11-02-2021 Special Joint Meeting SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
AND THE BOARD'S REDISTRICTING TASK FORCE HELD IN THE ROBERT C. CLAUD, SR.
BOARD ROOM OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 17090
MONUMENT CIRCLE, ISLE OF WIGHT, VIRGINIA ON MONDAY, THE TWENTY-
SECOND DAY OF NOVEMBER IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY-ONE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Present: Richard L. Grice/Smithfield District
Don Rosie/Carrsville District
Joel C. Acree/Windsor District
William M. McCarty/Newport District
Rudolph Jefferson/Hardy District
REDISTRICTING TASK FORCE
Present: Caleb Kitchen/Windsor District
Thomas Finderson/Newport District
Elwood Whitley/Hardy District
Volpe Boykin/Carrsville District
Martha Jackson/At Large
Pam Cooke/At Large
Absent: Dale Baugh/Smithfield District
Also Present: Randy R. Keaton
Robert W. Jones
Donald T. Robertson
Carey Mills Storm
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Grice called the special joint meeting with the Board's Redistricting Task
Force to order at 6:00 p.m. for the purpose of selecting a proposed redistricting
map.
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Supervisor McCarty delivered the invocation and led the Pledge of Allegiance to the
American Flag.
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Caleb Kitchen, Chairman of the Redistricting Task Force, commented that the maps
before the Board this evening reflect the recommendations of the Board's Task
Force and includes constitutional statutory criteria. He noted one point of
contention is the shapes that result in the Carrollton area along the Route 17
Corridor. He explained the meaning of gerrymandering which is the drawing of
districts to be at an advantage or disadvantage to local parties or persons and
assured the Board that there has been no gerrymandering from this task force in
any shape or form and the reason the proposed districts look as they do is to
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attempt to comply with the majority/minority requirements. He advised that
responsive to the public hearing, there are some alternatives proposed for the
Carrollton area. He advised that two issues have recently been identified such as
two new School Board members and the Courthouse voting precinct which must
be located within a mile of the district border. He advised that the Carrollton
Precinct is not located in the Newport District, but rather on the other side of the
street. He advised that the Courthouse Precinct is 1.2 miles from the closest point
in the Windsor District and a slight change to get that precinct within one mile was
attempted. He advised that the Task Force was unsuccessful in getting to 50%
minority voters in District #3 without stretching that district out.
Mr. Finderson reviewed Map 1A which keeps the Town of Windsor in District 2 and
stretches up to Ragged Island Creek and includes the northern portion of
Whippingham Parkway and crosses Route 17 and includes the original Eagle Harbor
Apartments. He advised that the biggest change in the Smithfield District is it
reincorporates the southern side of Canterbury Lane and reincorporates one of the
Gray Street blocks. He continued that it also reincorporates the northern side of
Days Point Road. He stated that the Carrsville District continues its stretch along
the northern border with Surry County,and crosses at Wrenn's Mill.
After reviewing the maps, the Board selected Map 1A.
ADJOURNMENT
At 8:30 p.m., Chairman Grice declared the meeting adjourned.
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56101Rudolph Jefferson, Chairman
Carey Mills Storm, Clerk
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