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AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE POPULATION OF THE CITY
OF CIBOLO, TEXAS AT OVER 25,000 INHABITANTS; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND
DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION VERIFYING THE NUMBER OF
INHABITANTS.
WHEREAS, the City of Cibolo was incorporated as a Home-Rule Municipality on
September 21, 2004, by Ordinance 649; and
WHEREAS, Based on new residential building permits and information from the water
utility the City of Cibolo has continued to grow from that date to the present with
approximately 35 homes currently being completed and occupied each month; and
WHEREAS, based on the statistical analysis and demographic information contained in
this ordinance,the City of Cibolo, in good faith, has determined that the population of the
City is over 25,000; and
WHEREAS, it is their intention that this ordinance establish that there are over
25,000 inhabitants; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes that this population determination is made by
reference to several established methods of determining population in the middle of a
census decade; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes that the evidence and method relied upon to
determine the city population are reasonable and reliable and are made in to best interest
of the citizens.
NOW THEREFOR BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CIBOLO, TEXAS:
SECTION 1
Based on the statistical analysis and demographic information provided in this ordinance,
the City Council for the City of Cibolo, in good faith, hereby makes a legislative
determination that the current number of inhabitants of the City of Cibolo, Texas exceeds
25,000.
SECTION 2
The City Council, in good faith, makes this determination based on the following
statistical analysis and demographic information:
(a) The decennial 2010 population estimates of the U.S. Census statistics
and demographics for this area reflected an estimated population of
15,349.
(b) The City of Cibolo successfully submitted an application to the Census
Count Question Resolution Program challenging the 2010 population
estimate as the City was undercounted. In 2013, the U.S. Census released
the Corrected 2010 Census Total Population for the City of Cibolo at
19,580.
(c) The U.S. Census annual estimates of the residential population are based on
the 2010 Census and reflect changes from the Count Question Resolution.
As of July 1, 2014, the annual estimate for the City of Cibolo's population
is 25,280.
(d) The estimated 35 monthly new home permits multiplied by the
timeframe between the 2010 and 2014 Census and with an
average household size of 3.1, yields a population estimate
over 25,000. City staff estimates coincide with the U.S. Census data
that there are over 25,000 inhabitants in the city limits.
SECTION 3
Based on these findings the City Council for the City of Cibolo, Texas, in good faith,
hereby declares that the number of inhabitants in the City of Cibolo exceed 25,000.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS, THE 23' DAY OF JUNE 2015.
Lisa M. Jackson, ayor
ATTEST:
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Peggy Cimics, City Secretary