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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY July 5, 2022
City Council
STAFF
Anissa Hollingshead, City Clerk
Rita Knoll, Chief Deputy City Clerk
Carrie Daggett, City Attorney
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 084, 2022, Amending the City of Fort Collins District-Precinct Map Following
the Decennial Census.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to amend the City’s district boundaries following the decennial census in
compliance with Section 7-87 of the City Code, including aligning City precinct boundaries with County precinct
boundaries.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading with the Council’s selected option for district
boundary map.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
Adjustment of City district boundaries (aka redistricting) must occur following certain triggers in the City
Charter, including the decennial census. The deadline to complete this process is 180 days prior to the next
regular City election (currently scheduled in April 2023). The City Cler k’s Office has prepared a report outlining
the process followed in 2022. (Attachment 1)
The Council’s Election Code Committee has been considering options prepared by the City’s GIS Division.
Materials first provided at the April 18 Election Code Committe e meeting included two initial options for
potential new district boundaries. After an initial review, the committee opted to continue consideration of these
options at the May 9 meeting, at which time additional reports were provided from the City Clerk o utlining the
redistricting process and from the Colorado Municipal League on considerations for municipal redistricting in
Colorado. The number of options the City’s GIS division was able to produce for consideration was constrained
by the requirements of the Charter and Code, including the requirement to use general election precincts
established by Larimer County as the building blocks for districts. The two options initially presented were
believed to be the only viable alternatives meeting requirements. In re-precincting following the 2020 census,
Larimer County created all new (larger) precincts, significantly reducing the total number of precincts within
Fort Collins. This reduced number of precincts has been the biggest constraint on developing distri ct options
that maintain required population balance.
At the May 9 meeting, a third option for district boundaries was presented by a resident and all three map
options were reviewed by the Committee. Interest in considering the third option was generally indicated. An
additional meeting of the Committee was scheduled for May 31 to allow for further analysis of that option by
the City’s GIS, Legal, and City Clerk staff. Following additional analysis, GIS also prepared a fourth option
based upon the third option with a shift to one precinct that borders two districts. Option 4 changes the
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placement of precinct 362 in District 6 for purposes of increased contiguity. (All four options are included as
exhibits to the Ordinance.
Late in the process of overall analysis, GIS identified additional issues for the redistricting process with the way
the general election precincts were established. In addition to not following City limit boundaries, precincts also
divide census blocks in several instances, making obtaining accurate population counts challenging. Because
of the timing of this discovery, analysis of the impacts on population totals was not complete prior to the May
31 ECC meeting, requiring the scheduling of another special ECC meeting and a shift to the date for full
Council consideration of redistricting to July 5.
After GIS completed its review of the precincts that include one or more split census blocks and developed the
most accurate population estimates possible with available data, all four options were reevaluated and found to
still be within the maximum range of deviation permitted under Charter and Code for population balance. The
Election Code Committee has reviewed the four options and forwarded them to the full Council for
consideration and selection of the final district boundaries.
CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS
There is not anticipated to be a direct financial impact related to the selection at this point of new district
boundaries.
BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
The Election Code Committee has forwarded the four potential district boundary options it considered to the
full Council for its determination of which option to select as part of this first reading . (Attachment 2)
PUBLIC OUTREACH
Public outreach around redistricting has included publication of materials for the Election Code Committee and
committee discussion, as well as public comment periods at ECC meetings. The proposed options for district
boundaries have also been published on the City’s website, and public notice of the Counc il’s consideration of
these options has occurred consistent with the requirements of City Code.
ATTACHMENTS
1. 2022 Redistricting Report (PDF)
2. Election Code Committee Minutes (PDF)
3. Powerpoint Presentation (PDF)
City Clerk
300 Laporte Avenue
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
970.221.6515
970.221-6295 - fax
fcgov.com/cityclerk
Current Redistricting Timeline and Process Overview
A full redistricting is done across the state every 10 years as a trickle-down process that is initiated with
the completion of the decennial census. At the local level, it is possible for municipalities to make
boundary adjustments on a different cadence, including more often than every 10 years as is currently
called for in Fort Collins, however State boundaries, including congressional districts as well as state house
and senate districts, are drawn first. Then, counties create their districts and precincts. Once these levels
are complete, municipalities are able to complete their own redistricting processes. Each step in this
process is contingent on the steps preceding it, as the work done at each level must take into account the
work done at larger units of government.
The current municipal redistricting process for Fort Collins is being impacted by several variables in earlier
steps in the overall process across the state and nation. Census data was delayed following the 2020
Census, largely as a result of COVID-19 impacting the timely conduct of the Census and particularly wrap
up work following the Census. Full 2020 Census data at the local level was not released until December of
2021.
State Redistricting
Delays in data also impacted state and county level redistricting work. This was the first year the State’s
Independent Redistricting Commissions1 handled state-level redistricting after their establishment by act
of Colorado voters in 2018. The work of these Commission could not begin until census data was available
to support their charges to establish both a statewide congressional plan2 and then also state senate3 and
house4 plans. This census data included:
•2020 Census Apportionment Results5 – released April 26, 2021
o Calculated congressional seats to which each state is entitled
o Colorado gained a congressional district in this apportionment
•Redistricting Data Summary Files6 – released to the states August 12, 2021
o Available with the full redistricting data toolkit on data.census.gov on September 16, 2021
The Colorado Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission began its work on March 15, 2021.
Because Colorado gained an additional congressional district, all congressional districts were significantly
altered. The Commission submitted its final congressional plan to the Colorado Supreme Court on October
1, 2021, and it was approved on November 1, 2021.
1 https://redistricting.colorado.gov/
2 https://redistricting.colorado.gov/content/congressional-final-approved
3 https://redistricting.colorado.gov/content/senate-final-approved-errata
4 https://redistricting.colorado.gov/content/house-final-approved
5 https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2020/dec/2020-apportionment-data.html
6 https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/about/rdo/summary-files.html
ATTACHMENT 1
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A separate commission, the Colorado Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission, was also formed
and began its work on March 30, 2021, to establish state house and senate districts. Final state house and
senate plans were submitted to the Colorado Supreme Court on October 15, 2021, and upheld by the
Court on November 15, 2021.
Larimer County is now split amongst three different congressional districts - 2, 4, and the new 8th district.
The majority of the County, including all of the population of Fort Collins, is within Congressional District
2, however the communities of Loveland and Wellington are in district 4 and parts of southern Larimer
County are in district 8.
County Reprecincting
The impact of these changes has flowed down to subsequent boundary adjustments. At the county level,
Larimer County is required to redraw precinct boundaries after state redistricting to ensure no precinct is
part of more than one State Representative, State Senatorial, or Congressional district. The degree of
change in these districts across the state resulted in a full redrawing of all county precincts, leaving no
correlation between old and new precincts. Although the County has districts, all three commissioners
are elected at large. There was no adjustment made by Larimer County to the three Commissioner district
boundaries. The County’s work therefore consisted of only redrawing precinct boundaries as a data driven
process based on the number of active eligible voters, and not a redistricting.7
Planning for Municipal Redistricting after the 2020 Census
District boundaries were last adjusted under the City’s redistricting procedures in 2016. These
adjustments have occurred more frequently than every 10 years based on the additional triggers in City
Code. Additional adjustments were also prompted in February of 2018, when the Council opted to waive
the requirement to do so because of the recency of other changes, and again in October of 2019, when
required changes were again waived due to the pending 2020 census.
In recent history, the redistricting process of creating potential scenarios for districts has been done by
the City’s in house GIS team within the IT department. Following the 2016 process, there was substantial
discussion around how to better refine that work going forward. At the direction of the City Council at the
time, the City Clerk’s Office pursued a path for engaging a consultant in a more robust redistricting
process, including incorporating thorough community engagement. There was funding for a redistricting
effort with a shift in focus and operational execution as part of the 2019-2020 BFO process. However, due
both to the timing of redistricting not being ready to start in 2020 and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic
requiring the identification of budget cuts, the dollars allocated at that time were returned as part of 2020
budget reductions. A new budget offer was developed for the 2022 budget process, and subsequently
approved.
The vision at the time that 2022 budget offer was prepared and submitted in April of 2021 was to support
a community-wide redistricting effort with the assistance of a consultant. This process was intended to
incorporate an effort to examine the method of establishing and recalibrating Council Districts, with the
7 https://meetings.municode.com/d/f?u=https://mccmeetings.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/larimerco-
pubu/MEET-Agenda-
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objective of having the project complete and in effect prior to the 2023 election. It was acknowledged in
this request that staff had performed the work in the past, but that the complicated and sometimes
controversial processes could benefit from assistance from an outside consultant to supplement the
expertise and knowledge in GIS and the Clerk’s Office.
While the budget process was underway, the current Council term started and the Election Code
Committee began meeting with its current membership. At one of the first ECC meetings of the term in
September of 2021, the committee discussion included a review of upcoming priorities, including
redistricting. Committee members expressed questions regarding whether a consultant was necessary for
the work at this time and also requested to have this work wrapped up as quickly as possible ahead of the
2023 election. There was a determination subsequently made by staff that IT would be able to support
the work as they had in the past, and to follow that path, using some of the allocated funding to backfill
other needs in IT as necessary.
Steps in Local Redistricting
The City’s redistricting work could not begin until the County completed redrawing its precinct lines in
accordance with the new State Congressional, House, and Senate districts. Precincts are most significant
for election administration. Under the Uniform Election Code the County is bound by, precinct size is
based on registered voters and can be as high as 2,000 voters per precinct when a county conducts mail
ballot elections using vote centers. Larimer County’s Board of County Commissioners has authorized
precincts of that size.
Precincts are also the building block of any representative district, and City precinct boundaries typically
align with County precincts. County precincts within Fort Collins are comprised of Fort Collins voters,
although in some instances County precinct lines also include portions of Larimer County outside of City
boundaries. A City precinct cannot be comprised of more than one County-level precinct and under the
requirements of the City Charter, districts must be comprised of undivided general election precincts
established by the County. Therefore the City was unable to develop any proposals for new district
boundaries until the County precincts were known.
Once precinct data from the County was available, GIS began work on developing potential scenarios for
new districts. To do so, 2020 Census block population totals were used to calculate total population for
each precinct and for determining the ideal population size of each district.8
Timeline of Significant Dates
• November 1, 2021 – Final approval of Colorado congressional district boundaries
• November 15, 2021 – Final approval of Colorado State House and Senate district boundaries
• January 25, 2022 – Larimer County Board of Commissioners adoption of the County Clerk and
Recorder’s redrawn precinct boundaries
• February 4, 2022 – Larimer County Elections staff provided precinct maps to the City Clerk’s Office,
which forwarded that information on to GIS
• April 11, 2022 – GIS provided two different options for district boundaries compliant with the
requirements of City Charter and Code
8 https://demography.dola.colorado.gov/
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• April 18, 2022 – Draft option maps provided to Election Code Committee for consideration and
discussion
• May 9 & 31 and June 16, 2022 – Additional Election Code Committee consideration of redistricting
options
• July 5 & 19, 2022 – planned consideration of redistricting options by the full Council
Considerations in Redistricting
City Code and Charter Requirements
The City Charter includes general parameters regarding Council district boundaries.
• Council district boundaries. The city shall be divided into six (6) contiguous, reasonably compact
districts, each of which shall consist of contiguous, undivided general election precincts and, to the
extent reasonably possible, an equal number of inhabitants. The districts shall be numbered
consecutively in a clockwise fashion beginning with the northeast district, which shall be District 1.
The Council shall establish by ordinance the process for adjusting district boundaries and giving notice
of any proposed boundary changes, and the manner of protesting such proposed changes. (Charter
Article II, Section 1, (c))
City Code includes additional more specific requirements around establishing and adjusting Council
districts.
• The City Council shall by ordinance divide the City into as many election precincts for municipal
elections as it may deem expedient for the convenience of registered electors in the City, and shall
designate by resolution the polling place within each precinct. Insofar as practicable, boundaries of
election precincts in the City shall correspond with the election precincts established by the County.
(Sec. 7-66 (a))
• Pursuant to the Charter, the City is hereby divided into six (6) Districts. (from Sec. 7-86)
• The City Council shall, by ordinance, amend the boundaries of the foregoing districts as necessary to
comply with the provisions of Article II, Section 1(c) of the Charter. (from Sec. 7-87 (a))
• Not more than eighteen (18) months after the official decennial publication of the United States
Census concerning the population of the City of Fort Collins, the City Clerk shall recommend to the
City Council any district boundary changes necessary to ensure that, to the extent reasonably possible,
there is no more than a ten-percent deviation between the most populous and the least populous
district. (Sec. 7-87 (b))
• The need to amend precinct boundaries pursuant to § 7-71(b) shall automatically cause the City Clerk
to review current population deviations, regardless of how long it has been since the last review. If
the deviation is found to exceed ten (10) percent, the City Clerk shall recommend that the City Council
make boundary adjustments, and present the Council with possible redistricting options that to the
maximum extent possible equalize the population in each district, subject to the requirements for
contiguity and compactness set forth in Article II, Section 1(c) of the Charter, with a maximum
permissible deviation of ten (10) percent between the most populous and least populous district.
(Sec. 7-87 (d))
It is not a requirement of either City Code or Charter, but it has been an ongoing practice as well to avoid
making any changes to districts that would remove a currently seated member of the City Council from
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their district. It would be a legal question for resolution to determine if a member were in a different
district after redistricting whether that member would continue to serve the duration of their term.
In terms of timing for adopting new districts, there are several parameters in City Code that must be
considered.
• Before Council action, there must be adequate notice given via newspaper publication. This must
occur first at least 14 days before the date of the first reading of a redistricting ordinance. (Sec. 7-87
(a))
• Recommendations for district boundary changes must be made to the City Council not more than 18
months after the official decennial publication of the U.S. Census. (Sec. 7-87 (b))
• Any district boundary changes must be established no less than 180 days before a regular municipal
election. (Sec. 7-87 (e))
The latest date redistricting must be approved by would be October 4, 2022, based on the Code
requirement for changes to be established no later than 180 days before a regular municipal election,
currently next scheduled to occur on April 4, 2023. The City Clerk’s Office has been working to bring this
process forward in advance of the final October deadline in alignment with the feedback from members
of the Election Code Committee expressing a desire to see these changes made well in advance of the
next election.
There is also a consideration associated with the scope of changes that have occurred to precincts, and as
a result ultimately to districts. It is significant to note the County established its precincts based on active
registered voter counts and allowed precincts as large as 2,000 active voters. This translates into
significantly larger precincts when looking at overall population, as the City does in establishing districts.
In total population counts, several precincts are significantly larger than they have been in the past, with
total population counts exceeding 8,000 residents in some instances.
This precinct size differential has been most impactful in the overall reduction in the number of precincts
within Fort Collins. Previously, there were 110 City precincts. After the County’s reprecincting, there are
now 68 City precincts. Because these precincts are the building blocks for districts, having fewer, much
larger blocks provides fewer options for arranging districts that meet the parameters required under City
Charter and Code, particularly for equal population across districts and ensuring districts are reasonably
compact and contiguous.
Guidance from CML
Redistricting must comply with all local, state, and federal laws, including the Federal Voting Rights Act.
Because of the constraints faced in trying to work with the new precincts established, there appear to be
only two options for potential district boundaries that comport with Fort Collins’ local laws, its Charter
and Code, as well as established practices. Other considerations have not to this stage been a part of
developing these options given the challenges. For Council’s awareness, the Colorado Municipal League
(CML) has prepared a number of resources for municipalities to help support local redistricting efforts. A
primer published in the Colorado Municipalities magazine in 2011 was updated and provided again on
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CML’s website following the 2020 Census.9 CML also cosponsored a webinar with the Colorado Municipal
Clerks Association (CMCA) in mid-2021 to help prepare municipalities for the redistricting process.10
State law does not establish requirements for redistricting at the municipal level. There are some
provisions in the Municipal Election Code specific to establishing precincts, however in Fort Collins, as a
home rule municipality, local code provisions supersede those provisions of Municipal Election Code in
Title 31 of state statute.
CML’s guidance is helpful in evaluating other provisions that may be taken into consideration alongside
the City’s Code and Charter. It also can help provide a degree of uniformity across localities while still
leaving space for municipal home rule provisions.
Constitutional Doctrines
• Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
o “One person – one vote” Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
o “as nearly as is practicable one [person’s] vote in a congressional election is to be worth as
much as another’s.” Wesberry v. Sanders, 376 U.S. 1, 7-8 (1964)
• Constitutional mandate relating to not diluting racial groups – “Minority voting strength is
impermissibly diluted when large concentrations of minority population are … fragmented and
disbursed.” Carstens v. Lamm, 543 F. Supp. 68, 85-86 (D. Colo. 1982)
Non-Constitutional Case Law Considerations
CML also outlines several decisions from state and federal courts that have implemented non-
constitutional requirements to be considered in a redistricting process. These include:
• Compactness (also a required consideration under Fort Collins City Code)
o Standard measured by making a circle around the entire district created and comparing the
ration of the area of the district itself with the area of the circle itself, seeking to bring these
figures as close to a one-to-one ratio as possible.
o Equality of population takes precedence over compactness under case law.
• Contiguity (also a required consideration under Fort Collins City Code)
• Preservation of communities of interest
o “A community of interest is a population that shares common social and economic interests
that should be included within a single district for purposes of its effective and fair
representation”
o “populations or communities that have common needs and interests reflected in patterns of
geography, social interaction, trade, and common interests.”
o "In Colorado, community of interest considerations may also include agricultural or industrial
identity, water issues, transportation concerns, and comparison of growth rates. Colo. Const.
Art. V § 47(3)
o Includes consideration of the requirements of the Voting Rights Act as well.
9 https://www.cml.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/redistricting---a-municipal-
perspective.pdf?sfvrsn=e3fab4a4_0
10 https://www.cml.org/home/publications-news/resource-detail/the-2020-census-local-government-redistricting-
what-you-need-to-know
ATTACHMENT 2
Redistricting
07/05/2022
Ordinance First Reading
City Clerk’s Office, GIS, and City Attorney’s Office
ATTACHMENT 3
Requirements and Steps
Redistricting Process
Redistricting/Reprecincting at Different Levels of Government in Colorado 3
Newly established Colorado
Independent Congressional
Redistricting Commission &
Colorado Independent
Legislative Redistricting
Commission created state-
wide Congressional and
state Senate & House plans
with decennial census data
Larimer County redrew
precinct boundaries after
statewide redistricting
•No precincts could be
part of more than one
State or Congressional
district
•No redistricting by County
City must both reprecinct
and redistrict under the
requirements of the City
Charter and Code
•City precincts must align
with County precincts
•Districts must be made of
undivided precincts
State County Municipal
4Fort Collins Redistricting Timeline
·April 26, 2021 –2020 Census Apportionment results released, including calculation of congressional
seats to be allocated to each state
·August 12, 2021 –Redistricting Data summary files from the decennial census first released, with the
full redistricting data toolkit released on September 16, 2021
·November 1, 2021 –Final approval of Colorado congressional district boundaries
·November 15, 2021 –Final approval of Colorado State House and Senate district boundaries
·January 25, 2022 –Larimer County Board of Commissioners adoption of the County Clerk and
Recorder ’s redrawn precinct boundaries
·February 4, 2022 –Larimer County Elections staff provided precinct maps to the City Clerk’s Office,
which forwarded that information to GIS
·April 11, 2022 –GIS provided two different options for district boundaries compliant with the
requirements of City Charter and Code
·April 18, 2022 –Draft option maps provided to Election Code Committee for consideration and
discussion
·May 9 & 31 and June 16, 2022 –Additional Election Code Committee consideration of redistricting
options
·July 5 & 19, 2022 –Planned consideration of redistricting options by the full Council
·October 4, 2022 –Deadline for completion of redistricting ahead of the planned 2023 Municipal
Election
Requirements Under Charter
Council district boundaries. The city shall be divided
into six (6) contiguous, reasonably compact districts,
each of which shall consist of contiguous, undivided
general election precincts and, to the extent
reasonably possible, an equal number of inhabitants.
The districts shall be numbered consecutively in a
clockwise fashion beginning with the northeast
district, which shall be District 1. The Council shall
establish by ordinance the process for adjusting
district boundaries and giving notice of any proposed
boundary changes, and the manner of protesting
such proposed changes. (Charter Article II, Section 1,
(c))
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Requirements Under Code
·The City Council shall by ordinance divide the City into as many
election precincts for municipal elections as it may deem expedient
for the convenience of registered electors in the City, and shall
designate by resolution the polling place within each precinct.
Insofar as practicable, boundaries of election precincts in the City
shall correspond with the election precincts established by the
County. (Sec. 7-66 (a))
·Pursuant to the Charter, the City is hereby divided into six (6)
Districts. (from Sec. 7-86)
·The City Council shall, by ordinance, amend the boundaries of the
foregoing districts as necessary to comply with the provisions of
Article II, Section 1(c) of the Charter. (from Sec. 7-87 (a))
·Not more than eighteen (18) months after the official decennial
publication of the United States Census concerning the population
of the City of Fort Collins, the City Clerk shall recommend to the
City Council any district boundary changes necessary to ensure
that, to the extent reasonably possible, there is no more than a
ten-percent deviation between the most populous and the least
populous district. (Sec. 7-87 (b))
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Legal Requirements set out in Charter or Code for Redistricting 7
•Districts must be
contiguous and reasonably
compact
•Districts must consist of
contiguous, undivided
general election precincts
•Districts must, to the extent
reasonably possible,
contain an equal number of
residents
•Maximum permissible
deviation of 10% between
most and least populous
districts
Four Options
Redistricting Options
Option 1 9
•Option 1
Option 2 10
•Option 2
Option 3 11
•Option 3
Option 4 12
•Option 4
For Questions or Comments, Please Contact:
THANK YOU!
Anissa Hollingshead, City Clerk
ahollingshead@fcgov.com 970-416-2995
Correcting Population Splits 14
Process Followed:
1.Identify all Blocks that were split
2.For Blocks that were not split, convert to points at
centroid of block maintaining attributes
3.For Blocks that were split:
1.Select all address points that fall within
residential land use-not commercial or ind.
2.Remove addresses created after the census
3.Count number of addresses within each block
and add the total value to an attribute
4.Cut the census blocks in half on the county
precinct lines
5.Count the number of addresses within each
block part and add that to the block attributes
6.Determine percent of addresses within split
7.Apply to the census population count &
calculate total adjusted populated
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ORDINANCE NO. 084, 2022
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS DISTRICT-PRECINCT MAP
WHEREAS, Article II, Section 1 of the City Charter requires that the City be divided into
six contiguous, reasonably compact City Council districts, each of which shall consist of
contiguous, undivided general election precincts, and, to the extent reasonably possible, an equal
number of inhabitants; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to City Charter, redistricting must be completed not less than 180
days before the next regular election; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to City Code Section 7-87(b), not more than 18 months after the
official decennial publication of the United States Census concerning the population of Fort
Collins, the City Clerk must recommend to the City Council any district boundary changes
necessary to ensure that, to the extent reasonably possible, there is no more than a ten-percent
(10%) deviation between the most populous and the least populous City Council districts; and
WHEREAS, in light of the legal precedents and guidance related to determining voter
districts, communities of interest and impacts to ethnic and racial populations are also taken into
account in redistricting decisions; and
WHEREAS, in light of significant changes to the Larimer County general election
precincts, upon which the Council District map must be based, staff recently completed a review
of the adjustments required to existing districts to incorporate those changes, seeking to
minimize the deviation between the most and least populous City Council districts based on the
population data available this year from the 2020 Census; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the above-referenced provisions, the City Clerk presented
alternative district boundary changes to the Election Code Committee for consideration and
comment, and based on the Committee’s discussion, has presented four alternative district
boundary changes for the City Council's consideration; and
WHEREAS, from those four alternatives, the City Council has selected an alternative that
it believes best serves the interests of the residents of the City and comports with the
requirements of the City Charter and Code; and
WHEREAS, the district boundary changes are consistent with Larimer County’s general
election precinct boundaries as required; and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk caused the publication of notices of proposed district
boundary amendments to be made in accordance with the requirements of City Code Section 7-
87; and
WHEREAS, the new Council district-precinct map attached as Exhibit “A” depicts
adjusted precinct boundaries and adjusted Council district boundaries.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That the district-precinct map dated July 5, 2022, a copy of which is
attached as Exhibit “A” and incorporated herein by this reference, is hereby adopted and shall be
in effect for the following purposes:
(1) determining eligibility for City Council offices for the 2023 regular
municipal election; and
(2) determining eligibility of any interim appointments to fill any City
Council vacancies which may occur following the effective date of this
Ordinance.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 5th day of
July, A.D. 2022, and to be presented for final passage on the 19th day of July, A.D. 2022.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 19th day of July, A.D. 2022.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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S US HIGHWAY 287N COUNTY ROAD 17E COUNTY ROAD 48
N COUNTY ROAD 5NTAFTHILLRDS COUNTY ROAD 19S COUNTY ROAD 9E COUNTY ROAD 54
N COUNTY ROAD 9E HARMONY RD
District 2
District 5
District 4
District 6
District 1
District 3
407 400 690
355
490
390
368
369
301
603
606
600
601
602
205
693
103
206
343
306
300
104
309
311
329
336
335
328
330
334
326348
349
337 338
314327
315
352
351
353
354
331
332
333
356
357
350
347
365
364
360
345
342
346
340
321
341
322
211
209
210
325
317
316324
366
358
359
367
307
310
313
312 308
323
339
362
344
363 361
303
320
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318 305
304
302
Exhibit A - Option 1
Printed: June 08, 2022
Redistricting Option 1
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
County Precinct
^Council Member Locations
1 28302 28322 100.1%0.1%
2 28302 27383 96.8%-3.2%
3 28302 28897 102.1%2.1%
4 28302 28576 101%1%
5 28302 28209 99.7%-0.3%
6 28302 28423 100.4%0.4%
District Ideal Population Total Population Percentage of Ideal Percentage From Ideal
169,810 28,302 -3.2%2.1%5.3%
Total Population Ideal District
Populaion
Lowest Change Highest Change Maximum Deviation
362Precinct ID:
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W HORSETOOTH RD
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W MOUNTAIN AVE
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NLEMAY AVEN COLLEGE AVEWCOUNTYROAD 38EE COUNTY ROAD 50MOUNTAINVISTA
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KECHTER RDN SHIELDS STS COUNTY ROAD 5E HORSETOOTH RD
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NOVERLANDTRLE COUNTY ROAD 36 MAIN STW TRILBY RD
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N COUNTY ROAD 5NTAFTHILLRDS COUNTY ROAD 19S COUNTY ROAD 9E COUNTY ROAD 54
N COUNTY ROAD 9E HARMONY RD
District 2
District 5
District 4
District 6
District 1
District 3
407 400 690
355
490
390
368
369
301
603
606
600
601
602
205
693
103
206
343
306
300
104
309
311
329
336
335
328
330
334
326348
349
337 338
314327
315
352
351
353
354
331
332
333
356
357
350
347
365
364
360
345
342
346
340
321
341
322
211
209
210
325
317
316324
366
358
359
367
307
310
313
312 308
323
339
362
344
363 361
303
320
319
318 305
304
302
Exhibit A - Option 2
Printed: June 08, 2022
Redistricting Option 2
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
County Precinct
^Council Member Locations
1 28302 28050 99.1%-0.9%
2 28302 29156 103%3%
3 28302 28808 101.8%1.8%
4 28302 28077 99.2%-0.8%
5 28302 29015 102.5%2.5%
6 28302 26704 94.4%-5.6%
District Ideal Population Total Population Percentage of Ideal Percentage From Ideal
169,810 28,302 -5.6%3%8.6%
Total Population Ideal District
Populaion
Lowest Change Highest Change Maximum Deviation
362Precinct ID:
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^S COLLEGE AVE
W HORSETOOTH RD
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RICHARDS LAKE RD
W MOUNTAIN AVE
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KECHTER RDN SHIELDS STS COUNTY ROAD 5E HORSETOOTH RD
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NOVERLANDTRLE COUNTY ROAD 36 MAIN STW TRILBY RD
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S US HIGHWAY 287N COUNTY ROAD 17E COUNTY ROAD 48
N COUNTY ROAD 5NTAFTHILLRDS COUNTY ROAD 19S COUNTY ROAD 9E COUNTY ROAD 54
N COUNTY ROAD 9E HARMONY RD
District 2
District 5
District 4
District 6
District 1
District 3
407 400 690
355
490
390
368
369
301
603
606
600
601
602
205
693
103
206
343
306
300
104
309
311
329
336
335
328
330
334
326348
349
337 338
314327
315
352
351
353
354
331
332
333
356
357
350
347
365
364
360
345
342
346
340
321
341
322
211
209
210
325
317
316324
366
358
359
367
307
310
313
312 308
323
339
362
344
363 361
303
320
319
318 305
304
302
Exhibit A - Option 3
Printed: June 08, 2022
Redistricting Option 3
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
County Precinct
^Council Member Locations
1 28302 28675 101.3%1.3%
2 28302 28504 100.7%0.7%
3 28302 27343 96.6%-3.4%
4 28302 29229 103.3%3.3%
5 28302 28807 101.8%1.8%
6 28302 27252 96.3%-3.7%
District Ideal Population Total Population Percentage of Ideal Percentage From Ideal
169,810 28,302 -3.7%3.3%7%
Total Population Ideal District
Populaion
Lowest Change Highest Change Maximum Deviation
362Precinct ID:
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^S COLLEGE AVE
W HORSETOOTH RD
W MULBERRY ST
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S TIMBERLINE RDS LEMAY AVESTRAUSSCABIN RDZIEGLERRDRIV
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ID
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AV
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S OVERLAND TRLW DRAKE RD
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COUNTRY CLUB RD
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RICHARDS LAKE RD
W MOUNTAIN AVE
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W
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LLOXLN
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W PROSPECT RD
E COUNTY ROAD 38
E MULBERRY ST
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COUNTY ROAD 54G
NLEMAY AVEN COLLEGE AVEWCOUNTYROAD 38EE COUNTY ROAD 50MOUNTAINVISTA
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N TIMBERLINE RDTERRYLAKERDG
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KECHTER RDN SHIELDS STS COUNTY ROAD 5E HORSETOOTH RD
STATE HIGHWAY 392
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W DOUGLAS RDN
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HW
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2
8
7
NOVERLANDTRLE COUNTY ROAD 36 MAIN STW TRILBY RD
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S COUNTY ROAD 13CARPENTER RD
E COUNTY ROAD 52
S COUNTY ROAD 11S
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S US HIGHWAY 287N COUNTY ROAD 17E COUNTY ROAD 48
N COUNTY ROAD 5NTAFTHILLRDS COUNTY ROAD 19S COUNTY ROAD 9E COUNTY ROAD 54
N COUNTY ROAD 9E HARMONY RD
District 2
District 5
District 4
District 6
District 1
District 3
407 400 690
355
490
390
368
369
301
603
606
600
601
602
205
693
103
206
343
306
300
104
309
311
329
336
335
328
330
334
326348
349
337 338
314327
315
352
351
353
354
331
332
333
356
357
350
347
365
364
360
345
342
346
340
321
341
322
211
209
210
325
317
316324
366
358
359
367
307
310
313
312 308
323
339
362
344
363 361
303
320
319
318 305
304
302
Exhibit A - Option 4
Printed: June 08, 2022
Redistricting Option 4
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
County Precinct
^Council Member Locations
1 28302 28675 101.3%1.3%
2 28302 28504 100.7%0.7%
3 28302 27343 96.6%-3.4%
4 28302 29229 103.3%3.3%
5 28302 26781 94.6%-5.4%
6 28302 29278 103.4%3.4%
District Ideal Population Total Population Percentage of Ideal Percentage From Ideal
169,810 28,302 -5.4%3.4%8.8%
Total Population Ideal District
Populaion
Lowest Change Highest Change Maximum Deviation
362Precinct ID: