Item 36 - City Council Ward Boundaries Map

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Clerk of the Council Office www.santa-ana.org/cc Item # 36 City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Staff Report April 5, 2022 TOPIC: City Council Ward Boundaries Map AGENDA TITLE: Introduce Ordinance for First Reading and Adopt a Resolution of City Council Ward Boundaries Map RECOMMENDED ACTION 1. Accept a report by the City’s demographer to provide the metes and bounds description of each City Council ward. 2. Approve first reading of an ordinance establishing new ward boundary lines of the wards of the City of Santa Ana and repealing Ordinance No. NS-2958. 3. Adopt a resolution establishing new boundary lines of the wards of the City of Santa Ana. DISCUSSION On December 4, 2018, the City Council transitioned from electing City Councilmembers at-large to electing them by-ward. Pursuant to federal and state law, the City Council must now complete the redistricting process following the 2020 United States Census to ensure each City Council district has a substantially equal population. The City is required by law to complete the redistricting process and all associated administrative tasks by April 17, 2022. Assembly Bill 849 (Fair Maps Act) requires cities to engage communities in the redistricting process by holding a minimum of four (4) public hearings and/or workshops and doing public outreach, including to non-English-speaking communities. At the October 5, 2021 City Council meeting, the City Council adopted the amended and restated Resolution of Intent declaring its intention to consider changes to ward boundary lines, and fixing the date, time, and place of said hearings. Resolution No. 2021-053 was published once a week for two weeks in multiple languages in their respective foreign newspaper, including Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese and Korean. The Clerk of the Council staff hosted six (6) in-person and virtual redistricting public input workshops,