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MEMQRANDUM ro: Mayor wearer a~ city caurlcihnextbers cc: Dave oslrer~, city nrlutitlistrator Fro-nt: Melanie IvteskD, ~°,dirtirtistrative r~.ssistarlt/city clerk Date: ]r1ly 31, 2001 Re: Election ~.2pdate As a fo-Ilo-ty-1tp tD the corlncil newsletter of J,1Iy z7, t rvatdd tike tD dive you a grtick rydate otr what rve are doir© rvttll redistrictirr8 anti where we are at thisyobtt. we Itave received aII the eelr_stu it fonrtatiot[ in GIS four[ fYOtH pakDta County ar[d Kris Jeruort ~ I have Ireerr workit~ together Drl draft ward mays for the charter cornulissiDn to consider. its Dave rrreutioued, the charter cornrrrissiorr met Last Thursday to shosv them some Dptiatu and ertplairt the retlistrieting process artd the citys role. I also dirt a dertrortstratiart of the GIs yrograrrt we are usir~ f any of yon are interested in takir~ a look at it, please let rtie know ~ the will Ire hapyy tD meet with yon. As Dave also mentioned, the charter cormuissiou have direction to try tD redistrict as eIDSeIy as possible to Dnr current 2vard cor~~tlratiotl. Based Dtt the 200D eerr_strs, each ward should ideally have 4,500 residents. we are retluired by Mirluesafa 5fafute tD establish wards that have paprdatiort erluality divided as ~rractieable" as yossilrle, artd by city Cllarter to divide as erjttally asyossible. `i"llerefore, rve are worltirB to have the ntnrtbers Df each ward as close to 4,500 as rve can. I attended a redistrictin8 rrteetir~ Dn Morulay, ]rdy 3o and the secretary of state's Dffiee~ave ru au r~date Df what tD do and axr titneline_ At thispoitrt, rve are just svaitit~ for the state to finish their yorfiorr of the redistrictirt8 and them we cart act. `they are supposed tD fitlish by Matclr 1s, 2002, Irnt they ruay also erttend that tirrteIbte. FDIIDwinff their action, we as a ctty rrn2.st act tD YedistYiet OY Ye-establish precincts rYiiltit[ 6o day5. TheYefDYe, we are~ettirt~ aII the It fartt[AfiDrl pYepared r101V SD we Can act l~n[CI{Iy, should the IeBislatrtre nlnpast its nJtareh, 2002 deadline. I have a folloly-r y meetir~ w%tIt z~akota corntty Drl fv~rut 20 artd rvilI keep the co-nueil it fanned as airy new int fontratiorr ispresetrted. If yorl hove any rlnestiotu, please da not hesitate tD let rite krtorv.