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HomeMy WebLinkAbout023 - 04/03/2012 - AMENDING CHAPTER 7 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO REDISTRICTING ORDINANCE NO. 023, 2012
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING CHAPTER 7 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF FORT COLLINS RELATING TO REDISTRICTING
WHEREAS, by the approval of the voters at the regular City election held April 5, 2011,
Article 1I, Section 1 of the City Charter was amended to change the method for adjusting City
Council district boundaries so that the size and configuration of Council districts is now based upon
the number of people residing in each district rather than the number of registered electors; and
WHEREAS, on June 7, 2011, the City Council adopted on second reading Ordinance No.
63, 2011, which, in relevant part, requires the City Clerk to make a recommendation to the City
Council, within one year after the official decennial publication of the United States Census
concerning the population of the City, as to whether any district boundary changes are necessary to
ensure that, to the extent reasonably possible, there is no more than ten (10) percent deviation
between the most populous and the least populous district; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Census Bureau small area population data was released to individual
states between February 3, 2011 and March 24, 2011; and
WHEREAS, in response to that census data, City staff had begun to formulate a
recommendation to Council to make a minor adjustment to the City Council districts; and
WHEREAS, City staff then received information from Larimer County indicating that .
significant revisions had been made to County voting precincts and that, as a result, some City
Council districts no longer consist of contiguous, undivided general election precincts as required
by Section 1, Subsection(c), Article 11 of the City Charter; and
WHEREAS, because of this new information, the City Clerk's office and other City staff
have found it difficult to meet the one-year time frame currently required by Section 7-87(b)of the
City Code; and
WHEREAS, City staff has therefore recommended that the period of time specified in City
Code Section 7-87(b)be changed from one year to 18 months to allow more time for the City Clerk
to formulate a recommendation to the City Council with regard to any district boundary changes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That Section 7-87 of Article III of Chapter 7 of the Code of the City of Fort
Collins is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 7-87. Redistricting; notice.
(a) The City Council shall,by ordinance,amend the boundaries ofthe foregoing
districts as necessary to comply with the provisions of Article II, Section 1(c)of the
Charter. The City Clerk shall cause to be published twice, in a local newspaper of
general circulation in the City,notice of the date,time and place of the City Council's
consideration of any such redistricting ordinance. The first such notice shall be
published no less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date of first hearing of the
redistricting ordinance,and the second notice shall be published no less than ten(10)
days prior to the date of the first reading of the same.
(b) Not less 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 (10%) deviation between the most populous and the least populous
district.
(c) Not less than once every five (5) years after making the determination
required under Subsection (b) above, the City Clerk shall again review the district
boundaries to determine whether the maximum deviation between the most populous
and the least populous district meets the standard described in Subsection(b)above.
If the standard in Subsection (b) above is not met, the City Clerk shall recommend
to the City Council any district boundary changes necessary to ensure that the
districts conform to such standard.
(d) Any changes to district boundaries shall be established by ordinance no less
than one hundred twenty (120) days before a regular municipal election.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 20th day of
March, A.D. 2012, and to be presented for final passage on the 3rd day of April, A.D. 2012.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 3rd day of April, A.D. 2012.
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