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Dylan Reingold, County Attorney William K DeBraal, Deputy County Attorney Susan J. Prado, Assistant County Attorney Office of INDIAN MEMORANDUM TO: Board of County Commissioners FROM: Dylan Reingold, County Attorney DATE: October 13, 2021 IJAI Public Hearing - B.C.C. 10. 19.21 RIVER COUNTY ATTORNEY SUBJECT: Public Hearing and Discussion of 2021 Redistricting of County Commissioner Districts BACKGROUND. The United States Census Bureau has completed the 2020 decennial census, and has released the new census information. This has triggered a responsibility of the Board of County Commissioners to review the commissioner districts in light of the census data, and to make changes required by law. Specifically, (1) article VIII, section (1)(e) of the Florida Constitution provides that "after each decennial census the board of county commissioners shall divide the county into districts of contiguous territory as nearly equal in population as practicable," and (2) section 124.01, Florida Statutes provides that "there shall be five county commissioners' districts in each county, which shall be numbered one to five, inclusive, and shall be as nearly equal in proportion to population as possible." Section 124.01 goes on to say that changes in county commissioner districts "shall be made only in odd -numbered years." At the July 13, 2021 meeting, the Board held its first discussion of the redistricting process. A schedule was adopted which called for additional public hearings, tentatively scheduled for August 17, October 19, and December 7 (for final adoption). On August 17, 2021, the Board adopted a 2021 Redistricting Plan which set forth criteria to be followed by staff in preparing redistricting proposals, and incorporated the public hearing schedule. CAU YegWs WppDa iLwaUempOCL Techwlogiesl..yPDF81@BCL@44135AECI@BCL@44135AECd 53