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Utah County work session outlines proposed Alpine School District maps, public comment period opens
Summary
A county-appointed committee presented draft boundary maps for three new Alpine School District districts, using 2023 population estimates and census-block constraints; the commission will take public comment for two weeks and plans final adoption March 26 with a statutorily required random draw of initial term lengths.
Mac, the committee chair appointed by the Utah County Commission, presented draft boundary maps on March 12 for three new Alpine School District districts and described the legal and technical constraints that guided the committee's work.
Mac said the committee used 2023 population estimates from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute and the U.S. census block as the smallest unit for assigning population when drawing lines, because census blocks are the basis for population counts used in districting. He told commissioners the committee tried to follow city and precinct lines, keep neighborhoods together, respect natural and structural boundaries, and account for forecasted growth.
The committee, Mac said, consisted of a county clerk’s office GIS…
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