Subject:
Title
Approval, Adoption and Advertisement, Re: Recommendation of Redistricting Committee and Legal Description for the Commission District Boundaries
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Fiscal Impact:
Approximately $6500 for the cost of advertisement of the Commission District legal boundaries, description, minutes and map.
Dept/Office:
Brevard County Redistricting Committee
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Board consider the recommendation of the Redistricting Committee for redrawing the five Commission Districts and either approve or disapprove, without amendment, consistent with Brevard County Home Rule Charter, Article 2, Section 2.2, Redistricting.
If approved, it is requested that the Board adopt the legal description for the District Boundaries, direct the Clerk to the Board to enter said description into this meeting's minutes and for a certified copy of this meeting's minutes for this Agenda Item to be published at least once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks in the Florida Today (per Florida Statute 124.02).
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Summary Explanation and Background:
The Brevard County Home Rule Charter, Article 2, Section 2.2, Redistricting, requires that the Board of County Commissioners shall oversee the redistricting of the Board's district boundaries in the first odd-numbered year after each decennial census. The 15 member, BOCC-appointed committee began its deliberations on March 16, 2021 and met on May 18, 2021, August 25, 2021, September 14, 2021, September 27, 2021, October 4, 2021, and October 18, 2021. At the October 18th meeting, the committee voted 9 to 4 to forward the attached map to the Board for consideration. (Aye; Robin Fisher, Robert Jordan, James Minus, Yvonne Minus, Henry Minneboo, Todd Pokrywa, Sue Schmitt, Steve Crisafulli, Jason Steele. Nay; Josiah Gattle, Susan Hodgers, John Weiler, Alberta Wilson. Absent; Kendall Moore, Ritch David Workman.)
Board Options:
1) Approve the map as proposed and the attached legal description of the...
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