Other/Miscellaneous Request Template (Appointments; ROW; Code Changes; Zoning Action, etc.)
Date Submitted: 3-10-22
Requesting Agency: Denver City Council
Division:
Subject Matter Expert Name: Councilmember CdeBaca
Email Address: Candi.CdeBaca@denvergov.org
Phone Number:
Item Title & Description:
(Do not delete the following instructions)
These appear on the Council meeting agenda. Initially, the requesting agency will enter a 2-3 sentence description. Upon bill filling, the City Attorney's Office should enter the title above the description (the title should be in bold font).
Both the title and description must be entered between the red "title" and "body" below. Do not at any time delete the red "title" or "body" markers from this template.
title
For an ordinance amending Article II of Chapter 15 of the Revised Municipal Code for purposes of approving a new redistricting plan for the eleven council districts of the City and County of Denver for the municipal election on April 4, 2023, and for any general or special council election held thereafter.
Describes the district boundaries depicted on Map A.
body
Affected Council District(s) or citywide?
Executive Summary with Rationale and Impact:
Detailed description of the item and why we are doing it. This can be a separate attachment.
I drew this map with an eye toward equity and preserving the communities of interest identified both in the Representable.org maps and through conversations with constituents and the D9 redistricting town halls I held last fall.
The aim of my map is to correct for the huge population shifts over the past ten years that have left us with such a wide disparity in population and representation between Council districts-currently, District 2 is 13% under the target population size of 65,000 constituents, whereas District 9 is 16% over that target population size. The spatial organization of such drastic shifts (population and growth have been consistently pushing ...
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