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<br /> <br /> <br /> REQUEST FOR <br /> COUNCIL ACTION 1r <br /> <br /> <br /> CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> DECEMBER 19, 2011 <br /> <br /> TITLE: APPROVED <br /> ? As Recommended <br /> PUBLIC HEARING: CONSIDER NEW CITY ? As Amended <br /> ? Ordinance on 1s` Reading <br /> COUNCIL WARD BOUNDARY LINES ? Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br /> ? Implementing Resolution <br /> ? Set Public Hearing For <br /> CONTINUED TO <br /> ; <br /> FILE NUMBER <br /> CITY MANAGER <br /> RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br /> <br /> Adopt an ordinance changing the boundary lines of the City Council Wards. <br /> <br /> DISCUSSION <br /> <br /> Every 10 years, the City of Santa Ana reviews its City Council Ward boundaries to account for <br /> shifts and changes in the population. The reboundary process for City Council Wards is based <br /> on the population figures provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. The basic goal of the <br /> reboundary process as required by the City Charter is to redraw the Council Ward boundaries <br /> so that the wards are equal in population. <br /> <br /> According to the 2010 Census, Santa Ana's population is 324,528, a decrease of more than <br /> 13,400 residents from the 2000 Census, which indicated that Santa Ana had 337,977 <br /> residents. The population shifts within each ward are significant enough to require new <br /> boundary lines to be redrawn - the largest gap between Ward 4 with 47,941 residents and <br /> Ward 6 with 59,396, a difference of more than 12,000 residents, the average being 54,088. <br /> <br /> This proposed reboundary is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality <br /> Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Section 15320 - Class 20 (Changes in Organization of Local <br /> Agencies) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, since it <br /> involves a proposed reorganization of the City Council Wards and does not change the <br /> geographical area in which previously existing powers are exercised. <br /> <br /> <br /> What is Re-boundary and why do it? <br /> Re-boundary is the redrawing or adjusting of Ward lines to ensure that legislative <br /> representation is fair and balanced. It is done every ten years, after the census data is <br /> compiled, to account for population shifts and growth over the last decade. The purpose is to <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 75A-1 <br />