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| County to sound off on state prison plan |
| By The Gainesville Sun |
| Published: 01/26/2009 |
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FLORIDA - The state Department of Corrections may learn on Tuesday how the Alachua County Commission feels about a proposal to build a new prison and mental health facility on NE 39th Avenue. Discussion of the facility was a late addition last week to the agenda for Tuesday's meeting after commissioners learned that the state plans to file for the permitting to build a complex that eventually will cost in the $250 million range. "Commissioner (Rodney) Long has asked for me to place the issue of the State Correctional Facility on the Agenda," County Manager Randall Reid wrote in an e-mail to commissioners. "He would like us to be prepared to discuss the policy options the Commission has to influence this location decision by the State immediately," Reid wrote. Long was critical of the idea when it first surfaced last summer. He believes too many correctional facilities are already on 39th Avenue by the Gainesville Regional Airport and that it could dampen attempts to lure more business to the vicinity. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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