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27 <br />HISTORY OF DISCUSSIONS BY THE ORANGE <br />COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ON <br />BOARD REPRESENTATION AND ELECTION <br />As the Board of Commissioners reviews and considers the petition for <br />district representation, it is worth noting and summarizing discussions and <br />actions in the recent past by the Board of Commissioners related to Board <br />membership and district representation, This review will add some context <br />and may help all interested individuals understand others' ideas, continents <br />and questions during current discussions of this matter, <br />For much of Orange County's history, the Board of County Commissioners <br />was comprised of three members. This changed in 1954 when the Board <br />was expanded to five members, all to be elected on a countywide basis. Of <br />some note is the fact that the issue of mandating that commissioners' seats <br />be spread throughout the County rather than potentially concentrated was a <br />topic of discussion during the expansion consideration by the Board of <br />Commissioners in 195.3. <br />The Board's action in 19.53 seeking to expand the Board from three to five <br />members followed the submission of two petitions to the Board from County <br />