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HomeMy WebLinkAboutStudy Session Packet 03/28/2011 STUDY SESSION AGENDA CITY COUNCIL MEETING CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO City Council Chambers 7500 W. 29th Ave. March 28. 2011 Upon adjournment of Council Meeting Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to participate in all public meetings sponsored by the City of Wheat Ridge. Call Heather Geyer, Public Information Officer at 303-235-2826 at least one week in advance of a meeting if you are interested in participating and need inclusion assistance. APPROVAL OF AGENDA .1. Redistricting Plan ~ ~ .. ~ ~ _ ~ City of ~~Wheat~dge ~OFFICE OF THE On' CLERK Memorandum TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Michael Snow DATE: March 28, 20 II SUBJECT: Redistricting Plan To City Council Members: After discussion at the March 21 , 20 II Study Session, the Council requested further population data to explore various options for redistricting changes. Three maps are included which will aid in this consideration: I. Current 20 I 0 Census Population District Map 2. Proposed 20 II Redistricting Map 3. Proposed Redistricting Change Area Detail Map The Change Area map has been amended to show further population detail of several logical block areas between Districts 2 & 4 where changes are needed. To obtain an estimate of the population of these smaller areas, I continued more detailed research of the areas throughout the city where Census Blocks did not coincide with District or City boundaries in order to achieve as accurate as possible of real population counts. Part of that research was to actually drive around to to observe the housing types that exist in these areas. Several important revelations were made in viewing these areas, including that in some areas thought to have more residential housing were either vacant of buildings or were found to be commercial buildings, such as storage units. In others, I found even more expansive areas of high-density rental units sitting next to much lower density, single-family neighborhoods. IMPORTANT NOTE: The current District population estimates have been revised based on these observations since the first examination of these maps and figures by Council at the March 21 , 20 II Study Session. The results now show that a smaller deviation exists between the smallest and largest districts in the City. Therefore, a smaller population of District 4 needs to be moved into District 2 to remain constitutionally compliant. The following table shows the updated population figures: _LIIe ..g ,.e nd I(f) w t!l o oc o -w' .,. .11 .." i C ity Limits D Census Block D 1-7,795 D 11-6,790 D 111-7,627 D IV-7,904 " ~ 4 .. , --City of ~TheatBJerTe ~FFICE"'O~ T;'; CITY CLERK ~ Prepared by Michael Snow, City Clerk 7500 West 29th Avenue Wheat Ridge, CO 80033-8001 303.234.5900 I-(f) w GRANDVIEW AVE t.) z w 0 z w 0.. w City of Wheat Ridge Current 2010 Census District Population I-(f) cr: cr: <{ t.) 52NDAV l-(f) z 0 (f) ::; -' <{ 55TH AVE Sd/'?O -11.-Population By: Census Block Population ProportIonal Populations 56TH AVE I-(f) N A-a 750 1,500 3,000 4.500 ----Feet ~ to o U 0: ~I Z ~I N q ;; ~ w ~ ::> o L-___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ ~~~~~ w Printed: 03/21/2010 --.. , f(f) CJ Z ::; 0.. ;< 3110000 372 --I f(f) z o (f) 0-a:: t§ 1 I 44TH AVE 1 ______ _ 378 120 3115000 .-=-"" I ! 197 I ~--------~====~ -~--------------------!I I 499 997 0 :'l -"' J: fr--.______________ ~~_~TH~A~V~E _~==------~~ _____ ~~----------------------~~--~~--____________________ -A __ ~ ___ ~ ___ ._. , I, • City of '~WlieatB-i9rTe ~FFtCE OF THE C ITY CLERK ~ Prepared by Michael Snow, City Clerk 7500 West 29th Avenue Wheat Ridge, CO 80033-8001 303.234.5900 491 3110000 596 City of Wheat Ridge District Population Change Area 3115000 Population By: Census Block Population Proportional Populations a:: 0 ~ (f) 0 ~ I I I I I --I 1360 ~ to 0 () '0" I to z W I N N N " A " "N >-"-Iii 0 750 1,500 () '" Feet :> 0 <I> Printed: 03/21/2010 Legend .... 11-=, i City Limits ••• 1 •• ' ~ Areas of Change Council District D 1-7,607 D 11-7,283 D 111-7,627 D IV-7,599 26TH AVE Ien w a:: 3...2J « 3100000 3095000 3100000 III 31 IV Clea-;..r._ cre_ek _ 311 Ien GRANDVIEW AVE UW ~------------------r-~-en ~ ~ ~ I z a::...J w a::...J aw.. «U « ...J DAV a.. 32"'--" Ien 44TH AVE z o en :..:.:Ji « J: Ia:: o !;: en o ~ 3120000 AVE 38TH AVE ~---------4--------~~~~----w 32NDAVE 26TH AVE 31 31 U a:: w c: Ien 56TH AVE 3125000 o ~ CO z« o ~ W J: en a>:: Cl Z ID Ien Ci () ~ N a a .. U~ N ~~~;~~e City of Wheat Ridge A ~ Prepared by Michael Snow, City Clerk Proposed Red .·stricti ng 4,500 ~ ~~~a~~i~tg~:t~~v~~~;3_8001 0 750 1,500 3,000 Feet ~ ~ __________ ~3~03~.:2~~.5:90:0~ ___________________________ _______________________________ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~pn~.n~te~d:~O~3/;24~/2WO~10~ en