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2. Ordinance 1446 - Ward Boundaries Adjustment - 1st ReadingCity of Kalispell Charles A. Harball Office of City Attorney City Attorney 312 First Avenue East P.O. Box 1997 Kalispell, MT 59903-1997 MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Pamela B. Kennedy and Kalispell City Council FROM: Charles Harball, City Attorney Chris Kukulski, City Manager DATE: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 Tel 406.758.7708 Fax 406.758.7771 charball@kalispell.com SUBJECT: Redistricting for 2000 Census — Ordinance 1446 MEETING DATE: Monday, March 3, 2003 BACKGROUND: Every ten years, after the federal census has been finalized, the City is required to examine its voter wards to determine if they are fairly proportioned. For our purposes this means that each of the four wards should contain approximately the same number of people. This task of analyzing the maps and the numbers was assigned to the Tri- City Planning Office because of the existing resources in that office and their capabilities of using computer analysis to assist in the job. The goals that were given to Tri-City were these: 1) to change the boundaries as little as possible, 2) if a boundary was changed, to make such change as logical and simple as possible, and 3) to keep the population of each ward within at least 2% of the mean. Based upon the 2000 Census of Kalispell, each ward would ideally contain 3,702 people. The boundary lines as drawn for Ordinance 1446 would place the population of each of the wards within 2% of this ideal. In raw numbers this means that the ward with the largest deviation would only be within 88 people of this number while the ward with the smallest deviation would be within 24 people of this ideal. Please refer to the memo of Tom Jentz, attached, for further explanation of the statistical analysis used. I believe that Ordinance 1446 accomplishes all of the goals of redistricting as there is minimal changing of boundaries with such changes being simple and logical while keeping the deviations within 2% of the mean. Ward Redistricting Memo February 26, 2003 Page - 2 RECOMMENDATION: That Council pass Ordinance 1446 as written and that it resist the temptation to try to further simplify or move boundaries based on some other sense of symmetry or logic. Staff spent many hours, with the aid of computerized maps, moving lines and testing boundaries. What is learned from this is that moving a single block from one ward to another creates significant deviations in the statistical outcome. In other words, this is not as simple as it looks. FISCAL EFFECTS: None. Respectfully City Attorney Chris Kukulski, dty Manager Office of City Attomey City of Kalispell ORDINANCE NO. 1446 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 6-1 OF THE KALISPELL CITY CODE (ORDINANCE NO. 1341) BY RE-ESTABLISHING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE WARDS OF THE CITY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, MONTANA, THAT SECTION 6-1 OF THE CITY CODE (ORDINANCE NO. 1341) BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. The territory embraced within the limits of the City shall be and the same is hereby divided into four wards, bounded and described as hereinafter set forth. A) Ward No. 1: Ward No. I shall consist of all that territory within the corporate City limits of the City of Kalispell Westerly of a line beginning at the Northerly City limits and the Center line of U.S. Highway 93, thence along the Center line of U.S. Highway 93 to the Southerly intersection of Utah Street, thence Westerly along the Southerly line of Utah Street to the Westerly intersection of Fifth Avenue West, thence southerly along the Westerly line of Fifth Avenue West to the Northerly intersection of Third Street West, thence Westerly along the Northerly line of Third Street West to the Westerly corporate limits of the City of Kalispell. B) Ward No. 2: Ward No. 2 shall consist of all that territory within the corporate limits of the City of Kalispell Easterly of a line beginning at the Northerly city limits and the Center line of US Highway 93 to the Southerly intersection of Utah Street, thence Westerly along the Southerly line of Utah Street to the Westerly intersection of Fifth Avenue West, thence Southerly along the Westerly line of Fifth Avenue West to the BN Railroad Tracks, thence Easterly along the center line of the BN Railroad Tracks to the Easterly Corporate limits of the City of Kalispell. C) Ward No. 3: Ward No. 3 shall consist of all that territory within the corporate limits of the City of Kalispell lying Southerly of the South boundary of Ward No. 1 and Ward No. 2, above described, and Northerly of a line beginning at the intersection of the Easterly City limit and the Southerly line of Woodland Park Addition, thence Westerly along the Southerly boundary of Woodland Park Addition to the Westerly intersection of Woodland Avenue, thence Southerly along the Westerly line of Woodland Avenue to the Southerly intersection of Eight Street East, thence Westerly along the Southerly line of Eighth Street East to the Westerly intersection of Fifth Avenue West, thence Southerly along Fifth Avenue West to the intersection of Ninth Street West and Ninth Avenue West, thence Northerly along Ninth Avenue West to the intersection of Eighth Street West, thence Westerly along Eighth Street West to the intersection of Tenth Avenue West, thence Southerly along abandoned Tenth Avenue West to the intersection of Ninth Street West, thence Southwesterly along and to the end of Ninth Street West, thence Westerly and Northerly along the corporate limits boundary to the Southerly right of way boundary of Eighth Street West, thence Westerly to the Westerly corporate limits of the City of Kalispell. D) Ward No. 4: Ward No. 4 shall consist of all that territory within the corporate City limits of the City of Kalispell lying Southerly of the South boundary of Ward No. 3. SECTION lI. As there are additions made to the corporate limits of the City of Kalispell, the aforesaid boundary lines of the respective wards shall be extended in a Northerly, Easterly or Westerly direction, as the case may be, along the center line of the nearest extended street running Northerly, Easterly, or Westerly, as the case may be, to the City limits. SECTION III. This Ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days from and after the date of its final passage and approval. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR THIS 17TH DAY OF MARCH, 2003. Pamela B. Kennedy Mayor ATTEST: Theresa White City Clerk Tri-City Planning Office 17 Second Street East Suite 211 Kalispell Montana 59901 Phone: (406) 751-1850 Fax: (406) 751-1858 tricityAcenturytel. net www.tricityplanning-mt.com MEMORANDUM TO: CHARLIE HARBALL, CITY ATTORNEY FROM: TOM JENTZ, DIRECTOR -<00- DATE: FEBRUARY 13, 2003 RE: CITY ELECTION WARD — REDISTRICTING MAP This office has reviewed the existing election wards for the City of Kalispell and has prepared a suggested re -districting map (attached) to bring the wards into balance with the 2000 census. The results of our study are summarized in the table below. The focus of the study was to ascertain the existing population of each ward based on the 2000 census and then to re -draw or modify each ward such that nearly equal populations could be re-established in each ward. This was done with the intent of using obvious geographic features whenever possible for boundaries with a goal of providing the least amount of change necessary to accomplish the task. The population of the City was determined to be 14,807 based on recent annexations of developed land. Therefore the ideal ward size would be 3,702. The table below shows that we were able to come within 2% of that figure for each ward. Redistricting Proposal Kalispell Wards Current and Proposed Populations 2000 Census Current Ward boundaries Yr. 2000 pop. Proposed Ward boundaries Yr. 2000 Pop. Pop. Difference from Ideal Ward size of 3,702 Ward 1 3,678 3,678 - 24 1% Ward 2 3,915 3,614 - 88 2% Ward 3 3,123 3,730 28 1% Ward 4 4,091 3,784 82 2% Total Pop. 14,807 14,807 0 Providing Community Planning Assistance To: • City of Columbia Falls • City of Kalispell • City of Whitefish Kalispell city Attorney Re: Ward Re -Districting Proposal - Draft February 13, 2003 Page 2 of 2 Methodology A digital map of the Flathead County 2000 Census Tracts with Block group and block number designations was obtained from the Montana State Library, (NRIS). The associated database was also downloaded and each block was attributed with the year 2000 population data. Municipal annexations since 2000 were incorporated into the study with the 2000 census data affixed to them as well. A paper map was created and each block's population was entered into an Excel spreadsheet and totaled by ward number. The year 2000 population for Kalispell was 14,223. Based on annexations, this office determined that the population had increased 584 people to 14,807 by February 2003. Thus the ideal population ward size would be 3,702. It was then our focus to begin modifying the borders of the existing wards to bring each ward to within 2% of the ideal ward size, using obvious land use features as boundaries with an intent to disrupt the existing boundaries as little as possible. The results by ward are as follows: Ward 1 No changes Ward 2 Reduce the population of this ward by using the RR tracks as the southern boundary for the entire ward. Ward 3 Increase the populations of ward 3 by moving the northern boundary as it abuts ward 2 to the RR tracks and increase the southern boundary uniformly one block south to 8th and 9th Streets. Ward 4 Reduce this ward by moving the northern boundary one block south so that 8 and 9th Streets become the new boundary. Conclusion: At your request, we can provide you with a suitable final version of the map for recording purposes. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact this office. TRJ/sm LETTERS/ 2003/ KALISPELL WARD REDIST Proposed Ward Boundaries City of Kalispell - February 2003 1 n 2 �n 4 f� l Census 2000 Block data was used to calculate population within each of the wards, and to relocate ward boundaries as to evenly distribute the total population of the city of Kalispell between the four wards. Date:2 iwm