Agenda Item Wording:
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Update regarding Council District Decennial Redistricting process.
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Deadline for Action: N/A
Submitting Department: Administration
Contact Name and Phone Leslie Caviglia, City Manager, 713-4332; Allison Mackey, Community Relations Manager, 713-4535; Michelle Nicholson, Chief Deputy City Clerk, 713-4512.
Department Recommendation: This item is intended to provide an update to the Council regarding the process for drawing updated Council District boundaries to account for the 2020 Census data. As required by State law, the Council previously set a schedule for public hearings, workshops and outreach efforts to elicit public input in the redistricting process.
As directed by the Council, staff initiated the public outreach process by requesting the Measure N committee to hold a public meeting to describe the process and describe public input opportunities. Following that meeting, Staff will continue to meet with all other City Commissions and Committees, providing the same information and opportunity to participate.
In response to questions from the Measure N Committee, staff seeks to confirm with Council that, while no committee or commission has been charged with any particular assignment or request from the Council in regard to the redistricting process, the Measure N Committee, like other City committees, may choose for itself how to engage in the process. Options for participation including holding meetings to receive or provide input on identification of communities of interest that should be considered in the mapping process, or use of the publicly available mapping tools to develop a committee/commission recommended map. In addition, any member and any member of the public is also encouraged to individually participate in the redistricting process and to submit or recommend maps. However, if a Commission/Committee elects to present a map(s) or review and recommend a map, they will need to do that in accordance wi...
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