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RESOLUTION NO. 5370 '
A RESOLUTION OUTLINING REDISTRICTING CRITERIA
. TO BE USED BY THE HENNEPIN COUNTY BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS
WHEREAS, the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners is directed by the laws
he State of Minnesota to redistrict itself by July 15, 1975 and to increase its
membership to seven, and
WHEREAS the Population Distribution in the County is currently 45.2% Minneapolis
and 54.8% outside of Minneapolis and County Commissioner Distrlcts should reflect
this population distribution, and
WHEREAS there are differences in needs and problems existing in the different
communities in the County,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Richfield urges the Commissioners
of the County of Hennepin to conform to Chapter 576 of the Laws of Minnesota, 1974
which states that "Each district shall be composed of contiguous territory as regular
in form and as nearly equal in population as practicable"
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in conforming to the State Statute above mentioned,
the Commissioners of Hennepin County adopt the following suggestions as fair and
equitable guidelines for its redistricting responsibilities and decisions:
1. Except for Minneapolis, where precinct lines shall not be crossed, each
Hennepin County Municipality shall be fully contained within one of the
commissioner districts. .
2. The seven districts shall be distributed into ... three wholly suburban
districts, three districts wholly within Minneapolis (plus St. Anthony) and
one district which is wholly rural.
3. Each district shall reflect common community interests and needs and shall
ignore partison political considerations .
Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield t}s 9th day of June,
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' ~_ ~~ Loren L. aw Mayor
ATTEST:
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oma s Moran City Clerk