY EASIER TO
ACCOMPLISH THAN WOULD THE MANAGEMENT OF A SINGLE DEPARTMENT
SERVING THESE COMMUNITIES.
8. CITIZENS WOULD NOT NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT LOSS OF
IDENTITY WITH THEIR LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
SOME WILL ARGUE THAT IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN A SEPARATE
BUILDING TO SERVE CITIZEN NEEDS, SINCE THEY WILL NOT OR WILL NOT WANT TO
TRAVEL TO A CENTRAL FACILITY. BASED ON ALL THE RECOMMENDED LOCATIONS
FOR THE FACILITY WE DO NOT FEEL SUCH A NEED WOULD EXIST, WITH THE POSSIBLE
EXCEPTION IN ROSEMOUNT.
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE CENTRAL FACILITY IS TO INCREASE COORDIN-
ATION, REDUCE COSTS AND KEEP AS MANY POLICE OFFICERS IN THE FIELD AS POSSIBLE,
SUPPORTED BY A FULL-TIME COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM. ANY RESIDENT WHO COULD
NOT TRAVEL TO THE CENTRAL FACILITY COULD CALL FOR ASSISTANCE AND BE MET
BY AN OFFICER IN HIS HOME, OR WHEN NECESSARY AT ANOTHER LOCATION, PERHAPS
A LOCAL FIRE STATION OR VILLAGE HALL.
ANY DUPLICATION OF FACILITIES THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BRANCH
COMMUNITY POLICE STATIONS WILL SERVE TO REDUCE THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS,
AND IN OUR OPINION, ARE UNNECESSARY, BOTH NOW AND FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
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PROPOSED BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
AS PREVIOUSLY INDICATED, WE FEEL A CENTRAL BUILDING OF SUFFICIENT
SIZE TO MEET 1985 SPACE NEEDS, BASED ON THE PERSONNEL LEVELS WE HAVE
PROJECTED, COULD BE CONSTRUCTED FOR AN ESTIMATED $3759000. THAT AMOUNT
WOULD PROVIDE A 169000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, WITHOUT OFFICE FURNISHINGS.
IT DOES NOT INCLUDE POSSIBLE LAND ACQUISITION COSTS, NOR THE COST OF
DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROPERTY, SINCE THOSE COSTS WILL DEPEND UPON THE
LOCATION SELECTED. WE FEEL A MINIMUM OF FIVE ACRES IS REQUIRED TO PERMIT
A FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE FACILITY.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO DEVELOP AN ACCURATE COST ESTIMATE WITHOUT DETAILED
INPUT OF IDEAS FROM USERS. IN DEVELOPMENT OF A CONCEPT, THAT OFTEN
IS NOT AVAILABLE AND IT HAS NOT BEEN IN THIS CASE. WE FEEL THAT $375,000
WILL PROVIDE AN AIRCONDITIONED BUILDING, CONSTRUCTED WITH CONCRETE BLOCK
WALLS WITH SOME BRICK EXTERIOR FACING. IT COULD BE A TWO LEVEL FACILITY
AND OUR DESIGN CONCEPT ASSUMES A TWO STORY, SPLIT LEVEL STRUCTURE.
TO PERMIT MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY, FLOORING WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED WITH
STEEL JOISTS AND CONCRETE AND THE CEILINGS WOULD BE SUSPENDED ACOUSTICAL
TILE. THE ROOF WOULD ALSO BE STEEL JOIST WITH SUSPENDED CEILING.
INTERIOR WALLS COULD BE A COMBINATION OF MOVABLE STEEL PARTITIONS AND
PAINTED CONCRETE BLOCK, OR SHEET ROCK AND PANELING ON METAL STUDS.
THE CHOICE OF ALTERNATE STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS, MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT
AND FINAL FINISHED QUALITY COULD HAVE A DECIDED EFFECT ON FINAL COST.
DEFINITIVE COST ESTIMATES COULD BE PREPARED BY AN ARCHITECT ONLY
AFTER DEVELOPMENT OF A FINAL DESIGN CONCEPT.
A SCHEMATIC ARCHITECT'S FLOOR PLAN FOR A LOWER AND UPPER LEVEL OF THE PROPOSED
BUILDING IS SHOWN ON THE FOLLOWING FOUR PAGES, TOGETHER WITH A DESCRIPTION OF
THE NUMBERING KEY AND APPROXIMATE SQUARE FOOTAGE DEVOTED TO VARIOUS USES.
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NUMBER USE SIZE-SQ.FT. i
16 PUBLIC MEETING - TRAINING 500
18 PUBLIC MEETING - TRAINING 500
17 KITCHEN 150
19 TRAINING AIDS STORAGE 150 -
20 2 SQUAD ROOMS (3) FOR EACH COMMUNITY 1440
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21 2 WEAPONS STORABLE (3) @ 128' 384
22 TELEPHONE - RADIO EQUIPMENT 360
23 STORAGE - GENERAL SUPPLIES 200
24 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT ROOM 550
25 BULK STORAGE (2) @ 675' 1350
TS 2 TOILETS & SHOWERS (3) @ 128* 384
PT PUBLIC RESTROOMS 250
INTERIOR CIRCULATION SPACE 960
ENTRANCE, STAIRWAYS 8.22
TOTAL 8000
1 REPRESENTS OUTSIDE DIMENSION SPACE.
2 INDIVIDUAL SPACES COULD BE COMBINED INTO SINGLE,
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UPPER LEVEL KEY
NUMBER USE
SIZE-SQ.PT.
I PUBLIC AREA 650
2 CLERICAL POOL- 1125
3 MULTI - PURPOSE (LAB) 12 3 ' ?
4 LIBRARY 312
5 COMMUNICATIONS 200
6 RECORDS STORAGE 288
7 INVESTIGATIVE CAPTAIN 166
8 CHIEFS (3) @ 156 468
9 INVESTIGATORS (4) @ 120 480
10 CAPTAIN - ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 156
10 LIEUTENANT - TECHNICAL SERVICES 156
I I CONFERENCE ROOM (2) @ 192 384
12 SECURITY ROOMS 264 _
13 JUVENILE OFFICES 8 @ 120 360
14 INTERROGATION ROOMS 2 @ 88 176
15 SMALL EVIDENCE STORAGE 2 @ 55 110
16 SUPPLIES AND MACHINE ROOM 120
17 CHIEF'S PRIVATE SECRETARIES
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TOILETS 2 @ 80 160
CIRCULATION AND STAIRWAYS 1538
TOTAL 7513
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LOCATION
THE EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL SITES FOR A CENTRAL POLICE FACILITY
RELIED ON SEVERAL FACTORS. THEY ARE LISTED BELOW IN RELATIVE ORDER OF
THEIR PRIORITY:
1 . A CENTRALIZED LOCATION WITH REASONABLE ACCESS TO ALL
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AREAS WITH THE CURRENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
2. FUTURE POPULATION DISTRIBUTION.
3. FUTURE SHORT AND LONG RANGE CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR
NEW OR IMPROVED HIGHWAY ACCESS.
4. CURRENT POPULATION DISTRIBUTION.
5. BARRIERS TO RAPID TRAVEL SUCH AS RAILROAD CROSSINGS, OR
BRIDGE CROSSINGS.
CURRENT POPULATION
AT THE PRESENT TIME OVER 75% OF THE POPULATION OF EAGAN LIVES
IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COMMUNITY. THE LARGEST CONCENTRATIONS ARE
IN THE CEDAR GROVE AREA WHICH HAS BOTH SINGLE FAMILY AND APARTMENT
DWELLINGS, AND SECONDLY, IN THE VACINITY OF LONE OAK ROAD AND PILOT
KNOB ROAD. THERE ALSO IS A LARGE INDUSTRIAL AREA IN THE NORTHEAST
AREA OF THE VILLAGE NEAR HIGHWAY 55 AND COUNTY ROAD 26. -.
APPROXIMATELY 75% OF THE POPULATION OF ROSEMOUNT LIVES IN
THE WESTERN ONE-THIRD OF THE VILLAGE. THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION IS
IN THE OLD VILLAGE AREA WHICH HAS ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE CURRENT TOTAL
POPULATION AND IN THE BROBACK ADDITION, LOCATED IMMEDIATELY WEST OF
THE OLD VILLAGE ALONG COUNTY ROAD 42.
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THE INVER GROVE HEIGHTS POPULATION CONCENTRATION IS PRIMARILY
IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE VILLAGE, WITH THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION IN
THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE VILLAGE.
BECAUSE OF THESE EXISTING POPULATION DISTRIBUTIONS THERE IS
NO SINGLE SITE WHICH COULD BE CENTRALLY LOCATED TO PROVIDE READY ACCESS
TO EXISTING POPULATION CONCENTRATIONS.
FUTURE POPULATION
FUTURE POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW THE AVAILABILITY OF
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND WE INDICATED PREVIOUSLY THE POSSIBLE EXTENSION OF THESE
FACILITIES. IN EAGAN, SANITARY SEWER TRUNK SERVICE IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
TO THE MAJORITY OF THE VILLAGE EXCEPT THE SOUTHEASTERN ONE-THIRD. FUTURE
POPULATION DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AT NUMEROUS LOCATIONS WITHIN
THE SEWERED AREA WITH NO HEAVY CONCENTRATION PROJECTED FOR ANY ONE AREA.
ROSEMOUNT'S MAJOR POPULATION GROWTH WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE AREAS
IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE OLD VILLAGE AND ALONG THE METROPOLITAN INTER-
CEPTOR SANITARY SEWER TRUNK CURRENTLY BEING CONSTRUCTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PORTION OF THE VILLAGE BETWEEN TRUNK HIGHWAY 52 AND THE OLD VILLAGE.
THE AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC UTILITIES IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS IS
CONCENTRATED IN THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER. PRESENT PLANS OF THE VILLAGE
ARE TO EXTEND UTILITY SERVICE TO OTHER AREAS ONLY UPON GREAT SHOWING OF
.NEED. THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE VILLAGE IS LIKELY NOT TO BE SERVICED BY
THE UTILITIES OR DEVELOPED FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
HIGHWAYS
ANOTHER CRITERIA IN THE SITE SELECTION PROCESS WAS THE EXISTING AND
FUTURE HIGHWAY NETWORK IN THE THREE COMMUNITIES. WE EXAMINED BOTH
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STATE AND COUNTY ALIGNMENT AND CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR A NUMBER OF MAJOR
ROADWAYS. THE PRIMARY EAST - WEST HIGHWAY FACILITY TO BE CONSTRUCTED
IN THE FUTURE INCLUDES 194 WHICH WILL BE BRIDGED ACROSS THE MINNESOTA RIVER
LOCATED ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF EAGAN AND TIED TO HIGHWAY 1 10 IN THE
VICINITY OF THE VILLAGE OF SUNFISH LAKE. IN ADDITION 135E IN EAGAN IS
SCHEDULED TO BE OPENED IN 1977, ALTHOUGH ALIGNMENT CONTROVERSIES IN ST. r-
PAUL MAY POSTPONE THAT DATE. THE THIRD MAJOR HIGHWAY PROJECT IS THE
LAFAYETTE FREEWAY WHICH HAS BEEN DISCUSSED IN MORE DETAIL UNDER THE
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS GENERAL SUMMARY. "
DAKOTA COUNTY IS PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT A NUMBER OF EAST - WEST J
TRAFFIC ARTERIALS AND AT THE PRESENT TIME ARE CONSIDERING EIGHTEEN (18)
MAJOR ROADWAYS WHICH WERE INCLUDED IN A BARTON & ASHMAN ASSOCIATES
REPORT PROJECTING A NEED FOR NEW ROADWAYS BY 1985 IN NORTHERN DAKOTA
COUNTY. THOSE EAST - WEST HIGHWAYS WHICH ARE PROPOSED BY THE COUNTY FOR � J
STUDY INCLUDE:
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COUNTY ROAD 18 LOCATED IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS
135E LOCATED 1N EAGAN
COUNTY ROAD 26 LOCATED IN EAGAN AND INVER GROVE HEIGHTS
COUNTY ROAD 28 LOCATED IN EAGAN AND INVER GROVE HEIGHTS
COUNTY ROAD 30 LOCATED IN EAGAN
COUNTY ROAD 32 LOCATED IN EAGAN AND INVER GROVE HEIGHTS
STATE HIGHWAY 55 LOCATED IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS AND ROSEMOUNT
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COUNTY ROAD 3$ LOCATED IN ROSEMOUNT
COUNTY ROAD 40 LOCATED IN ROSEMOUNT
COUNTY ROAD 42 LOCATED IN ROSEMOUNT
COUNTY ROAD 46 LOCATED IN ROSEMOUNT
NORTH - SOUTH HIGHWAY FACILITIES WERE ALSO EXAMINED AND IT WOULD
APPEAR THAT DAKOTA COUNTY IS EMPHASIZING THE FOLLOWING POSSIBLE NORTH - SOUTH
HIGHWAY FACILITIES IN ITS TOTAL HIGHWAYS SYSTEM NEEDS PROGRAM.
COUNTY ROAD 23 CEDAR AVENUE)
COUNTY ROAD 31 PILOT KNOB ROAD) IN EAGAN
COUNTY ROAD 43 IN EAGAN
STATE TRUNK HIGHWAY NO. 3 IN EAGAN, INVER GROVE HEIGHTS AND ROSEMOUNT
COUNTY ROAD 73 IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS AND ROSEMOUNT
COUNTY ROAD 71 IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS AND ROSEMOUNT
STATE TRUNK HIGHWAYS 52 AND 55 IN EAGAN AND INVER GROVE HEIGHTS
STATE TRUNK HIGHWAY 56 IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS
COUNTY ROAD 75 IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS
UNFORTUNATELY DAKOTA COUNTY HAS NOT ADOPTED A FINAL COUNTY HIGHWAY
PLAN FOR THE STUDY AREA. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT NORTH - SOUTH TRAFFIC IS GOING
TO BE PRIMARILY HANDLED BY ONLY A FEW HIGHWAYS INCLUDING CEDAR AVENUE, PILOT
KNOB ROAD, TRUNK HIGHWAY 3 AND HIGHWAYS 52-55. OTHER NORTH - SOUTH HIGHWAYS
ARE PROPOSED FOR SHORT DISTANCES AND DO NOT TRAVERSE THE ENTIRE STUDY AREA.
THE TRUNK HIGHWAY 3 CORRIDOR IS SIGNIFICANT IN THE STUDY AREA BECAUSE OF ITS CENTRAL.
LOCATION AND CONTINUITY. IT IS ALSO SIGNIFICANT IN THAT IT CROSSES SEVERAL MAJOR
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PROPOSED EAST — WEST ROUTES IN ALMOST THE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER OF THE STUDY
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AREA. THOSE MAJOR EAST — WEST STREETS INCLUDE COUNTY ROAD 32 _
AND COUNTY ROAD 30.
SITE RECOMMENDATIONS J
ONE SITE POSSIBILITY IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION
19 IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 3 AND STATE
HIGHWAY 49. THIS SITE'S PROXIMITY TO EXISTING AND PROPOSED THOROUGHFARES
IS EXCELLENT, WITH NORTH — SOUTH ACCESS TO STATE HIGHWAYS NO. 3 AND 49,
AND COUNTY ROAD NO. 71. IT HAS EAST — WEST ACCESS ON COUNTY ROAD 30 AND
COUNTY ROAD 32. IT IS VERY WELL CENTRALLY LOCATED WITH ALMOST EQUAL TRAVEL
DISTANCES TO THE FURTHEST BOUNDARIES OF EACH COMMUNITY, EXCEPT EASTERN ROSEMOUNT.
THERE IS A LARGE VACANT BUILDING LOCATED IN THIS GENERAL AREA WHICH —
IS FOR SALE AT THE PRESENT TIME AND PERHAPS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FOR ITS
ADEQUACY AS THE CENTRAL POLICE FACILITY, AS WELL AS OTHER MULTIPLE GOVERNMENT
UESES.
THE BUILDING IS A ONE STORY STRUCTURE, CONSISTING OF 54,600 SQUARE FEET
OF SPACE. THERE IS A TOTAL OF 19.35 ACRES OF LAND WITH THE STRUCTURE, AND
THE CURRENT ASKING PURCHASE PRICE OF THE PROPERTY IS $19000,000. WITHOUT
CONSIDERATION OF THE LAND VALUES, THAT REPRESENTS A SQUARE FOOT COST OF $ 1$.32.
APPROXIMATELY 40%p OF THE TOTAL BUILDING AREA IS COMPLETELY FINISHED
AND PARTITIONED FOR OFFICE SPACE. AN ADDITIONAL 40%p HAS BEEN FINISHED FOR
GENERAL SHOP FACILITIES, WITH THE REMAINING 20%p COMPLETED WITH A CEILING,
CARPETING, BUT WITH NO OFFICE PARTITIONS. A LARGE PARKING LOT HAS BEEN
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COMPLETED AND THE BUILDING IS SERVED WITH THREE LOADING DOCKS. IT IS AIR
CONDITIONED AND IS SERVED WITH NATURAL GAS HEAT.
WE BELIEVE THE PURCHASE PRICE IS REASONABLE BUT THE COMMUNITIES
WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE THE QUANTITY OF THE REMAINING FINISHING WHICH MIGHT
HAVE TO BE DONE INSIDE THE BUILDING. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE WHAT
THAT COST WOULD BE WITHOUT DEFINITIVE USE PLANS, BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE
INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL ACQUISITION COST IF THE BUILDING AS IT NOW SITS IS
NOT TOTALLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE THREE COMMUNITIES.
ONE OF THE BASIC PROBLEMS WITH THE BUILDING IS ITS SIZE, SINCE IT
IS OBVIOUSLY MUCH LARGER THAN NEEDED BY THE THREE COMMUNITIES TO FILL
REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS OF SPACE FOR POLICE NEEDS. IF ADDITIONAL GOVERNMENTAL
UNITS MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN LOCATING FACILITIES THERE, CONSIDERATION OF
THE BUILDING MIGHT BE DESIRABLE. SEVERAL POSSIBILITIES INCLUDE INVER
GROVE HEIGHTS FOR A VILLAGE HALL, AND DAKOTA COUNTY FOR A BRANCH
COURTHOUSE FACILITY IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.
THE SECOND PROPOSED SITE IS LOCATED ONE QUARTER MILE WEST OF
TRUNK HIGHWAY NO. 3 ON THE NORTH SIDE OF COUNTY ROAD NO. 30, AND THE
SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 24 WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF EAGAN. THIS
PROPERTY IS UNDEVELOPED. PROXIMITY TO EXISTING AND PROPOSED THOROUGHFARES
IS EXCELLENT WITH NORTH - SOUTH ACCESS TO TRUNK HIGHWAY NO. 3, AND EAST -
WEST ACCESS TO HIGHWAY NO. 30. THE PROPOSED REALIGNMENT OF COUNTY ROAD
No. 32 AND TRUNK HIGHWAY NO. 49 WILL INTERSECT AT THIS LOCATION. THERE ARE
SEVERAL APPROPRIATE SITES AVAILABLE WITHIN THIS GENERAL AREA. ONE SITE IS
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APPROXIMATELY 128 ACRES IN SIZE AND WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO BE PURCHASED
IN PART IF THAT LOCATION WERE CHOSEN BY THE THREE COMMUNITIES. THIS SITE
IS ALSO WITHIN EQUAL DISTANCE OF MOST BOUNDARIES.
THE THIRD SITE PROPOSAL IS LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF
SECTION 19 IN THE VILLAGE OF INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, APPROXIMATELY 1,000
FEET WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD NO. 71 AND TRUNK HIGHWAY
NO. 3, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF COUNTY ROAD NO. 71 . THIS PROPERTY IS ALSO
LARGELY UNDEVELOPED AND WOULD LEND ITSELF WELL TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF
THE REQUIRED BUILDING. PROXIMITY TO EXISTING AND PROPOSED THOROUGHFARES ,
IS GOOD WITH NORTH — SOUTH ACCESS TO TRUNK HIGHWAY NO. 3 AND TRUNK HIGHWAY
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NO. 49, AND COUNTY ROAD NO. 71. EAST — WEST ACCESS WOULD BE PROVIDED
BY COUNTY ROADS NO. 30 AND 32. THIS SITE IS NOT AS CENTRALLY LOCATED AS rte.
THE FIRST TWO.
A FOURTH POSSIBLE SITE SELECTION LIES APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE SOUTH
OF THE OTHER RECOMMENDED SITES. IT 1S LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF
COUNTY ROAD 32 AND TRUNK HIGHWAY NO. 3. THE SITE COULD BE SELECTED ON
ANY OF THE INTERSECTION QUADRANTS AND WOULD HAVE RELATIVELY GOOD NORTH —
SOUTH ACCESS BY TRUNK HIGHWAY 3, AND EAST — WEST ACCESS BY COUNTY ROAD 32
AND COUNTY ROAD 30.
THIS SITE WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE CLOSER TO THE CURRENT
POPULATION CONCENTRATIONS IN ROSEMOUNT IF THAT BECOMES A MAJOR POLICY
QUESTION IN THE DELIBERATIONS ON SITES. HOWEVER, WE FEEL THAT THE FIRST
THREE POSSIBLE SITE SELECTIONS WOULD BETTER SERVE THE CURRENT AND FUTURE
POPULATION DISTRIBUTIONS OF THE THREE COMMUNITIES.
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FINANCE
IT WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR THE COMMUNITIES TO RAISE SUFFICIENT
REVENUES TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY, CONSTRUCT THE BUILDING AND FURNISH IT.
WHILE SOME SUBSIDY MIGHT BE AVAILABLE FROM OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES,
1T IS LIKELY THAT THE MAJOR BURDEN WILL FALL UPON THE VILLAGES OF EAGAN,
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS AND ROSEMOUNT.
THE FEDERAL OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE STREETS ACT OF
1968, AS AMENDED, IS ADMINISTERED IN MINNESOTA BY THE GOVERNOR'S
COMMISSION ON CRIME PREVENTION AND CONTROL. THERE IS PROVISION IN
THAT PROGRAM FOR 50% FUNDING OF CAPITAL PROGRAMS INVOLVING THE CON-
STRUCTION OF POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT FACILITIES. HOWEVER THOSE
PROJECTS HAVE A RELATIVELY LOW PRIORITY IN MINNESOTA, AND DISCUSSIONS
WITH STAFF MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNOR'S CRIME COMMISSION HAVE INDICATED
THAT 50%p FUNDING IS MOST UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME. THOSE STAFF MEMBERS
APPEARED ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE COORDINATION CONCEPT BEING DEVELOPED
IN THE THREE VILLAGES AND INDICATED THAT SOME ASSISTANCE MIGHT BE
AVAILABLE IF THE COMMUNITIES COULD DEMONSTRATE COMPLETE CAPABILITY
OF FINANCING A MAJOR PART OF THE BUILDING, PREFERABLY WITH .THEIR OWN
FUNDS COMBINED WITH OTHER MONIES FROM COUNTY OR FEDERAL PROGRAMS.
THE CRIME COMMISSION STAFF MEMBERS INDICATED THAT THE MAXIMUM SUPPORT
WHICH COULD BE EXPECTED FROM THEIR AGENCY VOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $60,000
TO $70,000, AND THERE WAS NO GUARANTEE THAT EVEN THAT LEVEL OF FUNDING
WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN ANY PARTICULAR PERIOD OF TIME. SINCE THE CRIME
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COMMISSION IS STILL DEALING WITH ANNUAL FUNDING, ANY 1974 FUNDING REQUESTS
WILL BE CONSIDERED IN JANUARY. THEREFORE THE APPLICATION FOR ANY FUNDS
WOULD HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE REGION G ADVISORY COUNCIL BY LATE SUMMER OR
EARLY FALL 1973. J
THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER FEDERAL PROGRAMS WHICH MIGHT LEND
ASSISTANCE TO THIS PROGRAM. ONE IS THE CIVIL DEFENSE PROGRAM, ADMINISTERED
BY THE MINNESOTA STATE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL DEFENSE WH ICH PROVIDES FUNDS
FOR CERTAIN EMERGENCY CAPABILITIES IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS. THAT FUNDING IS
NORMALLY LIMITED TO SPECIFIC EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT OR THE ADDITIONAL COSTS .
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INCURRED BY CONSTRUCTING ADDED BUILDING SAFEGUARDS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY
EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL. IN ADDITION, THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT
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OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE HAS A PROGRAM WHICH IS AVAILABLE FOR
PURCHASE OF SOME FIRE DEPARTMENT EQUIPMENT. WE ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH
THAT PROGRAM AND DO NOT KNOW OF ANYONE WHO HAS RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE PROGRAM
IN THIS AREA. IT DOES WARRANT INVESTIGATION HOWEVER, PARTICULARLY SINCE
THE PROPOSED RADIO SYSTEM WOULD INVOLVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THE
CRIME COMMISSION FUNDS 'CAN NOT BE USED FOR ADDITIONAL CAPABILITIES
DESIGNED INTO THE SYSTEM FOR FIRE DISPATCH SERVICES.
ANOTHER POSSIBLE SOURCE OF FUNDING IS DAKOTA COUNTY. SEVERAL
COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE INDICATED SOME INTEREST IN THIS PROJECT FOR
THE PURPOSE OF LOCATING CERTAIN BRANCH OR DIVISIONS OF COUNTY DEPARTMENTS
IN THE FACILITY TO SERVICE RESIDENTS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. IT
IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS MATTER BE PURSUED IN GREATER DETAIL BY THE
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THREE COMMUNITIES. IF THE COUNTY INDICATED SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST IN THE
BUILDING IT MIGHT BE NECESSARY TO EXPAND THE BUILDING SLIGHTLY, ALTHOUGH
IN THE EARLY YEARS THE BUILDING AS CURRENTLY PLANNED WILL HAVE AMPLE
T ROOM FOR ADDITIONAL PURPOSES, SINCE THE THREE DEPARTMENTS WILL NOT NEED
ALL OF THE DESIGNED SPACE DURING THE MIDDLE 1970"s.
IN ANY EVENT, OUR PROJECTED ALLOCATION OF COST TO THE THREE
COMMUNITIES INDICATES THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO RAISE $375,000 IN NEW FUNDS
TO CONSTRUCT THE BUILDING. IT WILL PROBABLY BE NECESSARY FOR THE COM-
MUNITIES
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MUNITIES TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION BUILDING BONDS, PLEDGING THE FULL
FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE COMMUNITY TO THEIR REPAYMENT. THE COMMUNITIES
WOULD LEVY TAXES TO SUPPORT THE DEBT SERVICE ON THE ISSUE. IT IS LEGALLY
POSSIBLE FOR EACH COMMUNITY TO HAVE A REFERENDUM FOR THE FACILITY, WITH
EACH COMMUNITY ISSUING A REPRESENTATIVE SHARE OF THE BONDS NEEDED TO
FINANCE ITS ALLOCATED PORTION OF THE BUILDING. THE PRIMARY ADVANTAGE
OF THIS SYSTEM 1S THAT THE LEVY FOR DEBT SERVICE IS NOT AT THIS TIME SUBJECT
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TO THE LEVY LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY THE STATE OF MINNESOTA ON MUNICIPALITIES.
A SECOND METHOD WOULD BE TO HAVE ONE COMMUNITY HOLD THE REFERENDUM,
ISSUE THE BONDS, AND ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE OTHER TWO-COM—
MUNITIES
WO COM—MUNITIES TO ANNUALLY PAY THEIR REPRESENTATIVE SHARE OF COST AS ALLOCATED.
HOWEVER, THE LEVY MADE TO PAY LEASE COSTS WOULD BE SUBJECT IN OUR OPINION TO
THE LEVY LIMITATIONS AND THAT MIGHT POSE A SEVERE HARDSHIP ON THE TWO
COMMUNITIES SO INVOLVED.
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WE HAVE LISTED BELOW A POSSIBLE DEBT SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR THE
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ISSUANCE OF 20 YEAR BONDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $375,000, ISSUED AT A NET RATE -
OF 5.20%p. YOU WILL NOTE THAT THE FIRST MATURITY WOULD BE DUE IN 1975,
THE LAST MATURITY DUE IN 1994. THE AVERAGE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE ON THIS
PROGRAM WOULD BE $30,749.
$375,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION
BUILDING BONDS
5.20%
PRINCIPAL INTEREST TOTAL
1975 $ 101,000 $ 19,500 $ 29,500 `J
1976 101000 18,980 28,980
1977 10,000 18,460 28,460
1978 15,000 17,940 32,940
1979 15,000 17, 160 329160
1980 15,000 16,380 311380
1981 15,000 15,600 30,600
1982 15,000 14,820 29,820
1983 15,000 14,040 29,040
1984 151,000 13,260 28,260
1985 20,000 12,480 329480
1986 20,000 11,1440 31,440
1987 209000 109400 30,400
T988 20,000 91360
29,360 ,
1989 25,000 8,320 33,320
1990 25,000 7,020 32,020
1991 25.,000 5,720 30,720
1992 25,000 4,420 29,420
1993 30,000 39120 33, 120
1994 30,000
111560 31,1560
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$375,000 $239,1980 $614,980
AVERAGE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE -- $30,1749
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WE HAVE SHOWN BELOW THE POSSIBLE EFFECT OF COST ALLOCATION OF
DEBT SERVICE BASED ON THE SAME FACTORS UTILIZED FOR ALLOCATION OF COM-
MUNICATION COSTS. THESE ALTERNATES INCLUDE 100%p OF COST ALLOCATION
BASED ON CURRENT 1972 ESTIMATED POPULATIONS, 100%p COST ALLOCATION
BASED ON CURRENT ASSESSED TAX VALUES, AND THE THIRD ALTERNATE BASED
ON THE COMBINED FACTORS, WEIGHTING EACH ONE EQUALLY.
POSSIBLE COST ALLOCATION
DEBT SERVICE ON CENTRAL FACILITY
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POPULATION ASSESSED VALUE COMBINED FORMULA
-, EAGAN $129546 $14,298 $13,422
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS 13,898 9,717 11,807
ROSEMOUNT 41305 6, 734 59519
$30,749 $30, 749 $30, 748
BECAUSE OF DIFFERING TAX RESOURCES IN THE THREE COMMUNITIES, THE ALLOCATION
OF ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE WILL HAVE A VARYING EFFECT, AND A VARYING REQUIRED
TAX LEVY. WE HAVE SHOWN BELOW THE ACTUAL ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAX MILL
RATE REQUIRED IN EACH COMMUNITY TO PAY THE ANNUAL AVERAGE DEBT SERVICE,
BASED ON THE USE OF THE COMBINATION FACTOR FORMULA. CURRENT ASSESSED
VALUATIONS WERE USED IN THE COMPUTATION.
UNIT MILL RATE
EAGAN .256
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS .331
ROSEMOUNT .224
THE LEVY OF THAT ADDITIONAL TAX WOULD INCREASE THE ANNUAL TAX PAYMENT
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AS FOLLOWS ON VARIOUS VALUED PROPERTIES.
HOMESTEADED RESIDENTIAL
MARKET VALUE EAGAN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS ROSEMOUNT
$15,000 $1.08 $1.39 $ .94
1 .59 2.05 1 .39
20,000 1 .93
26,000 2.20 2.85
3.02 3.91 2.64
34,000
40,000
3.64 4.70 3. 18
50,000
4.66 6.02 4.08
COMMERCIAL-INDUSTRIAL --
$30,000
$3.30 $4.27 $2.89
50,000
5.50 7. 12 4.82
7.22
75,000 8,26 10.67
100,000
11.01 14.23 9.63
HOMESTEADED AGRICULTURAL
$35,000 $2.58 $3.33 $2.26
50,000 3.86 4.99 3.38
75,000 5.99 7.75 5.24
100,000 8. 12 10.50 7.11
WE RECOMMEND THAT PRIOR TO THE CONDUCT OF A BOND ELECTION IN ANY OF THE
THREE COMMUNITIES THAT THE UNITS INVOLVED RETAIN AN ARCHITECT TO COMPLETE THE
DESIGN CONCEPT AND PREPARE PRELIMINARY PLANS FOR THE BUILDING. THAT SHOULD
INSURE THAT THE CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATES ARE CURRENT, AND THAT ALL RELATED COSTS
FOR LAND ACQUISITION, DEVELOPMENT, AND FURNISHING THE BUILDING ARE INCLUDED.
THIS WILL PROVIDE REASONABLE ASSURANCE THAT ONCE THE BOND ELECTIONS ARE HELD
THAT SUFFICIENT MONIES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO CONSTRUCT A BUILDING WHICH CLEARLY
FITS EVERYONE`S REASONABLE NEEDS.
IN ADDITION TO THE ALLOCATION OF DEBT SERVICE COSTS IT WILL BE NECESSARY
TO ALLOCATE THE COST FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE BUILDING. WHILE WE HAVE INCLUDED
A CUSTODIAN'S SALARY IN THE 1985 PERSONNEL PROJECTIONS, IT W ULD BE NECESSARY
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