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ORDINANCE NO 2848 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS AMENDING CHAPTER 2 03 OF THE REDLANDS MUNICIPAL CODE TO CHANGE THE CITY'S ELECTORAL SYSTEM FROM AT-LARGE TO BY- DISTRICT ELECTIONS WITH RESPECT TO ELECTING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, ESTABLISHING DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, AND SEQUENCING OF ELECTIONS WITHIN THE DISTRICTS WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Redlands supports the full participation of all iesidents in electing members of the City Council, and WHEREAS, the City of Redlands currently elects its five City Council members using an at-large election system, and WHEREAS, m the at-large election system, candidates may reside in any part of the City and each City Council member is elected by the voters of the entire City, and WHEREAS, m a by-district election system, a candidate for City Council must reside in the district that he or she wishes to iepresent, and only the voters of that district are entitled to vote to decide who their representative will be, and WHEREAS, California Governinent Code section 34886 permits the city council of a city to change the city's method of election by ordinance, with certain formalities, to a by-district system in which each City Council member is elected only by the voters in the district in which the candidate resides, and WHEREAS, pursuant to California Governinent Code section 34886, it is declared the change in the method of electing members of the City Council of the City of Redlands made by this Ordinance is to irnplement the guarantees of Section 7 of Article I and of Section 2 of Article II of the California Constitution, as set forth in Section 14031 of the California Voting Rights Act, and WHEREAS, on August 16, 2016 the City Council coirunenced the process of establishing electoral districts for City Council elections by the adoption of Resolution No 7664 which established criteria to guide the design of the districts, and instructed its demographic consultant to prepare draft maps, and WHEREAS, Map 2, one of the maps developed by the City's consultant, was published on September 19, 2016, ni accordance with standard City practice for disseminating information to the public, and by posting a copy of Map 2, on the City's redistricting website on September 19, 2016, and WHEREAS, the City Council held public forums, each commencing at 6 00 p m, on November 10, 2016 at Cope Middle School, December 1, 2016 at Clement Middle School, and Deceinbei 13, 2016 at Moore Middle School, to present information and receive public commentary on the City's proposed redistricting proceedings as of such dates, and 1 1 lcclerk\Qrdlnances\Nos 2900 2899 in Wor&2945 District E=lections final docx