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Introduced
by
the
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Floor of Council:
Reapportionment
Committee
and
amended
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ORDINANCE 2011-554-E
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AN ORDINANCE REGARDING REAPPORTIONMENT OF THE
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JACKSONVILLE
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RESIDENCE
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COUNTY
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2010
CITY
AREAS
SCHOOL
COUNCIL
AND
BOARD
CENSUS
OF
DESIGNATING
DISTRICTS
THE
5.02
DISTRICTS
CITY
THE
AND
DUVAL
FOLLOWING
THE
REQUIRED
BY
AS
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SECTIONS
(REAPPORTIONMENT
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DISTRICTS
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(APPORTIONMENT OF SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICTS) OF
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THE
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ADOPTION
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PLAN
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COUNCIL AT LARGE GROUP RESIDENCE AREAS, AND
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SCHOOL
BOARD
DISTRICTS
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CENSUS
DATA;
AMENDING
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ATTACH
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FOURTEEN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES AND
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FOR FIVE CITY COUNCIL GROUP AT LARGE RESIDENCE
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AREA
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(COUNCIL
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DISTRICTS),
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CHARTER TO DESIGNATE THE
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DISTRICTS
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BOARD DISTRICTS), CITY CHARTER; PROVIDING FOR
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AN INDEX OF EXHIBITS; DIRECTING THE CHIEF OF
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LEGISLATIVE SERVICES TO SEND A COPY OF THIS
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LEGISLATION
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EFFECTIVE DATE.
AND
CITY
RESIDENCE
CHARTER;
AND
CITY
DISTRICT
BOUNDARIES
A
THE
AND
TO
13.03
RECITALS;
DISTRICTS,
ON
CITY
THE
TO
RESIDENCY
CITY
2010
CHARTER
DESCRIPTIONS
PURSUANT
CHARTER;
COUNCIL
REAPPORTIONMENT
BASED
BOUNDARY
PURSUANT
TO
OF
COUNCIL
MEMBERSHIP
CITY
AREAS)
PROVIDING
ENACTMENT
REGARDING
OF
TO
FOR
SECTION
5.01
AREAS
AND
AMENDING
THE
CITY
SEVEN SCHOOL BOARD
SECTION
MUNICODE;
13.02
(SCHOOL
PROVIDING
AN
on
the
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WHEREAS, Section 5.02 (Reapportionment of Council Districts
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and Residence Areas) and Section 13.03 (Apportionment of School
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Board Districts), Charter of the City of Jacksonville, impose upon
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the City Council the duty and responsibility of reapportioning the
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Council Districts, Council Group At Large Residence Areas, and the
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School Board Districts; and
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WHEREAS,
in
making
the
reapportionment,
the
Council
is
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obligated to insure that all the districts are as nearly equal in
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population
and
are
arranged
in
as
logical
and
compact
a
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geographical pattern as possible to achieve and to ensure that all
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federal and state constitutions, laws and requirements are complied
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with; and
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WHEREAS, while the Council districts are based upon population
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with
respect
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territorial
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to
their
size,
the
geographical
boundaries
of
consideration
other
factors,
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contiguity,
that
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economic,
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adequately represented within the Council; and
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so
social
WHEREAS,
the
and
Chapter
the
must
particularly
people
of
ethnic
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districts
arrangement
the
City,
interests
into
compactness
and
and
(Reapportionment),
take
their
and
varied
objectives,
Ordinance
and
Code,
are
was
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enacted in order to set forth legislative policy, to provide for
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appropriate public input, and to provide for an adequate review of
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the
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therefore
reapportionment
plan
before
it
is
enacted
into
law;
now
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BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Jacksonville:
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Section 1. Legislative Findings; Recitals.
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The City Council finds as follows:
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(a) The City Council Reapportionment Committee, pursuant to
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section 18.104, Ordinance Code, selected the City’s Planning and
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Development Department, based on its professional qualifications
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and
experience
in
reapportionment,
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as
the
reapportionment
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consultant to assist the City Council in producing, analyzing, and
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assessing
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Jacksonville based on the 2010 United States census data.
territorial
and
population
maps
of
the
City
of
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(b) The City Council Reapportionment Committee, pursuant to
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Chapter 18, Ordinance Code, did, after several hearings, meetings
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and
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plan,
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Council, which was referred to the City Council Rules Committee.
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The Proposed Plan establishes preliminary proposed boundaries for
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the 14 City Council Districts and 5 City Council Group At Large
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Residence Areas, pursuant to Section 18.106, Ordinance Code.
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Proposed Plan was accompanied with a report
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Exhibit 1 containing the following information.
workshops,
dated
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August
(i)
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the
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boundaries;
existing
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transmit
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a
preliminary
2011
(the
proposed
”Proposed
reapportionment
Plan”)
to
the
City
The
attached hereto as
A map of the General Services District showing both
district
boundaries
and
the
proposed
district
(ii) A table indicating the population of each proposed
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district
and
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population average for all the districts, with an explanation of
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the variation in each district;
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the
variations
of
each
such
population
from
the
(iii) A statement of the methodology used in arriving at
the particular plan recommended by the Reapportionment Committee;
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(iv) An
the
other
reapportionment
process of creating the recommended plan, with the reasons for
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rejection of each such reapportionment plan; and
and
Reapportionment
recommendations
Committee
plans
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Comments
by
any
considered
(v)
created
of
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or
appendix
deemed
in
necessary
the
or
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advisable by the Reapportionment Committee to explain or illustrate
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the plan.
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(c)
18.107,
The City Council Rules Committee, pursuant to
Ordinance
Code,
held
several
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hearings,
section
meetings
and
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workshops, and analyzed and assessed the Proposed Plan, as well as
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proposed amendments thereto, in accordance with the 2010 United
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States census data and appropriate legal criteria.
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(d)
The
City
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consideration
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practices and principles and the testimony and evidence received at
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all of the public hearings approved, and reported the Proposed Plan
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with amendments thereto (the “Amended Plan”) attached hereto as
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Eighth Revised Exhibit 2, labeled as “Eighth Revised Exhibit 2, 8th
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Amended Plan (Map), November 8, 2011 - Floor”, to the entire City
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Council for its consideration.
of
Council
Rules
redistricting
Committee,
and
after
reapportionment
careful
standards,
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(e)
The City Council considered the change from the map NW
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Intermediate Redman 5, approved by City Council on October 25,
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2011, which was the subject of the public hearing held on October
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31, 2011 to the map proposed by a floor amendment, Redistricting
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Plan 11/08/11 Denise 1 (“Denise 1”).
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in
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overall change for the total population is less than one percent
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(1%).
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constitute a substantial change, based on the following:
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any
one
district
is
less
than
The largest individual change
one
percent
(1%).
The
total
The Council finds that the changes made in Denise 1 do not
(i)
Removes 25 people from District 10 and places them
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in District 12.
The boundary areas of the additional District
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12 portion would be Bulls Bay Highway on the West and South,
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Jackson Avenue on the East, and Old Plank Road on the North.
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(ii)
Removes 601 people from District 8 and places them
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in District 12.
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12 portion would be Otis Road on the East, Beaver Street and
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Township of Baldwin border on the South, and Duval County line
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on the West.
The boundary areas of the additional District
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(iii)
Removes 472 people from District 9 and places them
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in District 8.
The boundary areas of the additional District
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8 portion would be 6th Street on the North, Kings Road on the
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South, I-95 on the East, and Myrtle Avenue on the West.
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(iv)
Removes 355 people from District 12 and places them
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in District 8.
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8 portion would be Old Plank Road on the South, Jacksonville-
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Baldwin Rails-to-Trails on the North, Hannah Road on the East,
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and Halsema Road on the West.
The boundary areas of the additional District
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Section 2. Charter of the City of Jacksonville amended to
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approve and enact the City of Jacksonville Reapportionment Plan
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establishing City Council Districts and City Council Group At Large
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Residence Areas.
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In accordance with the Charter of the City of Jacksonville
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(“Charter”) and Chapter 18, (Reapportionment), Ordinance Code, and
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in conjunction with the 2010 United States census data, the City
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Council approves, adopts and enacts the City Council District and
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City Council Group At Large Residence boundaries as set forth in
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the final Amended Plan (the “Council District and Group At Large
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Residence Area Plan”) attached hereto as Exhibit 3.
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(a)
14 City Council Districts. The Charter is hereby amended
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by repealing and removing Appendix 1 of the Charter, which defines
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the City Council Districts based on the 2000 United States census
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data as described by metes and bounds attached hereto as Revised
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Exhibit 4, labeled as “Revised Exhibit 4, Amended Appdx 1-2000,
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September 22, 2011 - Rules”, and enacting and replacing same with a
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new
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Districts based on the 2010 United States census data as described
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by metes and bounds attached hereto as Exhibit 5.
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Appendix
(b)
5
1
of
City
the
Charter
Council
which
Group
At
defines
Large
the
Residence
City
Council
Areas.
The
Charter is hereby amended by repealing and removing Appendix 1-A,
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which defines the City Council Group At Large Residence Areas based
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the 2000 United States census data as described by metes and bounds
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attached hereto as Revised Exhibit 6, labeled as “Revised Exhibit
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6, Amended Appdx 1A 2000, September 22, 2011 - Rules”, and enacting
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and replacing same with Appendix 1-A which defines the City Council
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Group At Large Residence Areas based on the 2010 United States
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census data as described by metes and bounds attached hereto as
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Exhibit 7.
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Section 3. Charter of the City of Jacksonville amended to
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designate
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13.02 of the Charter.
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the
Section
seven
school
18.110,
Ordinance
provides
the
13.02,
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Section 13.02, Charter, establishes that each School Board District
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shall be comprised of two adjoining Council Districts.
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is
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Charter,
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based on the 2000 United States census data attached hereto as
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Exhibit 9, and enacting and replacing same with a new Appendix 2 of
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the Charter which defines the School Board Districts based on the
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2010 United States census data attached hereto as Exhibit 10.
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hereby
amended
which
Section 4.
districts
illustrated
by
defines
in
repealing and
the
Duval
as
Exhibit
removing
County
Index of Exhibits.
shall
that
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board
Districts
section
reapportion
as
Council
to
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school
14
Code,
pursuant
reapportionment
Charter,
the
districts
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the
of
board
automatically
provided
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in
Section
attached
hereto.
The Charter
Appendix
School
Board
of
Districts
referred to in this ordinance are as follows:
Exhibit 1
Proposed Plan/Report (Map)
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Eighth Revised Exhibit 2
Amended Plan (Map)
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Exhibit 3
Final Amended Plan (Map)
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Revised Exhibit 4
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Appendix 1-2000 City Council Districts
(metes and bounds description)
Exhibit 5
Appendix 1-2010 City Council Districts
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the
An index of the exhibits
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2
(metes and bounds description)
Revised Exhibit 6
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4
Appendix
1A-2000
City
Council
Residency Areas (metes and bounds description)
Exhibit 7
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Appendix
1A-2010
City
Council
Exhibit 8
School Board Districts Map 2010
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Exhibit 9
Appendix
8
10
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12
13
14
15
16
17
At-Large
Residency Areas (metes and bounds description)
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9
At-Large
2
–
2000
School
Board
District
–
2010
School
Board
District
Designations
Exhibit 10
Appendix
2
Designations
Section 5.
Directing the Chief of Legislative Services to
forward this Legislation to Municode. The Chief of Legislative
Services is directed to forward this legislation to the Municipal
Code Corporation.
Section 6. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become
effective upon signature by the Mayor or upon becoming effective
without the Mayor's signature.
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Form Approved:
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/s/ Margaret M. Sidman_______
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Office of General Counsel
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Legislation prepared by: Margaret M. Sidman
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