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CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT For Council Meeting of January 21, 1992 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: Helen A. Ramos, City Clerkf SUBJECT: Consider Resolution Placing a Councilmanic District Date: January 16, 1992 Ordinance on the June 1992 Ballot BACKGROUND: Colton as a general law city, absent an ordinance to the contrary, elects its council members from the community at large. Government Code Section 34871 allows cities, with a vote of the people, to adopt an ordinance establishing electoral districts and to elect council members "by" or "from" districts. As Council is aware, the "Colton Voters for Fair Representation Committee" submitted an initiative petition on October 10, 1991, designed to place an ordinance on the ballot establishing the election of council members "by" six districts. This petition was rejected by the Council as defective on December 3, 1991. At that same meeting, Council formed a six member citizen task force to draft a sufficient ordinance, and adopted a resolution pledging to place the matter of councilmanic districts on the June 1992 ballot. The task force met four times and on December 17, 1991, presented a boundary map with six councilmanic districts for Council consideration. The map was approved unanimously by the Council and staff and the task force were directed to prepare the implementing ordinance. DISCUSSION: The attached ordinance incorporates the boundary map approved by the Council on December 17. It provides that, effective with the November 1992 election, the residents of Colton will elect six council members by district. Council candidates must reside within a particular district and election shall be by registered voters of that district. As proposed, three current council members reside within District No. 2; two of whose terms will expire in 1992 (Councilmembers Lofy & Rehrer) and one whose term will expire in 1994 (Councilmember Roman). The proposed ordinance allows Councilmember Roman to run immediately in District No. 2 or to serve out the balance of his term in another Attachments: Res Ord. Page 1 oft Item No. ^""— Iry i NAL. IREC RUR q? -- FILE NO.... L .Am