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l U,A.2. COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICTS - PROPOSED 2011 <br />REDISTRICTING PLAN • <br />PROOF OF PUBLICATION OF ADVERTISEMENT FOR HEARING IS ON FILE IN THE <br />OFFICE OF THE CLERK.TO THE BOARD <br />Attorney Polackwich announced that this was the first of four Public Hearings to discuss <br />redistricting. He presented the proposed written redistricting plan, including the changes as <br />discussed at the Board's June 21, 2011 meeting. He stated the purpose of the plan was to set <br />forth criteria for staff to use to reconfigure the districts and also serve as an informational <br />document for the public. He reviewed the changes of narrowing the deviation between the <br />largest district and the smallest district down to a 6% spread, removing the School Board criteria <br />that the districts shall try to follow school boundaries, and added the criteria that municipalities <br />shall be included in a single district, instead of two districts. <br />Discussion ensued by Commissioner Flescher who did not believe that one District fora • <br />city would be obtainable, particularly in the City of Sebastian. <br />Attorney Polackwich responded that nothing is mandatory, advising that the only <br />Constitutional criteria was the Districts be contiguous and as equal in population as practicable. <br />He pointed out that the County Districts are not like Federal or State Districts where <br />representatives are elected by voters in their districts. Here everyone is elected at large by all <br />County voters. <br />Vice Chairman Wheeler felt the Board was taking a very simple process and making it <br />difficult, but Chairman <br />Solari disagreed. He felt the moment the Board did not take something <br />seriously, someone else would, and he congratulated Attorney Polackwich for his demonstration <br />of clarity on this issue and in getting the Board off to a good start. <br />Commissioner O'Bryan agreed that this would be an interesting and relatively simple <br />process and mentioned that the Board was considering only the total number of heads -in -beds. • <br />BK 141 PG 113 <br />July 12, 2011 8 <br />