MERGER STUDY: Organizational Structure Subcommittee Summary Report and Potential Ward Scenarios

Thursday, June 29, 2006

At July 13, 2006 12:22 AM, Chris Lawrence said...: The scenario 1 map link is just a link to the report. This link works.
At July 13, 2006 8:48 AM, Merger Study Web Site Administrator said...: Thank you for reporting the link error. It is fixed now.
At July 14, 2006 8:54 AM, Anonymous said...: I'm curious as to why Scenario 1 is included since it is not even close to politically viable. The other two scenarios have virtually the same number of citizens listed as required by law. Scenario 1, by contrast, appears to be a "strawman" option as it has three times as many citizens in fictious Ward 1 as Ward 4 and surely could not pass a court challenge.
At July 19, 2006 3:42 PM, Chris Lawrence said...: Scenario 1 might be legally viable if Missouri law permits a varying number of aldermen per ward (i.e. ward 1 could have 6 aldermen, while ward 4 might have 3). Certainly there's something to be said for keeping together communities of interest, and the main thoroughfares probably divide them better than most lines.

To the quasi-layman soon-to-be resident (i.e. me), it looks like scenario 3 does a better job of not splitting up neighborhoods than scenario 2, although I suspect that if you were willing to use more of Clayton Rd as a ward boundary you might be able to do a better job in the eastern half of the combined city.