HomeMy WebLinkAbout7/5/2001 - STAFF REPORTS (28) of*ausibe
RivERSD)E OFFICE: DISTRICT OFFICEWAIEING ADDRESS:
4080 Lemon Street,14th Floor s. 46-200 Oasis Street,Ste.318
Riverside,CA 92502-1647 'x Indio,CA 92201-5933
(909)955-1040 ' ,
863-8211
Fax(909)955.2194 i i
Faxx(76760)863-8905
SUPERVISOR ROY WILSON
FOURTH DISTRICT
June 25, 2001
Mayor Will Kleindienst
City of Palm Springs
3200 East Tahquitz Canyon Way
Palm Springs, CA 92262
Dear Will:
As you know, the County of Riverside has been in the process of redrawing district boundaries in
light of the data provided by Census 2000. This Constitutional mandate is necessary, of course, to
maintain relatively equal populations throughout the various districts.
The county's Fourth District grew at a faster rate than its Third District neighbor to the west. This
growth forces us to yield some of the territories along our western border. Moreover, as the districts
(First, Second and Fifth) in the west end of the county negotiated their boundaries, a plan emerged to
remove all of the Fifth District from the City of Riverside. Many think this is a good idea, because the
current configuration of the districts allows three of the five supervisors to be residents of that city.
As a consequence, the current plan calls for the Fifth District to be truncated on its western flank
and extended to the east to take in the northernmost portion of the City of Palm Springs and the entire
City of Desert Hot Springs.
In order to significantly reduce the population of the Fourth District, it is necessary to draw the
boundary inside the City of Palm Springs because of the relatively high density of the city as opposed to
the unincorporated lands to the north and east. Generally, the affected area is north of Vista Chino,
although the Fourth District would retain the Palm Springs Country Club neighborhoods to the east of
Farrell as far north as Verona Road.
A public hearing on the proposed redistricting has been set for July 10 at the Board of
Supervisors Chamber on the le Floor of the County Administrative Center in Riverside. I invite your
comments on the proposed new boundaries at that hearing.
Si rely
Ro ilson
F rth Di ict Supervisor
cc: Mayor Pro-Tem Ron Oden
Council Member Jeanne Reller-Spurgin
Council Member Deyna Hodges
Council Member Jim Jones
F:4Aeze10LettersVPalmSpgs062501.doc =/ .200.4