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elections for the City of Mounds View, in a similar manner as our arrangement with Arden <br /> Hills.) <br /> From my perspective, having everyone in the City vote at a single location enables me to more <br /> efficiently staff the polling places with election judges, reduces the cost of supplying and <br /> transporting election materials as well as the voting equipment to and from the polling places, <br /> and makes communications with the voters simpler. <br /> The City currently has a polling place at Presbyterian Homes. Due to construction,this location <br /> will not be available for use in 2012. As a result, it will be necessary to relocate this polling place <br /> location in any event. The City also has a polling place at Valentine Hills School. In our past <br /> experience conducting the school district elections in 2009 and 2011 from this location, we <br /> found that the parking for voters is inadequate, particularly in state elections when the voter <br /> turnout is high, since most spaces are taken by the teachers and staff. In addition,the space <br /> made available to us at the school is less than ideal. <br /> Finally, I anticipate that we are not far from having the legislature authorize us to use vote <br /> centers, which are facilities where the voters from many precincts are able to vote on the days <br /> before the election as well as on election day. Having some hands-on experience operating out <br /> of one facility for all City voters would be of real value to us and our voters. <br /> Both precinct boundaries and polling place locations can be changed by the council if needed in <br /> the spring of each state election year. As a result, any decision made this year could be revisited <br /> in 2014 based on our operational experience in 2012. <br /> Please let me know if you have any questions about either the proposed precinct boundaries or <br /> the single location for our polling places. <br />