10A - MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING 12-19-2011

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Re-boundary Standards Used • Population deviation of no more than 10% between Wards. (U.S. v. Cummings). • "Cannot deny or abridge the right to vote on account of race, color, or language minority." Federal Voting Rights Act, CA Elections Code. • Other "traditional" re-boundary factors (Elections Code § 21601): • Cohesiveness, continuity, integrity and compactness of territory, and Community of interest. • Additional criteria considered: • Traditional boundaries, and • Preserving cores of prior Wards. Public Participation • Public participation and feedback is an important part of the re- boundary process. • The City Council set the Public Hearing date 30 days ahead of time and then rescheduled for an additional 2 weeks to allow for public input and comment. • City issued a press release to the media and all neighborhood associations (approximately 360 neighborhood leaders). • Proposed Maps and corresponding statistics was posted on the City's website. • The Public Hearing provides members of our community an opportunity to comment on the proposed ward re-boundary map. Proposals • Proposal #1 was prepared by staff following recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee (comprised of councilmembers Benavides, Martinez and Tinajero,) to even population representation and maintaining Ward boundaries as close to original lines as possible. • On December 13, 2011, Proposal #2 was prepared and posted on the City's website after staff received feedback that not all recommendations from the Committee were captured in original proposal. • Minor changes were made to the proposal that also included some recommendations by the community, while balancing the Ward population even closer to goal • Total City population is 324,528 with average per Ward being 54,088. • The Clerk of the Council Office has not received any other proposals for consideration by the City Council. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 14 DECEMBER 19, 2011 1 0A-14