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Article: Officials make no decision on use of parking ramp.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- December 17, 1996
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Federal officials showed off security measures inside the new U.S. Courthouse in Minneapolis on Monday and met behind closed doors to consider concerns that a new public parking ramp beneath the front plaza could be vulnerable to a terrorist car-bomb attack.
No decisions were made about the underground ramp, but in a joint statement, the General Services Administration (GSA) and the city announced that they would continue to work together to improve security and would review recommendations at another meeting Jan. 9.
The U.S. marshal's office, which sent a representative to the meeting, has proposed closing the ramp to the public and replacing it with contract parking ...