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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 2022-O0013 - Creating New Voting Precincts and DistrictsFirst Reading Second Reading January 25, 2022 January 27, 2022 Item No. 7.33 Item No. 2 ORDINANCE NO. 2022-00013 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1.02.004 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, WITH REGARD TO VOTING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SAME BY CITY COUNCIL BY ORDINANCE; CREATING ADDITIONAL AND NEW VOTING PRECINCTS; PROVIDING A MAP OF THE VOTING PRECINCTS AND DISTRICTS OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. WHERES, the City Council of the City of Lubbock (the "City Council") received the results of the 2020 Federal Census and engaged the law firm of Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP (the "Consultant") to act as its redistricting consultant; and WHEREAS, on December 14, 2021, the City Council adopted the final plan regarding redistricting of the six City Council single -member districts; and WHEREAS, the City Council after due consideration of the recommendation of the Consultant and other information provided by the staff and the public has determined that it would be in the best interest of the citizens of the City of Lubbock to require that the following changes be made to the City of Lubbock voting precincts; and WHEREAS, on December 27, 2021, the Lubbock County Commissioner's Court adopted reconfigured voting precincts within the City and the County of Lubbock; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock deems it to be in the best interest of the citizens of the City of Lubbock to amend Section 1.02.004 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock to amend the boundaries of existing voting precinct boundaries, creating additional and new voting precincts; NOW THEREFORE: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: SECTION 1. THAT Section 1.02.004 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock, Texas, be amended to read as follows: Sec. 1.02.004 Precincts and voting places (a) All general and special elections of the city shall be held at voting places that will be designated by election order, which shall be the voting places for the voting precincts. Voting precincts shall be established by ordinance and may be altered from time to time in like manner. (b) The voting precincts shall be divided into six (6) City Council voting districts, with each district to contain the following named voting precincts: Voting District No. 1: Precinct Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 17, 19, 24, 63, and 114. Voting District No. 2: Precinct Nos. 6, 11, 20, 25, 26, 29, 40, 67, 108, 118, 119, 122, and 153. Voting District No. 3: Precinct Nos. 7, 13, 14, 15, 21, 22, 23, 27, 30, 49, 50, and 126. Voting District No. 4: Precinct Nos. 12, 28, 32, 37, 52, 54, 60, 66, 75, 109, 110, 123, 127, and 141. Voting District No. 5: Precinct Nos. 62, 78, 104, 111, 112, 124, 125, 128, 129, 138, 139, 140, 154, and a portion of 155. Voting District No. 6: Precinct Nos. 9, a portion of 31, 47, 53, 57, 58, 59, 72, 76, 92, 113, a portion of 120, 135, and 152. (c) The voting districts and voting precincts, as established by City Council, shall be delineated on a map. A copy of the original of such map shall be kept in the office of the city secretary and shall be available for public inspection. At each special and general city election, a true copy of said map shall be furnished by the city secretary to each of the presiding judges of the voting precincts for such special or general city election. SECTION 2. THAT pursuant to Chapters 42 of the Texas Election Code, the configurations and boundaries for the City's election precincts are hereby amended, and that the new and reconfigured election precincts plan, as depicted on the maps attached as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference as though set out completely in detail, is hereby adopted, approved, and designated to define the City's election precincts from and after the Effective Date. A copy of the attached maps shall be kept on file in the office of the city secretary and shall be available for public inspection. SECTION 3. THAT should any paragraph, section, sentence, clause, phrase of word of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected thereby. SECTION 4. THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance as an alternative method of publication provided by law. AND IT IS SO ORDERED. Passed by the City Council on first reading on January 25 , 2022 Passed by the City Council on second reading on January 27 2022. DANIEL M. 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It does not represent an on-the-ground survey and represents only the approximate relative location of property boundaries. ± Council District 1 Council District 2 Council District 3 Council District 4 Council District 5 Council District 6 Voting Precincts Lubbock City Limits 0 1 2 3 40.5 Miles 155 120 31