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Aurora council opts to seek new special census date, redraw map amid staffing and trust concerns
Summary
After hearing staff analysis of hiring limits, community distrust and timeline constraints, the Aurora City Council signaled consensus to reenter the U.S. Census Bureau queue and submit a new special-census map focused on new construction rather than proceed with the August 1 date.
The City of Aurora signaled consensus June 3 to ask the U.S. Census Bureau to let it reenter the queue for a special census and to submit a new map focused on new housing, city officials said.
Chief of staff Shannon Cameron briefed the Committee of the Whole on a fast-moving decision after the Census Bureau notified the city of an August 1 special-census date and a July 1 online survey window. Cameron said federal hiring limitations and community distrust created major risks to completing a reliable count on that timeline.
The issue matters because the certified population determines state and federal allocations; staff cited an estimated $250 per resident in recurring annual revenue and said Aurora could be losing roughly $4.3 million a year under the current certified count. Cameron and Tim Shields, the city's GIS manager, described a map already approved by the Bureau that would…
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