HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-13-12 Common Council Special Meeting Agenda1OFFICIAL NOTICE OF MEETING
A Special meeting of Common Council will be held on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at
5:30 p.m. in Common Council Chambers, City Hall, 108 East Green Street, Ithaca. Your
attendance is requested
AGENDA
1. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS:
1.1 Discussion Regarding the 2012 Proposed City of Ithaca Redistricting Plan
A. Back-Up Information Included:
i. Proposed Legislation
ii. 5-4 Map
iii. 4-6 Map
2. NEW BUSINESS:
3. ADJOURNMENT
If you have a disability that will require special arrangements to be made in order for you
to fully participate in the meeting, please contact the City Clerk at 274-6570 at least 48
hours before the meeting.
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Julie Conley Holcomb
City Clerk
Dated: June 7, 2012
June 13, 2012 Special Common Council Meeting
Request to Adopt Ward Boundaries for City Redistricting – Resolution
WHEREAS, the Department of Commerce has released data from the year 2010 US
Census of population, and
WHEREAS, the City of Ithaca created boundaries for five city wards for the purpose of
electing two council members from each ward to represent residents of that ward in
2002 and is required to review those boundaries after each decennial Census if there
are significant shifts in population, and
WHEREAS, the City Redistricting Committee was asked to study the ward boundaries
and make recommendations to Council on what the ward boundaries of the City of
Ithaca should be in light of the changes in population from 2000 to 2010, and
WHEREAS, the Redistricting Committee met in public, solicited public input and
deliberated on the merits of various alternatives for ward boundaries, and
WHEREAS, the Redistricting Committee has forwarded to the Common Council a
Preferred Ward Map and an Alternative Ward Map, and
WHEREAS, the Redistricting Committee determined that its Preferred Ward Map,
commonly known as Scenario 4-5a, reflects the creation of four wards with two
alderpersons per ward, and
WHEREAS, the Redistricting Committee determined that its Alternative Ward Map,
commonly known as Scenario 8-3a, reflects the creation of eight wards with one
alderperson per ward, and
WHEREAS, both the Preferred and Alternative Ward Maps put forward by the
Redistricting Committee propose a reduction from ten to eight alderpersons on the
Common Council, which in turn would trigger a mandatory referendum, and
WHEREAS, the Redistricting Committee has submitted to the Mayor and the Common
Council via the Government Performance and Accountability Committee its report
entitled [“CITY REDISTRICTING 2012 – REPORT TO THE ITHACA COMMON
COUNCIL from the City of Ithaca Redistricting Committee, May ___, 2012”], and
WHEREAS, the Government Performance and Accountability Committee [adopts OR
appreciates but declines to adopt] the recommendation of the Redistricting Committee;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That Common Council hereby adopts the [four-ward, five-ward, OR eight-
ward] boundaries as recommended by the Redistricting Committee.
OR
RESOLVED, That Common Council of the City of Ithaca hereby endorses in principle
the redistricting proposal commonly known as "________" and directs the City Attorney
and the Planning Department to prepare an appropriate local law amending the Charter
of the City of Ithaca and present this proposed local law for Council review and action.
Local Law to Adopt New Boundary Lines for the City of Ithaca Wards
WHEREAS a census was held in 2010 which indicated changes in population within the
City that prompted the City to re-examine its ward boundaries and which made it
necessary for the City to embark on a redistricting plan; and
WHEREAS, in view of the foregoing, a City Redistricting Committee was established to
make recommendations to the City of Ithaca Common Council regarding ward
boundaries for the City; and
WHEREAS, the Redistricting Committee extensively studied various options and has
presented its report and recommendations to the Common Council, now therefore,
BE IT NOW ENACTED BY the Common Council of the City of Ithaca as follows:
Section 1. Legislative Intent and Purpose.
The Common Council of the City of Ithaca determines that it is in the interest of the
public welfare to . . . . The Common Council recognizes that this will result in a
population deviation of approximately ___ percent,
Section 2. The text of Section C-3 “Ward Boundaries”, as currently contained in the
Ithaca City Charter and last ratified by Local Law No. [4 of 2002] is hereby repealed and
replaced with the following text:
“The city shall be divided into five __ wards respectfully bounded and described as
follows:
A. Ward I:
B. Ward II:
C. Ward III:
D. Ward IV:
[E. Ward V: ]
Section 3. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this
local law shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof but shall be
confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part thereof
directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
Section 4. Effective Date.
If enacted by mandatory referendum, this Local Law shall take effect immediately upon
its filing with the Secretary of State as provided by Law.
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Legend
54wards
NeighborhoodAssoc.2000
HistoricDistricts
CensusBlock2010
Ward1-5812
Ward2-5817
Ward3-5782
Ward4-6324
Ward5-6279
PrimaryRoads
Building
Waterway