TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, City Manager
TITLE: An Ordinance of the City of North Port, Florida, Adopting a Redistricting Plan for the City’s Five City Commission Districts in Accordance with Section 2.02 of the Charter of the City of North Port; Amending Sections 2-2 and 2-3 of the Code of the City of North Port, Florida to Provide for the Approved Redistricting Map and Legal Descriptions; Providing for Findings; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; Providing for Codification; and Providing an Effective Date.
Recommended Action
Continue Ordinance No. 2022-04 to second reading on May 24, 2022.
Recommended Action for Second Reading
Approve Ordinance No. 2022-04.
Background Information
Per City Charter, the City Commission shall approve a redistricting plan by ordinance, if a substantial change is proven, no later than 10 months (300 days) following each decennial census published results. The 2020 Census data showed the current Commission Districts to be outside of the deviation in population based on average population among the districts.
The City hired the consulting firm ARCBridge Consulting & Training Inc. to draft redistricting maps and a redistricting website was made available to the public for over one (1) month for inspection and comment on the draft maps and descriptions of the recommended district boundaries. On March 8, 2022, the City Commission held a public hearing and received public comment on the proposed redistricting plans and selected Map C.
The requirements for redistricting have been met. Each district is formed of a compact, contiguous territory; is based on the principle of equal, effective representation as required by the United States Constitution; and is as equal in population as possible, with no more than a 5% deviation in population based on average population among the districts.
The adopted redistricting plan will take effect for any election held at least one (1) year following the plan's final approval.
Added for Second Reading:
The City Commission heard this item at their regularly scheduled meeting on May 10, 2022 and voted unanimously to continue Ordinance No. 2022-04 to second reading.
Strategic Plan
Efficient & Effective Government
Financial Impact
Not applicable.
Procurement
Not applicable.
Attachments:
1. Ordinance No. 2022-04 First Reading
2. Exhibit A to Ordinance No. 2022-04
3. Exhibit B to Ordinance No. 2022-04
4. Exhibit C to Ordinance No. 2022-04
5. Ordinance No. 2022-04 Second Reading
Prepared by: Lori Barnes, AICP, CMP, Planning Division Manager
Monica Bramble, Project Manager
Department Director: Alaina Ray, AICP, Neighborhood Development Services Director