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AGENDA ITEM NO. 14B STAFF ORIGINATOR DATE TOPIC Marilyn Ande May 7, 1996 Consideration of a Rainesl No. 3 into Two Precincts n, Clerk -T BACKGROUND: Residential growth in the City has created a need to divide voter Precinct No. 3. Currently Precinct No. 1 has 1,295 registered voters, Precinct No. 2 has 2,339 registered voters and Precinct No. 3 has 3,185 registered voters. Anoka County, Division of Elections reconimends that there be no more than 1500 registered voters in any one precinct. Although Precinct No. 2 has more than the recommended registered vters, I am not recommending that it to divided at this time. I have made arrangements with Living Waters Lutheran Church for use of their social hall to conduct both the primary and general elections this year. They have indicated that their social hall will be available for future elections. This means that there will be two (2) prec very clt together. However, there are no other public buildings in this _ion o ti c City I am recommending' kat the City Council approve the Liv v I propose to divide Precinct No. 3. a recognizable land mark such as a street, railroad . m dividing Precinct No. 3, I used Birch Street as a Street (County Road J) as a boundary to the south, Hodgson Road (Highway 49) as a boundary to the west and 12th AvenuelHolly Drive as the boundary to the east. All areas within these boundaries would be Precinct No. 3 and all areas outside of theme boundaries would be Precinct No. 4. Precinct No. 3 would have 1720 registered voters and Precinct No. 4 would have 1444 registered v After the 2000 federal census, the state will be redistr cted. This may mean. boundaries of current precincts must be rearranged to coincide with the district boundaries. I suggest, at that time, all of the precincts be evaluated and boundaries