R02-005RESOLUTION NO. O~ - OO~'
A RESOLUTION OF TI~E CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING
REVISED GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES FOR THE
CITY'S VOTING DISTRICTS AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Charter Section 17 (f) requires that the geographic boundaries of
the City's voting districts be periodically reviewed and re-designated with the assistance
of an outside consultants; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has engaged the services of outside
consultants, reviewed~ the re-districting options presented by the consultants, and
conducted pubhc hearings to hear and consider the opinions of the citizens; and
W'ttEREAS, the City Commission has determined the district boundaries set
forth in this resolution properly establish voting districts which are of equal population,
compact, proportional, and logically related to the natural internal boundaries of the
neighborhoods within the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Commissioner has relied on the expertise of the
outside consultants reSai~ed by the Commission to study the re-districting options and
adopts the findings,and recommendations of the consultants as those of the Commission.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1T RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The foregoing "Whereas" clauses are hereby ratified
and confirmed as bei~tg true and correct and are hereby made a specific part of this
Resolution upon adoption hereof,
SECTION 2~ The City Commission of the City of Boynton Beach
hereby adopts the re-districting plan attached hereto as Exhibit "A", and established the
voting district boundaries as described and depicted therein.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk of the City of Boynton Beach ~s
Directed to forward copies of this Resolution to the Palm Beach Supervisor of Elections
and the State of Florida Secretary of State.
SECTION 4, All resolutions or parts of resolutions ~n conflicl
herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 5. If any clause, section, other part or appfication of this
Resolution is held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid, in
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part or application, it shall not affect the validity of the remain/ng portions or applications of
this Resolution.
SECTION 6.
This Resolution shall become effective upon adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, THIS ~ DAY OF,.Jo, tto~r,~ , 2002.
.OMM/SSIONER
COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:
~_.yA~T PRAINITO, CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
JAMES A. CHEROF, CITY ATTORNEY
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EXHIBIT "A'
CITY COMMISSION
RE-DISTRICTING BOUNDARIES
($anuary, 2002)
(Updated February 22, 2002)
The boundaries for each of the four (4) voting districts of the City Commission of the City of
Boynton Beach, Florida, shall be as follows:
DISTRICT NO. 1
COMMENCING at the centerline intersection of Boynton Beach Boulevard and the centerline of
the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Railroad Corridor (Tri-Rail) (aka CSX
Raikoad); thence nm westerly along the centerline of Boynton Beach Boulevard to the centerline
intersection of NW 8th Street and the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence run southerly along the
centerline of NW 8t~ Street and SW 8th Street to the centerline of Purple Heart Way (fka
Morton's Way); thence run easterly along the centerline of Purple Heart Way to centerline of
said FDOT Railroad Corridor; thence run southerly along the cemerline of the FDOT Railroad
Corridor to the centerline of SE 23rd Avenue (aka Golf Road); thence run easterly along the
centerline of SW 23~a Avenue to the cemerline of SW 4t~ Street; thence run southerly along the
centerline of SW 4th Street to the centerline of SW 23~d Terrace; thence run westerly along the
centerline of SW 23ra Terrace to the centerline of SW 6th Street; thence nm southerly along the
centerline of SW 6th Street to the centerline of SW 25th Avenue; thence nm westerly along the
centerline of SW 25th Avenue to the centerline of SW 8th Street; thence nm southerly along the
centerline of SW 8th Street to the centerline of Chapel Hill Boulevard, thence nm easterly along
the centerline of Chapel Hill Boulevard to the centerline of Femwood Drive; thence nm
southerly along the centerline of Femwood Drive to the cemerline of Canal Drive; thence nm
westerly and southerly along the centerline of Canal Drive to the centerline of Mission Hill
Road; thence run easterly along the centerline of Mission Hill Road to the centerline of Swinton
Avenue; thence nm southerly along the centerline of Swinton Avenue to the city's southern
corporate limits with the City of Delray Beach; thence nm westerly along said city's southern
corporate limits to the easterly right-of-way line of the Lake Worth Drainage District [LWDD)
Equalization (E) 4 Canal; thence nm southwesterly along the said LWDD E-4 Canal right-of-
way line to the southeasterly comer of Lot 13 as shown on the plat of LAKE EDEN
SUBDMSION PLAT NO. 2, as recorded in Plat Book 29, Page 53, according to the Public
Records of Palm Beach County, Florida; thence nm~southeasterly to the 'Not Included' parcel as
shown on said plat of LAKE EDEN SUBDI¥ISION PLAT NO. 2; thence nm northeasterly,
southeasterly and southwesterly along the property line of said 'Not Included' parcel to the
northeasterly comer of Lot 12 as shown on said plat of LAKE EDEN SUBDMSION PLAT
NO. 2; thence nm southeasterly along the easterly properxy line of said Lot 12, Lot 11 and Lot 10
ro the centerline of said LWDD E-4 Canal as currently laid out and in use; thence nm
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southwesterly along-the eenterline of said LWI)D E-4 Canal to the east right-of-way line of Lake
Drive; thence run south along the said east right-of-way line of said Lake Drive to the north
right-of-way line of Pine Ridge Road as shown on the plat of LAKE SHORE ESTATES, as
recorded in Plat Book 25, Page 26, accordingly to the Pubhc Records of Palm Beach County,
Florida (said pht being in the City of Delray Beach); thence run west along the said north line of
Pine Ridge Road to the northeast comer of said plat of LAKE SHORE ESTATES; thence nm
north along the west subdivision line of LAKE SHORE ESTATES extension to a point on the
southwesterly property line of Lot 9 as shown on said plat of LAKE EDEN SUBDIVISION
PLAT NO. 2; thence run northwesterly along the perimeter of Block 1 (and Lot 9) of said plat of
LAKE EDEN SUBDIVISION PLAT NO. 2 to the intersection of Lot 1 of said subdivision and
the south right-of-way line o£Diane Drive, said Diane Drive as laid out and in use according re
the plat of LAKE VIEW HA~EN~as rec~orded, in Plat Book 32, Pages 53 & 54, according to the
Public Records of Palm Beach County, Florida; th~ence run westerly along She south right-of-way
1/ne o.f said Diane Drive and the south, line~0f a. tz~OT Lateral Ditch Easement as shown on said
record plat, to a point:on the easte~ right-of4~ay line Of Interstate 95 (S.R. 9); thence run
southwesterly aio~g the eastern right4of.~-'way ~in¢ ~f said Interstate 95 (S.R. 9) to the easterly
extension of the cente~line o£ the L~e Worth Drainage District (LWDD) Lateral )0 Canal;
thence nm westerl~y alOng the certterl~ne of said LWDD Lateral 30 Canal to the city s western
corpomte limits; thence nm aorth.erly~ easterly ;a~!.~d northerly along th~ city's western corporate
timi~ m a'p~int on ttle centefline b:f Old B~6n Road; thence mn east~!y, southeasterly and
southerly al6ng the centerline ~f Old Boyrrton Road to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
DISTRICT NO. 2
BEGINNEN-G at the centerline intersection of Boynton Beach Boulevard and the centerline of the
Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Railroad Corridor (Tri-Rail) (aka CSX Railroad);
thence run northerly along the centerline of said FDOT Rail Corridor to the city's northern
corporate limits; thence nm easterly, southerly and easterly along the city's northern corporate
limits to the centerline of the Intracoastal Waterway; thence run southerly along the centerline of
said Intracoastal Waterway to the centerline of East Ocean Avenue; thence westerly along the
centerline of East Ocean Avenue to the centerline of Federal Highway (U.S. 1); thence run
northerly along the centerline of Federal Highway to the centerline of Boynton Beach Boulevard;
thence run westerly along the centerline of said Boynton Beach Boulevard to the POINT OF
BEGINNING.
DISTRICT NO. 3
BEGINNING at the centerline intersection of Boynton Beach Boulevard and the centerline of the
Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Railroad Comdor (Th-Rail) (aka CSX Raikoad);
thence run easterly along the centerline of said Boynton Beach Boulevard to the centerline of
Federal Highway (U.S. [); thence nm southerly along the centerline of Federal Highway to the
centerline of East Ocean Avenue; thence nm easterly along the centerline of East Ocean Avenue
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to the centerline of.the Intracoastal Waterway; thence mn southerly along the centerline of said
Intracoastal Waterway and the city's eastern corporate hmits as located to the east side of the
Intracoastal Waterway and periodically adjacent to the corporme lknits of the Town of
Gulfstream, to a point on the centerline of said Intracoastal Waterway at the city's southern
corporate limits adjacent with a portion of Palm Beach County; thence mn westerly, southerly
and northwesterly along the city's southern corporate limits crossing South Federal Highway
south of Gulfstream Boulevard, to a point on the west right-of-way line of Old Dixie Highway
and the centerline of Gulfstream Boulevard being the city's southern corpomt~ limits with the
City of Delray Beach; thence mn westerly along the city's southern corporate limits and the
centerline of Gulfstream Boulevard and along the southern subdivision line of the HILLS AT
LAKE EDEN, P.U.D. as recorded in Plat Book 79, Pages 89 & 90, according to the Pubhc
Records of Palm Beach County, Florida, to the centerline of Swinton Avenue; thence mn
northerly alo~!g the centerline ofSwinton A~erme to the centerline'of Mission Hill Road; thence
mn westerly along the centerline of Mission Hill Road to the centerline of Canal Drive; thence
mn nartherly and easterlg along the cemerline ,of Canal Drive to the centerline of Femwood
Drive; thence run northerly alo~!g the centerline of Fernwood Drive to the cen~erline of Chapel
Hill Boulevard; thence run westerly along :tha centerline of C~l~?~el Hill Boulevard to the
centei'line of :SW 8~h Street; thence run no ~rt~?ly along the cent~line of SW~ ? Street to the
center'tine of SW 25th Avenue; thence run east6rly along the centerl.lne of S33/25th Avenue to SW
6th :Strec~t; the~ee.nm northerly along th~ eenterline of Sw 6th Stregt to the centefline of SW 23d
Terrace;thence run easterly along the centerline of SW 23~a Terrace to the centerline of SW 4th
Street; thence mn no~therly along the cent~h~ne ofSW 4th Str~I. tO the centerline of SW 23~a
Avenue (aka Golf Road}; then~e nm westeflF along the centerline of SW 23rd Avenue to the
centerline of said FDOT K, ailroad Corridor; :thence mn northerlg along the canterline of said
FDOT Raikoad Corridor to the easterly ex~nsiun of Purple H~.art Way (fka;Mortun's Way);
thence nm westerl~ ~alor[g the said easterly ~?.sion of the qemerline of Pur~e Heart Way and
the centerline of PurPle ~eart Way to.the c6~r'.l~e of SW 8t~ Str~; thence nm northerly along
the eenterline of sW 8tu Street and I¢W8~ Street to the centorline of said Boynton Beach
Boulevard; thenco run easterly along the centerl/ne of Boynton B~ach Boulevard to the POINT
OF BEGINNING.
DISTRICT NO. 4
BEGINNING at the centerline intersection of Boynton Beach Boulevard and the centerline of the
Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Railroad Comdor (Tr/-Rail) (aka CSX Raikoad);
thence mn westerly along the centerline of Boynton Beach Boulevard to the cen~erline
intersection of NW 8th Street and Old Boynton Road; thence mn northerly, northwesterly and
westerly along the centerline of Old Boynton Road to the city's western corporate limits; thence
mn northerly, easterly, northerly, westerly, southerly, westerly, northerly, easterly, northerly,
easterly and northerly to the city's northern corporate limits, said northern corporate limits being
also the north fight-of-way line of Hypoluxo Road; thence nm easterly along the city's northern
corporate limits to the west subdivision line extended across Hypoluxo Road of the Plat of HIGH
RIDGE SUBDIVISION as recorded in Plat Book 22, Page 6, according m the Public Records of
Palm Beach County, Florida; thence mn southerly along said westerly subdivision line to the
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north right-of-way _line of Miner Road; thence run easterly along said north right-of-way line of
Miner Road to the centerline of High Ridge Road; thence mn northerly along the centerline of
High Ridge Road to a point approximately 2,930 feet south of the centerline of said Hypoluxo
Road; thence mn easterly along a line parallel to the centerline of Hypoluxo Road to a line
parallel with the centerline of said FDOT Railroad Corridor and northerly along said parallel line
to a point approximately 1,950 feet south of the c~mterline of said Hypoluxo Road: thence mn
easterly to the centerline of said FDOT Railroad Corridor; thence mn southerly along the
centerline of said FDOT Railroad Con'idor to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
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