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4 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />ORDINANCE NO. 0-04-22 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />COLTON AMENDING COLTON MUNICIPAL CODE <br />SECTION 2.02.090 REGARDING BY -DISTRICT ELECTIONS, <br />ADJUSTING THE BOUNDARIES OF CITY COUNCIL <br />ELECTION DISTRICTS AND CONFIRMING SUCH REVISED <br />COUNCIL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, AS REFLECTED IN THE <br />ATTACHED MAP <br />WHEREAS, for many years, the City of Colton has been governed by a seven -number <br />legislative body, with a Mayor elected at -large and the six members of the City Council elected <br />by geographical election districts; and <br />WHEREAS, in November 2018, Colton voters adopted Measure R, which retains the at - <br />large elected Mayor and will reduce the number of Council members elected by -district from 6 to <br />4, beginning with the November, 2022 election. A map identifying the four district boundaries <br />was included with the text of the Measure; and <br />WHEREAS, Measure R provides that the boundaries of the four election districts may, by <br />City Council ordinance, be adjusted from time to time as required by law and with each <br />subsequent decennial census; and <br />WHEREAS, the United States Census Bureau is required by Article I, Section 2, of the <br />United States Constitution to conduct an accurate count of the population every ten years; and <br />WHEREAS, California Elections Code § 21601 requires that following each decennial <br />federal census, and using that census as a basis, the Council shall adjust the boundaries of any or <br />all of the Council election districts of the City so that the districts shall be substantially equal in <br />population as required by the United States Constitution, California Constitution, and the Federal <br />Voting Rights Act. In establishing the boundaries of the districts the Council must give <br />consideration to the following factors in the following priority: (a) contiguity of districts, (b) <br />respecting communities of interest, (c) drawing easily identifiable districts through use of natural <br />or artificial boundaries and (d) compactness of territory in districts; and <br />WHEREAS, California Elections Code § 21602 requires that the Council adopt an <br />ordinance amending Council districts no later than April 17, 2022; and <br />WHEREAS, on September 27, 2021 the Census Bureau sent 2020 Census data to the <br />State of California with an official population estimate of 54,129 residents for the City of Colton; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council held four public hearings on November 16, 2021, January <br />4, 2022, February 1, 2022 and March 1, 2021, where the Council received briefings from the <br />City's demographic consultant relating to the redistricting process and state and federal <br />redistricting criteria, including the California Elections Code, the Federal Voting Rights Act and <br />the United States Constitution, heard public testimony, and directed staff and the City's <br />demographic consultant to prepare draft Council district maps for consideration; and <br />