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EN HILLS CITY OF ARDEN HILLS COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 2011-027 A RESOLUTION REGARDING REDISTRICTING OF CONGRESSIONAL BOUNDARIES WHEREAS, data from the 2010 Census requires the Minnesota Legislature to re- draw Congressional boundaries into eight districts with 662,991 people in each district; and WHEREAS, Ramsey County is Minnesota's second largest county and is the center of economic development, regional transportation, and unique communities of interest in the East Metropolitan area; and WHEREAS, Ramsey County has effectively been in a single Congressional District as a whole political unit since 1891; and WHEREAS, maintaining Ramsey County as a whole political unit in a single Congressional District will preserve communities of interest along with their unique cultural, economic, and historic connections to the County and the East Metropolitan area, and WHEREAS, the Congressional District redistricting principles used after the 2000 Census stated that, "The districts will be drawn with attention to County, City, and Township boundaries. A County, City, or Township will not be divided into more than one district except as necessary to meet equal population requirements or to form districts that are composed of convenient, contiguous, and compact territory. When any County, City, or Township must be divided into one or more districts, it will be divided into as few districts as possible "; and WHEREAS, Ramsey County seeks to maintain all fifteen municipalities which are entirely contained within its borders as whole political units within a single Congressional District; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Arden Hills City Council supports the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners' request that the State Legislature and the Governor formulate a redistricting plan that maintains Ramsey County as a whole political unit and preserves the County's unique communities of interest in a single Congressional District.