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R�esaiu�ion <br />Board ofi <br />��sey Co�xr.�ty Co�r�rnr'ss,�o�e�s <br />Presented By: Commissio�er Rettma� Date: March 15 2011 No. 204�-1ot3 <br />Attention: � Budgeting ar�d Accaunting <br />Intergoverr�mer�ta! Relations <br />page 1 c�f 2 <br />WHEREAS, Data �'rom the 201 Q Cens�s re�uires the M�nr�esata L.egislature to <br />re-draw Cot�gressiorral boundar'tes into eigFtf districts wit� 682,991 p�opl� in each <br />district; and � <br />11VHEREAS, Ramsey Co��ty is Minnesota's second largest county and is the <br />center of economic develapEnent, �egion�t �ranspartatiarr, and un[que communiti�s o# <br />in�erest 9n #he EasE M�tropolitan ar�a; ar�d <br />WHEREAS, Rarnsey County has effeck�veiy �een in a single Cangressior�al <br />Distr�ct as a whole politicaf unit since 1891; and <br />1NHEREAS, Main��ining Ramsey Caunty as a whofe polfical uni� in a single <br />Congressional District wil! preserve communifiies af interest �long with their �nique <br />culfiural, ecc�namic, and historic cor�necEians to #he Coun�y a�d the East Metropol�an <br />area, and <br />WHEREAS, T�e Cangressionai District redis#ricting pnnci�les us�d aft�r the <br />2000 Gensus stated that, "The dist�€cfs will be dr�v►rn with attention �o county, city, and <br />township boundaries. A cvunty; city, or township wi�l �a� be, di�ided into more thaR ane <br />district excep� as rtecessary ta mee# equal popula�ian requirements or ta farm cilstricts <br />�a� are composed afi convenier�t, contiguo�s, ar�d compaet territory. When any county, <br />city, or tnwnship mt�st be divided into ane or more dis�icts, it wili be divided into as few <br />distr9cts as p�ssible"; and <br />1NHEREAS, Ramsey County se�ks to main�in a�) �fteen mu�icipalities which are <br />entirely contair�ed within i�s �orders as whale poliiica[ uniis withi� a singfe <br />Congressiar�al District; Now, Therefore, Be It � <br />Ramsey Co�nty &�ard af Commissioners <br />�ony Bennatt <br />Ton! Car#er <br />1�m McAar►augh <br />Rafael Ortega <br />3an Parker <br />�anice Reitman <br />Victoria Fteinhardi <br />Victoria Re�nita�dt, Chair , <br />By: <br />B C.ladceEen <br />C ief qerk — C�untY Board <br />