Politics & Government
Burnsville Polling Precincts: Then and Now
Burnsville City Clerk Macheal Brooks offered the city council a glimpse of the city's new precinct map formulated in the wake of the legislative redistricting plan.
When Minnesota's redistricting plan was released on Feb. 21, a little over a third of Burnsville's 17 precincts were divided by the new lines.
"They were split and needed to be redrawn, but we tried to keep as many lines the same as we could," City Clerk Macheal Brooks said during a workshop with the city council on Tuesday. "We also tried to pay attention to senate district boundaries and population."
Brooks said most polling sites should draw between 3,500 to 4,000 people. There are a few new sites: Eden Baptist Church, which is still under construction, and Burnhaven Library, which previously was on hiatus due to renovations. The council will formally consider the new precinct map at its upcoming meeting on Tuesday. The public is invited to attend and comment on the map.
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The new precinct list is as follows:
Precinct Proposed Polling Site Legislative District Population 1 Sioux Trail Elementary 51A 2 St. James Lutheran Church 56A 3 Vista View Elementary 56A 4 Sky Oaks Elementary 56B 5 Eden Baptist Church 51A 6 William Byrne Elementary 51A 7 Edward D. Neill Elementary 56A 8 Burnsville City Hall 56B 9 Gideon Pond Elementary 51A 10 Mary, Mother of the Church 51A 11 Crossroads Church 56B 12 Grace United Methodist Church 56B 13 Berean Baptist Church 56B 14 Echo Park Elementary 56B 15 Episcopal Church of the Nativity 56B 16 Buck Hill Ski Resort 56B 17 Burnhaven Library 56AFind out what's happening in Burnsvillewith free, real-time updates from Patch.
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