66886

RESOLUTION NO.

RESOLUTION

PROPOSED

OAKLAND

CHARTER

UPON

HELD

CITY
OF

THE

COUNCIL

VOTED
BE

CITY

CHANGE

CITY

ON

JUNE

CLERK

TO

ARGUMENTS

TO

OAKLAND

BOUNDARIES" TO

MUNICICAL

ELECTION

FIX
AND

THE
TO

DATE

FOR

PROVIDE

AND

WITH

AUTHORIZING

CERTAIN

ELECTION

EACH

TO

AND

HELD

OTHER

THE

LAW;

REQUESTING CONSOLIDATION

STATEWIDE
BE

TO

SUBMISSION

NOTICE

IN ACCORDANCE

THE

BE

5, 1990; DIRECTING THE

PUBLICATION

WITH

THE

ON

REGULAR

JUNE

ELECTION,

5, 1990

WHEREAS, Oakland City Charter section 203 provides that

City Councilmembers be nominated from districts and one shall

nominated

at

large;

and

and

whenever
thereafter,
or consolidated with the

districts not

1984
in
and
six
every
years
any substantial territory is annexed to
City, the Council shall by ordinance form

beginning

WHEREAS,

new

THE

COUNCIL'S

REDRAWING

FOR

TIME

THE

AMENDMENT

ENTITLED " MEASURE

DISTRICT

AT

ACTIVITIES

be

ON

SUBMITTING

OWN MOTION A
TO

seven

C. M. S.

exceeding

seven; and

October 10, 1989, the City Council Committee

Procedures/Legislative reviewed a .report from the City
Clerk
and
the
Director
of
City Planning on the proposed
redefinition of City Council districts based on 1985 ABAG projected
census
statistics, and

WHEREAS,

on

on

Rules and

WHEREAS,
of

Finance

did
available

City

and
not

to

ABAG

have

redraw

the

Committee considered

the

State

Department

population forecasts, and determined that the

enough current demographic characteristics
the City Council district boundaries at this

time; and

be

redrawn

Census

WHEREAS, the Committee determined that boundaries should

in conjunction with current U.
S. Census data, the next

being

conducted

in

1990; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to City Council Resolution Number 66687

October
17, 1989 staff was directed to prepare

C.
S.
M. adopted

necessary
June

600245 (7183)

1990

legislation
ballot

to

for

proposed City Charter revision

redraw

City

Council

District

for the
boundaries

instead
of
the
ten
thereafter
every
years
of redrawing districts boundaries this year and
thereafter; and

beginning 1993 and

current requirement
six years

every

5,

is

1990

statewide

the

WHEREAS,
June

statewide

section

WHEREAS,

et seq. of
election of

23300

to

primary

Elections

the
June

be

That

the

City

Council

of

1990

5,

held

the

that the Board of

hereby request

orders

on

the

on

Code
to

be

same

it

date; now, therefore be

RESOLVED:

held

be

to

primary election; and

allows for the Oakland Municipal

consolidated with the statewide

does

election

regular

the consolidation

of

City

Oakland

of Alameda

Supervisors
County
Municipal election of June
primary election of June 5, 1990,

of the Oakland

5, 1990, with the statewide

consistent with the provisions

of

state

law; and be

it

the
Council
City
hereby
City Clerk, at least 88 days prior to
June 5, 1990 to file with the Alameda County Board of Supervisors
and the County Clerk certified copies of this resolution; and be
FURTHER

authorizes

and

That

RESOLVED:

directs

the

it
FURTHER

text

shall

be

RESOLVED:

Article
amended

at

That

the

proposed Charter

Amendment

follows:

as

of

II

section

203

the

to

Charter

of

the

City

of

Oakland

is

read:

203.
Section
Nomination
and
Election
of
Councilmembers. Seven Councilmembers shall be nominated
from districts and one shall be nominated at large. The
shall be nominated and elected by
Councilmember-atlarge

the

qualified

District

by
The

the

qualified

districts

effect
the

electors

Councilmembers

of

year
whenever

this

of

the

shall

City

be

electors of their

shall

be

section,

at

The

large.

nominated

and

elected

respective districts.

they exist upon the taking

until revised by ordinance.
In
as

and
ten
every
years
thereafter, and
substantial
is
annexed
to
or
territory
with the City, the Council shall form new

1993,
any

consolidated
districts
not

Districts
shall
be
exceeding seven.
composed of contiguous territory, as equal as possible
in
and
as
as
population,
geographically
compact
No change
in the boundary of a district
practicable.
shall operate to exclude an incumbent from office before
the

expiration
appointed.";

of

the

term

2-

for

which

he

was

elected

or

and

it

be

FURTHER RESOLVED:
Code

and

shall

Chapter

11

of

the

fix and determine

in accordance with the Elections

That

Oakland
date for

Municipal Code,

the

City

Clerk

submission of arguments for or

against said proposed Charter amendment, and said date shall be
posted in the Office of the City Clerk; and be it
a

FURTHER RESOLVED:

Code
shall

and

Chapter 11 of the
provide for notice

Charter

amendment

in the

FURTHER

That in accordance with the Elections

Oakland Municipal Code, the City Clerk
and
publication as to said proposed

manner

RESOLVED:

municipal election shall

other matter required by

That

have
law

PROPOSED

provided

for

each

by law;

ballot

and

used

be

AMENDMENT

MEASURE
MEASURE

TO

OAKLAND

CITY

CHANGE

Measure

Charter of the

3ha11

City

the

time for
district boundaries

change

years

thereafter

years

thereafter?

to

THE

COUNCIL

of

TIME

FOR

DISTRICT

Section 203

Oakland be

REDRAWING
BOUNDARIES

of

redrawing City
from

1984

1993

and

3-

the

amended

to

Council
and every six

every ten

Yes
No

said

at

printed therein, in addition

the following:

CHARTER

it

to

any