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ITEM 402
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REQUEST: Community Development Department, Land Development Division, presents to
the Commission the recommendation of the Districting Commission as it relates
to the redistricting of the City and to request approval of the second reading of
Ordinance No. 2004-27 which will establish district boundaries reflecting the
January 3l, 2004 population.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is to present to the Commission the
recommendation of the Districting Commission as it relates to the redistricting of
the City and to request approval of the second reading of Ordinance No. 2004-27.
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.
(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
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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 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.
(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 of the 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 feder'allaw.
(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 table below. The January 31,2001,
population (basis for the 2001 districting map is depicted as the revised estimated population for
January 31, 200 l) has been adjusted to January 31, 2004, by the same methodology used by
fonner Current Planning Coordinator Don LeBlanc. The district boundaries have been adjusted
to accommodate the population changes with as little population variation as possible among the
districts. Mr. LeBlanc had estimated the January 31, 2001, population at 32,515. The bottom
line (labeled "percentages") represents the percentage of that revised district of the total
estimated January 31,2004, City population. The perfect district size identified by Mr. LeBlanc
for this population was 6,503 (32,5l5/5=6,503). The University ofPlorida estimated that the
April 2003 City population was 32,572. Staff estimates the January 31, 2004, City population at
33,893 (the perfect district size, based on this estimate would be 6,779). The process of setting
district boundaries should try to adhere to obvious boundaries and to try to provide as equitable a
population distribution as possible.
DISTRICTS 1 2 3 4 5
Est Population
01-31-01 5936 6834 6348 6389 7008
Revised Est
Population
01-31-01 6533 6488 6588 6462 6444
Est Population
01-31-04 6569 6706 6676 6474 7468
Revised Est
Population
01-31-04 6808 6755 6746 6713 6871
Percentages 0.200867 0.199303 0.199038 0.198064 0.202726
A summary of the proposed modifications to the existing district boundaries are as follows:
a. Approximately Y2 ofTuscawilla, Parcel 90 (SE comer of power easement and Tuskawilla
Road) was moved from District 2 into District 3;
b. The portion of the Town Center on the north side ofSR 434, including the Orange Avenue
annexations, was moved from District 5 into District 2;
c. Parkstone was moved from District 5 to District 4; and
d. Seibert Manor, Bahama Ranches, Moss Road Ranches, and a portion ofFoxmoor were moved
from District 5 into District l.
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FINDINGS:
1) The Districting Commission was appointed by City Commission action of
December 8, 2003, and January l2, 2004.
2) The one hundred twenty (120) day requirement for report filing expires May
11, 2004. 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 of the
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 four (144) 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
(0.0046618 of the total population) 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 recommendation as being presented to the City
Commission allows all present City Commissioners to remain in their
respective districts.
6) The Districting Commission recommended district map has followed street
rights of way, power easements, streams, etc., as much as possible.
CHRONOLOGY:
May 11, 2004 -
Districting Commission meeting - staff presented the proposed
boundaries & the Districting Commission recommended approval
of the boundaries as presented to the City Commission.
May 24, 2004 -
City Commission approves first reading of Ordinance No. 2004 -
27.
RECOMMENDATION:
The recommendation is that the City Commission approve proposed Ordinance
No. 2004-27, adopting Commission District boundaries as required by the City Charter.
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ATTACHMENTS:
A - Proposed Ordinance No. 2004-27
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