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DISTRICTING COMMISSION
AGENDA
ITEM 600
Consent
Information
Public Hearine
Reeular X
July 26. 2007
Meeting
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REQUEST: Community Development Department, Land Development Division, presents to
the Districting Commission a recommendation for the new City Commission
district boundaries, reflecting the January 31, 2007 population. The Districting
Commission must forward a recommendation to the City Commission for its
action.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is to present to the Districting Commission a
recommendation for the revision of City Commission district boundaries, as
required by the City Charter. The revision is mandated every three (3) years. The
Districting Commission must forward a recommendation to the City Commission
for its action.
APPLICABLE CODE AND LAW:
Section 4.02. Commission districts; adjustment of districts.
(a) Number of districts. The City Commission of the City of Winter Springs,
Florida, shall by separate ordinance divide the City into five (5) geographical
commission districts.
(b) Districting commission. By the first day of February, 1991, the first day of
February, 1992, and every three (3) years thereafter, the City Commission shall
appoint seven (7) city electors determined from the registration of the last
regular election, one (1) to be appointed by each commissioner from his/her
respective district, and two (2) appointed by the mayor from the City at large,
who shall comprise the districting commission. Electors chosen shall not be
employed by the City in any other capacity. The initial districting commission,
creating and establishing the first commission districts, shall be appointed by
each commissioner and the mayor from the City at large.
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(c) Report; specifications: The districting commission shall file with the official
designated by the city commission a report containing a recommended plan for
establishment or adjustment of the commission district boundaries. The initial
districting commission, creating and establishing the first commission districts,
shall file such report within ninety (90) days of appointment. Thereafter, such
reports shall be filed within one hundred twenty (120) days of appointment to
the districting commission. The Commission district boundaries shall comply
with the following specifications:
(1) Each district shall be formed of compact contiguous territories, 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 by the United States Constitution and as
represented in the mathematical preciseness reached in the legislative
apportionment ofthe state.
(3) The report shall include a map and description of the distric~s
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.
(d) Support. It shall be the responsibility of the city manager to provide staff
assistance and technical data to the districting commission.
(e) Procedure. The procedure for the city commission's consideration of the
report shall be the same as for other ordinances, provided that if a summary of
the ordinances is published pursuant to this Chapter and general law, it must
include both the map and a description of the recommended districts.
(f) Failure to enact ordinance. The city commission shall adopt the redistricting
ordinance at least one hundred twenty (12) days before the next city election.
If the City commission fails to either accept or reject the redistricting
ordinance, the report ofthe districting commission shall go into effect and have
the same effect of an ordinance. The proposed redistricting ordinance may not
be rejected for any reason except for failure to comply with the specifications
listed in section 4.02(c) of this Charter or failure to comply with other local,
state or federal law.
(g) Effect of enactment. The new commission districts and boundaries as of the
date of enactment shall supersede previous commission districts and
boundaries for all purposes; provided all incumbent commissioners shall
continue to hold office for the entire term to which elected notwithstanding
any change in commission district and boundaries.
Florida Statutes, County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations,
Chapter 124, Commissioners' Districts.
Section 124.01. Division of counties into districts, county commissioners.
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(1) There shall be five county commissioners' districts in each county, which shall
be numbered one to five, inclusive, and shall be nearly equal in proportion to
population as possible.
DISCUSSION:
The population per commission district is depicted in the attached table for 2004 and 2007. The
January 31,2004, population (basis for the 2004 districting map is depicted as the revised
estimated population for January 31,2004) has been adjusted to January 31,2007, by the same
methodology used by former Current Planning Coordinator Don LeBlanc and by subsequent
planning staff in 2004. The district boundaries have been adjusted to accommodate the
population changes with as little population variation as possible among the districts. Previous
staffhad estimated the January 31, 2001 population at 32,515; the current staff estimated the
January 31,2004 population at 33,893. The January 31,2007 population estimate is 35,295.
This is slightly higher than the Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission's 2006
estimate for the City, which is 34,621. The bottom line (labeled "percentages") represents the
percentage of that revised district ofthe total estimated January 31, 2007, City population. The
perfect district size for this population was 7,059 (35,295/5 = 7,059). The process of setting
district boundaries should try to adhere to obvious boundaries and to try to provide as equitable a
population distnbution as possible.
DISTRICTS 1 2 3 4 5
Est Population
01-31-04 6569 6706 6676 6474 7468
Revised Est
Population
01-31-04 6808 6755 6746 6713 6871
Est Population
01-31-07 6816 7226 6751 7149 7353
Revised Est
Population
01-31-07 7112 6998 6979 7122 7084
PercentaQes 20.15016 19.82717 19.77333 20.17849 20.07083
A summary of the proposed modifications to the existing district boundaries are as follows:
a. A portion ofCarrit)gton Woods and a portion of Arbor Glenn was moved from District 2 into
District 3;
b. Annexations, including Orange Avenue annexations and properties at the east end of the City,
were included in District 2;
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c. The Jesups Reserve and adjacent Ondick (the approximately 10 acres east ofJesup's Reserve-
the site ofthe Pinch-a-Penny Pool Supply) were annexed and placed in the adjacent District 5;
d. The remaining residential units in the commercially zoned strip along the north side ofSR 434,
between Wade Street and Sherry Avenue, have been moved from District 4 into District 5.
e. The area south and west of South Edgemon Avenue, south ofCoUonwood Drive, was moved
from District 5 into District 1.
FINDINGS:
1) The Districting Commission was appointed by City Commission action of
March 26,2007, and April 23, 2007.
2) The one hundred twenty (120) day requirement has not been an issue this year,
since the next City election is in 2008. A report can be filed prior to the one
hundred twenty (120) day period.
3) The only portion of Florida State Statutes which approximates the
"mathematical preciseness reached in the legislative apportionment ofthe state"
is that found in Florida Statutes Section 124.01 which reads "shall be as nearly
equal in proportion to population as possible". The Staff recommendation
presented to the Districting Commission has a difference of one hundred forty
three (143) persons between the proposed highest populated district (District
3) and the proposed lowest populated district (District 5). The goal that the
previous Commission had established was to have no more that a one percent
(1 %) population difference between districts. The recommendation presented
has a difference of less than 0.5 percent (0.0040515 of the total population
estimate) between the most populated and the least populated districts.
4) The City Commission does not have to accept the Districting Commission's
recommendation.
5) The Districting Commission recommended district map has followed street
rights of way, power easements, streams, etc., as much as possible.
RECOMMENDATION:
The recommendation is that the Districting Commission review the proposed districting map and
recommend the City Commission approve the proposed district boundaries.
ATTACHMENTS:
A - 2007 Proposed District Boundary Map
DISTRICTING COMMISSION ACTION:
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