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• • <br />Page 4 <br />- He is preparing a resolution for City Council to adopt, which provides the <br />committee with guidelines. <br />- Committee will need public hearing and City Council must have public hearing. <br />- Brief will need to be pre-cleared through Justice Department. <br />- Draw districts to contain similar total population size. The maximum deviation <br />from the smallest district should not exceed 10%, (+) or (-) 5%. (ONE PERSON <br />ONE VOTE PRINCIPAL) More people will need to be brought into District 4. <br />Must be as least retrogressive as possible. Will not be racially competing <br />characteristics. <br />- Draw districts that contain contiguous and compact geographic areas. <br />(CONTINGUITY FACTOR) <br />- Use easily identifiable geographic features and boundaries. <br />- Maintain communities of interest and minimize splitting neighborhoods. <br />- Follow county voting precincts if feasible. This is usually not possible with a city <br />our size. <br />- Consider residential location of current governing members in their districts. <br />- Evaluate minority-voting strength in terms of voting age population. Avoid <br />retrogression of racial minorities and language minorities as defined in the Voting <br />Rights Act. <br />- Travel to public meetings and utilize out reach efforts. <br />7. CONSIDER ESTABLISHING REGULAR MEETING DATES FOR <br />COMMITTEE <br />Sydney Grant advised the committee he would like to see the following items <br />addressed in the first meeting: <br />- Organize meetings and determine rules and procedures. <br />- Set meeting dates and times. <br />8. COMMITTEE COMMENTS -CLOSING REMARKS <br />No remarks <br />