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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.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS THIS
1ST DAY OF JUNE, 2011.
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Dated: —
ATTESTED BY:
Patrick Klaers
City Administrator
CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
B :
avid Grant
Its: Mayor