File #: 14-3738    Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 2/10/2015 In control: City Council Legislative Meeting
On agenda: 3/10/2015 Final action:
Title: Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to Replace St. James Church with the Hermitage Polling Place and to Add the Charles Houston Center as a New Polling Place with Associated Changes in the Durant Center and Fire Department Headquarters Precinct Boundaries.
Attachments: 1. 14-3738_Attachment 1 Cover Sheet, 2. 14-3738_Attachment 2 Polling Ordinance, 3. 14-3738_Attachment 3 Proposed Boundary Changes Detail.pdf, 4. 14-3738_Attachment 4 Proposed Boundary Changes Overview.pdf, 5. 14-3738_Attachment 5 Groups Contacted in Public Outreach.pdf, 6. 14-3738_Attachment 6 Citywide Voter Registration Counts.pdf
City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM



DATE: MARCH 4, 2015

TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL

FROM: MARK B. JINKS, ACTING CITY MANAGER /s/

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Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to Replace St. James Church with the Hermitage Polling Place and to Add the Charles Houston Center as a New Polling Place with Associated Changes in the Durant Center and Fire Department Headquarters Precinct Boundaries.
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ISSUE: Consideration of an ordinance to replace St. James Church with the Hermitage Polling Place and add the Charles Houston Center as a new polling place with associated changes in the Durant Center and Fire Department Headquarters precinct boundaries.

RECOMMENDATION: That City Council pass on first reading and set for public hearing, second reading and final passage on March 14, 2015 an ordinance (Attachment 1) to replace Saint James Church with the Hermitage Polling Place and add the Charles Houston Center as a new polling place with associated changes in the Durant Center and Fire Department Headquarters precinct boundaries.

BACKGROUND: The Alexandria Electoral Board, which is comprised of three bipartisan members who are appointed by the Alexandria Circuit Court for staggered three year terms, is responsible for making recommendations to City Council concerning changes in precinct boundaries and the establishment of new precincts. City Council has the statutory authority to make these changes.
In making its recommendations to Council, the Electoral Board is primarily concerned with ensuring that precincts conform to legal requirements, are a manageable size, have suitable voting facilities and are fully accessible. The Electoral Board monitors any changes in the availability of polling place facilities and also considers the current number of registered...

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