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ORDINANCE NO. 860
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PATTERSON,
ADOPTING BOUNDARIES OF CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS
WHEREAS, on May 3, 2016, the City Council of the City of Patterson (the “City”) adopted Ordinance No. 795 to establish that the election of City Councilmembers shall be bydistrict with the Mayor being voted at large; and WHEREAS, the FAIR MAPS Act (Elec. Code, § 21600 et seq.) (the “Act”) and Patterson Municipal Code section 2.10.020, subdivision (c), requires the City to readjust City Council district boundaries following each federal decennial census so that the City Council districts are substantially equal in population; and
WHEREAS, the Act requires the City to readjust the City Council district boundaries based on following factors: (1) geographic contiguous; (2) minimize divisions of neighborhoods and “communities of interest;” (3) easily identifiable boundaries; and (4) compact; and WHEREAS, the City has retained an experienced demographer consulting firm, National Demographics Corporation, to advise it on the process of readjusting City Council district boundaries; and
WHEREAS, as required by the Act, the City conducted four (4) public hearings to receive public input on potential City Council district boundaries on: November 8, 2021, December 6, 2021, February 1, 2022, and March 22, 2022; and
WHEREAS, throughout the process, the City engaged in public outreach and engagement as required by Act; and
WHEREAS, the City has maintained a detailed redistricting website as required by the Act, https://redistrictpatterson.org/; and
WHEREAS, the City has provided notices and live translation services upon request, as required by the Act; and
WHEREAS, the City made available to the public tools to permit the public to submit draft maps and testimony in writing or electronically, if desired; and WHEREAS, the City Council believes that the City Council district boundaries contained in the map attached to this Ordinance as “Exhibit A” are in the best interest of the City and compliant with all applicable provisions of State law.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PATTERSON DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Adoption of Final Maps. The map attached hereto as Exhibit A, and incorporated herein, is hereby adopted and shall constitute the City Council district boundaries of the City for use at the City’s November 2022 election and subsequent elections until further re-alignment pursuant to State law and Patterson Municipal Code section 2.10.020, subdivision (c).
Section 2. Severability. If any section, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is, for any reason, held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent {CW112345.2}
jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof. The City Council declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance, and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional, without regard to whether any portion of the Ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 3. Publication and Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be published by one insertion in The Patterson Irrigator, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the City of Patterson, within fifteen (15) days after its final passage and shall take effect, and be in force, thirty (30) days after its final passage.
Section 4. City Clerk Authorization. The City Clerk, or his or designee, shall take all actions necessary to notify the Stanislaus County Registrar's Office of the City Council's determination forthwith and provide whatever assistance may be required by the Registrar's Office to implement the new lines.
Section 5. Technical Changes to City Council Districts. To implement this Ordinance, the City Clerk is authorized to make non-substantive technical adjustments to the district boundaries not affecting the population of any district, the eligibility of candidates, or the residence of elected officials within any district. The City Clerk shall advise the City Council of any such technical adjustments.
Introduced at a special meeting of the City Council of the City of Patterson, held on the 22nd day of March, 2022, and given its first reading and introduction at said meeting. Said Ordinance was given a second reading and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 5 th day of
April, 2022, and after such reading, _______________, who moved its adoption, seconded by ______________, and said ordinance was thereupon adopted by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
EXCUSED:
ATTEST: APPROVED:
________________________________________ ____________________________________ Aracely Alegre Dennis McCord
City Clerk Mayor of the City of Patterson