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Daytona Beach commissioners hear consultant’s redistricting maps and direct staff to prepare ordinance based on Map 1
Summary
City attorneys and a hired consultant reviewed eight draft redistricting plans for Daytona Beach, highlighting legal deadlines, minority‑district protections and map tradeoffs; commissioners gave direction to prepare an ordinance based on Alternative 1 with minor adjustments, but took no formal vote.
City Attorney Gross and consultant Kurt Spitzer presented eight draft redistricting plans to the Daytona Beach City Commission at a workshop, emphasizing legal deadlines, minority‑district protections and tradeoffs among population equality, compactness and communities of interest.
The commission was told the city must adopt a new redistricting ordinance at least 270 days before the Nov. 3, 2026, general election — a statutory deadline that consultants and attorneys identified as Feb. 6, 2026 — and that the last day to establish residency in a zone to qualify for the 2026 election would be Dec. 8, 2025. City Attorney Gross said the commission had committed earlier this year to adopt a plan complying with applicable legal requirements for the 2026 municipal election.
Spitzer, the contract consultant, walked commissioners through redistricting criteria and the eight map alternatives he and staff prepared. “Redistricting is the process by which…
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