HomeMy WebLinkAbout91-011 - Resolutions RESOLUTION NO. 91-011
A RESOLUI~ON OF THE CITY (DL~CIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
O3CAMONC4%, CAL~, ~ A STATISTICAL
ADJUSql~C OF THE 1990 C~]~SUs FIGURES
WHEREAS, the 1990 Census will provide essential population statistics
governing federal fundir~ and allocations and political representation for the
next decade; and
WHEREAS, the 1990 Census has been fraught with numerous operational
problems; and
WHEREAS, the 1990 Census is projected to contain not only an under-
count of minorities but of non-minorities as well; and
WHEREAS, the preliminary Census counts understated the population of
Rancho Cucamonga by an estimated 14,994; and
WHEREAS, the ~t is projected to have a disproportionately
adverse impact upon the nation's urban areas such as Rancho Cucamo~; and
WHEREAS, the Census Bureau has developed a statistical methodology
for correcting the undercc~a%t but the Cc~merce Department has refused to use
this corrective mechanism; and
WHEREAS, federal d~ minve~,~nt in key urban funding c~mbined with
federal restrictions on tax exemption have threatened and continue to threaten
cities' abilities to cope with growing social and financial problems; and
WHEREAS, the Constitution of the United States clearly states that
all persons must be counted; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rancho Cucamonga believes that all persons
count.
NC~, THEREF-~, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga does
hereby resolve and urges Congress and the President to enact legislation
mandating a statistical c~rrection of the 1990 Census; and
BE IT ~ RESOLVED that the City of Rancho Cucamonga urges the
President and the Secretary of C~erce to administratively agree to statisti-
cally correct the 1990 Census so as to reflect an accurate enumeration of the
nation's population; and
BE IT ~ RESOLVED that the barring legislative or administrative
~es the City of Rancho Cucamo~ supports judicial action to effect a
statistical correction of the 1990 Census.
Resolution No. 91-011
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PASS~D, APPROVED, and ADOPI~D this 2nd day of Jar~, 1991.
AYES: Alexar~er, Buquet, Stout, Williams, Wright
NOES: None
ABS~I~T: None
Dennis L. Stout, Mayor--
E~ J. ~ City Clerk -
I, DEBRA J. ADAMS, CITY ~.WRK of the City of Rancb~ Cucam~,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed,
approved, and adopted by the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 2nd day of
Jan%~, 1991.
Executed this 3rd day of January, 1991 at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
6e6ra J. ~ City Clerk