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� � w <br />DISCUSSION RE HELPING SHERIFF ERADICATE DRUG PROBLEM ON OSLO ROAD <br />Commissioner Bird informed the Board that he and Acting <br />Administrator Collins met with Sheriff in regard to the on-going <br />problem on Oslo Road and the bad publicity the county is getting. <br />This is a small area geographically compared to the rest of the <br />county and the Sheriff is doing all that he can. However, <br />Commissioner Bird believed the Board may need to do more and he <br />would like to see us pursue whatever options we have to clean up <br />that rat's nest for everyone. He advised that the Sheriff has <br />suggested several things we could do to help his department such <br />as demolishing and removing dilapidated abandoned structures in <br />that area which are being used by drug dealers - going in and <br />underbrushing certain areas there that are heavily overgrown - <br />and also possibly closing some of the roads in the area that are <br />not being used as access for any residential units but that do <br />make good get -away areas. Commissioner Bird noted that he has <br />asked Acting Administrator Collins to research our ordinances <br />about this. Our normal process with Code Enforcement is very <br />lengthy, and it seems there may be away .to shorten this in an <br />emergency situation. <br />Commissioner Eggert believed there-are.a number of people in <br />the area working with the Sheriff's Department to get a Crime <br />Watch area set up and what really upsets her is the sensation- <br />alizing in the headlines. Commissioner Eggert noted that <br />businesses in the area were very upset when people called them <br />and were afraid to bring their cars in to be repaired. She goes <br />to this area fairly frequently and she felt that even compared to <br />a month ago, there has been a great deal of differ- <br />ence in the number of people out on the roads. Commissioner <br />Eggert agreed there is a problem, but felt some of it has been <br />broken out of proportion and the Sheriff's Department has not <br />been given the credit they deserve. <br />Commissioner Wheeler had a couple of suggestions - first, <br />additional street lighting and secondly, building the third phase <br />AUG 22 31 19 81 na 73 <br />