2021-37 RESOLUTION Redefining Commissioner Electoral District Boundaries 10-18-2021

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WHEREAS,the public hearing notice with the maps of Plans A and E was also posted at the Lee County Library, Lee County Courthouse, Lee County Summit Building and Lee County Board of Elections; and WHEREAS,the Board held a public hearing on Plans A and E on October 4, 2021. At that meeting a Plan F was presented by the Board and the Board voted to move forward with staff working on the boundary lines of Plan F while also seeking public comment on Plan F; and WHEREAS, in keeping with the doctrine of one-person, one-vote,the Board of Commissioners feels it is necessary to redefine Electoral Districts; and NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Lee County Board of Commissioners as follows: Section 1. That the Resolution Altering the Structure of the Board adopted on June 26, 1989 as amended by resolution adopted on October 18, 1993, July 25, 2001, and July 18, 2011, is amended by deleting the present provisions describing Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4, which are defined in Paragraph 3 of the 1989 Resolution, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 3. Maps showing the boundaries of the four single-member districts are available for public inspection at the office of the Clerk to the Board, pursuant to North Carolina General Statute Section 153A-20. All references to streets which are boundaries of a district shall mean to the middle line of the right-of-way of such street. The districts are as follows: DISTRICT 1: Includes all persons residing within the boundaries of the area beginning at a point at the intersection of East Weatherspoon Street and North Third Street, thence east along East Weatherspoon Street to North Seventh Street, thence south along North Seventh Street to North Avenue, thence east along North Avenue to North Tenth Street, thence south along North Tenth Street to Midland Avenue, thence East along Midland Avenue to North Eleventh Street,thence north along North Eleventh Street to Lower Moncure Road, thence north along Lower Moncure Road to NC 87 Highway Bypass, thence north along NC 87 Highway Bypass to Wallace Branch Creek,thence east along Wallace Branch Creek to F. L. Dowdy Lane, thence south along F. L. Dowdy Lane to Lower Moncure Road, thence north along Lower Moncure Rd to Lick Creek Road, thence east along Lick Creek Road to Poplar Springs Church Road, thence south along Poplar Springs Church Road to Avents Ferry Road,thence south along Avents Ferry Road to Broadway Road,thence west along Broadway Road to Cox Mill Road, thence south along Cox Mill Road to Mt Pisgah Church Road, thence south along Mt Pisgah Church Road to US 421 Highway,thence east along US 421 Highway to the Sanford city limits, thence clockwise along the Sanford city limits to Carrs Creek, thence north along Cans Creek to Cox Maddox Road,thence west along Cox Maddox Road to US 421 Highway Bypass,thence