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TIMED ITEM 7:30 PM - Public Hearing No. 5 and City Council District Decennial Redistricting Presentation and Map Review.
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Deadline for Action: 2/7/2022
Submitting Department: Administration
Contact Name and Phone Number: Allison M. Mackey, Communications Manager, 713-4535
Department Recommendation:
Receive presentation from Ken Chawkins, Consultant, National Demographics Corporation, on an overview of redistricting guidelines and review of draft maps, discuss the election sequence, and hold Public Hearing No. 5 to receive public input on the process and criteria for revising voter district boundaries for the City of Visalia Council as required by law following each Census.
Background Discussion:
The City of Visalia's City Council District Decennial Redistricting continues, as the City must adopt boundaries for five Council districts that are generally equal in population based on new census data from the 2020 Census, and that comply with State and Federal election laws, including whether there is a legal requirement for one or more majority-minority districts.
Detailed demographic data is needed to develop legally appropriate district boundaries. The City does not have these skills in house, therefore, an experienced demographer, National Demographics Corporation (NDC), a professional consulting firm, has been retained and is performing the needed technical tasks to establish these new districts and provide information to the public to assist in the public submittal of proposed district boundaries.
Redistricting Process
The City's Council District Decennial Redistricting process timeline has included:
* Public Hearing No. 1 on August 23, 2021, at 7 p.m. - Measure N Oversight Committee meeting, included education on process and was held to elicit input on the communities of interest and the redistricting process.
* Update to City Council on Red...
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