HomeMy WebLinkAbout83-21 - Ad Hoc Councilmanic Redistricting CommitteeRESOLUTION NO. 83 -21
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, redistricting was last considered by the City
Council in 1979; and
WHEREAS, the Charter requires the City Council to
appoint a committee, in 1983, 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 roughly equal numbers of people, in
order to provide fair representation on the City Council; and
3. Report back to the City Council with alternative
proposals 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,
on or September
30,
1983, whichever occurs first.
ADOPTED this 14th day of February , 1983.
AT EST:
City Clerk Deputy
RSP /Redistrict
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