HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990 08-07 CCP Special Session CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
AUGUST 7, 1990
SPECIAL SESSION
CITY HALL
11:30 a.m.
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Resolution:
a. Resolution Authorizing Polling Location Change for
Precinct 1
4. Adjournment
CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER Council Meeting Date 8/7/90
Agenda Item Number
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION
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ITEM DESCRIPTION:
CHANGING POLLING LOCATION FOR PRECINCT 1
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MANAGER'S REVIEW /RECOMMENDATION:
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SUMMARY EXPLANATION: (supplemental sheets attached
For many years when the City had lever voting machines, voters in Precinct 1 voted at Harron
Methodist Church, 5452 Dupont Avenue North. One lever machine was placed right inside the
entrance making voting accessible for handicapped persons. This facility easily accommodated the
large turnout from this precinct. However, in 1988 when the City purchased optical scan equipment,
this facility was no longer handicap accessible and other arrangements for a polling place had to be
made. The new Centerbrook Clubhouse was chosen because it met all legal requirements for a polling
location and was handicap accessible. After the heavy turnout for the November 1988 presidential
election, we found it was just too small to handle the voters in this precinct.
We have contacted the pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Triune God, 5827 Humboldt Avenue
North, and the trustees have granted us permission to use their facilities for holding elections in
Precinct I. This facility is one block outside of the precinct, but within the legal limits allowed by
law and is also handicap accessible.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended the polling location for Precinct 1 be changed to Lutheran Church of the Triune
God, 5827 Humboldt Avenue North.
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Member introduced the following resolution
and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING POLLING LOCATION CHANGE FOR PRECINCT 1
WHEREAS, Chapter 204B.16 of Minnesota Statutes provides that
the City Council designate polling places; and
WHEREAS, the present polling location for Precinct 1,
located at Centerbrook Clubhouse, 5500 North Lilac Drive is not
large enough to accommodate the heavy turnout of voters in that
precinct; and
WHEREAS, the Lutheran Church of the Triune God, 5827
Humboldt Avenue North, meets all legal requirements and can
accommodate Precinct 1 as a polling location:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the polling location for
Precinct 1 be changed to the Lutheran Church of the Triune God,
5827 Humboldt Avenue North.
Date Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly
seconded by member I and upon vote being
taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
and the following voted against the same:
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.