HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-06 signedCITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS
COUNCIL RESOLUTION
May 25, 2011
No. 11-06
Resolution In Support of Ramsey County Congressional Redistricting Efforts
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 eastern 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, and has asked cities, townships, and school boards within Ramsey County to
support this effort;
NOW, THERFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Falcon Heights City Council
requests the State Legislature and the Governor to formulate a redistricting plan that
maintains Ramsey County as a whole political unit, preserves the County's unique
communities of interest in a single congressional district, and supports the Ramsey County
Board of Commissioners in their efforts to retain Ramsey County in one consolidated
congressional district.
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May 25, 2011
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May 25, 2011
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