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Home My WebLink About32-City Clerk CITY OF SAN BER.RDINO - REQUEST.R COUNCIL ACTIOt From: Rachel Krasney, City Clerk Subject: Public Hearing - Redistricting of Council ward boundaries. Dept: City Clerk's Office Date: January 28, 199~ Mayor and Common Council Meeting February 3, 1992 Synopsis of Previous Council action: 4/15/91: City Council appointed a Task Force to come back with options for redistricting of Council ward boundaries. 1/6/92: The Redistricting Task Force presented a ward redistricting workshop before the Mayor and Common Council and presented proposed ward redistricting plans. City Council unanimously voted to set a public hearing for Monday, February 3, 1992, to allow for public input prior to adopting an ordinance amending existing ward boundaries. Recommended motion: MOTION: III That the public hearing be closed and that the changes to boundaries for the seven council wards be approved as presented by the Ward Redistricting Task Force. MOTION: 112 That pursuant to Section 3 of the City Charter, the City Attorney be directed to prepare an ordinance amending Ordinance 3222 to change the existing boundaries of the seven council wards to conform with the ward redistricting plan submitted by the Ward Redistricting Task Force. a. ~ ~d Signature - Contact person: Rachel Krasney Phone: 5102 Supporting data attached: Yes Ward: All FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Amount: Source: (Acct. No.! (Acct. DescriPtion) Finance: Council Notes: An..nri. It..m Nn 3.:t . . TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the Common Council FROM: Rachel Krasney, City Clerk, on behalf of Redistricting Task Force DATE: January 28, 1992 RE: PUBLIC HEARING ON PRESENTATION OF PROPOSED MAP SHOWING CHANGES IN COUNCIL WARD BOUNDARIES AS A RESULT OF 1990 CENSUS AND REQUEST THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE PROPOSED CHANGES AND DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE ORDINANCE AMENDING EXISTING COUNCIL WARD BOUNDARIES At the January 6, 1992 Council meeting, the Redistricting Task Force conducted a workshop to present proposed ward redistricting plans. The workshop was attended by not only the Mayor and Members of the City Council, but also by staff members, representatives of the Westside Action Group, a few residents at large, and reporter Luis Monteagudo of The Sun. At the workshop, the Task Force received input from the City Council members and others present on the proposed changes in ward boundaries. Additionally, on January 9, 1992, at the request of Council Member Hernandez, a followup meeting was held with residents of the Third Ward to explain the proposed ward boundary changes to them and receive their input. Having completed this, the Redistricting Task Force is now ready to present its final report showing the proposed changes to council ward boundaries. Section Three (3) of our City Charter states that: "The Mayor and Common Council by ordinance shall divide the area of the City into seven (7) wards of approximately equal population and thereafter shall periodically change the boundaries of the wards to maintain them in compact form and as nearly equal in population as possible, provided that such changes shall not be made more than once in any two (2) year period nor within ninety (90) days of any general municipal election." General law cities are required to adjust boundaries of councilmanic districts before the first day of November of the year following the year in which the Federal census was taken. Although our City Charter specifies no time limit within which the ward boundaries must be adjusted after a Federal census, the City Attorney's Office, in a legal opinion dated August 12, 1981, concluded in part that "The statute requiring general law cities to reapportion by November 1st of the year following the year in which the census is taken is not expressly binding upon the City of San Bernardino but should be used as a guideline. ..." . . Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council January 28, 1992 page Two Therefore, following the 1990 Census, on April 15, 1991, the Common Council appointed a Task Force to come back with options for redistricting of wards. This Task Force was comprised of representatives from the Department of Planning and Building Services, the City Attorney's Office, City Clerk's Office, the Management Information Systems Division; City Administrator's Office; and the Planning Commission. Redistricting of Council wards is the process of establishing new voting boundaries to ensure that each district or ward has approximately the same number of votes. The process of redistricting involves the following steps: 1. Building a database 2. Identifying census blocks 3. Assigning census blocks 4. Calculating statistics 5. Displaying statistics 6. Accepting or revising the plan 7. Documenting the Plan Attached Exhibit A shows the current ward population figures and the deviations for each ward. Based on the 1990 Federal census figures, the optimum population per ward should be 24,394. During the past nine months, steps 1 through 6 listed above have been completed and we are now at the point of presenting a final map showing the proposed changes in ward boundaries and allowing for public input on those changes. Exhibit B is the map which has been developed based on the following criteria: 1. Equal population; 2. Ethnic representation; and 3. Geographic boundaries. Exhibits C - I are the charts showing ethnic breakdowns by ward. If you approve of Exhibit B, we request that you adopt form motions one and two listed on the Request for Council Action. At this point I would like to publicly acknowledge my appreciation to the following persons who served on the Task Force: James Penman, City Attorney; Phil Arvizo, Executive Assistant to the City Council; Dennis Barlow, Sr. Assistant City Attorney; Shauna Clark, City Administrator; Al Boughey, . . Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council January 28, 1992 Page Three Director of Planning and Building Services~ Peggy Ducey, Assistant City Administrator~ Jeanne' Fitzpatrick, City Clerk's Office~ Ruben Lopez, Vice Chairman, Planning Commission~ Ruth PariSh, G.I.S. Coordinator~ Valerie Ross, Principal Planner. In particular, I would like to single out and commend Ruth Parish, G.I.S. Coordinator, for her diligence and patience in compiling all of the data and preparing the maps, as well as Lee Gagnon, Business License Supervisor, who assisted Ruth Parish in preparing the charts depicting the ethnic breakdowns by ward. g~~~~ City Clerk Attachments (Exhibits A, B, C, 0, E, F, G, H, I) . . co dP dP dP dP dP dP dP i \D ~ III N 0 l"l l"l .... .... .... .... N .... .... I-t IIw ! ~ en f\'l I-t ~ ~ N ^ ^ .... ^ N II N en 0 ~ 0 .... ~ \D f\'l ~ III ~ en lXl III .... N en en lXl N ~ a v \D V .. V f\'l N a dP en~ N...... I;J \D -\0 Ill.. III ~....~ ~ 0 CI iii ~II~ .... .... 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Ward 2 Revised Plan 1-29-92 Pop 24,518.6 Asian Indian (3.603%) (.713%) Black (12.25%) Other (.283%) (41.84%) White composed by: L.oe Gagnon Hispanic (41.30%) Hispanic 10,127.40 White 10,259.40 Black 3,003.78 Indian 174.95 Asian 883.52 Other 69.50 ATTACHMENT 110" . . Ward 3 Revised Plan 1-29-92 Pop 24,415.9 Asian Indian (5.769%) (.569%) Black (10.79%) Other (.241%) (33.73%) White Composed lly: Loo Gognon Hispanic (48.89%) Hispanic 11,938.70 White 8,235.78 Black 2.634.70 Indian 138.98 Asian 1.408.67 Other 59.02 ATTACHMENT "E" Ward 4 Revised Plan 1-29-92 Pop 24,337.7 . Other (.164%) Asian Indian (3.356%) Black (.760%) (7.934%) ClImpoaOd by: Lee Gagnon . Hispanic (12.50%) (75.27%) White Hispanic 3,043.89 White 18,320.90 Black 1,931.06 Indian 185.00 Asian 816.84 Other 39.97 ATTACIlMENT "F" Asian Indian (4.428%) Black (.713%) (9.456%) Ward 5 Revised Plan 1-29-92 Pop 24,381.8 Coq>osOd by: LIe Gagnon . . other (.205%) Hispanic (18.82%) (66.37%) White Hispanic 4,589.12 White 16,183.40 Black 2,305.65 Indian 173.85 Asian 1,079.69 Other 50.10 ATTACHMENT "G" Ward 6 Revised Plan 1-29-92 Pop 24,390.1 Black (40.39%) Compoaed by: lie Gagnon . Asian Indian (3.540%) (.443%) Other (.325%) . (12.57%) White Hispanic (42.72%) Hispanic 10,419.50 White 3,068.06 Black 9,851.44 Indian 108.15 Asian 863.42 Other 79.48 ATTACHMENT nHn , . . Ward 7 Revised Plan 1-29-92 Pop 24,231.6 Black (10.29%) Asian Indian (2.509%) (.779%) Other (.082%) Hispanic (19.88%) (66.44%) White Hispanic 4,819.48 White 16,101.30 Black 2,493.85 Indian 188.94 Asian 608.09 Other 20.00 composed by: Lee Gagnon ATTACHMENT "I"