ORDINANCE ADOPTING A REDISTRICTING PLAN THEREBY CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN WARDS IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS IN EACH WARD

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHITE BEAR LAKE, MINNESOTA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:

SECTION I.       Pursuant to Section 3.03 of the White Bear Lake City Charter, the White Bear Lake Charter Commission, acting as the City’s Redistricting Commission has, following a public hearing, certified a plan for the redistricting of City ward boundaries to the City Council for review and approval.  The redistricting plan established the City’s five wards as follows:

Ward 1            Ward 1 shall be defined as follows:

Beginning at County Road F and McKnight Road north to the shore of White Bear Lake, following the shore west to Whitaker Street, west to Lake Avenue South, north to US Highway 61, north to Highway 96, west to Bald Eagle Avenue, north to 4^th Street, west to Birch Lake Blvd N., west to Centerville Road, south on Centerville Road to the southerly City limits, and following the City limits east and south to County Road F, east to McKnight Road and the point of origin.  Ward 1 shall have one precinct.

Ward 2            Ward 2 shall be defined as follows:

Beginning at the extension of Whitaker Street to the shore of White Bear Lake, northeast along the shore of the lake, including Manitou Island, to the City limits, then following the east City limits to the north City limits, to the west City limits, south to Birch Lake Blvd N., east to 4^th Street, east to Bald Eagle Avenue, south to Highway 96, east to US Highway 61, south to Lake Avenue South, south to Whitaker and east to the lakeshore and the point of origin.  Ward 2 shall have one precinct.

Ward 3            Ward 3 shall be defined as follows:

Beginning at Cedar Avenue and East County Line Road north to the City limits, west following the City limits to Bellaire Avenue, north following the City limits to the lakeshore, west along the lakeshore to the extension of McKnight Road, south to County Road F, west to the western City limits, south to Cedar Avenue, east to Howard Avenue, south to Dorothy Avenue, east to Cranbrook Drive, South to Mayfair Avenue, east to Bellaire Avenue, north to Cedar Avenue, east to East County Line Road and the point of origin. Ward 3 shall have one precinct

Ward 4            Ward 4 shall contain two (2) precincts and shall be defined as follows:

Ward 4, Precinct 1:  Beginning at Highway 120 (Century Avenue) and the south City limits, north to Cedar Avenue, west to Bellaire Avenue, south to Mayfair Avenue, west to Cranbrook Drive, north to Dorothy Avenue, southwesterly to Howard Avenue, south to Spruce Place, east to McKnight Road, south to the south City limits, east to Highway 120 (Century Avenue) and the point of origin.

Ward 4, Precinct 2:  All are of the City of White Bear Lake located within Washington County, MN.

Ward 5            Ward 5 shall be defined as follows:

Beginning at McKnight Road and the City’s southerly City limits, north to Spruce Place, west to Howard Avenue, north to Cedar Avenue, west to the westerly City limits, south to the City’s southerly City limits, east to McKnight Road and the point of origin.  Ward 5 shall have one precinct.

SECTION II       The City Council hereby approves the redistricting plan as presented.

SECTION III      This ordinance becomes effective on the date of the state primary election, August 9, 2022. The new districts (wards) and boundaries shall supersede previous districts (wards) and boundaries for all the purposes of the next City election, including nominations.