Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Special Orders of the Day
SUBJECT:
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PUBLIC HEARING NO. 3 RELATED TO CHANGING FROM AN AT-LARGE TO A BY-DISTRICT SYSTEM FOR ELECTION OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
The third public meeting on district voting was noticed as a public meeting for tonight's agenda. The second noticed public hearing on district voting was held on June 13, 2019. That meeting was continued to this evening. Since both noticed meetings are on the same subject matter, both matters will be heard simultaneously this evening.
Tonight is the third public hearing in the matter related to by-district voting in Carson. The law requires a minimum of two public hearings during this initial process. Two public hearings were held May 21, 2019 and June 13, 2019, respectively,
In order to move from at-large elections to by-district voting the City needs to establish both the data necessary to complete the process as well as a timetable for meeting state and federal requirements for the transition. The City has selected Compass Demographics, Inc. to assist with this process. The principal of the firm, David Ely, will lead tonight's discussion.
Like the second public hearing, the discussion will surround the composition of maps and solicit public input on what to consider when preparing the maps. This third public meeting allows an additional opportunity for the residents to comment and ask questions. Draft maps will not be drawn this evening. They will be drawn by the demographer in consideration of the community's input. All documents pertaining to districting are available on the city website. In addition once the demographer's community "toolkit" is available for community use, a link will be placed on the city website to allow residents to utilize it.
II. RECOMMENDATION
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TAKE the following actions:
1. REPORT out on results of Public Hearing No. ...
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