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• • MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF LA PORTE REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE MEETING JULY 22, 2002 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Councilperson/Chairperson Bruce Meismer at 3:30 P.M. Members of Redistricting Subcommittee Present: Bruce Meismer and James Warren. Members of the Redistricting Subcommittee Absent: Mike Mosteit .Staff Present: City Secretary Martha Gillett, City Attorney Knox Askins and Planning Director Doug Kneupper. Others Present: Councilpersons Chuck Engelken and Barry Beasley. 2. Consider approval of minutes of the July 16, 2002 Meeting. Motion was made by James Warren to approve the minutes as presented. Seconded by Bruce Meismer. The motion was approved unanimously. 3. Discuss Redistricting Map and Polling Locations. Chairman Bruce Meismer reminded the committee Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins spoke with the Justice Department and it was determined that single member districts could be above or below the 5% variance as long as the ,overall variance is not greater than a 10% spread between the lowest and highest district. City Secretary Martha Gillett and Planning Director reported the new map R-0009-E complies with the Justice Department Guidelines. They further reported they were not able to satisfy the request of only having two council districts in the Glen Meadows Subdivision. Map R-0009-E has a 9.93% overall variance from the lowest district to the highest district, results in the least amount of retrogression to District 4. City Manager Robert T. Herrera noted the map should read Redistricting Subcommittee Map. Mr. Warren reminded the group and noted that an error was found in the numbers after the Redistricting Committee had submitted a map for recommendation to the City Council for approval. See attached memorandum from Doug Kneupper outlining the error. The committee agreed the boundary for district 6 could be moved to the east side of the La Porte Municipal Airport.