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e EXHIBIT C e -z::rr( ~ " ~N .:.. ,.-..",...- Hi} ,,"''\ ~~~.:.. ASKINS & ARMSTRONG, P. c. _R.uw23-Q9 ATTORNEYS AT LAW ~ 70, W. FAIR MONT PARKWAY .C.C ~f(lG P.O. BOX 1216 LA PORTE, TEXAS 77572-1218 KNOX W. ASKINS TEL.EPHONE 261 471'1886 JOHN O. ARMSTRONG TEL.E:COPfER ,61 471-2047 CHARL.ES R. HU6ER. JR. Ca.v..\ 8CARa CERTIf"IEO . CIVIl.. T"'AL t"AW TEXAS 150...RO 0' t..EGAL. S'-CCtA\..lz",nON 8p.dc. u..p ~~ Cc.. ~-<. ~..~~ po.c-k~ fo~wOo""J. C::Qt"-\ d f ~.:.. \ ~eY"" June 22, 1999 -to fY\......I.k... G-~ l\...~. l41~~ \ ,\q <R~ Mr. Robert T. Herrera City Manager City of La Porte City Hall La Porte, Texas Re: City Council Re-DistrictingjCensus 2000 Dear Mr. Herrera: You have asked me to furnish you a letter on the procedure to be followed for City council re-districting following the federal census which will be conducted in April, 2000, and, also on the question of possibly reducing the number of polling places. six City Councilpersons are elected from single member districts. Article 2.01(b), "Formation of Districts II , of the Home Rule Charter of the city of La Porte, provides that City Council shall divide the city into six districts which are reasonably compact, contiguous and of as nearly equal population as practicable. Immediately following the publication of the 2000 federal census, which I would anticipate will occur sometime during the year 2001, City Council is required to conduct an investigation and determine the population of the city and the population of each of the districts from which district Councilpersons are to be elected. Such determination shall be based upon the best available data, including, but not limited to, the most recent federal census. Council then passes an ordinance, which makes a final determin~tion of the population. After such determination by City Council, if the distribution of population among the various. districts is determined by city Council to be. materially unbalanced, the city Council shall establish new boundaries for the election of district Council- persons. Following the 1980 and 1990 federal censuses, the city Council made its determination, and then appointed a citizens committee to study the matter, hold public meetings, receive public input, and recommend to City Council, a plan for re-districting, again, dividing the City into six districts which are "reasonably compact, contiguous and of as nearly equal population as practicable". 22.7