City Council

Agenda Request

Agenda Of:

October 17, 2006

Agenda Request No:

VIII A

Initiated By:

joe morris, city attorney

Responsible Department:

city attorney

Presented By:

joe morris

Department Head:

joe morris

City Attorney

 

 

Additional Department. Head (s):

n/a

Subject / Proceeding:

Approve Redistricting Ordinance

Exhibits:

Map Showing Change in District No. 3 & 4 Boundary

Population Figures Before and After Redistricting

Map Showing Districts After Redistricting and Annexation

Ordinance 1590

Clearances

Approval

Legal:

n/a

Executive Director:

n/a

Purchasing:

n/a

Asst. City Manager:

n/a

Budget:

n/a

City Manager:

Allen Bogard

Budget

Expenditure Required:  $

n/a

Amount Budgeted/Reallocation:  $

n/a

Additional Appropriation:  $

n/a

Recommended Action

Approve Ordinance No.1590

Executive Summary

This ordinance implements the redistricting required by the annexation of Fort Bend County Municipal District  No. 113 in December 2005 by revising the boundary between Districts 3 and 4 so that 929 persons (and 667 voters) located in the Austin Park subdivision located in District 4 will be located in District 3. (See attached Redistricting Map).   The proposed plan will reduce the total maximum deviation of the Districts from 13% to 8.3%, well under the maximum of 10% allowed by law.  Under the proposed plan, the populations of the Districts before and after redistricting are as follows:

 

                   2002              2006       

 

       D1      15808            15808       -1.86  (unchanged)    

       D2      15388            15388       -4.47  (unchanged)   

       D3      16348            16717      +3.78  (current –2.0)  

       D4      15838            16520      +2.56  (current +8.3)

 

The ordinance also places the 1993 acres of the Telfair development annexed in 2004 into single member districts, by:

 

             (1)  Adding that portion of the annexed land lying south of U. S. Highway 59 to District No. 3;

 (2)  Adding  that portion of the annexed land lying north of U.S. Highway 59 to District No. 2; and

 (3)  Moving the strip of land lying south of U. S. Highway 90A, previously included in District No. 1, to   District No. 2 (see attached Annexation Map).

 

As a result of the redistricting and the annexation, the City’s current single member districts and boundaries will be as shown in the attached Current District Map.  

 

Following the adoption of the ordinance, we will submit the redistricting and annexation to the U.S. Department of Justice for approval as required by Federal law.  The county will adjust the county voting precincts to comply with the City’s changes after the November elections. 

 

Exhibits

 

 

 

DISTRICT POPULATONS

 

 

 

 

                        2002                %DEV            2006                %DEV

 

D1           15,808             -0.2                  15,808             -1.9

 

D2           15,388             -2.8                  15,388             -4.5

 

D3           15,788             -0.3                  15,788             -2.0

 

D4           16,348             +3.2                 17,449             +8.3

 

 

 

 

ORDINANCE NO. 1590

 

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND, TEXAS, ADOPTING CHANGES TO THE CITY’S SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT BOUNDARIES; ADDING LAND ANNEXED BY ORDINANCE NO. 1431 TO THE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS; AMENDING SECTION 2-3 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATING TO THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES; AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 1376.    

 

WHEREAS, Article II, Section 2.01 of the Charter of the City of Sugar Land, Texas, provides that four council members will be elected from districts; and

 

WHEREAS, on December 2005, the City Council added 1101 persons to single member district no. 4 when it annexed Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 113, (Avalon and Brazos Landing); and

 

WHEREAS, to comply with the legal requirement that the districts have substantially equal populations, the City Council wishes to revise the district boundary between Districts 3 and 4 so that 929 persons (and 667 voters) located in the Austin Park subdivision, now located in District 4, would be located in District 3; and 

 

WHEREAS, on August 15 and September 5, 2006, the City Council held public hearings to receive comments on City Council’s redistricting plan or alternative plans, notice of which was given by newspaper publication prior to the hearing date; and

 

WHEREAS, on April 6, 2004, by approval of Ordinance No. 1431, the City Council annexed approximately 1993 acres of land, (known as the Telfair development), into the City limits; and

 

WHEREAS, the Council wishes to: 

 

(1) Add that portion of the annexed land lying south of U. S. Highway 59 to District No. 3;

(2) Add that portion of the annexed land lying north of U.S. Highway 59 and south of U.S. Highway 90A to District No. 2; and

(3) Move the strip of land lying south of U. S. Highway 90A, previously included in District No. 1 under a prior annexation, to District No. 2;  NOW, THEREFORE;

 

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL

OF THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND, TEXAS:

 

Section 1.  That Ordinance No. 1376, adopted on October 15, 2002, adopting changes to the City’s single member districts is repealed.  

 

Section 2.  That the boundaries of the City’s four single-member districts are amended to follow the boundaries as shown on the map attached to this ordinance as Exhibit A, and to include the census blocks for each district as described in Exhibit B, both of which are incorporated into this ordinance by reference.

 

            Section 2.  That Section 2-9 of the City of Sugar Land’s Code of Ordinances is amended to read as follows:    

 

            Sec. 2-3.  Council district boundaries.

 

                  (a) The current boundaries of the four single-member council districts are as established by Ordinance No. 1590, approved by the city council on November 7, 2006. A copy of the ordinance and descriptions of the districts as contained in Exhibits A and B of the ordinance are on file with the City Secretary and available for public inspection.   

 

 

APPROVED on first consideration on October 17, 2006.

 

ADOPTED upon second consideration on November 7, 2006.

 

 

 

____________________________

David G. Wallace, Mayor

 

ATTEST:

 

 

 

__________________________

Glenda Gundermann, City Secretary

 

Reviewed for Legal Compliance:

 

 

 

 

 

Attachments: Exhibit A- Map Showing District Boundaries

          Exhibit B - Census Blocks Included in Each District


 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

(Not attached)


 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

CITY OF SUGAR LAND

2006 REDISTRICTING COUNCIL DISTRICTS 3 AND 4

BLOCK REPORT

Exhibit B

 

 

Block No.                                Census ID                                         # Persons

 

4001                                        4815767410004001                                  220

4002                                        481567641004002                                      38

4003                                        481576741004003                                      25

4004                                        481576741004004                                      34

4005                                        481576741004005                                    322

4011                                        481576741004011                                    113

4012                                        481576741004012                                      23

4013                                        481576741004013                                      28

4014                                        481576741004014                                      18

4015                                        481576741004015                                      20

4016                                        481576741004016                                      65

4017                                        481576741004017                                      23