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Redistricting Ward Boundaries <br />September 21, 2021 <br />Page 2 <br />2 <br />1 <br />2 <br />2 <br />or consolidated with the City shall become a part of the ward to which it is most <br />contiguous, pending any redistricting necessary to promote equality of population <br />among the wards. <br />(Prop. of 4-9-57, approved on 4-16-57; Prop. of 2-4-63, approved on 4-2-63; Res. <br />No. 63-027; Ord. No. NS-1316, 8-24-76, approved at election 11-2-76; Ord. No. <br />NS-1521, 3-17-80, approved at election 6-3-80; Ord. No. NS-1864, 8-19-86, <br />approved at election 11-4-86) <br />Section 101.2 – Wards, boundary changes <br />Ward boundaries shall not be altered except as reasonably necessary to promote greater <br />equality of population among the wards when such necessity is shown by the most recent <br />federal decennial census, or by more current census data certified by the City Council as <br />sufficiently reliable and detailed to serve as a basis for ward boundary alteration, or by <br />annexation or consolidation of territory. Such boundary alteration shall be made only <br />by ordinance adopted by affirmative vote of at least two-thirds ( 2/3 ) of the full <br />membership of the City Council in accordance with section 101.4. Any such <br />ordinance adopted within one hundred twenty (120) days immediately preceding any <br />election of council members shall not become effective until the day following such <br />election. <br />(Prop. of 4-9-57, approved on 4-16-57; Prop. of 2-4-63, approved on 4-2-63; Res. No. 63- <br />027; Ord. No. NS-1316, 8-24-76, approved at election 11-2-76) <br />Section 101.4 – Notice and public hearing <br />Before making any change, modification or realignment of ward boundaries or numbers <br />of wards, the City Council shall pass a resolution declaring its intention to make such <br />changes. Such resolution shall set forth a convenient day, hour, and place when and <br />where any persons having any interest therein, or any objection to the making thereof, <br />may appear before the City Council and be heard thereon. The City Council shall direct <br />the Clerk of the Council to give notice by publishing said resolution once a week <br />for two (2) weeks in the official newspaper prior to the date set for hearing. Said <br />hearing in the event of increasing the number of wards shall be held not less than <br />sixty (60) days prior to the succeeding general municipal election. In any event, not <br />less than thirty (30) days prior to the general municipal election, publication shall <br />be made by map diagram in the official newspaper showing the new boundary lines <br />of each and every ward. <br />Charter Article IV – Section 400 – Number, selection and terms of members <br />Ordinance No. NS-2958 (2018) <br />Staff is recommending that the City Council adopt the attached Resolution of Intention to <br />modify the Ward Boundaries (Exhibit 2). The City’s Charter requires that a resolution be <br />approved and published in a paper of general circulation prior to adoption of Ward <br />Boundaries and be adopted by a majority vote.