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• • • Regular Meeting 9/19/79 10 4. JOINT PUBLIC HEARING WITH CHARTER REVISION COMMITTEE (CONTINUED) Commissioner Simons stated that he felt everyone was under a misunderstanding whether Black, White, or Spanish. Not any one person could get something done. It takes a majority vote no matter hpw many districts there might be. Q. Mrs. Eugenia Riley stated that the map had been changed since the last meeting. Commissioner .Simons stated that the numbers. had been changed to get the correct balance, which was anticipated. The law states that you have to have as near possible, the same number of persons in each district. There must be a balance. Mrs. Riley stated that Mr. Pfeiffer and Mr. Smith had drawn the lines for the districts. Mayor Meza stated that the Map was drawn as best for a balance for the number of people. He further stated that if Mrs. Riley had a map .drawn and balanced,. it could be submitted to the Commission for consideration. • R. Mr. Robert Daniel stated that he would like to clear up a few things. From the beginning he felt that the Charter Revision was not done right. The Commission selected a group of members and at a later time had appointed him as a member just to have a Black on the Committee. He stated that he accepted the appointment knowing that there wouldn't be much he could do, but it would give .the Blacks a little insight. He further stated that he was the second person to volunteer to work on the census stating that he chose the Green Oaks to take the census of. Later the paper came out stating that Commissioner Cline was in charge of taking the census at the Green Oaks. Later on someone brought him census taking information for a different area. This was done outside the meeting. Mr. Daniel stated that he felt many things had been done outside the Charter Revision meetings and done different than were discussed at the meetings. He further stated he wouldn't do because he knew that it wouldn't do any good. He was interested in helping get a Black elected. If there's no Black representative they can't tell the people what is going on. He further stated that he knew the Browns can get elected because we have a Brown Mayor. He had asked for cooperation and didn't get it. There was. a brief discussion about how the census were taken at the Green Oaks Apartment Project. S. Mrs. Linda Westergren stated that the apartment managers did take the census at the Green Oaks. There are 86 units and the rental roll was counted.