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1519,_ . ORDINANCE NO. ISM AN ORDINANCE TO REDISTRICT THE WARDS OF THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS. WHEREAS, Arkansas Code Annotated Section 14-43-311 provides the City Council with the authority to redistrict the wards of the City when it is determined that the people can best be served by changing ward boundary lines to equalize the population in the various wards; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of West Memphis hereby finds that the people of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, can best be served by changing the existing ward boundary lines in the City of West Memphis to equalize the population in the various wards; and WHEREAS, a proposal for redistricting the wards of the City of West Memphis to equalize the population of the various wards has been prepared and submitted to the City Council and the descriptions of the proposed wards are attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that redistricting the wards of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, as proposed, would best serve the people of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, THAT: SECTION 1. In order to best serve the people of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, the boundary lines of the five (5) wards in the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, are hereby changed to equalize the population of the various wards and the new boundary lines for each ward shall be as set out and described in the exhibits attached hereto which are incorporated herein by reference. SECTION 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. PASSED AND APPROVED this ~~ day of ARC/ , 1992. c ~~ M. INGRAM,-~M~awy ~ti~: '~1~J~D CiiY GL'~.~K UFFICE DATE_~ n ~ ~` CJ D c7~/v+`- SPONSORED BY: Ward I -- bounded on the west by the City limits; on the east by the center line of Rich Road to Broadway (along the center line of Broadway). The last eastern boundary is the center line of Avalon. It's bounded on the south by the City limits. This includes. the Union Pacific Industrial Park to the north. Ward II -- bounded on the west by the center line of Avalon; on the south by the City limits; on the north by the center line of Broadway. It is bounded by the Burlington Northern Railroad tracks in its northwest corner. The northern boundary is 10 Mile Bayou to Ingram Boulevard. The eastern boundary is Ingram Boule- vard; then it travels south and is bounded by what is commonly called Ingram Ditch for two blocks south of Broadway to Tyler; then it heads west on Tyler to 14th Street, where the boundary runs down the center line of 14th Street to the southern City limits. It runs south to the City limits. Ward III -- bounded on the west by the center line of Rich Road; on the north by the City limits; on the south by the center line of Broadway; and on the east by the Burlington Northern Railroad. Ward IV -- bounded on the west by the Burlington Northern Rail- road; on the north by the City limits; on the northeast corner by Ten Mile Bayou as it enters the City, to a line that intersects the south service road. It then travles east along the south service road to the center line of OK Street. The eastern bound- ary is the center line of OK Street, south to the center line of Broadway. The southern boundary begins at OK Street and runs westerly down the center line of Broadway, then to the intersec- tion of Ingram Boulevard where it travels north down the center line of Ingram to the intersection of 10 Mile Bayou. 10 Mile Bayou is the southern boundary until it intersects the Burlington Northern Railroad tracks. Ward V -- bounded on the south by the City limits; the western boundary is the center line of 14th Street, until it intersects Tyler Street. The northern boundary begins at the center line of Tyler Street, to a point where it intersects Ingram Ditch. The line then heads northerly to Broadway, where it intersects the northern boundary along the center line of Broadway to the inter- section of OK Street, where the west boundary is the center line of OK Street. It heads north to the intersection of the south service road and west along the service road to l0 Mile Bayou. The boundary line then heads north along 10 Mile Bayou. The northern boundary is the City limits; the eastern boundary is the City limits.