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R F S 0 L U T I 0 N
WHEREAS, the North Central Texas Council of Governments in coop-
eration with local governments has developed a Proposed Regional Corrections
Plan; and
WHEREAS, one specific area of the proposed plan includes the possible
.i , .,iopinent of a Ee:,ional Corrections Center; and
WHEREAS, the North Central Texas Council of Governments and some
local governments in the region have expressed a need for more detailed in-
formation upon which appropriate decisions might be based; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Corrections has staffed a unit to
carry out detail planning with respect to facility size, program require-
ments, acreage needed to support facilities, proposed prisoner population,
and other information necessary for logical decision making,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
THAT the City Council of the City of Fort Worth join with the North
Central Texas Council of Governments and other local governmental units
throughout the region in requesting the Texas Department of Corrections
conduct a short-term detailed study relative to a Regional Corrections Center.