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C L 200^ <br />cvtv ohono <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />DATE; April 17,2002 <br />ITEM NO: j3 <br />Department Approval: <br />Name Lin Vee <br />Adminbtrator Reviewed: <br />Title City Clerk <br />Agenda Section: <br />City Administrator's <br />Report <br />Item Description: Establish New Voting Precinct Boundaries and Reestablish Polling Place <br />Locations - Resolution <br />Attachments:Exhibit A - Resolution <br />Exhibit B - Precinct Boundary Map Showing Old and New Precincts <br />2000 Census and Redistricting Background <br />Following the national census conducted every ten years, state law requires the adoption of a <br />redistricting plan to ensure “equal representation" by having roughly the same number of persons <br />contained within each congressional and legislative district. The following table shows <br />representation in Orono: <br />District Prior to 2000 Following <br />Redistricting <br />Federal Congressional District 3 3 <br />State Senate Districts <br />Precincts 1, 3,4 34 33 <br />Precinct 2 43 33 <br />State House Districts <br />Precincts 1,3,4 34B 33B <br />Precinct 2 43A 33B <br />Redistricting of Precincts <br />As part of the redistricting process, each city is required to adopt a resolution to either reestablish <br />or redistrict precinct boundaries. The following criteria were considered during the review process <br />to determine if any precinct changes were necessary: <br />1.Cannot be divided by an elective district boundary (except school districts) such as <br />Wards, Legislative or Congressional districts. <br />2. Strongly encouraged to follow school district boundaries where possible. <br />A