HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2019-01 Districting CommissionA RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE FOR APPOINTMENTS TO THE 2019
WINTER SPRINGS DISTRICTING COMMISSION;
PROVIDING A DUE DATE FOR A REPORT CONTAINING A
RECOMMENDED PLAN FOR ADJUSTMENT OF
COMMISSION DISTRICT BOUNDARIES; PROVIDING A
DUE DATE FOR THE CITY COMMISSION TO ADOPT OR
REJECT A REDISTRICTING ORDINANCE; PROVIDING
FOR THE REPEAL OF PRIOR INCONSISTENT
RESOLUTIONS; SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Winter Springs, Florida was established by the Florida Legislature
in 1.959 and operates pursuant to its City Charter; and
WHEREAS, the City Charter requires that, every three (3) years, the City Commission
appoint seven (7) city electors to comprise the districting commission for adjustment of the
commission district boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the City Charter requires that the districting, conirnission prepare a report
containing a recommended plan for adjustment of the commission district boundaries; and
WHEREAS,, the City Charter requires that the City Commission adopt or reject a
redistricting ordinance at least one -hundred -twenty (1211) days prior to the next city election,
WHEREAS, the next City election will be November 3, 2020 and as such, the City
Comi,nission must adopt or reject a redistricting ordinance by July 6, 2020;
WHEREAS, the City Commission desires to provide an open, objective, and deliberative
process that will afford the public ample opportunity to participate in the districting review
process,; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that this Resolution is in the best interests of the
public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Winter Springs, Florida.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Commission of the City of
Winter Springs, Florida as follows -
SECTION 1. The following appointments have been made to the 2019 Districting
Commission:
1) Seat One (Commissioner Jean 1-lovey): Ms. Mary 11offirian-1--lughes
2) Seat 'Two (Deputy Mayor Kevin Cannon): Ms. Colleen Murphy
3) Seat Three (Commissioner Ted Johnson): Mr. Zoltan "Skip" Arok, Jr.
4) Seat Four (Commissioner Ti Anna Hale): Mr. Robert I lenderson
5) Seat Five (Commissioner Geoff Kendrick): iW. Joanne M. Krebs
6) Mayoral Appointment (Mayor Charles, Lacey): Mr. James Evans
7) Mayoral Appointment (Mayor Charles Lacey): Mr. Maurice Kaprow
SECTION 11. All appointments to the 2019 Districting Commission shall take effect
immediately upon the final passage and adoption of this Resolution by the City Commission.
Vacancies on the 2019 Districting Commission occurring after the adoption of this Resolution
shall be filled by appointment in accordance with the City Charter and without the necessity of
modifying this Resolution,
SECTION 111. The Districting Commission shall have until May 28, 2019, one -hundred -
twenty (120) days fi-orn the effective date of this Resolution, to file with the City Manager a report
containing a recornmended plan for adjustment of the commission district boundaries. Pursuant
to the City Charter, the City Commission shall have until July 6, 2020, which is one -hundred -
twenty (120) days prior to the next city election, to adopt or reject a redistricting ordinance.
SECTION IV. The Districting Commission's report shall be governed by the applicable
provisions of the City Charter and other applicable law including, but not limited to, the provisions
of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In general and taking into account the current cornt-nission
district boundaries, the City Charter requires that the commission district boundaries shall comply
with the following specifications:
(1) Each district shall be fanned of compact, contiguous territory, and its boundary lines shall
follow the center lines of streets insofar as practical or possible, or other boundaries available.
(2) The districts shall be based upon the principle of equal and effective representation as required
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by the United States Constitution and as represented in the mathematical preciseness reached in
the legislative apportionment of the state.
(3) The report shall include a map and description of the districts recommended and shall be
drafted as a proposed ordinance. Once filed with the designated official, the report shall be treated
as an ordinance introduced by a commissioner.
Additionally, to account for changes in population generated by new residential development since
the previous 2016 Districting Commission recommendation approved by the City Commission
pursuant to Ordinance No. 2016-02, on June 13, 2016, the technical assistance provided under
Section V of this Resolution and the Districting Commission's recommendation shall be guided
not by the issuance of development perp -its, but rather by the actual number of certificates of
occupancy granted by the City for new residential dwelling units not previously accounted when
the City Commission approved Ordinance No. 2016-02 establishing the current comnlission
district boundaries.
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SECTION V. To the extent deemed reasonably necessary by the City Manager, the City
Manager, City Clerk, and City Attorney, and their respective designees, shall provide technical
assistance to the Districting Commission.
SECTION V1. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its final passage and
adoption by the City Commission.
ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, in a Regular
Meeting duly assembled on the 28" day of January, 2019.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused
this seal to be affixed.
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CHARLES Lr, 'o' r
ATTEST-
'AN6A.L7A`L6RENZO-LUACES, City Clerk
Approved as to legal form and sufficiency for
the Cit
it of Winter Springs, Florida only:
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ANTHONY A. GARGANESE, City Attorney
City of Winter Springs, Hari da
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