81-R-82RESOLUTION NO. 81-R-82
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER,
FLORIDA, REQUESTING THE LEGISLATURE OF
THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO INCLUDE SOUTHEAST
VOLUSIA COUNTY WITH THE MAJOR PART OF VOL-
USIA COUNTY IN CONGRESSIONAL AND LEGISLATIVE
REAPPORTIONMENT PLANS TO BE ENACTED DURING
THE 1982
SLATIVE SESSION; DIRECTING
THE
CLERK OF ETHE FLORID
A TO FILE THE RESOLUTION WITH THE
SECRETARY
SENATE AND
E OF SENTATIVES;
Y1� REPEALING ALL RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT HERE-
WITH, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature is required by our Constitution
to redefine the political boundaries for legislative and congressional
districts in its 1982 Session, and
WHEREAS, all of our citizens share the "one man - one vote"
premise upon which mandatory reapportionment is founded by guaranteeing
that no political district within the State of Florida shall have
more relative voting strength than any other, and
WHEREAS, all our citizens abhoY any use of gerrymandering as
a means of drawing district boundaries in such a manner that the
relative voting strength of certain communities is either diluted
or destroyed, and
WHEREAS, our citizens share the opinion of the United States
Supreme Court that in addition to the concept of mathematical
equality between political districts, lawmakers may validly consider
ways to preserve the geographic, political, economic, and cultural
integrity of an area by adjusting the boundaries as much as 10%
in order to preserve the unity of the region, and
WHEREAS, our city is aware that Volusia County, with a population
of 258,000 people is more than 18,000 persons larger than a "perfect
senatorial district" and that many suggestions have been made to
carve out parts of Volusia County into adjoining counties and districts,
WHEREAS, our City is aware of attempts to lop off Southeast
Volusia into a legislative and congressional district that would
include Brevard County, thus splitting us away from our native
County, and
WHEREAS, Southeast Volusia is the oldest part - of our county,
with its economic, political, cultural, and geographic ties with
the major part of Volusia,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EDGEWATER, FLORIDA,
SECTION 1. That the City Council of the City of Edgewater,
Florida, does hereby call upon the House of Representatives and
Senate of the State of Florida, to consider the preservation of
the geographic, political, cultural, and economic integrity of
Volusia County in the reapportionment of legislative and congressional
districts. The Legislature should reject any attempt to separate
Southeast Volusia from the major part of Volusia County to be
included in legislative or congressional districts. In considering
the factors necessary to redraw our political districts, our City
requests the Legislature to give more relative weight to preservation
of our geographic, cultural, political, and economic ties to
Volusia County, than to the minimum dilution of our relative voting
strength.
SECTION 2. That this Resolution shall be transmitted to the
Clerk of the Florida House of R@presentatives, the Secretary of
the Florida Senate, and to the Volusia County Legislative Delegation.
SECTION 3. That all resolutions or parts of resolutions in
conflict herewith be and same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. That this Resolution shall take effect immediately
upon its adoption.
The Resolution was read in full and adopted by a majority vote
of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida at a regular