Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Special Orders of the Day
SUBJECT:
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PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE REDISTRICTING OF ESTABLISHED CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE 2020 DECENNIAL CENSUS ON REDISTRICTING
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I. SUMMARY
In 2020, the City of Carson adopted City Council districts for the four City Council seats, with the Mayor's seat remaining at large. Every ten years, districts must be redrawn so that each district is substantially equal in population. This process, called redistricting, is important in ensuring that each city councilmember represents about the same number of constituents. In the City of Carson, the Mayor and City Council are responsible for drawing council districts. Redistricting is done using U.S. Census data, which was released in September 2021. For the City of Carson, the redistricting process must be completed by April 17, 2022.
The City is required to hold two public meetings on the districts during this initial process before the City Council draws a draft map or maps of the proposed council boundaries, and at least two public hearings after the Council has drawn a draft map or maps of the proposed council boundaries.
This formal public hearing will be followed by a less-formal public workshop on December 4, 2021 at the Community Center. Draft maps will be produced in January, after which the City will conduct a series of public meetings in the parks and a series of public hearings leading to adoption. The purpose of the public meetings conducted prior to the publication of maps is to elicit comments from members of the public on their "communities of interest," including the cohesiveness of neighborhoods and communities, other physical and geographic boundaries, and other factors.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
1. OPEN the public hearing;
2. TAKE public testimony; and
3. CLOSE the public hearing.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE another action the City Council deems ...
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