2001-0434
INTRODUCED BY: 'RAM' RAMCHANDRAN
COUNCILMAN-AT-LARGE, DIVISION A
ORDINANCE NO.
Title
An ordinance to reapportion the District Boundaries of the Governing Authority of the Parish of St. Charles, based on the 2000 United States Census in accordance with Federal, State, and Local laws.
Body
WHEREAS, Louisiana Revised Statute 33:1411 and the St. Charles Parish Home Rule Charter, Article III, Section 3, require that the Governing Authority review its apportionment plan after the release of each decennial census; and,
WHEREAS, in April of 2001, the 2000 Census figures were released by the United States Census Bureau, which established the population of St. Charles Parish to be 48,072; and,
WHEREAS, on March 19, 2001, the St. Charles Parish Council adopted Resolution No. 4891 creating the "Reapportionment Committee", composed of Representatives from the Parish Council, Parish School Board, and Parish Justice of the Peace and Constables Association; and,
WHEREAS, the Committee has conducted several public meetings to review the various Alternate Proposals of Reapportionment Plans; and,
WHEREAS, at its meeting of August 2, 2001, the Committee recommended that Alternate Plan A be adopted as the 2000 Reapportionment Plan for St. Charles Parish; and,
WHEREAS, at its meeting on October 1, 2001, the Parish Council rejected the Reapportionment Committee's recommendation introduced as File No. 2001-0351; and,
WHEREAS, it is the wish of the people to have fair and equal representation on the Council as clearly specified in the Parish Charter from the East and West Bank of the Parish; and,
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Parish Council to keep the reapportionment process moving forward giving the citizens an opportunity of choice by a companion File No. 2001-0390; and,
WHEREAS, IT IS DESIRED TO HAVE all Elected bodies like the St. Charles Parish School Board, Justice of the Peace and Constables to HAVE THE SAME DISTRICT BOUNDARIES AND GIVE THEM AN...
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