2021-37 RESOLUTION Redefining Commissioner Electoral District Boundaries 10-18-2021

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FILED LEE COUNTY NC PAMELA G. BRITT REGISTER OF DEEDS FILED Oct 20, 2021 AT 01:12:57 pm BOOK 00003 START PAGE 0756 END PAGE 0760 INSTRUMENT # 08947 EXCISE TAX (None) cotriv it- IMF ''("!:.A0\\Alt RESOLUTION REDEFINING COMMISIONER ELECTORAL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES WHEREAS, the Lee County Board of Commissioners adopted a resolution on June 26, 1989, altering the structure of the Board to provide that it consist of seven members, four of whom are elected from single-member districts by the voters of those districts, and three of whom are elected by all of the voters of the County at large; and WHEREAS, analysis of the 1990 census data revealed there was a substantial inequality of population among the districts and the Board, acting pursuant to N.C.G.S. 153A-22,redefined the electoral districts in the manner prescribed by law by a resolution adopted on October 18, 1993; and WHEREAS, analysis of the 2000 census data revealed there was substantial inequality of population among the districts and the Board, acting pursuant to N.C.G.S. 153A-22, again redefined the electoral districts in the manner prescribed by law by a resolution adopted on July 25, 2001; and WHEREAS, analysis of the 2010 census data revealed there was a substantial inequality of population among the districts and the Board, acting pursuant to N.C.G.S. 153A-22, redefined the electoral districts in the manner prescribed by law by a resolution adopted on July 18, 2011; and WHEREAS, analysis of the 2020 census data reveals there is a substantial inequality of population among Districts 1 and 3 and the Board so finds as a fact that such a condition exists; and WHEREAS,N.C.G.S. 153A-22 provides that when such inequality of population among electoral districts exists,the Board of Commissioners may, by resolution, redefine the electoral districts; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on October 4, 2021, and a newspaper publication notice