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HomeMy WebLinkAbout75B - SET PH DATE TO CHANGE WARDSREQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: DECEMBER 5, 2011 TITLE: SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE TO CONSIDER CHANGING THE BOUNDARY LINES OF COUNCIL WARDS S, CITY MANAGER CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ? As Recommended ? As Amended ? Ordinance on 1" Reading ? Ordinance on 2nd Reading ? Implementing Resolution ? Set Public Hearing For_ CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER RECOMMENDED ACTION Adopt a resolution rescheduling a public hearing date to December 19, 2011 to consider changing the existing boundary lines of Council Wards. DISCUSSION Following each Federal Census, the City of Santa Ana Charter requires that the City review the total population data by ward and consider re-aligning to balance each ward in equal population numbers. A City Council ad-hoc committee, comprised of council members Benavides, Martinez, and Tinajero, reviewed the 2010 U.S. Census data and recommends changing the boundary lines of Council Wards. The re-boundary process is specifically addressed in the City's Charter, as follow: Sec. 101.1. -Wards of the city. Prior to the general election in 1988 the City Council shall divide the City into six (6) wards by ordinance according to the following formula: Each of the wards is to be as nearly equal in population as possible. The wards shall be composed of contiguous and compact territory and bounded by natural boundaries of street lines wherever possible. Any territory hereafter annexed to or consolidated with the City shall become a part of the ward to which it is most contiguous, pending any redistricting necessary to promote equality of population among the wards. (Ord. No. NS-1316, 8-24-76, approved at election 11-2-76; Ord. No. NS-1521, 3-17-80, approved at election 6-3-80; Ord. No. NS-1864, 8-19-86, approved at election 11-4-86) Sec. 101.2. - Wards, boundary changes. Ward boundaries shall not be altered except as reasonably necessary to promote greater equality of population among the wards when such necessity is shown by the most recent federal decennial census, or by more current census data certified by the City Council as 75B-1 Set Public Hearing Date Page 2 sufficiently reliable and detailed to serve as a basis for ward boundary alteration, or by annexation or consolidation of territory. Such boundary alteration shall be made only by ordinance adopted by affirmative vote of at least two-thirds (213) of the full membership of the City Council in accordance with section 101.4. Any such ordinance adopted within one hundred twenty (120) days immediately preceding any election of council members shall not become effective until the day following such election. (Ord. No. NS-1316, 8-24-76, approved at election 11-2-76) Sec. 101.3. - Reserved. Editor's note- Ord. No. NS-1521, adopted March 17, 1980, approved at election June 3, 1980, repealed § 101.3 relative to increasing the number of wards of the City from 7 to 9 whenever the census data described in § 101.3 disclosed a population of 240,000 people. Said section had previously been amended by Ord. No. NS-1316, adopted Aug. 24, 1976, approved at election Nov, 2, 1976. Sec. 101.4. - Same-Notice and public hearing. Before making any change, modification or realignment of ward boundaries or numbers of wards, the City Council shall pass a resolution declaring its intention to make such changes. Such resolution shall set forth a convenient day, hour and place when and where any persons having any interest therein, or any objection to the making thereof, may appear before the City Council and be heard thereon. The City Council shall direct the Clerk of the Council to give notice by publishing said resolution once a week for two (2) weeks in the official newspaper prior to the date set for hearing. Said hearing in the event of increasing the number of wards shall be held not less than sixty (60) days prior to the succeeding general municipal election. In any event, not less than thirty (30) days prior to the general municipal election, publication shall be made by map diagram in the official newspaper showing the new boundary lines of each and every ward. The City Council is hereby requested to set a date to hold a public hearing to consider Ward re- boundary. If a hearing date is approved, the Clerk of the Council Office will publish the legally required public hearing notice, notify all neighborhood associations, and provide that required information is posted and made available on the City's website. FISCAL IMPACT There is no fiscal impact associated with this action. Maria Cl. Huizar, Clerk of the Council Attachment 1: Resolution Attachment 2: Current and Proposed Ward Reboundary Map 75B-2 RESOLUTION NO. 2011-XXX A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO CHANGE BOUNDARY LINES OF WARDS, AND FIXING THE TIME AND PLACE OF A PUBLIC HEARING THEREON NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: 1. That this Council hereby declares its intention to make changes in the existing Ward boundary lines. 2. That 6:00 p.m. on the 19th day of December, 2011 in the Council Chamber, 22 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, California, is the time and place when and where any person having an interest in, objection to, or suggestion regarding the making of changes in Ward boundary lines may appear before the City Council and be heard thereon. 3. That the Clerk of the Council is directed to give notice of said hearing by publishing this Resolution once a week for two weeks in the "Orange County Register," a newspaper of general circulation in the City, prior to said hearing. ADOPTED this day of APPROVED AS TO FORM: Joseph Straka, Interim City Attorney By: Melissa Crosthwaite Deputy City Attorney .2011. Miguel A. Pulido Mayor 75B-3 AYES: Councilmembers: NOES: Councilmembers: ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers: CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY I, MARIA D. HUIZAR, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify the attached Resolution No. 2011-XXX to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana on Date: Clerk of the Council City of Santa Ana 75B-4 PROPOSED WARD REDISTRICTING POPULATION STATISTICS 75B-5 75B-6 F 0.0 0.5 1.0 Miles Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved City of Santa Ana Council Wards Adopted March 2, 1992 Census 2010 (PL 94-171) 75B-7 75B-8