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13 <br /> RES-2021-064 Attachment 5 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING THE RESULTS ON THE 2020 CENSUS INDICATING ORANGE <br /> COUNTY REMAINS IN LAWFUL COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS FOR <br /> NOMINATING DISTRICTS <br /> WHEREAS, in 2005 and 2006 following a petition by Orange County residents to change the manner of <br /> nominating Orange County Commissioners Orange County began the process of creating nominating districts for <br /> Orange County Commissioner elections; and <br /> WHEREAS, North Carolina General Statute 153A-22 states in pertinent part that in a county where <br /> commissioners are nominated or elected by district the Board of Commissioners "may find as a fact whether there <br /> is substantial inequality of population among the districts"; and <br /> WHEREAS, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic the 2020 Census was delayed and the State of North Carolina <br /> enacted Session Law 2021-56 giving counties until November 17, 2021 to review and act on the 2020 Census <br /> Data; and <br /> WHEREAS, State and Federal law require redistricting after each census when there is a finding of substantial <br /> inequality; and <br /> WHEREAS, upon receipt of the 2020 Census data Orange County staff examined the results of the Census for <br /> Orange County in its entirety and also for both nominating districts and determined there is less than one half of <br /> one percent discrepancy of population in each district; and <br /> WHEREAS, upon a determination that the population discrepancy between and among the commissioner <br /> nominating districts of Orange County is less than one half of one percent in each district as a matter of law there <br /> is no substantial inequality. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Orange County Board of County Commissioners, pursuant to <br /> North Carolina General Statute 153A-22 and Session Law 2021-56, finds as a fact that the discrepancy in District <br /> 1 is zero point three two percent (0.32%) and the discrepancy in District 2 is zero point four seven percent <br /> (0.47%), that this discrepancy is de minimis, statistically insignificant, and therefore there is, as a matter of law, <br /> no substantial inequality between or among the commissioner nominating districts of Orange County. <br /> This the 19th day of October, 2021. <br /> Renee Price, Chair <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> Attest: <br /> Laura Jensen, <br /> Clerk to the Board of Commissioners <br />