Colorado Reapportionment Commission (11/29/2011)

Final
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING

COLORADO REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION

Date:	11/29/2011	ATTENDANCE

Time:	11:01 AM to 11:46 AM	Atencio	X
		Berry	X
Place:	LSB A	Carroll	X
		Jones	X
This Meeting was called to order by		Loevy	X
	Mario Carrera	Nicolais	X
		Salazar	X
This Report was prepared by		Tool	X
	Bo Pogue	Witwer	X
		Webb	X
		Carrera	X
		X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call

Bills Addressed:		Action Taken:
Discussion and Vote on Resubmitted Plans for Senate and House		House Plan Fv1 and Senate Plan Ev1 Pass

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11:01 AM -- Discussion and Vote on Resubmitted Plans for Senate and House

The commission was called to order. A quorum was present. Commissioner Carrera recapped the commission's actions at its November 28th meeting. Mr. Jeremiah Barry, Colorado Reapportionment Commission Staff Director, briefed the commission on the sequencing of Senate elections and the impact of reapportionment on these elections. Commissioners received a handout showing the sequencing of Senate elections for the four Senate plans under consideration (Attachment A). Commissioners also received House Resubmitted Plan Gv1 and the associated political competitiveness analysis (Attachments B and C).


BILL:	Discussion and Vote on Resubmitted Plans for Senate and House
TIME:	11:05:28 AM
MOVED:	Tool
MOTION:	Moved to adopt House Resubmitted Plan Gv1 (Attachment B). A substitute motion to adopt House Resubmitted Plan Fv1 passed.
SECONDED:	Nicolais
		VOTE
	Atencio
	Berry
	Carroll
	Jones
	Loevy
	Nicolais
	Salazar
	Tool
	Witwer
	Webb
	Carrera

Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION:

11:05 AM

Discussion ensued regarding House Resubmitted Plan Gv1, which is a new map, and the process for considering House maps. Commissioner Berry discussed input she has received on House Resubmitted Plan Fv1 from persons on the Western Slope, and discussed her reasons for opposing the plan. Commissioner Witwer discussed the merits of House Resubmitted Plan Gv1 as compared to House Resubmitted Plan Fv1.


BILL:	Discussion and Vote on Resubmitted Plans for Senate and House
TIME:	11:05:39 AM
MOVED:	Salazar
MOTION:	Made a substitute motion to adopt House Resubmitted Plan Fv1 (Attachment D). The motion passed on a 6-5 vote.
SECONDED:	Webb
		VOTE
	Atencio	Yes
	Berry	No
	Carroll	Yes
	Jones	Yes
	Loevy	No
	Nicolais	No
	Salazar	Yes
	Tool	No
	Witwer	No
	Webb	Yes
	Carrera	Yes

Final YES: 6 NO: 5 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

11:12 AM

Discussion ensued regarding the introduction of House Resubmitted Plan Gv1, and the process observed by the commission in considering resubmitted House plans. Discussion followed regarding what materials are on the commission's record of proceedings. Commissioner Witwer discussed the potential for considering additional reapportionment plans and amendments after a vote was taken on November 28th to end consideration of additional plans, and the deadlines for submitting plans after the initial plans were remanded. Commissioner Carroll commented on protocol observed by the commission, and recapped the debates that took place during the commission's November 28th meeting about the timing of the submission of certain reapportionment plans.

11:22 AM

Commissioner Carroll continued to discuss the timing of plan introduction, and the process to be observed by the commission going forward.


BILL:	Discussion and Vote on Resubmitted Plans for Senate and House
TIME:	11:23:18 AM
MOVED:	Tool
MOTION:	Moved House Resubmitted Plan Gv1 as a minority report. A substitute motion to disallow a minority report passed.
SECONDED:	Witwer
		VOTE
	Atencio
	Berry
	Carroll
	Jones
	Loevy
	Nicolais
	Salazar
	Tool
	Witwer
	Webb
	Carrera

Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION:

11:23 AM

Senator Carroll moved Senate Resubmitted Plan Ev1 (Attachment E). Commissioner Nicolais compared the merits of Senate Resubmitted Plan Ev1 to other Senate plans before the commission, including the number of parts of counties added to other counties, and suggested that the plan may be remanded by the Colorado Supreme Court. Commissioner Webb recapped some of the commission's activities during the reapportionment process, including some of the actions taken in a bipartisan manner. He also discussed the action taken by the Colorado Supreme Court on the plans submitted by the commission, and subsequent commission activities. He discussed public input on certain plans, and district competitiveness in the adopted resubmitted House plan. Commissioner Tool revisited the issue of deadlines for submitting reapportionment plans and amendments after the Supreme Court remand.

11:35 AM

Discussion ensued regarding the plan submission deadlines established after the Supreme Court remand, and the distinction between a plan amendment and a new plan. Commissioner Atencio discussed the deadline for submitting the resubmitted reapportionment plans to the Supreme Court, and the constitutionality of the Boulder County portion of Senate Resubmitted Plan Ev1. Commissioner Witwer revisited the issue of deadlines for submitting resubmitted reapportionment plans.


BILL:	Discussion and Vote on Resubmitted Plans for Senate and House
TIME:	11:40:29 AM
MOVED:	Carroll
MOTION:	Moved Senate Resubmitted Plan Ev1 (Attachment E). The motion passed on a 6-5 vote.
SECONDED:	Atencio
		VOTE
	Atencio	Yes
	Berry	No
	Carroll	Yes
	Jones	Yes
	Loevy	No
	Nicolais	No
	Salazar	Yes
	Tool	No
	Witwer	No
	Webb	Yes
	Carrera	Yes

Final YES: 6 NO: 5 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

11:41 AM

Commissioner Atencio offered a motion to not allow a minority report. Discussion ensued regarding the motion.


BILL:	Discussion and Vote on Resubmitted Plans for Senate and House
TIME:	11:41:31 AM
MOVED:	Atencio
MOTION:	Moved to only forward to the Colorado Supreme Court those plans adopted by the commission, and to disallow a minority report. The motion passed on a 6-5 vote.
SECONDED:	Salazar
		VOTE
	Atencio	Yes
	Berry	No
	Carroll	Yes
	Jones	Yes
	Loevy	No
	Nicolais	No
	Salazar	Yes
	Tool	No
	Witwer	No
	Webb	Yes
	Carrera	Yes

Final YES: 6 NO: 5 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

11:43 AM

Commissioner Jones discussed the deadline schedule observed by the commission after the Supreme Court remand. Director Barry discussed the potential for allowing Colorado Reapportionment Commission Staff to make technical changes to adopted plan boundaries.


BILL:	Discussion and Vote on Resubmitted Plans for Senate and House
TIME:	11:45:47 AM
MOVED:	Tool
MOTION:	Moved to grant authority to the Colorado Reapportionment Commission Staff to make technical changes to plan boundaries affecting up to 75 people.
SECONDED:	Carrera
		VOTE
	Atencio	Yes
	Berry	No
	Carroll	Yes
	Jones	Yes
	Loevy	Yes
	Nicolais	No
	Salazar	Yes
	Tool	No
	Witwer	No
	Webb	Yes
	Carrera	Yes

Final YES: 7 NO: 4 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

11:46 AM

A number of public comments pertaining to reapportionment received by Reapportionment Commission Staff were entered into the public record (Attachment F). The commission adjourned.