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WS – Item 1 <br />WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />Work Session Item No. 1 <br /> <br />Date: <br /> <br />October 11, 2021 <br />To: <br /> <br />City Council <br />From: <br /> <br />Julie Bartell, City Clerk <br />Re: 2022 Election Polling Locations and Redistricting Update <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />Staff has been reviewing election polling places within the City in light of the following: <br /> <br />- Moving away from school facilities for election polling and the need to designate <br />a new polling location; <br />- Redistricting that will occur in 2022, possibility necessitating a process of <br />drawing new voting precinct lines for the City; <br />- New residential development. <br /> <br />Move from School Building – Rice Lake Elementary has been the Precinct 7 polling location <br />for many years. Staff is planning that the 2021 election will be the last where school facilities <br />are utilized and recommends designating Lino Lakes Fire Station No. 2 as a new polling <br />place. Cities are required to pass a resolution annually designating polling locations for the <br />coming year. <br /> <br />Redistricting - Data (from the state redistricting process) should be available to the county in <br />mid-February and moved on to cities within a month. Changes are required if state <br />legislative lines change – precincts cannot cross those lines. <br /> <br />Residential Development – As new residential development occurs in the City, it’s important <br />to ensure that adequate and convenient polling locations are in place. <br /> <br />Additions or changes to polling locations and precinct lines would best be addressed as part of <br />the redistricting process in 2022. <br /> <br />Requested Council Direction <br /> <br />1. Authorize staff to bring forward a resolution designating 2022 polling locations with a <br />change from the school to the fire station. <br />2. Direct staff to continue to review options to meet the City’s future polling place needs.