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Councilmember Sarmiento requested clarification of map selection process / exercise that was performed at the October 30, 2018 adjourned City Council meeting. City Attorney Carvalho reviewed discussion held on October 30, 2018: 1) Spoke about the idea of sequencing to be addressed at the November 20, 2018 City Council meeting and 2) minor adjustments on map may be considered and proceed with second reading tonight. However, if changes were significant, then map would have to be re -introduced as a new reading. Councilmember Sarmiento, appreciative of Councilmembers efforts to introduce a new map. Noted community north of 17th Street is demographically and socioeconomically different and benefit of keeping it intact. Expressed importance of discussing ward sequence order, map selected will be temporary and will be revisited after Census. In support of process as long as ward A sequence order remains intact and be up for election in 2020 Special Counsel, Barlow, confirmed that the Asian majority community would go first in year 2020 as part of the settlement. The only question is designation for 3 and 5, which will also go in 2020. In terms of sequencing, it was not addressed at the last meeting thus, the recommendation for the map that is adopted tonight, whether it is D-2 or another map, is to proceed with a new first reading as this ordinance includes the sequencing. Recommended in staff report for D2 a sequencing that would be least disruptive to. the current sequence; however, final sequencing will be decided by the council. Ideally, you do not want to have someone sit out or run after two years. Councilmember Sarmiento, conveyed that it would have been helpful post - elections to see where those that prevailed reside and council could have had a better idea to make sure they do not have two candidate -elects in the same ward or district. Special legal counsel Barlow agreed and added that as a result the recommendation for sequencing for D-2 changed. In addition, redistricting that will occur after census will likely not occur until 2021 thus; we may not have it done in time due to the time requirements to be in place for 2022. As a result, we may have these boundaries for 2020 and 2022 before the boundaries are changed. Councilmember Solorio motioned to adopt Map C-4; and to minimize disruption along with keeping the Asian majority a 2020 seat, approve staff's CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 20 NOVEMBER 20, 2018