RESOLUTION OF THE MADISON COUNTY COMMISSION

WHEREAS, the 2000 federal decennial census has been released; and

WHEREAS, the Madison County Commission is at this time electing its members from single-member districts pursuant to an order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in the Civil Action styled George Grayson, etc. v. Madison County, Alabama, etc., Civil Action Number 84-V-5770-NE, entered on January 27, 1989, the provisions of Code of Alabama, § 11-3-1.1, and the resolution of the Madison County Commission adopted on March 6, 1992; and

WHEREAS, Code of Alabama, § 11-3-1.1, provides in pertinent part as follows:

(a)                 Following the release of any federal decennial census, any county commission of this state which is at that time electing its members from single-member districts, pursuant to either state or local law or a court order, may, by resolution, alter the boundaries of the districts.

and

WHEREAS, the Madison County Commission has advertised in The Huntsville Times, a newspaper of general circulation in Madison County, for two consecutive weeks, Friday, September 19, 2003, and Friday, September 26, 2003, that a resolution altering the boundaries of existing Madison County Commission districts will be considered by the Madison County Commission at the regular meeting of the Madison County Commission to be held at 10:00 A.M. on Friday, October 3, 2003, on the seventh floor of the Madison County Courthouse in Huntsville, Alabama, which said advertisement included a map of the County indicating the proposed district boundaries and notification that a map indicating the proposed district boundaries is available for inspection in the lobby of the Madison County Courthouse in Huntsville, Alabama; and

WHEREAS, a public hearing in regard to the changes in the boundaries of existing County Commission districts was held on Monday, September 29, 2003, at the Madison County High School in Gurley, Alabama; and

WHEREAS, attached hereto as Exhibits "A," "B" and "C," respectively, and made a part hereof as if set out in full herein, are descriptions of the revised Madison County district boundaries by reference to standard census units (Exhibit "A"), a description of each district with reference to streets, roads, highways, rivers and other such features (Exhibit "B"), and the total population and racial composition of the population of each district pursuant to the 2000 federal decennial census (Exhibit "C").

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Madison County Commission that the boundaries of the six Madison County Commission districts be and the same are hereby altered so that the boundaries of the six Madison County Commission districts to be used for the election of members of the Madison County Commission in the 2004 primary and general elections and thereafter shall be as provided on Exhibits "A" and "B," which are attached hereto and made a part hereof as if set out in full herein.

DONE this the 3rd day of October 2003.

Beginning at a point where the west Madison County Boundary and the east Limestone County Boundary intersect with Ready Section Road; thence south along said west Madison County Boundary to its intersection with the Tennessee River, said point also being on the South Madison County Boundary; thence east along the said Tennessee River to its intersection with the Redstone Arsenal Boundary located in the southeast quarter of section 22 township 5 south, range 2 west; thence north along said Redstone Arsenal Boundary to a point where the Redstone Arsenal Boundary intersects with Zierdt Road said point being located in the southwest quarter of section 2, township 5 south, range 2 west; thence continue north along Zierdt Road to Madison Boulevard (HWY 20 West); thence southwest along Madison Boulevard (HWY 20 West) to its intersection with Bradford Creek; thence north along Bradford Creek to its intersection with Mill Creek; thence continue north along Mill Creek to its intersection with Mill Road; thence east along Mill Road to Wall Triana Highway; thence north along Wall Triana Highway to U.S. HWY 72 West; thence east along U.S. HWY 72 West (which changes into University Drive) to Old Monrovia Road; thence northwest along Old Monrovia Road to Rideout Road; thence north along Rideout Road to Plummer Road; thence east along Plummer Road to Mastin Lake Road; thence west along Mastin Lake Road to Pulaski Pike; thence north along Pulaski Pike to Patterson Lane; thence north and east along Patterson Lane to Murphy Hill Road; thence north along Murphy Hill Road to Brier Fork Road; thence continue north along Brier Fork Road to Opp Reynolds Road; thence west along Opp Reynolds Road to Mitchell Drive; thence north along Mitchell Drive to its intersection with the Brier Fork of the Flint River; thence southeast along said Brier Fork to its intersection with an unnamed tributary running northwest and located in the northeast quarter of section 28, township 1 south, range 1 west; thence northwest along said tributary to its intersection with Miller-McCain Road; thence north along Miller-McCain Road to Ready Section Road; thence west along Ready Section Road to its intersection with the west Madison County Line and the East Limestone County Line; said point also being the Point of Beginning.