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<br />RESOLUTION NO. 4693 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION REALIGNING CITY WARD BOUNDARIES; <br />REPEALING RESOLUTION NOS. 4293 AND 4299; AND <br />PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> <br />The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: <br /> <br />A. Section 6 of the Eugene Charter of 197 6 (the "Charter") provides that City Councilors <br />shall be elected by wards. Section 33 of the Charter requires the City Council to divide the City into <br />wards and to redefine the boundaries thereof when necessary to accord persons within the City the <br />equal protection of the laws. <br /> <br />B. Section 2.962 of the Eugene Code, 1971 ("EC") requires that the City be divided into <br />eight wards by resolution of the Council. EC Section 2.966(3) also requires that four of the five <br />members of the Eugene Water & Electric Board ("EWEB") be elected by wards. <br /> <br />C. In accordance with EC 2.962, on December 2, 1991 the Council adopted Resolution <br />No. 4293 establishing eight wards within the City for purposes of City elections as reflected on the <br />map attached as Exhibit A thereto. Subsequent to adoption of Resolution No. 4293 an error in the <br />population figures for Wards 3 and 7 was discovered, and the Council adopted Resolution No. 4299 <br />on January 27, 1992 effecting a realignment of those ward boundaries. <br /> <br />D. Since the establishment and realignment of the ward boundaries in 1991 and 1992, <br />annexations and changes in the population within the wards have occurred. It is therefore necessary <br />to realign the ward boundaries of the City. <br /> <br />E. Prompt realignment of the ward boundaries is necessary in order to ensure that wards <br />are properly identified and candidates for Council and EWEB offices are aware of the correct <br />boundaries. <br /> <br />F. The Council has studied several different scenarios for realignment of the ward <br />boundaries, and has decided to select the Indigo D scenario. The Council has also decided to use <br />the Secretary of State's criteria for legislative redistricting for the purpose of assigning City <br />Councilors and EWEB commissioners to wards, except that where two or more councilors reside <br />in a single ward, the councilor with the longest remaining term shall be assigned to the ward in <br />which he or she resides. <br /> <br />Resolution - 1 <br />