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Home My WebLink About15.F.2. Establish New Precinct Boundaries 15.F.;L , CITY OF SHAKOPEE Memorandum COt~SENT TO: Mayor and City Council Mark McNeill, City Administrator FROM: Judith S. Cox, City Clerk r SUBJECT: Establishing New Precinct Boundaries DATE: April 30, 2004 INTRODUCTION: City Council is asked to give direction to staff on a proposal to create two additional precincts for the City of Shakopee. ) BACKGROUND: In 2002, after the 2000 census and the 2002 legislative redistricting, the City increased its precinct boundaries from seven to ten, Exhibit A. Shakopee has grown and continues to grow in population necessitating the need to increase the precincts again, from ten to twelve. Any new precincts must be established and approved by City Council no later than June 1 st. CONSIDERATIONS: While determining boundaries for new precincts within the City of Shakopee, staff took several things into consideration: I. All precincts must follow clearly recognizable physical features: streets, railroad tracks, rivers, streams, drainage ditch, etc. 2. Try to create precincts with a population around 2,500. Depending upon the size of the polling place, this number makes the election process the most manageable. 3. Consider expected growth in population given the preliminary and final plat approvals to date. 4. All polling places must be located within the precinct or within 3,000 feet ofthe precinct. ALTERNATIVES: 1. Divide Precincts 7 and 9 creating four as opposed to two precincts. This is the area where the current growth is the greatest and where the polling places are no longer large enough to accommodate the increased number of voters. Exhibit A outlines the current boundaries and identifies the current polling places. Exhibit B outlines the proposed boundaries. The state multiplier of2.89 x each unit was used to arrive at an estimated population to include the population in plats that have received preliminary and final approval. 2. Divide Precinct 7 into two precincts. Although the projected population in southerly portion of Precinct 7 is smaller than the northerly portion (New Precinct 12), future growth will occur in the southerly portion. 3. Divide Precinct 9 into two precincts. The projected population in the southerly portion of Precinct 9 is larger than the northerly portion (New Precinct 11). After further development occurs to the east creating additional east/west roads, we will take another look at how best to define the precinct boundaries. There are limited options to creating new precincts in the growing areas of the city while following the statutory requirements noted above. Considerable thought went into how best to create new boundaries to keep the number of voters in each precinct to a manageable number, given the size of the polling places. Please keep in mind that the average number of registered voters in each precinct is about one-half of the population and the actual voter turn out is less than that. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends alternative number I, dividing Precincts 7 and 9 thereby creating four, as shown on Exhibit B. This alternative only impacts some ofthe voters in Precincts 7 and 9. All voters who are moving to a new precinct and/or polling place will receive notice prior to the primary election on September 14th, according to law. POLLING PLACES: The voters in the southerly portion of Precinct 7 will continue to vote at the Faith Lutheran Church and will receive no notification of a change. The voters in the northerly portion of Precinct 7 (New Precinct 12) will vote at the Presbyterian Church on Marschall Road and Shakopee A venue. They will receive notification of the change. The polling place for the voters in Precinct 3, currently voting at the Presbyterian Church, will be moved to the Central Family Center at 5th and Lewis. They will receive notification of the change. The voters in the southerly portion of Precinct 9 will continue to vote at the Cross of Peace Church and will receive no notification of a change. The voters in the northerly portion of Precinct 9 (New Precinct 11) will vote at the Shakopee Catholic Education Center in the gym. They will receive notification of the change. We have received preliminary approval for the use of the Shakopee Catholic Education Center and for continuing to use the Central Family Center as polling places. The Shakopee School District asked that we try not to use the Junior High School or Sun Path Elementary as polling places due to the crowded conditions and the limited parking. In order to accommodate this request staff recommends relocating the Presbyterian Church polling place for the voters in Precinct 3 to the Central Family Center and using the Presbyterian Church as the polling place for the voters in the northerly portion of Precinct 7 (New Precinct 12). The appropriate resolution incorporating this change will come before Council at a later time. The polling place for the voters in Precinct 2 will return to the Library. You may remember that we have been using the Central Family Center as the polling place during the construction of the new Library. They will receive notification of the change. COST IMPLICATIONS: The cost for mailing notices to affected residents as well as purchasing two new precinct counters for the new precincts were budgeted for 2004. RECOMMENDED ACTION: If Council concurs with the staff recommendation: Direct staff and the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance for consideration by the Council that will create two precincts out of both Precinct 7 and Precinct 9 as outlined on Exhibit B. I:\c1erk\Precincts-new -- - ~.- -.- --------.- 2002-2003 PRECINT BOUNDARIES EXHIBIT A -,v>' ~" I ~ LEGEND ~ 1 11'2; V<1LL I I' I ~ 1" 4TH 'fEy lNDlJST1I. I to ~ T I 1/;L PARK' I , ... '" :l1,~ ,i;; . ~ COUNTY ROAD 101 I ~ . . . JI~ " ;L!rr 'kS~;AYII 4 ~Y<1L '" I CRETEX I. IQ~ ~"" Munlclple Boundary Line III . fii LEYlND G; I ij<\, 00 SWAPS ;;J I UsT1l.1/; ... r I ,,0 .--, o,scr,P\:' ~ L$" '~4,"~ L.....-J Voting Precints '" II lITH" i:: ~ it'~1-< ;JJ ~ ! 1~ ~ <>l i)\]rujl s j< ~ "., " ~ .. 2002VotingPoIIPlaces U l:ti [IT S' 12TH > .. til',."li" f~ ,,', ,~u -< C,ORDIOITOSBHWYI69 9TOCO'RD101 0:" , ^. D 10 NBHwY16 " .:.' 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()~'+ <>l !i I T J ,,," 1 FIre StatIOn - 334 West 2nd Avenue 2186 " '1 ~\ 111' 2 Central Family Gym - 132 5th Avenue East 2275 ~ ~ 45I,H I 1 3 Presbyterian Church - 909 Marschall Road South 3183 ~ 4 Fire Station - 2700 Vierling Drive E/ 3083 Pine Tree Lane 2007 - 5 Lion's Park Youth Buildin - 1121 lIth Ave W/l099 Adams St 2268 I 13RlpG\:. " 6 Community Center - 1255 Fuller Street 2405 I I j L~ ~. I[ 7 Faith Lutheran Church - 150 BOth Street W 1598 ~ 8 Calv United Methodist - 2488 Vierling Drive E 2383 - j I t 1 I 9 Cross of Peace Lutheran - 1506 Wood Duck Trail 1151 r I T -'1 I" I I 10 Red Oak Elementa School - 7700 Old Carria e Ct 1112 I l. _____. ___ ,--..__.,' """-._______...__,._.~.,...._____.,_.>__.__ ~_._~,_____..___ .___..__ 2004 PROPOSED PRECINCT BOUNDARIES EXHIBIT B I ~ I Jt .-lLLEy 'I Municiple Boundary Line ~ <;) 4TH ,~ /JvDlJs \ '" , 1'1/L1.L CJ Voting Precints ;;j ;.. ~ PARK '" EAST~AY 4 COUNTY ROAD 101 ",' t" r S ~ c: Jt.-lLLlil' >- CREIEX ~~<\> ~" l ~ /JvDlJS1'1/::J (,0 SWAPS ",0 . Voting Poll Places l; Cp$Cl'~" ~ ~ L1.LS b'" ~> l~lP :I: ~.f '" lITH S; !:: ~ ,~ ;;J r-- " <Ll j u' 8'~u 12TH ~ ~ ~ ~ I 1 0 cow,,,ro~";:;~~,,,roco"""' '" ^ ONYX 13TH m6 h " DERBY - ~i "'I N 9 f.. W+E u! II ""',,' ~~, ~ 1 !l 11" 69 ,~ u I I '" + l' I o 0 c:>, HANs ' I ~Ol?b I ~-1. ~ <5 ~, ~ EN II I I ! 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Lewis Street 2275 "1 0"'" ~ ' -j ]'Tfl \\ 11 - 3 Central Family G m - 132 5th Avenue East 3348 ~"~ <:lA' II I ~ I , ~ ) I j 4 Fire Station - 2700 Vierling Drive EI 3083 Pine Tree Lane 3299 .:. fj;R 35TH ~ ' ~ r I \l;:", I 5 Lion's Park Youth Buildin -1121 11th Ave WI 1099 Adams St 2291 6 Community Center - 1255 Fuller Street 2567 J -1 I r" ",' 7 Faith Lutheran Church - 150 BOth Street W 1841 I r ~R\pGB 11~ 8 Calv United Methodist - 2488 Vierling Drive E 2412 - [, 'r: I- I J , Lt '/ 9 Cross of Peace Lutheran - 1506 Wood Duck Trail 3059 ~~ j 10 Red Oak Elementary School - 7700 Old Carriage Ct 4621 'I II 11 r 11 Shako ee Area Catholic School - 2700 17th Ave. E. 2158 12 Presb terian Church - 909 Marschall Road South 2617