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ORDINANCE NO. 2931 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS AMENDING CHAPTER 2.03 OF THE REDLANDS MUNICIPAL CODE ADJUSTING THE COUNCIL MEMBER ELECTORAL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2931 would amend Chapter 2.03 of the Redlands Municipal Code adjusting Council Member electoral district boundaries; and WHEREAS, the U.S. Census Bureau("Bureau") is required by Article 1, Section 2, of the U.S. Constitution to conduct an accurate count of the population every ten years; and WHEREAS,California Elections Code Section 21600 et seq. requires that"following each federal decennial census for a city whose council is already elected using district-based elections, the council shall,by ordinance or resolution, adopt boundaries for all of the council districts of the city so that the council districts shall be substantially equal in population as required by the United States Constitution;" and WHEREAS, the City Council held public hearings on September 27, 2021, January 18, 2022, February 15, 2022, and March 1, 2022 with a community forum held on September 29, 2021, to present information from the City's demographic consultant relating to the redistricting process and state and federal redistricting criteria and communities of interest, including the California Elections Code,the Voting Rights Act and the United States Constitution,heard public testimony, and directed staff and the City's demographic consultant to prepare draft district plans for consideration; and WHEREAS,pursuant to the provisions of the Fair Maps Act of 2019, as amended in 2020 and codified at California Elections Code section 21600 to 21609, after giving consideration to those provisions and applicable decisions of the courts, the City Council hereby adjusts, changes, and establishes the boundaries of the City Council electoral districts as set forth on the Preferred Map considered by the City Council at its public hearing on March 1,2022,and reflected in Exhibit "A" hereto, and they shall constitute and are hereby established as the boundaries of the City Council districts of the City of Redlands for subsequent elections until further readjustment is required by law; and WHEREAS, notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance, and pursuant to California Elections Code section 21606, subdivisions (a) and (b), each of the City Council Members in office at the time this Ordinance takes effect shall continue in office until the expiration of the full term to which he or she was elected and until his or her successor is qualified, and any vacancy in a term currently underway shall be filled based on the districts in effect at the time the current Council Members were elected; and WHEREAS, all information in the staff reports, maps, presentations, City Council discussion and public testimony referenced above is hereby incorporated into this decision and serves as evidentiary basis for these findings and legislative decision; and I 1:\Ordinances\Nos 2900-22999 in Word\2931 Amending Chapter 2.03 Council Member Electoral District Boundaries..—.docx