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HomeMy WebLinkAbout224 - 12/15/1998 - AMENDING THE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE PROCEDURE FOR PROTESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNCIL DISTRIC ORDINANCE NO. 224, 1998 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AMENDING SECTION 7-88 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS RELATING TO THE PROCEDURE FOR PROTESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNCIL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES WHEREAS,on April 8, 1997,the electorate of the City approved certain amendments to the City Charter; and WHEREAS, among such amendments was an amendment to Article II, Section 1(c) of the Charter pertaining to redistricting; and WHEREAS,Article II,Section l(c)states that the Council shall provide by ordinance for the giving of notice of any redistricting proceedings and the manner of protesting such proceedings;and WHEREAS, on March 17, 1998,Council adopted Ordinance No. 26, 1998,which provided for the giving of notice of any redistricting proceedings and the manner of protesting such proceedings; and WHEREAS,the manner ofprotesting redistricting proceedings was modeled after an existing Charter provision relating to the protest of the sufficiency of initiative and referendum petitions;and WHEREAS, the manner of protesting redistricting proceedings is unnecessarily restrictive in that it requires written protests to be given under oath: and WHEREAS,the manner of protesting redistricting proceedings requires Council to hear,and resolve, such protests to later than the date of first reading of the proposed redistricting ordinance; and WHEREAS, since any amendments Council may request upon hearing and first reading of the redistricting ordinance would require staff to research the effect of such amendments, it is unreasonable to expect that Council will be able to resolve protests by the date of first reading. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that Section 7-88 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be, and hereby is, amended to read as follows: Sec. 7-88. Protest procedure. Any registered elector desiring to protest the manner of redistricting proposed in any such redistricting ordinance may file a written protest in the office of the City Clerk. Said notice of protest shall be filed no less than seven(7)days prior to the date upon which the proposed redistricting ordinance is to be heard by the City Council on first reading.The notice of protest shall set forth with particularity the grounds of the protest. Such protest shall be heard, considered and resolved by the City Council no later than the date of second reading of the proposed redistricting ordinance. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 1st day of December, A.D. 1998, and to be presented for final passage on the 15th day of December, A.D. 1998. Mayor Pro Tern ATTEST: - )LL)�): } .. City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 15th day of December, A.D. 1998. Mayor ATTEST: - 4aLk .4�\' City Clerk