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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 11/07/2000 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 150, 2000, ADOPTIN AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 16 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: November 7, 2000STAFF• Wanda Krajicek SUBJECT: Second Reading of Ordinance No. 150, 2000, Adopting and Determining the Effective Date of the District-Precinct Map for the 2001 Regular Municipal Election. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Ordinance No. 150, 2000, which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on October 17, 2000, adopts the District-Precinct Map for the 2001 regular municipal election for the purposes of (1) determining the eligibility for District Council offices for the April 3,2001 election;(2)determining eligibility for any interim appointments to fill any District Council vacancies which may occur after November 17, 2000; and (3) determining residency for voting in any special municipal election conducted after November 17, 2000,except for any special municipal election held in conjunction with a Larimer County Consolidated or General Election. i I AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 33 DATE: October 17, 2000 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL FROM • Wanda Krajicek SUBJECT : Hearing and First Reading of Ordinance No. 150, 2000, Adopting and Determining the Effective Date of the District-Precinct Map for the 2001 Regular Municipal Election. RECOMMENDATION: ff IL I[ III Staff recommends adoption o CeOr iAnce oJFi t Reading EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This Ordinance adopts the District-Precinct Map for the 2001 regular municipal election for the purposes of(1)determining the ' it y str ' ffi for the April 3,2001 election; (2)determining eligibility for inte ppoi is 11 istrict Council vacancies which may occur after November 1 2000; d (3) a ning idency for voting in any special municipal election conducted dve 0, exc r any special municipal election held in conjunction with a Larimer County Consolidated or General Election. BACKGROUND: Pursuant to Article II, Section 1 of the City Charter, no later than 180 days before each regular biennial election (October 5, 2000), the City Clerk shall determine if the number of registered electors in the District containing the lowest number of registered electors is less than 85% of the number of registered electors in istri nt ' ' th umber of registered electors. If so,the City Clerk shall recoLend a Co i h es t istrict boundaries,which shall be established by ordinance at 20 ys be e echoI ecember 4,2000). This formula for determining District boun r d the vote the April 8, 1997 election. As of September 20,2000,there are 90,366 registered City voters. District 3 has the highest number with 17,400 voters, while District 1 has the lowest number with 14,143, or 81.28% of the voters in District 3. These figures indicate that an adjustment of District boundaries is needed. In order to adjust the District boundaries to meet the formula described above, and in an effort to anticipate possible District boundary changes prior to the 2003 election, staff is recommending that four precincts be moved as follows: Move Precinct 57 (County Precinct 4238) from District 2 to District 4 (1510 voters) Move Precinct 23 (County Precinct 4223) from District 2 to District 1 (781 voters) DATE: October 17, 2000 2 ITEM NUMBER: 33 Move Precinct 55 (County Precinct 4239) from District 3 to District 2 (1520 voters) Move Precinct 65 (County Precinct 4322) from District 4 to District 5 (1345 voters) These changes will cause District 2 to have the lowest number of registered voters (14,054), which is 88.16% of the number of voters in the highest district,District 5 (15,941). Although 5,156 voters are affected by the recommended changes,3,636 are not negatively impacted because they currently would not be voting for a District candidate in 2001. Of those 3,636 voters, 2,126 will be moved into a District which will be electing a District candidate in 2001. Unfortunately, 1,520 voters who are being moved out of District 3 into District 2 will be negatively impacted because they did notCtDis ' is a 9 d will not be choosing a District 2 candidate until 2003. How a Dis c the ' hest number of registered voters (2,162 more than the next hig , thi opt a1 ed. Moving Precinct 55 from District 3 to District 2 would,by itself,achieve the 85% ratio. However, when looking at the voter registration figures in each District and the growth patterns in the city, additional boundaries adjustments are being recommended at this time with the hope that any necessary boundary changes prior to the April 2003 election can be made without negatively impacting voters. The following table shows,by district,the number of registered electors for the April 1999 election (provided for the purpose of gro p,Wfireqn t tered electors as of September 20, 2000, and the number of r istere clots 1?yn*dary adjustment recommended by the City Clerk. Following April 1999 Sept 2000 Adjustment District 1 13,326 14,143 14,924 District 2 14,067 14,825 14,054 District 3 1 14,348 17,400 15,880 District 4 15,403 District 13,55 596 15,941 District 6 14,164 14,164 TOTALS 82,354 1 90,366 90,366 As required by Section 7-87 of the City Code, notice of the date, time and place of Council's consideration of this redistricting ordinance was published on October 1 and 6(not less than 14 days and not less than 10 days before First Reading). No comments were received in the City Clerk's Office. After this Ordinance is adopted, individual notices will be mailed to the households of the 5,156 affected voters advising them of the boundary changes and how those changes affect them. DATE: October 17, 2000 3 ITEM NUMBER: 33 Attachments: • Proposed District-Precinct map showing the recommended District boundaries with the affected precincts circled • Copy of the notice that was published in the Coloradoan '00� opy COPY