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Redistricting Committee <br />Minutes of July 26, 2011 <br />Members Present <br />Members Absent <br />City Staff Present <br />1. Call to order <br />Charles Harrington, Nolan Allen, Mark Follis, Paul Berner, Nancy Ojeda, and <br />Charlie Perry <br />Charles Montgomery, Lisa Garcia, Nanci Lotze, Martha Gillett (Alternate), <br />Venessa Guerrero (Alternate), and Champ Dunham (Alternate) <br />Planning Director, Tim Tietjens; GIS Manager, Brian Sterling; Assistant City <br />Attorney, Clark Askins; and Planning Coordinator, Peggy Lee <br />Meeting called to order by Chairman Charles Harrington at 6:00 p.m. <br />2. Roll call of members <br />Roll call of members by Planning Coordinator Peggy Lee. <br />3. Consider approval of July 12, 2011, meeting Minutes <br />Motion by Paul Berner to approve the July 12, 2011, meeting Minutes. Second by Nancy Ojeda. <br />Motion carried unanimously. <br />4. Apply 2010 Census data to Census block geography. <br />Planning Director, Tim Tietjens, provided a brief overview of the changes recommended by the <br />Committee during the previous meeting. As it currently stands, to be within the 5% variation, <br />Council Districts 4 and 6 will need to increase in population and District 3 will need to decrease in <br />population. <br />Paul Berner noted that District population numbers shown on the map have changed, but the <br />ethnicity numbers have not; this was attributed to the split block populations. <br />The Committee discussed at length, multiple scenarios for decreasing the population in District 3 <br />and increasing the population in Districts 4 and 6. The following actions were taken: <br />Motion by Nolan Allen to move Census Blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1004, 1005, and 3008 from <br />District 3 into District 6. Second by Mark Follis. Motion carried unanimously. <br />Motion by Nolan Allen to move Census Blocks 1773, 1768, 1769, 3077, 3078, 3083, 3084, and <br />3085 from District 5 into District 4. Second by Paul Berner. Motion carried unanimously. <br />For the next meeting, staff was directed to re- calculate demographic elements of the proposed <br />districts based upon the proportional amount of split blocks in each district. Staff will include their <br />methodology for arriving at those numbers. <br />5. Administrative Reports <br />The next regular meeting, scheduled for August 9 was re- scheduled for August 16 at 6:00 p.m <br />in the City Hall Council Chambers. The change of meeting date was due to City Council Budget <br />th <br />Workshops being held in the Council Chambers during the week of August 8 <br />