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2004-2005 KING COUNTY
DISTRICTING COMMITTEE

Review the final plan adopted by the Districting Committee

On Saturday, January 15, the independent citizen Districting Committee charged with redrawing the boundaries of the Metropolitan King County Council districts adopted the final districting plan with a unanimous vote, reducing the number of Council districts from 13 to nine. The Districting Committee, not the County Council, adopted the final districting plan.

The map, prepared by Districting Master John Schlosser, is based upon both data supplied to him by the members of the Districting Committee and public comments the committee received both electronically and at the four public hearings held in Bellevue, Lake Forest Park, Auburn and Seattle.

The districting plan was officially filed with the Clerk of the Council on Tuesday, January 18. The filing of the districting plan completes the process approved by the voters in November with the passage of King County Charter Amendment One.

Voters in November, 2004, amended the King County Charter to reduce the number of County Council districts from 13 to nine and to direct redistricting to draw new district boundaries. The election was certified on November 17.

On November 22, the Council appointed four King County citizens to serve on an independent Districting Committee that met, held four public hearings, and filed a new districting plan, a map of the county designating nine new council districts of equal population.

At its meeting on December 1, the four citizen members named public policy consultant Steve Ohlenkamp as Districting Committee Chair, and John Schlosser of Schlosser Geographic Systems, Inc., as the Districting Master.

On January 3, the Committee presented four proposed alternative plans reducing the number of Council districts from 13 to nine.

On January 7, the Committee reduced the four proposed maps to two.

On January 8, the Committee presented its draft plan, adopting the final districting plan January 15.