Fremont City Council Meeting: 04/05/22 07:00 PM
3300 Capitol Avenue Div/Dept: City Clerk's Office
Fremont, CA 94538 Category: Code Adoptions & Amendments
SCHEDULED
Sponsors:
STAFF REPORT (ID # 4567) DOC ID: 4567
Updated: 3/29/2022 3:28 PM by Alberto Quintanilla Page 1
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS
2.05.130 AND 2.10.110 OF FREMONT MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING THE
REDRAWING OF ELECTION DISTRICT BOUNDARIES AND MAKING
CONFORMING CHANGES DUE TO HAVING A SEVEN MEMBER CITY COUNCIL Contact Persons:
Name: Susan Gauthier Amanda Gallo
Title: City Clerk Management Analyst II
Div/Dept: City Clerk's Office City Manager's Office
Phone: 510-284-4076 510-284-4016
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]
Executive Summary: The public hearing held on March 1, 2022, represented the fourth in a series of four public hearings required under the California Elections Code Section 21600 et seq. as part of the redistricting process undertaken following each decennial federal Census.
BACKGROUND: In 2017, the City expanded the City Council from five members to seven members and began the transition from at-large to district-based elections. The district- based maps were adopted on June 13, 2017 by the City Council with an ordinance approving six new Council districts and a phase-in schedule from 2018-2020. The change from at-large to by-district elections requires the City to conduct a redistricting process every ten years.
Ordinance Amendment
The Draft Ordinance proposes to make the following changes to the Fremont Municipal Code:
1. Fremont Municipal Code Section 2.05.130 currently establishes the City Council voting districts by describing the boundaries of each district. The proposed amendment removes the existing district boundaries from the Fremont Municipal Code and provides for the new boundaries to be established by a map adopted by resolution of the City Council.
2. In 2017, when the City established elections by district, the City expanded the City Council from five to seven members. At that time, a number of conforming changes were made throughout the Fremont Municipal Code to reflect that change. However, Section 2.10.110 regarding the removal of the City Manager was not amended and that section still reflects the number of votes required for removal by a five-member City Council. The proposed amendment revises the vote requirement to reflect the change from five to seven members. Specifically, the amendment changes the number of votes required to remove the City Manager from three to four.
Furthermore, when the vote occurs within 60 days after the City Manager’s appointment or a City Council election, the amendment changes the number of votes required from four to five to remove the City Manager.
Staff Report (ID # 4567) Meeting of April 5, 2022
Updated: 3/29/2022 3:28 PM by Alberto Quintanilla Page 2 The ordinance was introduced by the City Council at its March 1, 2022 meeting. The ordinance is now before the Council for adoption.
ATTACHMENTS:
• Draft Redistricting Ordinance
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt ordinance.