HomeMy WebLinkAbout87-19 - Ad Hoc Councilmanic Redistricing CommitteRESOLUTION NO. 87 -19
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH ESTABLISHING AN AD HOC
COUNCILMANIC REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE
• WHEREAS, Section 1005 of the Newport Beach City Charter
requires the City Council, every four years, to appoint a
committee, to study the advisability of redistricting the City of
Newport Beach; and
WHEREAS, the redistricting was last considered by the
City Council in 1983; and
WHEREAS, the Charter requires the City Council to
appoint a committee, in 1987, to again consider redistricting.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of
the City of Newport Beach hereby appoints three Councilmembers as
the Ad Hoc Councilmanic Redistricting Committee.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said Committee is charged
with the following duties and responsibilities:
1. Preparation of a reapportionment plan with
alternatives on establishing district boundaries which, as nearly
as practicable, constitute natural areas of contiguous and
compact territory; and
2. Preparation of a reapportionment plan which will
create districts, containing substantially equal numbers of
. people, in order to provide fair representation on the City
Council; and
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proposals
Resolution.
Report back to the City Council with alternative
for redistricting the City, consistent with this
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said Committee shall
automatically cease to exist at such time as the City Council
adopts an Ordinance changing and redefining the boundaries of any
or all of the seven Councilmanic districts, or on September 30,
1987, whichever occurs first.
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