[Amended 4-24-2018 by Res. No. 18-CR-02]
A copy of the courses and distances describing the corporate boundaries of the City of College Park, as amended from time to time, shall be maintained in the office of the City Manager. The City Manager is hereby directed to make publicly available and provide copies of any Annexation Resolution with the new boundaries as required by § 4-414 of the Local Government Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended.
A. 
By enactment of an ordinance the City of College Park shall apportion itself into four council districts. The City shall review its council districts not less than once every 10 years as soon as feasible after the decennial federal census figures are published. There shall be two Council members elected from each district. The qualified voters in each of the districts shall be entitled to vote for two candidates.
B. 
As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meaning:
ACTUAL VOTERS
Actual voters consist of those College Park residents registered to vote as of February 1 of the year that reapportionment occurs who have voted in either:
(1) 
The immediately preceding statewide election; or
(2) 
The immediately preceding citywide election.
CRITERION
The criterion is the sum of population and actual voters.
POPULATION
Population consists of the residents of College Park counted in the most recent decennial census preceding the redistricting.
(1) 
In addition, if the City has objective evidence about their numbers, the City may at its discretion include:
(a) 
Residents who were erroneously omitted from the census count;
(b) 
Residents of structures that have been built since the census count;
(c) 
Residents of properties annexed into the City after the completion of the most recent census.
(2) 
In addition, if the City has objective evidence upon which to rely, the City may at its discretion adjust a census block count when that count exceeds the actual population in the block.
C. 
The reapportionment of districts shall ensure that the criterion in each district is substantially equal to the criterion in every other district.
D. 
When reapportioning the districts, the City shall also consider commonality of local economic and social interests, preservation of the cores of prior districts, geographic compactness of the districts, and respect for neighborhoods. If a commission is appointed to participate in any reapportionment, at least one member thereof shall be designated by the University of Maryland Student Government Association.