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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-2 - Councilmanic Redistricting Committee• RESOLUTION NO. 2000 - 2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A 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 1995; and WHEREAS, the Charter requires the City Council to appoint a committee to again consider redistricting. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Newport Beach hereby establishes the 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 • 3. Report back to the City Council for redistricting the City, consistent with this Resolution. 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. ADOPTED this 11th day of January, 2000. SPORT ��� MAYOR k,� S ATTEST: r CA LI FO CITY CLERK • STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } I, LAVONNE M. HARKLESS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 2000 -2 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 11th day of January, 2000, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: Ayes: Thomson, Glover, Adams, Debay, Ridgeway, O'Neil, Mayor Noyes Noes: None Absent: None Abstain: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the • official seal of said City this 12th day of January, 2000. (Seal) City Clerk Newport Beach, California