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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CITY'S SINGLE -MEMBER
DISTRICT PLAN TO INCLUDE ANNEXATIONS, AND A DISANNEXATION,
WHICH HAVE BECOME EFFECTIVE SINCE THE MAY 1, 1999 GENERAL
ELECTION; REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND
RESOLUTIONS; INCLUDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, in Ordinance 91-30, the City Council adopted the City's current single -
member district plan and amended that ordinance with Ordinance Nos. 95-11, 96-09, 97-
19, 98-13 and 99-12;
WHEREAS, such plan was later approved by the United States Department of
Justice to be used for selection of elected officials for the Mayoral and City Councilmember
elections within the City of Georgetown;
WHEREAS, the City has annexed additional property and disannexed a property
adjacent to the City limits since the May 1, 1999 general election;
WHEREAS, these annexations and disannexation require that the City amend its
single -member district plan to incorporate the newly annexed properties into the City's
single -member districts and to remove the disannexed property for election purposes;
WHEREAS, each of the annexed tracts, as well as the disannexed tract, is
immediately adjacent to an existing single -member district boundary line, necessitating that
the boundary lines be redrawn;
WHEREAS, these annexations contained no population and according to the most
recent decennial census in 1990, the disannexed tract contained a population of fourteen
(14);
WHEREAS, the approval of the U.S. Department of Justice is required to amend the
City's single -member district plan, and such approval must be submitted well in advance
of the City's election;
WHEREAS, the City Council hereby determines that the addition of these annexed
tracts to and the removal of the disannexed tract from the adjacent single -member districts
and respective redrawing of district boundaries is in the best interest of the City;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. The facts and recitations contained in the preamble of this ordinance
are hereby found and declared to be true and correct, and are incorporated by reference
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herein and expressly made a part hereof, as if copied verbatim. The City Council hereby
finds that this ordinance implements Governmental Affairs Policy 2 of the Century Plan -
Policy Plan Element, which states: "The City will encourage all citizens to actively
participate in governmental functions", and further finds that the enactment of this
ordinance is not inconsistent or in conflict with any other Century Plan Policies, as required
by Section 2.03 of the Administrative Chapter of the Policy Plan.
SECTION 2. The following boundary revisions to the City's single -member district
plan are hereby adopted:
District 1
Kelley Trust Subdivision Phases Two & Three (27.24 acres). A portion of Census Tract
214.03, Block 303C, having no 1990 population, shall be added to District 1.
District 4
Shell Ranch Section Four, The Village Park (4.98 acres). A portion of Census Tract
201.01, Block 201, having no 1990 population, shall be added to District 4.
Sun City Georgetown Phase 4-B, Neighborhood 17-A (19.310 acres). A portion of Census
Tract 201.01, Block 104, having no 1990 population is being added to District 4.
District 6
FM 971 Disannexation (29.88 acres adjacent to FM 971). A portion of Census Tract
201.02, Block 5108, having a 1990 population of fourteen (14), shall be removed from
District 6. Racial breakdown is as follows:
NHW
NHB
H
NHOther
14
0
0
0
SECTION 3. The map attached as Exhibit A is hereby adopted as the official
single -member district boundary map, reflecting the changes in Census blocks specified
in Section 2. The chart attached as Exhibit B identifies the population distributions for
each district.
SECTION 4. All ordinances and resolutions, or parts of ordinances and resolutions,
in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed, and are no longer of any force and
effect.
SECTION 5. If any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to any person
or circumstance, shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions,
or application thereof, of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid
provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are hereby
declared to be severable.
SECTION 6. The Mayor is hereby authorized to sign this ordinance and the City
Secretary to attest. This ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and effect
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in (10) ten days on and after publication in accordance with the provisions of the Charter
of the City of Georgetown, or on the effective date of the annexation ordinance, whichever
date is later.
PASSED AND APPROVED on First Reading on the 25th day of January, 2000,
PASSED AND APPROVED on Second Reading on the , day of February, 2000,
ATTEST:
D. Lee, City Secretary
U1 • I•:• __. FTAV a • •'
Marianne Landers Banks, City Attorney
THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN:
By: -
MaryEllen Kersch, Mayor
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Year 2000
VARIANCE BETWEEN SMALLEST AND LARGEST DISTRICT
Ideal District Size: 2255
Actual Variance: 14.3%
District
Total
NHWhite
NHBlack
Hispanic
NHOther
1
21123
759
35.7%
124
5.9%
11231
58%
9
A%
2
21061
11064
52%
340
17%
633
31%
23
1%
3
2,322
21024
87.2%
64
2.7%
220
9.5%
14
6%
4
21313
21134
92.3%
14
.6%
140
6%
25
1.1 %
5
21322
21120
91%
35
1.5%
156
7%
11
5%
6
21260
1,773
78.5%
82
3.6%
382
16.9%
23
1 %
7
21383
11897
79.6%
75
3,1%
371
15.6%
40
1.7%