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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 6, 2018 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 2 <br />SUBJECT: Additional Discussion Regarding the Election Method for Members of the <br />Oranae Countv Board of Commissioners <br />DEPARTMENT: County Attorney, Planning, & <br />County Manager <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />A) March 28, 2017 Work Session <br />Agenda Abstract <br />B) Political Party Affiliation by BOCC <br />Districts <br />C) 2010 Census Block Map <br />D) American Community Survey (ACS) <br />Block Group Map <br />E) Possibility 1 — "4 -3" District Plan <br />F) Possibility 2 — "4 -3" District Plan <br />G) Inset Areas 1 and 2 Maps for <br />Possibility 1 and Possibility 2 <br />H) Additional Information from the <br />County Attorney <br />1) Current Electoral Districts along with <br />Population Numbers Based on the <br />2010 Census <br />J) Excerpt from March 28, 2017 Board <br />Work Session Minutes <br />1 <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />John Roberts, County Attorney, 245- <br />2318 <br />Brian Carson, GIS Project Coordinator, <br />245 -2595 <br />Greg Wilder, County Manager's Office, <br />245 -2300 <br />PURPOSE: To follow -up on initial discussion from the March 28, 2017 Board work session with <br />further review and discussion of the election method for members of the Orange County Board <br />of Commissioners. <br />BACKGROUND: In late 2016 and early 2017, some members of the Board of Commissioners <br />expressed an interest in discussing and possibly amending the current election method for <br />seats on the Board of Commissioners. Several related topics were voiced regarding potentially <br />amending the method. <br />At the Board's March 28, 2017 work session, staff addressed those topics and others in the <br />agenda abstract for the meeting (See Attachment A — March 28, 2017 Work Session Agenda <br />Abstract). <br />