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RESOLUTION NO. 16-033
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA ADOPTING LINE DRAWING CRITERIA
FOR CREATING COUNCIL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga ("The City") was elected
under an "at large" election system whereby Council Members were elected by voters of the entire
City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is considering placing a measure before the voters regarding
whether to change to a "by district" election system whereby each Council Member must reside
within the designated district boundary and is elected only by voters of that district; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Voting Rights Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1973) prohibits the use of
any voting qualification, or prerequisite to voting, or standard practice or procedure in a manner
which results in a denial or abridgement of the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on
account of race or color; and
WHEREAS, federal law and the equal protection clause require that each district be equal
in population to ensure compliance with the "one person, one vote" rule; however, deviations less
than five percent [5%) greater than or less than the ideal, for a total of ten percent [10%] deviation
are presumptively constitutional under the equal protection clause where required to meet an
official criteria; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has instructed its demographer to develop draft maps that
fully comply with legal requirements and intends to provide official criteria for any needed
deviations.
NOW, THEREFORE, The City of Rancho Cucamonga does hereby adopt the following
criteria to guide the establishment of districts for council elections:
1. Each Council District shall contain a nearly equal population as required by law; and
2. Council District borders shall be drawn in a manner that complies with the Federal
Voting Rights Act and avoids racial gerrymandering; and
3. Council Districts shall consist of contiguous territory in as compact form as possible;
and
4. Council Districts shall respect communities of interest as much as possible; and
5. Council District borders shall follow visible natural and man-made geographical and
topographical features as much as possible; and
6. District borders shall be designed, insofar as this does not conflict with Federal or State
law, to provide for an orderly transition to a district based system as existing incumbent
terms naturally expire.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 16'h day of March 2016.
AYES: Alexander, Kennedy, Michael, Spagnolo, Williams
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINED: None
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L/%- ni ael, Mayor
ATTEST:
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oice C. Reynolds, Cit Clerk
I, JANICE C. REYNOLDS, CITY CLERK of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
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 16th day of March 2016.
Executed this 17'h day of March 2016, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
nice C. Reynolds, Cit#Clerk
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