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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 -1- • C J 3 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. -2-