HomeMy WebLinkAbout3346 Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 3 3 q(�
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Pasco supporting
Draft Legislative Plan I by Commissioner Dean Foster of the Washington State
Redistricting Commission.
WHEREAS, the Washington State Redistricting Commission (WSRC)has released draft
plans for redistricting statewide legislative districts pursuant to the 2010 US Census; and
WHEREAS, the public has been invited to submit comments on the various alternative
draft plans and the Pasco City Council has reviewed the plans; and
WHEREAS, the Pasco City Council finds that it is preferable for legislative districts to
be easily defined, compact and representative of identifiable community interests; and
WHEREAS, while Pasco has socioeconomic links to the Tri-Cities metropolitan area,
the division of the City into separate districts, each containing a significant rural area and another
City miles removed from Pasco will effectively render Pasco citizenry as a whole, unrepresented;
and
WHEREAS, the draft plan prepared by WSRC Commissioner Foster appears to meet the
above criteria while maintaining the entire City and all of Franklin County within a single
legislative district; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the plan prepared by Commissioner Foster will
best foster appropriate political representation of Pasco citizens; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON, DO
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the Pasco community should be wholly contained within a single
legislative district, and
Section 2. Does hereby encourage the WSRC to adopt the Draft Legislative Plan I as
prepared by Commissioner Dean Foster.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco at its regular meeting this day of
41- -_ _yr 2011.
Matt Watkins
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
De ra Clark Leland B. Kerr
City Clerk City Attorney