The Cape Coral City Council will get its first look at the redistricting process Wednesday.

City Clerk Kimberly Bruns will explain at the 3 p.m. workshop how the city is going to adjust Council district boundaries following the results from the 2020 Census.

Council will appoint seven qualified electors, determined from the registration for the last statewide general election, who will comprise the city’s districting commission.

According to its redistricting requirements, within six months after the completion and receipt of the Federal Census, the districting commission shall file a report with the City Clerk containing a recommended plan for adjustment of the council district boundaries.

The report shall include a map and description of the districts recommended and be drafted as a proposed ordinance. Once filed with the clerk, the report shall be treated as an ordinance introduced by a council member.

Each district shall be formed of compact, contiguous territory, its boundary lines following the centerlines of streets or canals, with as equal population as possible.

Council is required to act on the proposed ordinance at least 120 days before the next primary election.

In other business:

* Council will hear a presentation about a new proposed LCEC transmission line, a Kismet substation that will be needed to relieve the increase in electrical demand on the Burnt Store substation.

The presentation states that continued growth in north Cape Coral without an additional substation will affect service reliability of the existing electrical system.

Since there are no viable distribution ties to take the existing and future load off of Burnt Store substation, a new substation is required.

The new substation will provide capacity for growth and improve electric service reliability in the north Cape. Four routes for the poles that will distribute the electricity are being considered, with one being considered for underground Kismet Parkway.

Construction for the transmission lines and substation is set for 2023. LCEC is investing at least $25 million for the project.

* Discussion on the Marine Improvement Text Amendment

According to the staff presentation, during the development of the Land Development Code in 2018 the consultant inadvertently eliminated several sections of this code.

This text amendment will restore language that was deleted, reformat the chapter, correct grammatical errors, and add new language for clarification purposes.

This amendment also would restore the deviation process for marine improvements that existed in the former Land Use and Development Regulations.

The new language and reformatting provide better organization and add clarity to these regulations. Restoring the deviation process interjects flexibility into the code by allowing property owners to seek relief from site-specific hardships imposed by these regulations.

* Council will receive information regarding the city’s 2020 budget audit.

* Council will get a third-quarter report on economic development from the Economic Development Office and the Department of Community Development.

City workshops and meetings are open to the public. City Hall is at 1015 Cultural Park Blvd.