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• • <br />MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF LA PORTE <br />REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE MEETING <br />OCTOBER 15, 2001 <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br />The meeting was called to order by Sidney Grant at 6:30 p.m. <br />Members of Redistricting Committee Present: Kirby Lipscomb, Sidney Grant, Betty <br />Stoumbaugh, Ed Matuszak, Betty Waters, Bernard Legrand, Jesse Wilson and Claudia <br />Zapata. <br />Members of the Redistricting Committee Absent: Bob Capen. <br />StaffPrescnt: Assistant City Attorney John Armstrong, City Manager Robert T. Herrera, <br />Mayor Norman Malone and City Secretary Martha Gillett. <br />Others Present: Jeff Litchfield, Amanda Litchfield, Sue Gail Kooken, Laura Gutierrez, <br />Michael Thomas, Gigi Rohmfeld, April Stephens, Jenny Francis, Travis Barnett, Emmitt <br />Smith, Silvio Rocha, Makiesha Harden, Lucia De Ards, Dave Turnquist and Idahe <br />Martinez. <br />2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 1, 2001 <br />A motion was made by Betty Waters to approve the minutes as presented. Second by <br />Jesse Wilson. The motion carried unanimously. <br />Ayes: Grant, Waters, Stoumbaugh, Wilson, Legrand, and Matuszak. <br />Nays: None <br />Abstain: Zapata and Lipscomb <br />3. PETITIONS, REMONSTRANCES, COMMUNICATIONS, AND CITIZENS AND <br />TAXPAYERS WISHING TO ADDRESS REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE <br />There were no citizens wishing to address the Redistricting Committee. <br />4. REPORT ON CENSUS DATA F1LE CALCULATIONS FROM JEFF <br />LITCHFIELD <br />Jeff Litchfield provided the Committee with an overview on the methodology he used to <br />compile the spreadsheets he prepared. He further explained that he worked on the City of <br />La Porte redistricting ten years ago, and was able to update old dbase files to new flies to <br />calculate current census data. He informed the Committee, areas with zero population <br />did not print on the last report he provided. <br />5. REPORT FROM PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON PROCESS FOR <br />CALCULATION OF NUMBERS <br />Planning Director Doug Kneupper explained he compared the hand-calculated numbers <br />calculated by his staff to those provided by Mr. Litchfield and determined all numbers on <br />Mr. Litchfield's spreadsheets were in the proper district_ <br />