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CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO—REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
Municipal Code
From: Margo Wheeler M/CC Meeting Date: 09/04/2012
Prepared by: Shirley Robinson, (909) 384-
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Dept: Community Development Ward(s): All
Subject:
An Ordinance of the City of San Bernardino Amending Chapter 1.16 of the San Bernardino
Municipal Code to Reestablish the Boundaries of the Seven Wards of the City of San
Bernardino. (FINAL READING) (Laid Over from August 20, 2012.)
Financial Impact:
There will be no financial impact.
Motion: Adopt the Ordinance.
Synopsis of Previous Council Action:
On July 16, 2012, meeting the Mayor and Common Council selected the option that they wished
to adopt, approving the ward boundaries reflected in Proposal E. Legal boundaries needed to be
defined and an ordinance prepared. The matter was set for August 20, 2012.
On July 2, 2012,the Mayor and Common Council asked staff to present an additional option.
On June 18 2012 the w additional re as add t onal discussion and the matter was continued to July 2, 2012.
On May 21, 2012, there was considerable discussion and direction and the matter was continued
to June 18, 2012.
On May 7, 2012,the public hearing was opened and continued to May 21, 2012.
On April 2, 2012, the Mayor and Common Council voted to set the public hearing for May 7,
2012.
On June 6, 2011, the Mayor and Common Council established and appointed members to the
Redistricting Task Force to begin the process of analyzing the 2010 Census data and to
recommend options for the potential redistricting of ward boundaries.
On May 17, 2011, the Legislative Review Committee recommended that a Redistricting Task
Force based on the 2010 Census be established and that the Task Force be referred to Mayor and
Common Council for approval.
On February 15, 2001, the Mayor and Common Council appointed a Task Force to begin the
process of redistricting the City's Ward boundaries.
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On February 8, 2001,the Legislative Review Committee recommended the request to establish a
2000 Census Task Force be referred to Mayor and Common Council.
Backeround:
The City Charter, in Section 3, provides that:
"The Mayor and Common Council by ordinance shall divide the area of the City into
seven 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 year period nor within 90 days of any general municipal election."
Following every decennial census, cities are to amend their ward boundaries to ensure fairly
equalized populations within each ward. Statistically, any change in the population over 5%
represents a significant change in the number of people living in a city. The 2010 Census data
indicates that San Bernardino has experienced an approximate 13%growth in population since
the 2000 Census.
On July 16, 2012, the Mayor and Common Council approved Proposal E as presented by the
redistricting Task Force. The matter was continued to August 20, 2012, in order for the legal
description of the new ward boundaries to be completed.
City Attorney Review:
Sunoortine Documents:
ord 1964 (PDF)
Wards-Proposal E (PDF)
Legal Descriptions-2012-Proposal E (PDF)
City Arty Memo 12-014 (PDF)
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I ORDINANCE NO.
2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING
CHAPTER 1.16 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE TO REESTABLISH
3 THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SEVEN WARDS OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO.
4 THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
5 DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1. This ordinance is adopted in order to divide the area of the City of San
Bernardino into seven wards pursuant to Section 3 of the Charter of said City.
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SECTION 2. Sections 1.16.020, 1.16.030, 1.16.040, 1.16.050, 1.16.060, 1.16.070 and vmi
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1.16.080 of the San Bernardino Municipal Code are hereby amended to read as follows: ;
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"1.16.020 First Ward. 5
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12 The boundaries of the first ward of the City shall be as follows: d
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13 All that area within the present corporate limits of the City of San Bernardino described
14 as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the centerlines of Waterman Avenue and
15 Mill Street;thence south along said centerline of Waterman Avenue to the centerline of
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16 Central Avenue; thence east, along said centerline of Central Avenue to the centerline of
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17 Clevenger Drive;thence south along said centerline of Clevenger Drive to the centerline E
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of Independence Street;thence east along said centerline of Independence Street to the 2
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centerline of Sunnyside Avenue; thence south along said centerline of Sunnyside
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21 Avenue to its southerly terminus, said point also being on the north line of that parcel of
22 land described as Parcel 4 in a Deed recorded April 13,2006 as Document No. 2006-
23 0254445, Official Records of the County of San Bernardino, State of California; thence
24 west along said north line of Parcel 4 to the west line of said Parcel 4;thence south
Y5 along said west line of said Parcel to the northerly line of the Santa Ana River;thence
easterly, along said northerly line of the Santa Ana River and following its various
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I AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING
CHAPTER 1.16 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE TO REESTABLISH
2 THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SEVEN WARDS OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO.
3 courses and distances to the centerline of Mountain View Avenue,said point also being
4 on the corporate City limit line of the City of San Bernardino;thence north,along said
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corporate City limit line and following its various courses and distances to the east line
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of the San Bernardino County Twin Creek Flood Control Channel lying within Lot 1,
Block I of Base Line Gardens,Tract No. 1964 as per plat recorded in Book 28 of Maps,
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page 46, records of the County Recorder of San Bernardino County, State of California; H
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10 thence south,leaving said corporate City limit line, along said east line to the centerline ;
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11 of Base Line Street; thence west,along said centerline of said Base Line Street,to the
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12 centerline of said Waterman Avenue;thence south along said centerline of Waterman �
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13 Avenue, to the centerline of 11th Street;thence west along said centerline of 11th Street ;
14 to the centerline of Sierra Way;thence south along said centerline of Sierra Way,to the a
15 centerline of 9th Street;thence west along said centerline of 9th Street,to the centerline
16 of the I-215 Freeway;thence north along said centerline of the I-215 Freeway,to the o
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centerline of 16th Street; thence west along said centerline of 16th Street,to the
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centerline of Massachusetts Avenue;thence south along said centerline of Massachusetts °
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20 Avenue,to the centerline of said Base Line Street;thence west along said centerline of
21 Base Line Street,to the centerline of"L" Street;thence south along said centerline of
22 "L" Street,to the centerline of said 9th Street;thence west along said centerline of 9th
23 Street to the east line of the San Bernardino County Lytle Creek Flood Control Channel;
24 thence southerly,along said east line of said Flood Control Channel, following its
25 various courses and distances to the centerline of 5th Street;thence west along said
centerline of 5th Street to the centerline of 4th Street;thence east along said centerline of
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1 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING
CHAPTER 1.16 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE TO REESTABLISH
2 THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SEVEN WARDS OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO.
3 4th Street, to the centerline of Mt. Vernon Avenue; thence south along said centerline of
4 Mt. Vernon Avenue,to the centerline of Rialto Avenue; thence east along said centerline
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of Rialto Avenue, to the centerline of"E" Street;thence south along said centerline of
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"E" Street,to the centerline of said Mill Street;thence east along said centerline of Mill
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Street to the centerline of Waterman Avenue and the point of beginning."
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10 The boundaries of the second ward of the City shall be as follows:
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12 as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the centerlines of Highland Avenue and "G"
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13 Street;thence north along said centerline of"G" Street to the centerline of 29th Street;
14 thence east along said centerline of 29th Street to the centerline of"E" Street;thence
15 north along said centerline of"E"Street to the centerline of California State Route 210
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16 (formerly California State Route 30);thence west along said centerline of California
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7 State Route 210 to the centerline of the I-215 Freeway; thence south along said d
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centerline of the I-215 Freeway to the centerline of 9th Street; thence east along said
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centerline of 9th Street to the centerline of Sierra Way; thence north along said
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21 centerline of Sierra Way to the centerline of 11th Street;thence east along said
zz centerline of 11th Street to the centerline of Waterman Avenue; thence north along said
23 centerline of Waterman Avenue to the centerline of Base Line Street; thence east along
24 said centerline of Base Line Street to the east line of the San Bernardino County Twin
29 Creek Flood Control Channel lying within Lot 1, Block 1 of Base Line Gardens, Tract
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1 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING
CHAPTER 1.16 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE TO REESTABLISH
2 THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SEVEN WARDS OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO.
3 No. 1964 as per plat recorded in Book 28 of Maps,page 46,records of the County
4 Recorder of San Bemardino County, State of California; thence north along said east
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line of Twin Creek to an angle point on the corporate limit line of the City of San
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Bernardino; thence north, along said corporate City limit line and following its various
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8 courses and distances to said centerline of Highland Avenue;thence west along said
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11 "1.16.040 Third Ward.
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12 The boundaries of the third ward of the City shall be as follows: �
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13 All that area within the present corporate limits of the City of San Bernardino described
14 as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the centerlines of Waterman Avenue and
15 Mill Street; thence south along said centerline of Waterman Avenue to the centerline of °o
16 Central Avenue; thence east, along said centerline of Central Avenue to the centerline of v
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17 Clevenger Drive; thence south along said centerline of Clevenger Drive to the centerline `m
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of Independence Street;thence east along said centerline of Independence Street to the
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centerline of Sunnyside Avenue; thence south along said centerline of Sunnyside
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21 Avenue to its southerly terminus, said point also being on the north line of that parcel of
22 land described as Parcel 4 in a Deed recorded April 13,2006 as Document No. 2006-
23 0254445, Official Records of the County of San Bernardino, State of California; thence
24 west along said north line of Parcel 4 to the west line of said Parcel 4; thence south
25 along said west line of Parcel 4 to the northerly line of the Santa Ana River; thence
easterly, along said northerly line of the Santa Ana River and following its various
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I AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING
CHAPTER 1.16 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE TO REESTABLISH
2 THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SEVEN WARDS OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO.
3 courses and distances to the centerline of Mountain View Avenue, said point also being
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on the corporate City limit line of the City of San Bernardino;thence south,along said
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centerline of Mountain View Avenue and said corporate City limit line and following its
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various courses and distances to the intersection of the centerlines of Mill Street and
8 Eucalyptus Avenue;thence east along said centerline of Mill Street to the centerline of
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Pepper Avenue;thence north along said centerline of Pepper Avenue to the southerly w
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10 line of the Atchison Topeka& Santa Fe Railroad right of way; thence easterly and
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12 of way,to the centerline of Meridian Avenue;thence north, along said centerline of �
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13 Meridian Avenue to the westerly prolongation of the north line of Parcel 1 of Parcel ;
14 Map No. 5665 as per Map recorded in Book 52 of Parcel Maps,pages 49 through 50, o°
15 records of the County Recorder of San Bernardino County, State of California; thence
16 east along said north line of Parcel 1,to the west line of the Union Pacific(formerly o
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Southern Pacific)Railroad right of way; thence north along said west line of the Union E
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Pacific Railroad right of way fine to the centerline of Foothill Boulevard;thence east, a
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! along said centerline of Foothill Boulevard to the centerline of 4th Street; thence
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21 continuing cast along said centerline of 4th Street,to the centerline of Mt.Vernon
22 Avenue; thence south along said centerline of Mt. Vernon Avenue to the centerline of
23 Rialto Avenue;thence east along said centerline of Rialto Avenue to the centerline of
24 "E" Street; thence south along said centerline of"E" Street to the said centerline of Mill
25 Street; thence east along said centerline of Mill Street to the centerline of Waterman
Avenue and the point of beginning."
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5.6.1
1 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING
CHAPTER 1.16 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE TO REESTABLISH
2 THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SEVEN WARDS OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO.
3 "1.16.050 Fourth Ward.
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The boundaries of the fourth ward of the City shall be as follows:
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All that area within the present corporate limits of the City of San Bernardino, described
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as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the centerlines of"F" Street and Northpark
8 Boulevard;thence north along said centerline of"F" Street to the centerline of Dover
9 Drive; thence westerly along said centerline of Dover Drive to the centerline of"H" w
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13 most easterly corner of Lot 247, Tract 13554-6 as per plat recorded in Book 238 of
14 Maps, pages 51-54, records of San Bernardino County, State of California; thence
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16 said Lot 247; thence southwesterly along the northwesterly line of said Lot 247 to the o
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southwesterly comer of that parcel of land described as Parcel No. 3 in a Deed
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zo recorded on November 15, 1989 as Document No. 89-432957, Official Records of the
21 County of San Bernardino, State of California; thence southeasterly and northeasterly
22 along the southerly line of said Parcel No. 3 to the northerly line of the Muscupiabe
23 Rancho as shown in Book 7 of Maps, page 23, records of the County Recorder of said
24 County, said point also being on the corporate City limit line of the City of San
25 Bernardino; thence southeasterly along said northerly line of the Muscupiabe Rancho
and said corporate City limit line to an angle point on said corporate City limit line;
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1 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING
CHAPTER 1.16 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE TO REESTABLISH
2 THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SEVEN WARDS OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO.
3 thence north along said corporate City limit line and following its various courses and
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distances to the intersection of the centerlines of Highland Avenue and Victoria Avenue;
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thence north and continuing along said corporate City line and following its various
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courses and distances to the centerline of California State Route 210(formerly
California State Route 30);thence northwesterly and leaving said corporate City limit
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line along said centerline of California State Route 210 to the centerline of Pumalo H
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to Street,said point being on said corporate City limit line;thence east along said corporate
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11 City limit line and following its various courses and distances to said centerline of
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12 California State Route 210;thence northwesterly and leaving said corporate City limit
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13 line along said centerline of California State Route 210 to the centerline of Del Rosa ;
14 Avenue;thence north along said centerline of Del Rosa Avenue to an angle point on said
15 corporate City limit line; thence cast, along said corporate City limit line and following
16 its various courses and distances to the intersection of said Del Rosa Avenue and c
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Marshall Boulevard;thence west and leaving said corporate City limit line along said
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centerline of Marshall Boulevard to the centerline of Mountain Avenue, said point also a
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20 being on said corporate City limit line;thence north along said corporate City limit line
21 and following its various courses and distances to the centerline of 39th Street;thence
22 west along said centerline of 39th Street to the centerline of Harrison Street;thence
23 north along said centerline of Harrison Street to the centerline of 40th Street;thence
44 west along said centerline of 40th Street to the centerline of Waterman Avenue;thence
25 south along said centerline of Waterman Avenue to the centerline of Parkdale Drive;
thence west along said centerline of Parkdale Drive to the centerline of Mountain View
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I AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING
CHAPTER 1.1.6 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE TO REESTABLISH
2 THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SEVEN WARDS OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO.
3 Avenue;thence south along said centerline of Mountain View Avenue to the centerline
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of Thompson Place;thence west along said centerline of Thompson Place to the
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centerline of Arrowhead Avenue; thence northerly and westerly along said centerline of
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7 Arrowhead Avenue to the centerline of Kendall Drive;thence northwesterly along said
8 centerline of Kendall Drive and following its various courses and distances to the
9 centerline of 4th Avenue;thence north along said centerline of 4th Avenue to an angle U)
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10 point on said corporate City limit line,said point hereinafter referred to as Point"A";
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11 thence southeasterly along said corporate City limit line and following its various
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12 courses and distances to said Point"A", said point also being on the southwesterly line �
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13 of the San Bernardino County Flood Control Channel;thence northwesterly along said
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15 said corporate City limit line to the centerline of Little Mountain Drive;thence
16 northeasterly and northerly along said centerline of Little Mountain Drive to the v
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centerline of said Northpark Boulevard; thence easterly along said centerline of E
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Northpark Boulevard to the centerline of said "F" Street and the point of beginning." =°
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"1.16.060 Fifth Ward.
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21 The boundaries of the fifth ward of the City shall be as follows:
22 All that area within the present corporate limits of the City of San Bernardino,described
23 as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the centerlines of 7" Street and Northpark
24 Boulevard; thence north along said centerline of"F" Street to the centerline of Dover
25 Drive;thence westerly along said centerline of Dover Drive to the centerline of"H"
Street;thence north along said centerline of"H"Street to the centerline of 56th Street;
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1 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING
CHAPTER 1.16 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE TO REESTABLISH
2 THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SEVEN WARDS OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO.
3 thence west along said centerline of 56th Street to the centerline of "F'Street; thence
4 northwesterly along said centerline of I Street and its northwesterly prolongation to the
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most easterly corner of Lot 247,Tract 13554-6 as per plat recorded in Book 238 of
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7 Maps,pages 51-54,records of San Bernardino County,State of California; thence
8 northwesterly along the northeasterly line of said Lot 247 to the most northerly comer of
9 said Lot 247; thence southwesterly along the northwesterly line of said Lot 247 to the H
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10 northwesterly comer of said Lot 247; thence northerly,along a straight line,to the 9
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12 recorded on November 15, 1989 as Document No. 89-432957,Official Records of the �
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13 County of San Bernardino, State of California; thence southeasterly and northeasterly 3
14 along the southerly line of said Parcel No. 3 to the northerly line of the Muscupiabe
15 Rancho as shown in Book 7 of Maps,page 23,records of the County Recorder of San
16 Bernardino County, State of California, said point also being on the corporate City limit o
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line of the City of San Bernardino;thence northwesterly along said corporate City limit
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line and following its various courses and distances to the centerline of the I-215 z
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20 Freeway;thence southeasterly along said centerline of the 1-215 Freeway to the
21 centerline of California State Route 210(formerly California State Route 30);thence
22 easterly along said centerline of California State Route 210 to the centerline of"E"
23 Street; thence north along said centerline of"E" Street to the centerline of 30th Street;
24 thence west along said centerline of 30th Street to the centerline of said "F" Street;
25 thence north along said centerline of"F" Street to the centerline of 36th Street;thence
east along said centerline of 36th Street to the centerline of said "E" Street;thence north
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I AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING
CHAPTER 1.16 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE TO REESTABLISH
2 THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SEVEN WARDS OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO. '
3 along said centerline of"E" Street to the centerline of Kendall Drive;thence
4 northeasterly along said centerline of Kendall Drive and following its various courses
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and distances to the centerline of 4th Avenue; thence north along said centerline of said
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4th Avenue to an angle point on said corporate City limit line, said point also being on
8 the southwesterly line of the San Bernardino County Flood Control Channel;thence
9 northwesterly along said southwesterly line of the San Bernardino County Flood Control w
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10 Channel to the centerline of Little Mountain Drive;thence northeasterly and northerly ;
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11 along said centerline of Little Mountain Drive and leaving said corporate City limit
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12 line,to said centerline of Northpazk Boulevard;thence easterly along said centerline of �
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13 Northpark Boulevard to said centerline of"F" Street and the point of beginning."
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16 All that area within the present corporate limits of the City of San Bernardino,described E
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12 as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the centerlines of Eucalyptus Avenue and E
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Mill Street, said point also being on the corporate City limit line of the City of San
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Bernardino; thence north along said corporate City limit line and following its various
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21 courses and distances to the centerline of the I-215 Freeway;thence southeasterly along
22 said centerline of the I-215 Freeway to the centerline of 16th Street; thence west along
23 said centerline of 16th Street to the centerline of Massachusetts Avenue;thence south
24 along said centerline of Massachusetts Avenue to the centerline of said Base Line Street;
25 thence west along said centerline of Base Line Street to the centerline of"L" Street;
thence south along said centerline of"L" Street to the centerline of said 9th Street;
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1 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING
CHAPTER 1.16 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE TO REESTABLISH
2 THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SEVEN WARDS OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO.
3 thence west along said centerline of 9th Street to the east line of the San Bernardino
4 County Lytle Creek Flood Control Channel;thence southerly along said east line of said
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Flood Control Channel and following its various courses and distances to the centerline
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of 5th Street;thence westerly along said centerline of 5th Street to the centerline of
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Foothill Boulevard;thence west along said centerline of Foothill Boulevard to the west
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line of the Union Pacific(formerly Southern Pacific)Railroad right of way; thence H
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10 southerly along said west railroad right of way line to the north line of Parcel 1 of Parcel W
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11 Map No. 5665 as per Map recorded in Book 52 of Parcel Maps,pages 49 through 50,
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12 records of the County Recorder of San Bernardino County, State of California;thence 'a
13 west along said north line of Parcel 1 and its westerly prolongation to the centerline of E
14 Meridian Avenue;thence south along said centerline of Meridian Avenue to the
15 southerly line of the Atchison Topeka&Santa Fe Railroad right of way;thence
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Railroad right of way,to the centerline of Pepper Avenue;thence south,along said E
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centerline of Pepper Avenue to said centerline of Mill Street;thence west along said z
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centerline of Mill Street to the centcrline of said Eucalyptus Avenue and the point of
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"1.16.080 Seventh Ward.
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23 The boundaries of the seventh ward of the City shall be as follows:
24 All that area within the present corporate limits of the City of San Bernardino,described
25 as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the centerlines of Highland Avenue and "G"
Street;thence north along said centerline of"G" Street to the centerline of 29th Street;
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1 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING
CHAPTER 1.16 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE TO REESTABLISH
2 THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SEVEN WARDS OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO.
3 thence east along said centerline of 29th Street to the centerline of "E" Street;thence
4 north along said centerline of"E" Street to the centerline of 30th Street;thence west
5 along said centerline of 30th Street to the centerline of "F" Street;thence north along
6 said centerline of"F" Street to the centerline of 36th Street; thence cast along said
7 centerline of 36th Street to the centerline of said "E" Street; thence north along said
8 centerline of"E" Street to the centerline of Kendall Drive; thence northeasterly along m
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9 said centerline of Kendall Drive and following its various courses and distances to the
1 centerline of Arrowhead Avenue;thence easterly and southerly, along said centerline of
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12 centerline of Thompson Place to the centerline of Mountain View Avenue;thence north z
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13 along said centerline of Mountain View Avenue to the centerline of Parkdale Drive; 3
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thence east along said centerline of Parkdale Drive to the centerline of Waterman
15 Avenue; thence north along the centerline of Waterman Avenue to the centerline of 40th m
16 Street;thence east along said centerline of 40th Street to the centerline of Harrison o
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Street; thence east along said centerline of 39th Street to an angle point on the corporate
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City limit line of the City of San Bernardino;thence south along said corporate City
20 limit line and following its various courses and distances to the intersection of the
21 centerlines of Mountain Avenue and Marshall Boulevard;thence east and leaving said
22 corporate City limit line along said centerline of Marshall Boulevard to the centerline of
23 Del Rosa Avenue, said point also being an angle point on said corporate City limit line;
24 thence south along said centerline of Del Rosa Avenue to the centerline of California
25 State Route 210(formerly California State Route 30);thence southeasterly along said
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3 line; thence leaving said centerline of State Route 210, south along said corporate City
4 limit line and following its various courses and distances to said centerline of California
5 State Route 210;thence southeasterly along said centerline of California State Route 210
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3 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted by the Mayor and
4 Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a meeting thereof,
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First Ward.
The boundaries of the first ward of the City shall be as follows:
All that area within the present corporate limits of the City of San Bernardino described as
follows: Beginning at the intersection of the centerlines of Waterman Avenue and Mill Street;
thence south along said centerline of Waterman Avenue to the centerline of Central Avenue;
thence east, along said centerline of Central Avenue to the centerline of Clevenger Drive;
thence south along said centerline of Clevenger Drive to the centerline of Independence Street; N
thence east along said centerline of Independence Street to the centerline of Sunnyside r
Avenue; thence south along said centerline of Sunnyside Avenue to its southerly terminus, said
point also being on the north line of that parcel of land described as Parcel 4 in a Deed recorded
April 13, 2006 as Document No. 2006-0254445, Official Records of the County of San -
Bernardino, State of California, thence west along said north line of Parcel 4 to the west line of
said Parcel 4, thence south along said west line of said Parcel 4 to the northerly line of the a
Santa Ana River; thence easterly, along said northerly line of the Santa Ana River and following
its various courses and distances to the centerline of Mountain View Avenue, said point also v
being on the corporate City limit line of the City of San Bernardino; thence north, along said
corporate City limit line and following its various courses and distances to the east line of the
San Bernardino County Twin Creek Flood Control Channel lying within Lot 1, Block 1 of Base
Line Gardens, Tract No. 1964 as per plat recorded in Book 28 of Maps, page 46, records of the
County Recorder of San Bernardino County, State of California; thence south, leaving said w
corporate City limit line, along said east line to the centerline of Base Line Street; thence west, m
along said centerline of said Base Line Street, to the centerline of said Waterman Avenue; o
thence south along said centerline of Waterman Avenue, to the centerline of 11th Street; thence o
west along said centerline of 11th Street to the centerline of Sierra Way; thence south along a
said centerline of Sierra Way, to the centerline of 9th Street; thence west along said centerline
of 9th Street, to the centerline of the 1-215 Freeway; thence north along said centerline of the 1-
215 Freeway, to the centerline of 16th Street; thence west along said centerline of 16th Street,
to the centerline of Massachusetts Avenue; thence south along said centerline of °-
Massachusetts Avenue, to the centerline of said Base Line Street; thence west along said
centerline of Base Line Street, to the centerline of"L" Street; thence south along said centerline
of"L" Street, to the centerline of said 9th Street; thence west along said centerline of 9th Street o
to the east line of the San Bernardino County Lytle Creek Flood Control Channel; thence
southerly, along said east line of said Flood Control Channel, following its various courses and
distances to the centerline of 5th Street; thence west along said centerline of 5th Street to the
centerline of 4th Street; thence east along said centerline of 4th Street, to the centerline of Mt. d
Vernon Avenue; thence south along said centerline of Mt. Vernon Avenue, to the centerline of =
Rialto Avenue; thence east along said centerline of Rialto Avenue, to the centerline of"E" A
Street; thence south along said centerline of"E"Street, to the centerline of said Mill Street; a
thence east along said centerline of Mill Street to the centerline of Waterman Avenue and the
point of beginning.
Second Ward.
The boundaries of the second ward of the City shall be as follows:
All that area within the present corporate limits of the City of San Bernardino described as
follows: Beginning at the intersection of the centerlines of Highland Avenue and "G"Street,
thence north along said centerline of"G" Street to the centerline of 29th Street; thence east
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along said centerline of 29th Street to the centerline of"E" Street; thence north along said
centerline of"E" Street to the centerline of California State Route 210(formerly California State
Route 30); thence west along said centerline of California State Route 210 to the centerline of
the 1-215 Freeway; thence south along said centerline of the 1-215 Freeway to the centerline of
9th Street; thence east along said centerline of 9th Street to the centerline of Sierra Way; thence
north along said centerline of Sierra Way to the centerline of 11th Street; thence east along said
centerline of 11th Street to the centerline of Waterman Avenue;thence north along said
centerline of Waterman Avenue to the centerline of Base Line Street; thence east along said
centerline of Base Line Street to the east line of the San Bernardino County Twin Creek Flood
Control Channel lying within Lot 1, Block 1 of Base Line Gardens, Tract No. 1964 as per plat
recorded in Book 28 of Maps, page 46, records of the County Recorder of San Bernardino N
County, State of California; thence north along said east line of Twin Creek to an angle point on =
the corporate limit line of the City of San Bernardino; thence north, along said corporate City
limit line and following its various courses and distances to said centerline of Highland Avenue; rn
thence west along said centerline of Highland Avenue to said centerline of"G" Street and the -
point of beginning.
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All that area within the present corporate limits of the City of San Bernardino described as
follows: Beginning at the intersection of the centerlines of Waterman Avenue and Mill Street,
thence south along said centerline of Waterman Avenue to the centerline of Central Avenue;
thence east, along said centerline of Central Avenue to the centerline of Clevenger Drive; w
thence south along said centerline of Clevenger Drive to the centerline of Independence Street;
thence east along said centerline of Independence Street to the centerline of Sunnyside o
Avenue; thence south along said centerline of Sunnyside Avenue to its southerly terminus, said o
point also being on the north line of that parcel of land described as Parcel 4 in a Deed recorded a
April 13, 2006 as Document No. 2006-0254445, Official Records of the County of San
Bernardino, State of California; thence west along said north line of Parcel 4 to the west line of
said Parcel 4; thence south along said west line of Parcel 4 to the northerly line of the Santa o
Ana River; thence easterly, along said northerly line of the Santa Ana River and following its
various courses and distances to the centerline of Mountain View Avenue, said point also being °
on the corporate City limit line of the City of San Bernardino; thence south, along said centerline G
of Mountain View Avenue and said corporate City limit line and following its various courses and o
distances to the intersection of the centerlines of Mill Street and Eucalyptus Avenue; thence rn
east along said centerline of Mill Street to the centerline of Pepper Avenue; thence north along
said centerline of Pepper Avenue to the southerly line of the Atchison Topeka &Santa Fe
Railroad right of way, thence easterly and northeasterly along said southerly line of the Atchison d
Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad right of way, to the centerline of Meridian Avenue; thence north, z
along said centerline of Meridian Avenue to the westerly prolongation of the north line of Parcel m
1 of Parcel Map No. 5665 as per Map recorded in Book 52 of Parcel Maps, pages 49 through
50, records of the County Recorder of San Bernardino County, State of California; thence east
along said north line of Parcel 1,to the west line of the Union Pacific(formerly Southern Pacific)
Railroad right of way; thence north along said west line of the Union Pacific Railroad right of
way line to the centerline of Foothill Boulevard; thence east, along said centerline of Foothill
Boulevard to the centerline of 4th Street; thence continuing east along said centerline of 4th
Street, to the centerline of Mt. Vernon Avenue; thence south along said centerline of Mt. Vernon
Avenue to the centerline of Rialto Avenue; thence east along said centerline of Rialto Avenue to
the centerline of"E" Street; thence south along said centerline of"E" Street to the said
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Waterman Avenue and the point of beginning.
Fourth Ward.
The boundaries of the fourth ward of the City shall be as follows:
All that area within the present corporate limits of the City of San Bernardino, described as
follows: Beginning at the intersection of the centerlines of"F Street and Northpark Boulevard;
thence north along said centerline of"F Street to the centerline of Dover Drive, thence westerly
along said centerline of Dover Drive to the centerline of"H" Street; thence north along said
centerline of"H" Street to the centerline of 56th Street; thence west along said centerline of 56th N
Street to the centerline of "I" Street; thence northwesterly along said centerline of I Street and t
its northwesterly prolongation to the most easterly corner of Lot 247, Tract 13554-6 as per plat 3
recorded in Book 238 of Maps, pages 51-54, records of San Bernardino County, State of
California; thence northwesterly along the northeasterly line of said Lot 247 to the most northerly
corner of said Lot 247; thence southwesterly along the northwesterly line of said Lot 247 to the
northwesterly corner of said Lot 247; thence northerly, along a straight line, to the "
southwesterly corner of that parcel of land described as Parcel No. 3 in a Deed recorded on
November 15, 1989 as Document No. 89-432957, Official Records of the County of San 9
Bernardino, State of California; thence southeasterly and northeasterly along the southerly line
of said Parcel No. 3 to the northerly line of the Muscupiabe Rancho as shown in Book 7 of
Maps, page 23, records of the County Recorder of said County, said point also being on the
corporate City limit line of the City of San Bernardino, thence southeasterly along said northerly
line of the Muscupiabe Rancho and said corporate City limit line to an angle point on said w
corporate City limit line; thence north along said corporate City limit line and following its various m
courses and distances to the intersection of the centerlines of Highland Avenue and Victoria a
Avenue; thence north and continuing along said corporate City line and following its various o
courses and distances to the centerline of California State Route 210 (formerly California State a
Route 30); thence northwesterly and leaving said corporate City limit line along said centerline
of California State Route 210 to the centerline of Pumalo Street, said point being on said
corporate City limit line; thence east along said corporate City limit line and following its various c
courses and distances to said centerline of California State Route 210; thence northwesterly =
and leaving said corporate City limit line along said centerline of California State Route 210 to °
the centerline of Del Rosa Avenue; thence north along said centerline of Del Rosa Avenue to an
angle point on said corporate City limit line; thence east, along said corporate City limit line and o
following its various courses and distances to the intersection of said Del Rosa Avenue and
Marshall Boulevard; thence west and leaving said corporate City limit line along said centerline
of Marshall Boulevard to the centerline of Mountain Avenue, said point also being on said
corporate City limit line, thence north along said corporate City limit line and following its various
courses and distances to the centerline of 39th Street; thence west along said centerline of 39th s
Street to the centerline of Harrison Street; thence north along said centerline of Harrison Street m
to the centerline of 40th Street; thence west along said centerline of 40th Street to the centerline a
of Waterman Avenue; thence south along said centerline of Waterman Avenue to the centerline
of Parkdale Drive; thence west along said centerline of Parkdale Drive to the centerline of
Mountain View Avenue; thence south along said centerline of Mountain View Avenue to the
centerline of Thompson Place; thence west along said centerline of Thompson Place to the
centerline of Arrowhead Avenue; thence northerly and westerly along said centerline of
Arrowhead Avenue to the centerine of Kendall Drive; thence northwesterly along said centerline
of Kendall Drive and following its various courses and distances to the centerline of 4th Avenue;
thence north along said centerline of 4th Avenue to an angle point on said corporate City limit
line, said point hereinafter referred to as Point"A"; thence southeasterly along said corporate
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being on the southwesterly line of the San Bernardino County Flood Control Channel; thence
northwesterly along said southwesterly line of the San Bernardino County Flood Control
Channel, and leaving said corporate City limit line to the centerline of Little Mountain Drive;
thence northeasterly and northerly along said centerline of Little Mountain Drive to the
centerline of said Northpark Boulevard; thence easterly along said centerline of Northpark
Boulevard to the centerline of said "F"Street and the point of beginning.
Fifth Ward.
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thence north along said centerline of"F"Street to the centerline of Dover Drive; thence westerly
along said centerline of Dover Drive to the centerline of"H" Street; thence north along said
centerline of"H" Street to the centerline of 56th Street; thence west along said centerline of 56th •c
Street to the centerline of "I" Street, thence northwesterly along said centerline of I Street and m
its northwesterly prolongation to the most easterly corner of Lot 247, Tract 13554-6 as per plat
recorded in Book 238 of Maps, pages 51-54, records of San Bernardino County, State of
California; thence northwesterly along the northeasterly line of said Lot 247 to the most northerly
corner of said Lot 247; thence southwesterly along the northwesterly line of said Lot 247 to the
northwesterly comer of said Lot 247; thence northerly, along a straight line, to the
southwesterly corner of that parcel of land described as Parcel No. 3 in a Deed recorded on
November 15, 1989 as Document No. 89-432957, Official Records of the County of San w
Bernardino, State of California; thence southeasterly and northeasterly along the southerly line m
of said Parcel No. 3 to the northerly line of the Muscupiabe Rancho as shown in Book 7 of a
Maps, page 23, records of the County Recorder of San Bernardino County, State of California, o
said point also being on the corporate City limit line of the City of San Bernardino; thence a
northwesterly along said corporate City limit line and following its various courses and distances
to the centerline of the 1-215 Freeway; thence southeasterly along said centerline of the 1-215
Freeway to the centerline of California State Route 210(formerly California State Route 30);
thence easterly along said centerline of California State Route 210 to the centerline of"E" 2
Street; thence north along said centerline of"E" Street to the centerline of 30th Street; thence .2-
west along said centerline of 30th Street to the centerline of said "F" Street; thence north along a
said centerline of"F" Street to the centerline of 36th Street; thence east along said centerline of o
36th Street to the centerline of said "E" Street; thence north along said centerline of"E"Street to
the centerline of Kendall Drive; thence northeasterly along said centerline of Kendall Drive and
following its various courses and distances to the centerline of 4th Avenue; thence north along
said centerline of said 4th Avenue to an angle point on said corporate City limit line, said point E
also being on the southwesterly line of the San Bernardino County Flood Control Channel; L
thence northwesterly along said southwesterly line of the San Bernardino County Flood Control
Channel to the centerline of Little Mountain Drive, thence northeasterly and northerly along a
said centerline of Little Mountain Drive and leaving said corporate City limit line, to said
centerline of Northpark Boulevard; thence easterly along said centerline of Northpark Boulevard
to said centerline of"F" Street and the point of beginning.
Sixth Ward.
The boundaries of the sixth ward of the City shall be as follows:
All that area within the present corporate limits of the City of San Bernardino, described as
follows: Beginning at the intersection of the centerlines of Eucalyptus Avenue and Mill Street,
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along said corporate City limit line and following its various courses and distances to the
centerline of the 1-215 Freeway; thence southeasterly along said centerline of the 1-215 Freeway
to the centerline of 16th Street, thence west along said centerline of 16th Street to the
centerline of Massachusetts Avenue; thence south along said centerline of Massachusetts
Avenue to the centerline of said Base Line Street; thence west along said centerline of Base
Line Street to the centerline of"L" Street; thence south along said centerline of"L"Street to the
centerline of said 9th Street; thence west along said centerline of 9th Street to the east line of
the San Bernardino County Lytle Creek Flood Control Channel; thence southerly along said
east line of said Flood Control Channel and following its various courses and distances to the
centerline of 5th Street; thence westerly along said centerline of 5th Street to the centerline of vm'
Foothill Boulevard;thence west along said centerline of Foothill Boulevard to the west line of the s
Union Pacific(formerly Southern Pacific) Railroad right of way; thence southerly along said west
railroad right of way line to the north line of Parcel 1 of Parcel Map No. 5665 as per Map
recorded in Book 52 of Parcel Maps, pages 49 through 50, records of the County Recorder of -
San Bernardino County, State of California; thence west along said north line of Parcel 1 and its
westerly prolongation to the centerline of Meridian Avenue; thence south along said centerline V
of Meridian Avenue to the southerly line of the Atchison Topeka& Santa Fe Railroad right of
way; thence southwesterly and westerly along said southerly line of the Atchison Topeka &
Santa Fe Railroad right of way, to the centerline of Pepper Avenue; thence south, along said
centerline of Pepper Avenue to said centerline of Mill Street; thence west along said centerline
of Mill Street to the centerline of said Eucalyptus Avenue and the point of beginning.
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follows: Beginning at the intersection of the centerlines of Highland Avenue and "G" Street ; a
thence north along said centerline of"G" Street to the centerline of 29th Street,thence east w
along said centerline of 29th Street to the centerline of "E" Street; thence north along said N
centerline of"E" Street to the centerline of 30th Street; thence west along said centerline of 30th
Street to the centerline of "F" Street; thence north along said centerline of"F"Street to the =
centerline of 36th Street; thence east along said centerline of 36th Street to the centerline of
said "E" Street; thence north along said centerline of"E" Street to the centerline of Kendall
Drive; thence northeasterly along said centerline of Kendall Drive and following its various o
courses and distances to the centerline of Arrowhead Avenue; thence easterly and southerly,
along said centerline of Arrowhead Avenue to the centerline of Thompson Place; thence
easterly, along said centerline of Thompson Place to the centerline of Mountain View Avenue;
thence north along said centerline of Mountain View Avenue to the centerline of Parkdale Drive;
thence east along said centerline of Parkdale Drive to the centerline of Waterman Avenue; E
thence north along the centerline of Waterman Avenue to the centerline of 40th Street; thence m
east along said centerline of 40th Street to the centerline of Harrison Street; thence south along
said centerline of Harrison Street to the centerline of 39th Street; thence east along said
centerline of 39th Street to an angle point on the corporate City limit line of the City of San
Bernardino; thence south along said corporate City limit line and following its various courses
and distances to the intersection of the centerlines of Mountain Avenue and Marshall Boulevard;
thence east and leaving said corporate City limit line along said centerline of Marshall Boulevard
to the centerline of Del Rosa Avenue, said point also being an angle point on said corporate City
limit line; thence south along said centerline of Del Rosa Avenue to the centerline of California
State Route 210 (formerly California State Route 30); thence southeasterly along said centerline
of California State Route 210 to an angle point on said corporate City limit line; thence leaving
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said centerline of State Route 210, south along said corporate City limit line and following its
various courses and distances to said centerline of California State Route 210, thence
southeasterly along said centerline of California State Route 210 to said corporate City limit line,
thence south along said corporate City limit line and following its various courses and distances
to the intersection of the centerlines of Highland Avenue and Sterling Avenue, thence west
along said centerline of Highland Avenue to said centerline of"G" Street and the point of
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Every 10 years following the U.S. Census, states and communities must realign political c
district boundaries with equal population and comply with the Voting Rights Act. Each elected E
official should represent approximately the same number of people maintaining the principal of M
"one person, one vote." The"one person, one vote"requirement is that election districts should
be nearly equal in their total populations.For local jurisdictions such as the City of San Bernardino, a
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there is substantial equality between wards.As a rule of thumb,under no circumstance should the
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among seven (7) Council Wards. The Mayor and Common Council's redistricting process is
governed by three fundamental authorities:
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3. Federal constitutional and statutory requirements, mainly the Equal Protection
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Voting Rights Act(42USC§1973),as interpreted by case law,
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Section 3 of the San Bernardino City Charter states:
Time and Change of Boundaries.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
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where council members are elected by districts (wards). Section 21620 also recognizes the U)
obligation to comply with the Federal Voting Rights Act during the reapportionment process: 3
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After the initial establishment of the districts, the districts shall
continue to be as nearly equal in population as may be according to
the latest federal decennial census,or if authorized by the charter of
the city, according to the federal mid-decade census. The districts
shall comply with the applicable provisions of the Federal Voting
Rights Act of 1965, Section 1973 of Title 42 of the United Stares 3
Code,as amended,in establishing the boundaries of the districts,the *,
council may give consideration to the following factors: (1)
topography, (2) geography, (3) cohesiveness, contiguity, integrity v
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classes, such as ethnic/racial/language minority groups. If the population of a protected class is
sufficiently large, geographically compact, and politically cohesive,the law says that boundaries a
should be drawn so that members of the group can elect representatives of their choice.
As to the legal process for charter cities adopting revised ward boundaries,Elections Code E
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proposal to adjust the boundaries of a district prior to a public hearing at which the
council votes to approve or defeat the proposal. (Emphasis added.)
Therefore, before the Mayor and Common Council can vote to approve new ward
boundaries, a minimum of one public hearing must be held on the proposed boundaries. These
public hearing requirements can be fulfilled in numerous ways so long as the first noticed public
hearing occurs before the meeting where the boundary revisions are adopted. For example, the
noticed public hearings could be in the form of a workshop for the Mayor and Council,a
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community meeting held by the Mayor and Council, or a regular council meeting so long as no
action to adopt a proposed plan is taken at the first public hearing. After the Mayor and Council
approve revisions to the ward boundaries,an ordinance will need to be prepared setting forth the
new ward boundaries. The process of adopting an ordinance requires two council meetings,one
for the first reading and one for the final adoption. The ordinance then becomes effective 30 days
from its final adoption by the Council and approval by the Mayor.
If you have any further questions or need additional information,please do not hesitate to
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