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<br />~ <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 87-15 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING LEGAL ACTION <br />CHALLENGING THE CLOSING OF RAMSEY COUNTY <br />SUBURBAN COURTS AND THE TRANSFER OF <br />CERTAIN COURT FUNCTIONS TO THE <br />COURTHOUSE IN ST. PAUL <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Ramsey County Court System presently includes <br /> <br />the holding of court in the cities of Roseville, New Brighton, <br /> <br />White Bear Lake, North St. Paul, and Maplewood (the Suburban <br /> <br />Courts) in accordance with Minnesota Statutes Section 488A.18 <br /> <br />Subdivisions 10 and 13i and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, by Order dated December 15, 1986, entitled "In Re: <br /> <br />The Phased Reduction of the Number of Suburban Court Locations II <br /> <br />the Chief Judge of Ramsey County District Court ordered the <br /> <br />administrative staff of the Ramsey County Courts "... to proceed <br /> <br />with all due dispatch to reduce the number of suburban sites at <br /> <br />which court operations are conducted."i and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, by separate Order of the same date entitled "In Re: <br />. <br /> <br />The Relocation of Criminal and Traffic Jury Trials From Suburban <br /> <br />Court Locations to St. Paul, II the Chief Judge of the Ramsey <br /> <br />County District Court ordered "... that all Gross Misdemeanor and <br /> <br />Misdemeanor matters previously scheduled for trial by jury at <br /> <br />suburban locations be scheduled at the st. Paul location. This <br /> <br />Order shall be effective concurrent with the commencement of the <br /> <br />new merged court assignment system this Spring."i and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Council finds that the closing of the Suburban <br /> <br />Courts or the relocation of trials from the Suburban Courts to <br /> <br />.., <br /> <br />... <br />