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From YouTube: September 13, 2021 Redistricting Group
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B
Good
afternoon
welcome
to
this
live
broadcast
of
our
virtual
meeting.
This
meeting
includes
the
remote
participation
of
members
as
authorized
under
minnesota
statutes,
section
13d
.021,
due
to
the
declared
local
health
pandemic.
The
city
is
recording
and
posting
this
meeting
to
the
city's
website
and
youtube
channel
as
means
of
increasing
public
access
and
transparency.
B
D
E
F
D
G
C
Member
newhouse
member
russell-
and
I
believe
we
had
a
few
people
enter
in
the
middle
of
this
time,
so
should
we
have
them
identify
themselves
or
do
you
want
me
to
call
chair
clay?
Can
then
move.
G
Mr
chairman,
this
is
andy
andy
kozak
and
I
think
member
russell
is
on
the
call.
But
he
can
you
tell
people
how
to
how
they
can
talk.
But
if
they're
on
a
call,
if
they're
on
their
phone
they,
what,
if
it's
star
six
or
something.
B
I
I'm
seeing
a
message
from
member
ginder
as
well
as
member
russell
that
they
can't
get
in.
H
So,
commissioner
clegg,
this
is
commissioner
mitchy,
usually
when
we
hit
a
number
it
automatically
puts
through
the
conference
id.
But
it's
telling
us
today
to
log
into
the
conference
id
so
that
could
be
confusing
to
people.
C
B
G
D
D
B
F
D
H
I'm
I
member
newborn.
C
H
B
B
That
motion
carries.
The
next
item
is
the
chairs
report
and
I
don't
have
anything
to
report
at
today's
meeting.
It's
not
already
on
our
published
agenda,
so
move
on
to
number
four,
which
is
a
review
of
the
redistricting
timeline,
and
I
will
ask
redistricting
project
manager
munson
to
walk
through
that
with
us.
I
Thank
you,
chair
clegg.
I
am
just
going
to
spend
a
few
minutes
talking
about
the
timeline,
because
anybody
who
saw
the
material
I
sent
out
earlier
today.
It's
definitely
work
in
progress
and
it
changes
every
week.
So
what
I
want
to
do
is
talk
about
two
pieces
of
the
timeline.
I
The
first
is
public
engagement,
the
the
public
meetings
we're
going
to
be
having,
and
the
second
is,
the
more
internal
piece
of
it,
which
is
about
the
mapping
tools
and
the
the
launch
of
the
mapping
tools
that
we'll
be
seeing
shortly,
although
obviously
everything
we
do
is
public
meeting
and
all
of
the
meetings
that
we
have
for
the
redistricting
group
will
be
broadcast
and
will
be
public.
I
So,
first
talking
about
our
public
engagement,
the
charter
requires
four
mandatory
public
hearings
to
discuss
the
draft
and
proposed
maps.
We
are
actually
going
to
have
six
meetings.
We
have
six
meetings
planned.
The
very
first
one
is
next
week
on
september
21st
and
we've
got
chair
clegg
and
member
casey
mogan,
who
will
be
hosting
an
event
where
we
hope
to
get
some
public
feedback
and
some
interest
and
we'll
also
be
running
through
a
short
description
of
the
project
and
talking
about
it.
I
So
all
of
the
other
dates
I'm
going
to
be
talking
about
with
a
few
exceptions,
are
really
proposed
dates
and
I'm
certainly
happy
to
hear
from
anybody
if
they
don't,
particularly
like
those
dates
or
would
like
to
suggest
others.
But
first
listening
session,
as
I
said,
is
next
week
on
the
21st.
The
second
one
is
currently
scheduled
for
october
14th.
I
Then
next
up
is
not
really
technically
a
redistricting
item,
but
the
next
municipal
general
election
is
scheduled
for
november
2nd,
and
I
bring
this
up
because
early
voting
actually
starts
this
friday,
the
17th
and
what
what's
significant
about
the
election?
That's
coming
up
it's
a
barrel
on
the
city
council
election
and
we
will
be
voting
the
city
council
in
for
just
a
two-year
term
and
that
is
directly
attributable
to
the
redistricting.
I
But
we're
going
to
be
using
the
current
2010
census
maps
for
that
for
the
upcoming
election
and
then,
of
course,
we've
got
an
election
in
2022,
the
midterm
for
which
we'll
be
using
the
the
2020
census
maps
and
the
and
the
new
wards
and
park
districts
that
we'll
be
setting
up
and
then
again
in
2023
we're
going
to
have
a
municipal
election
re
re-electing,
the
city
council
again
for
a
two-year
term
again,
those
two-year
returns
are
directly
attributable
to
redistricting
all
right.
I
Moving
on
november
I
have
november
17th
and
then
december
16th
as
public
hearings
for
our
first
draft
maps,
and
then
we
pushing
I'm
going
to
push
further
on
into
2022,
and
we
I've
got
february,
24th
and
then
march
16th
for
our
two
meetings
required
mandatory
meetings
for
the
proposed
maps.
I
We
will
probably
then,
sometime
in
march
or
mid-march,
be
calling
a
special
charter
commission
meeting
to
approve
the
final
map
and
then
looking
further
in
march.
29Th
is
the
statutory
deadline
for
the
approved
ward
map
and
april
26
is
the
statutory
deadline
for
the
park
board
district
map?
I
Now
I
haven't
really
talked
about
the
regularly
scheduled
charter
commission
meetings,
which
will
be
going
on
first
wednesday
of
every
month
and
at
which
we'll
be
reporting
the
progress
of
the
project,
and
then
I
also
haven't
talked
about
the
various
meetings
that
will
be
will
be
happening
around
the
mapping
pro
matching
tools
so
mentioning
the
mapping
tools.
Let's,
let's
switch
into
our
more
internal
discussion
for
this.
So
in
early
october,
I
expect
the
launch
of
the
public
matching
mapping
tool,
which
is
called
districtor.org
and
that's
district.
I
I
What
we
will
be
doing
is
we're
going
to
be
framing
that
map
within
the
minneapolis
website
to
make
a
user
experience,
that's
pretty
seamless
and
we
will
obviously
give
any
any
of
the
users
public
instructions
about
how
to
use
the
maps
and
how
to
share
them
and
how
how
to
save
them.
I
So
districtor.org
is
a
relatively
simple
tool
that
allows
the
creator
to
to
make
a
map
with
sense,
using
census,
block
information.
We're
going
to
be
learning
a
little
bit
more
about
that
as
we
go
through
the
presentation
today,
all
the
maps,
as
I
said,
can
be
saved
and
shared,
and
you
will
be
able
to
using
the
census
data.
When
you
create
a
map,
you
can
drill
down
to
the
population
and
demographics
of
the
wars
and
the
park
districts
you
create.
I
So
it's
a
very
useful
tool
and
fairly
easy
to
use
now
district.
This
is
kind
of
contrary
to
what
we've
been
talking
about
earlier
meetings,
but
district.org
is
also
the
mapping
tool
that
the
redistricting
group
will
use
to
create
maps
for
public
discussion.
I
So
I
know
in
the
past,
we've
also
talked
about
the
other
mapping
tool.
We've
got,
which
is
esri
esri,
so
esri
redistricting
will
be
the
tool
we're
going
to
be
using
for
the
official
map
for
the
very
final
map
that
we'll
be
doing.
We
have
an
internal
within
the
city,
an
internal
expert
on
the
esri
redistricting
tool
and
they
will
be
taking
the
input
we
provide
them
with
the
district
or
dot
org
maps
and
creating
the
final
map
for
approval.
I
We
do
expect
more
math
focused
meetings
as
we
enter
the
first
quarter
in
2022
cher
clegg,
estimated
that
we
may
even
be
having
multiple
meetings
each
week
and
if
you
do
remember,
I
polled
the
group
about
the
preferred
times
for
the
meetings
and
wednesday
at
4
pm
was
definitely
the
crowd
favorite
with
tuesdays
and
thursdays
at
4
p.m.
I
I
D
Thank
you
all
cheer
collect.
I
have
a
question
member
perry.
Yes
thanks!
So
mr
munson,
can
I
just
want
to
go
over
the
process
again
that
you
just
talked
about
make
sure
I
got
it
clear:
will
we
all
be
doing
using
districtor
and
then
city
staff
will
then
convert
it
into
esri
data.
I
I
D
B
Hearing
none
we'll
move
on
to
item
five
on
today's
agenda
and
I'll
be
covering
that
first,
the
the
provisions
regarding
redistricting
are
set
forth
in
the
charter
itself.
For
those
of
you
who
haven't
looked
at
section
2.2
of
the
charter
and
it
provides
for
a
redistricting
effort
after
every
decennial
census.
B
B
B
The
information
we'll
be
seeing
today
in
city
attorney,
bashun's
presentation
will
give
us
population
numbers
preliminary
population
numbers
for
the
wards
in
our
city,
and
you
will
see
that
there
are
at
least
two
wards
that
are
in
excess
of
five
percent
over
the
mean
population
and
that
there
are
also
several
awards
that
are
under
five
percent
of
the
mean
population,
so
will
be
necessary
to
move
some
lines
in
this
redistricting
effort.
B
I'm
also
going
to
briefly
talk
about
the
procedural
rules
and
the
principles
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
them
line
by
line,
hopefully
you've
all
had
a
chance
to
look
at
them
and
if
not,
they
are
available
online
and
if
you're,
if
you're,
not
a
member
of
the
redistricting
group
and
listening
they're,
also
available
online.
For
you,
there
are
only
two
highlights
that
I
want
to
point
out.
B
First,
is
that
we
are
all
representing
all
of
the
residents
of
minneapolis
and
we're
not
representing
any
constituency.
So
if
you're
from
a
neighborhood
you're,
not
representing
that
neighborhood
you're,
not
there
to
say
this
is
what
my
neighborhood
wants:
we're
all
representing
all
the
citizens
of
the
city
of
minneapolis.
B
The
city
council
urged
the
charter
commission
to
propose
an
amendment
and
take
direct
oversight
over
the
redistricting
process.
That
amendment
was
on
the
ballot
in
2010
and
passed,
and
that's
why
we
have
our
current
system,
which
is
a
non-partisan
system.
B
The
other
thing
I
wanted
to
emphasize
is
we
are
subject
to
the
open
meeting
law
and
everybody
knows
that
the
meetings
that
we
have
on
teams
are
going
to
be
subject
to
the
open
meeting
law.
But
the
open
meeting
law
sort
of
is
tricky
if
you
send
an
email
to
all
members
of
the
redistricting
group.
That
could
be
a
violation
of
the
open
meeting
law,
especially
if
there's
discussion
back
and
forth
because
you're
having
an
online
discussion
that
is
not
open
to
the
public.
B
So
I
will
urge
you
all
not
to
send
all
user
emails
or
all
redistricting
group
member
emails,
and
I
would
also
urge
you
all
if
you
are
on
social
media,
with
information
about
your
job
as
a
redistricting
group
member.
That's
fine,
of
course,
but
be
careful
not
to
get
in
direct
conversations
with
other
redistricting
group
members
and
also
you
should
emphasize
when
you
do
post
on
social
media
or
opine
to
the
media
or
anyone
else
that
you
are
speaking
in
your
own
capacity
and
not
on
behalf
of
the
redistricting
group.
B
B
So
she
will
be
available
to
us
and
at
our
meetings
for
legal
questions
and
to
offer
advice
so
I'll
ask
you
to
let
her
give
her
presentation
and
hold
your
questions
till
the
end,
when
I'm
sure
she
will
ask
for
them
assistant
city
attorney,
bashun,
please
go
ahead.
Thank
you.
Chair.
A
Clegg,
I
am
carolyn
bashoon
and
I
am
with
the
city
attorney's
office
and
I'm
an
assistant
city
attorney,
so
I
will
be
helping
you
all
out
during
this
redistricting
process
next
slide,
please.
A
A
So
if
you
are
listening
on
the
phone,
you
will
have
a
chance
to
ask
questions
by
doing
star
6
on
your
phone,
so
we
I
will
let.
A
We
can
okay.
Thank
you
I'll
turn,
my
volume
up
too
okay,
so
I
so
I
will
ask.
I
will
allow
questions
around
at
certain
times
during
the
presentation
and
there
will
there
will
be
a
slide
saying
so
and
then
also
at
the
end
of
the
presentation.
So
you
will
have
an
opportunity
to
ask
your
questions
and
if
you
are
on
teams
via
video,
then
you
can
put
your
name
in
the
chat
and
then
we
can
answer
the
questions
when
we
get
to
the
question
time.
Thank
you.
A
A
The
purpose
of
the
open
meeting
laws
to
prohibit
secret
meetings
meetings
should
be
open
to
the
public
to
assure
that
the
public's
right
to
be
informed
is
allowed.
It
affords
the
public
an
opportunity
to
be
heard
and
just
to
let
you
know,
when
we
have
our
charter
commission
meetings
at
the
very
end
of
our
meeting.
We
also
allow
the
public
to
comment,
so
it
allows
that
too
it's
not
a
requirement
that
they'll
be
allowed
to
comment,
but
it's
just
a
practice
that
we
do
with
the
charter
commission.
A
Next,
the
open
meeting
law
does
cover
the
charter
commission.
It
also
covers
the
committees
of
the
charter.
Commission.
There
might
be
some
standing
committees
like
an
operations
or
communications
committee
and
any
subcommittee
special
committees
or
work
groups
that
are
created
by
the
charter.
Commission.
Those
are
also
covered
it
will.
It
will
cover
the
advisory
group
members
and
you
are
part
of
the
redis.
The
advisory
group
members
are
part
of
the
redistricting
group.
It
will
also
cover
the
redistricting
group
members.
A
You
know
a
public
meeting
occurs
when
two
criteria
are
met,
there's
a
quorum
of
the
public
body
and
I'll
go
over
what
the
what
the
numbers
of
the
quorums
are
and
the
quorum
discusses,
or
receives
information
on
official
business
or
makes
decisions
on
official
business.
Now,
that
is
what
the
statute
says.
With
respect
to
the
discussion,
the
commission,
the
charter
commission
rules
also
provide
a
criteria.
A
They
say
that
when
a
quorum
discusses
business,
then
they're
when
the
when
a
quorum
discusses
commission
business,
then
that's
when
you
do
need
to
have
a
public
hearing
so
or
public
meetings.
So
it's
a
little
bit
broader
in
the
commission
rules.
Next.
A
A
and
a
quorum
is
not
needed
for
public
hearings.
Greg
munson
did
talk
about
four
public
hearings
that
were
required
to
have
and
those
do
not
require
quorum.
There
will
be
no
real
business
done
by
the
charter
commission
or
the
redistricting
group
during
those
meetings.
It's
really
a
an
opportunity
to
let
the
public
be
heard.
A
A
And
here
are
some
specific
quorums.
The
charter
commission
has
15
members,
so
a
half
more
than
half
of
that
is
eight
for
the
forum.
The
redistricting
group
would
be
a
majority
of
a
committee.
If
there
are
committees
formed,
I
don't
know
if
there
will
be,
but
if
there
are
redistricting
group
committee's
form
it
would
be
a
majority
of
that
membership,
and
that
would
be
the
same
for
any
committee
that
the
charter
commission
has.
It
would
be
a
majority
of
the
committee
membership
next.
A
Now
a
meeting
of
of
the
public
body
could
be
closed
to
the
public.
It
can
be
closed
for
various
reasons.
Probably
the
one
that
might
apply
to
the
redistricting
group
is,
if
there's
some
kind
of
litigation
going
on.
If
there's
litigation,
it
might
be
possible
that
an
attorney
such
as
myself
or
a
litigator
from
my
office
might
need
to
talk
to
the
redistricting
group
without
the
public
there,
that's
probably
a
rarity,
but
that
is
an
option.
A
A
Now
the
open
meeting
was
barry
said
it's
it's
it's
not
so
straightforward.
A
A
However,
if
there's
multiple
small
meetings
of
less
than
a
quorum
that
amount
to
the
full
group
getting
together
of
at
least
13
members,
then
that
can
be
problematic.
So
you
can't
try
to
get
around
the
open
meeting
law.
Here's
an
example
I
put
together
say
if
the
chair,
barry
clay,
calls
12
members
of
the
redistricting
group
and
gets
a
verbal
approval
of
a
proposed
map
draft.
Now
that's
13
members
that
have
somewhat
discussed
and
said
they
agree
to
this
map
the
12
and
then
barry
clay
and
they're
all
discussing
the
proposed
map.
A
That
would
be
a
violation
of
the
open
meeting
law,
so
you
have
to
so.
You
have
to
watch
when
there
is
kind
of
a
serial
meeting
and
that's
why.
I
think
that's
one
of
the
reasons
why
commissioner
clegg
advised
that
watch
out
when
you're
on
social
media,
if
you're
going
to
have
other
members
of
the
redistricting
group,
responding
next.
B
A
Okay,
so
let's
go
on
to
let's
tips:
here's
some
tips.
To
avoid
that
problem,
you
can
try
to
discuss
official
business
at
the
redistricting
group
meetings
at
the
charter
commission
meetings,
that's
when
the
charter
commissioners
meet
or
at
any
kind
of
committee
meetings
that
are
set
up
and
again
do
not
send
mass
emails
to
members
of
the
redistricting
group.
Technically
greg
munson
will
be
sending
information
to
the
redistricting
group.
He
is
the
man
the
coordinator
for
the
redistricting
group.
A
A
I
think
greg
has
set
it
up
so
that
he's
sending
it
out
to
everybody
bcc,
which
means
you
cannot
respond
back
to
everybody,
which
is
a
good
thing.
So
just
keep
that
in
mind.
Just
keep
in
mind
not
to
respond
back
to
any
mass
emails.
You
can
respond
back
to
one
individual,
but
do
not
respond
to
a
mass
and
also,
if
you
get
emails
from
the
redistricting
group
members,
if
you
start
to
forward
those
to
other
people,
other
redistricting
group
members
that
could
amount
to
up
to
13
members
being
forwarded
that
information.
A
A
Now
there
are
some
oops
sorry
won
that
yeah.
Thank
you.
So
there
are
some
violations.
If
the
open
meeting
law
is
violated,
there
are
some
penalties.
A
There
are
some
civil
penalties.
This
is
actually
to
an
individual.
So
if
an
individual,
not
necessarily
the
redistricting
group
or
charter
commission
or
the
city,
if
an
individual
intentionally
violates
the
open
meeting
law,
they
could
have
to
pay
up
to
three
hundred
dollars
per
occurrence
and
that
cannot
be
paid
by
the
city.
A
We
might
also
get
a
civil
lawsuit
saying
that
there's
a
violation
of
the
open
meeting
law
and
typical
to
a
lawsuit
there
could
be
damages
costs
and
reasonable
attorneys
fees.
The
reasonable
attorney's
fees
for
open
meeting
law
violations
is
capped
at
thirteen
thousand
dollars,
and
a
member
of
the
public
is
not
personally
liable
in
a
civil
lawsuit.
A
A
A
You
can
create
maps,
but
it
might
be
better
to
avoid
that
because
there
could
be
multiple
redistricting
group
members
going
on
to
that
same
redistricting,
web
page
or
and
trying
to
use
the
maps
and-
and
they
might
see
your
comments,
so
I
would
say
I
would
avoid
those
issues.
Next
so
I'll
take
some
questions.
Now,
I'm
going
to
be
going
through
a
lot
of
different
issues
in
the
future
in
this
in
this
powerpoint,
but
I
just
wanted
to
take
questions
for
the
issues
that
I've
discussed
so
far.
A
C
A
And
nobody
is
that
nobody
has
talked
from
the
phone.
So
I'm
has
anybody
signed
up
to
ask
a
question.
E
Carol,
it
looks
like
jonathan
kim
has
a
question.
J
F
Hi
yeah,
so
you
mentioned
that
the
open
meeting
law
applies
to
a
quorum
of
the
redistricting
group,
which
would
be
13
members.
Would
that
also
apply
to
the
advisory
boards?
So
the
nine
members
I
as
I
understand
it,
a
quorum
would
be
five
people.
Would
that
also
be
subject
to
the
open
meeting
law.
A
No
because
that's
really
not
a
set
group
right
now
we're
just
working
together
as
the
redistricting
group,
so
we're
looking
at
all
24
the
advisory
group
members
plus
the
15
charter
commissioners
for
the
total
of
24..
That's
how
we're
going
to
be
working,
I
mean
if
chair
clay,
has
any
comments
on
that.
We
could
take
it
now,
but
that's
my
understanding
that
we're
just
looking
at
that.
B
But
I
I
do
believe
that
if
eight
charter
commissioners
got
together
to
talk
about
redistricting
issues,
that
would
be
a
violation
of
the
open
meeting
law,
because
the
charter
commission
itself
takes
the
final
vote.
A
Right
so
that
would
be
the
charter.
Commissioners,
that's
a
good,
that's
a
good
comment,
but
as
far
as
the
advisory
group
advisory
group
members
there's
really
no
there's
no
group
set
up.
For
that.
I
mean
they're
not
going
to
be
taking
any
actions
on
their
own
or
having
meetings
on
their
own.
So
I
would
say
that
there's
no
restriction
on
that.
H
A
Next
slide,
please
now
I'm
going
to
go
over
the
data
practices
act.
The
data
practices
act
is
also
under
the
minnesota
statutes.
It's
under
chapter
13
of
the
statutes.
It
allows
the
public
access
to
certain
governmental
data.
Now
governmental
data
is
defined
to
be
very,
very
broad.
Anything
that
is
collected
created,
received,
maintained,
disseminated
by
government
entity.
A
A
government
entity
includes
the
the
charter
commission
and
the
city
of
minneapolis,
and
the
data
practices
act
presumes
that
government
debt
is
public
unless
there's
a
federal
statute,
a
state
statute
or
some
type
of
temporary
legal
classification
that
makes
that
protected
next.
A
A
A
A
Someone
may
say
I
want
all
the
data
that
the
redistricting
group
creates.
That
would
be
very,
very
broad
or
they
could
say.
I
want
the
data
from
the
upcoming
meeting.
So
just
keep
that
in
mind
that
it
could
be
fluid.
There
could
be
requests
that
are
out
there
with
requests
that
are
being
made
and
for
future
data.
So
keep
that
in
mind
next
slide.
Please.
B
And
carol,
just
as
an
example,
that
could
also
be
a
request
for
all
emails
sent
back
and
forth
by
redistricting
group
members.
This
is
true.
A
So
just
keep
that
in
mind
when
you're,
using
email
with
other
redistricting
group
members.
Now
the
data
practices
act
has
some
penalties
similar
to
the
open
meeting
law.
There
are
penalties,
there
could
be
damages.
What's
called
exemplary
damages,
it
could
be
a
thousand
to
fifteen
thousand
for
each
willful
violation
of
the
debt
practices
act.
A
There
could
be
a
possible
civil
penalty
of
up
to
thousand
dollars
against
the
city
or
potentially
the
charter
commission
that's
payable
to
the
state,
and
then
there
could
be
costs
and
reasonable
attorneys
fees.
There's
also
another
way
for
somebody
to
take
action.
If
they
believe
there's
a
data
practices
act
violation,
they
can
file
a
complaint
with
the
office
of
administrative
hearings.
A
In
that
case,
there
could
be
a
civil
penalty
against
the
government
of
up
to
three
hundred
dollars.
There
could
be
costs
in
reasonable
attorney's
fees
of
up
to
five
thousand
dollars
awarded
with
the
office
of
administrative
hearings.
It
typically
results
in
a
hearing
in
front
of
the
an
administrative
judge.
A
A
This
statute
requires
that
if
the
government
is
doing
something
they
shouldn't
do
it
in
secret,
they
should
really
write
down
or
put
somewhere
what
they
are
doing.
So
we
have
to
actually
create
records
to
say
what
we
are
doing
and
the
government
records
must
be
retained
for
a
period
of
time.
It's
called
a
retention
period
that
retention
period
has
to
actually
get
approved
through
a
state
records
disposition
panel.
A
A
A
Now
a
government
record
is
all
records
that
are
written
or
recorded
data,
and
it
doesn't
matter
what
it
is.
It
could
be,
a
recording,
it
could
be
a
video
it
could
be,
an
email
could
be
a
tax,
it
could
be
any
of
those
made
or
received
by
the
city,
the
charter,
commission
or
its
committees,
the
redistricting
group
or
members
of
these
public
bodies,
regardless
of
the
type
of
physical
form,
as
I
stated
that
becomes
part
of
an
official
transaction,
so
it
would
be
official
I'm
going
to
give
you
in
the
next
slide.
A
A
A
Also,
there
could
be
notes,
calculations
drafts,
computer
reports,
anything
that
shows
the
decision-making
process
of
the
redistricting
group
when
we're
creating
the
maps,
and
it
could
also
include
communications
with
the
public.
A
A
A
For
example,
we're
going
to
be
using
some
an
expert
who
knows
esri
the
esri
software
they're
going
to
be
creating
maps
for
us
using
that
software
say
if
they
make
a
little
change
to
the
map,
while
they're
trying
to
get
the
first
map
up,
they
don't
have
to
necessarily
keep
that
it's
when
you
have
something
that's
kind
of
a
final
document.
That's
going
to
be
used
with
the
redistricting
group
and
that's
what
we
would
have
to
keep
next.
A
Now
here
are
some
tips
for
complying
with
the
government
records
laws.
If
you're
going
to
take
notes,
you
know
you
can
use
a
notebook
or
an
electronic
file
or
folder
to
take
the
notes.
There
could
be
a
data
request
at
some
point.
If
you
have
those
notes
for
that
data,
it
might
be
nice
to
have
them
at
one
location.
So
it
would
be
easy
for
you
to
provide
that
data.
A
A
I
will
let
you
know
if
there's
a
data
request
once
you
know
that
it
can't
be
destroyed,
it
could
be
that
your
notes
are
not
that
important
that
you,
you
may
have
made
just
couple
things
that
you
jotted
down,
that
are
really
not
important
and
you
don't
think
it's
a
it's
an
official
record
if
that,
if,
if
you're
doing
that
each
meeting
you
can
destroy
the
data,
you
don't
think
it's
important.
A
A
Now,
if
you
do
use
some
kind
of
electronic
device
to
keep
your
notes,
please
be
aware
that
that
device
could
be
requested.
If
there
is
some
type
of
litigation.
A
A
A
A
A
If
you
have
a
scanner,
please
scan
it
and
email
it
to
redistricting
at
minneapolism.gov.
You
can
also
mail
it
to
the
address
here.
The
redistricting
project
manager,
greg
munson
or
you
can
provide
it
to
the
redistricting
project
manager,
who
is
greg
munson
at
any
in-person
meeting.
If
we
do
have
in-person
meetings
and
if
there's
some
other
communications
that
you
get
like
a
text
or
some
other
way,
please
consult
with
the
redistricting
project
manager
on
how
you
can
get
that
into
one
location.
B
And
carol
again
as
an
illustration,
what
sometimes
happens
is
that
a
citizen,
for
example,
might
send
an
email
to
all
24
members
of
the
of
the
redistricting
group
and
it
might
be
identical
what
I
generally
do
with
those
is.
I
forward
them
to
the
redistricting
address
and
then
delete
them,
because
otherwise
I'm
going
to
have
thousands
of
those
by
the
time.
We
finish
this
process.
A
Okay,
that's
that's
a
good!
That's
a
good
thought.
J
A
I
don't
see
any
other
questions
so
I'll
go
forward
next
slide,
so
now
we're
getting
into
redistricting.
A
A
As
chair
clay
said
in
2010,
we
did
have
a
new
process
and
we
didn't
have
any
litigation
in
2010
now
we're
doing
a
similar
process
now
after
the
2020
census,
and
what
is
its
purpose
to
ensure
that
everybody
in
the
district
is
equally
represented.
You
may
hear
the
comment.
One
person,
one
vote,
really.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
each
of
the
each
of
the
council
members
is
representing
approximately
the
same
amount
of
people
and
same
for
the
park
board.
Members
too.
A
Now
I'm
going
through
just
some
district
election
district
examples,
there's
the
congressional
districts
there's
the
eight
house
of
representative
districts.
The
congress
has
both
the
senate
and
the
house.
The
senators
are
two
per
state,
so
they
don't
have
any
redistricting
to
do
for
those
senate
districts,
but
with
the
house
of
representatives
there
are
eight
in
the
there
are
eden
minnesota.
Currently
minneapolis
is
in
the
fifth
conduct
congressional
district.
A
So
and
then
there's
also
the
legislative
districts
which
are
the
minnesota
senate
districts.
There
are
67
of
them
and
then
there's
minnesota
house
districts.
There
are
134
of
them
and
it's
basically,
each
of
the
senate.
Districts
is
divided
into
two
and
that's
how
they
have
the
minnesota
house
districts.
A
And
then
we
have
the
13
minneapolis
wards.
There's
one
council,
member
elected
to
each
of
those
wards.
You
have
the
six
parking
recreation
board
districts
in
the
city
of
minneapolis
and
that
there
are
actually
nine
commissioners
there's
six
that
are
elected
by
district
one
per
district,
and
then
there
are
three
at
large
at
large
means
that
the
they
are
voted
to
work
with
the
entire
city
and
represent
the
entire
city,
not
just
a
particular
district,
and
then
there
are
also
six
school
board
districts.
There
are
eight
board
members,
one
per
district
and
two
at
large.
A
A
The
charter
commission
will
actually
be
formally
adopting
the
boundaries
of
the
warden
park
board
districts
by
charter.
The
charter
commission
has
to
do
that.
It's
not
the
redistricting
group,
it's
just
the
charter,
commissioners
and,
of
course
the
charter
commission
has
to
follow
the
minnesota
statutes.
A
There
are
some
minnesota
rules
which
basically
interpret
or
not
interpret
they
fill
in
the
gaps
of
the
minnesota
statutes.
A
They
have
to
follow
minnesota
charter
provisions
and
very
went
over
some
of
those
provisions
with
you,
and
also
there
are
the
procedural
rules
and
the
recommended
procedures
for
redistricting
that
very
briefly
went
over
for
you
and
those
are
available
on
the
charter
website.
A
A
The
advisory
group
role,
so
this
is
what
the
nine
advisory
group
members
would
would
have
as
their
role.
They
would
work
with
the
charter.
Commissioner,
as
equal
members
of
the
redistricting
group,
they
would
all
they
would
assist.
Just
like
the
in
the
redistricting
of
the
13
wards
and
six
park
districts
and
just
like
the
charter
commissioners,
they
would
follow
all
the
same
rules
and
the
and
the
recommended
procedures.
A
A
The
minneapolis
city
council
has
a
little
bit
more
limited
role.
They
will
work
with
the
city
clerk
in
elections
to
establish
the
precincts.
The
precincts
would
be
basically
established
around
the
same
time
as
the
city
wards.
That's
typically
what
that's
what
happened
last
year?
That's
what
would
happen
this
year
as
well
and
statutorily.
They
have
the
same
deadline
as
the
city
wards,
and
so
the
city
council
would
formally
adopt
the
precincts
and
then
they'd
also
designate
the
polling
places
for
each
precinct.
A
A
A
The
the
best
process
is
to
keep
the
redistricting
to
keep
the
park
board
apprised
of
all
the
different
maps
and,
what's
going
on
with
the
redistricting
group,
they
will
provide
suggestions
to
the
charter
commission
regarding
the
proposed
plan
and
they
will
also
implement
the
district
boundaries.
The
charter
commission
will
adopt
the
boundaries
of
the
park
board
districts.
A
A
Yes,
yes,
so
I
mean
they
are
going
to
be
dividing
the
city
of
minneapolis
into
sips
six
districts,
so
that
would
make
sense
that
they
could
and
may
use
the
same
districts
as
the
park
board.
A
Next,
please
and
then
the
county.
They
have
seven
county.
Commissioner
districts,
they
by
statute
have
to
draw
it
on
precinct
lines
which,
which
makes
sense.
The
commissioners
districts
are
contiguous
and
compact
I'll
go
over,
that
the
city's
boards
and
park
district
districts
have
to
also
be
continuous
and
compact.
So
it's
it's
a
basic
concept
in
redistricting
and
they
have
their
own
variants.
More
than
10
percent
from
the
average
district
population
and
the
city
is
not
involved
in
the
hennepin
county
redistricting.
A
A
Now
here's
the
minnesota
legislature
role
what's
what's
going
on
is
the
minnesota
legislature
will
redistrict
the
eight
congressional
districts
and
the
67
minnesota
state
senate
districts,
134
house
of
representative
districts.
They
also
do
redistrict
the
16
metropolitan
council
districts
now
the
metropolitan
council.
They
are
a
regional
organization.
A
A
A
This
type
of
litigation
happens
every
probably
every
10
years,
every
time
there's
a
census.
The
litigation
basically
states
that
the
the
legislative
and
congressional
lines
are
not
are
not
valid
because
they
do
not
have
equal
population
in
each
of
those
districts,
so
they
always
have
somebody
bringing
a
a
case
in
court
saying
that
it
is
unconstitutional
based
on
the
new
census
data,
and
it
also
requests
that
the
court
take
over
the
redistricting.
A
If,
in
fact,
the
legislature
doesn't
do
it
by
in
this
case
by
february,
15th
of
2022,
and
so
the
the
court
already
set
up
a
special
redistricting
panel
and
that
was
done
on
june
30th
of
2021,
I
have
a
list
here
of
the
five
judges
that
would
be
on
that
panel.
Those
judges
will
be
deciding
all
cases
all
issues
related
to
redistricting
and
if,
in
fact,
the
legislature
does
not
draw
their
congressional
legislative
and
metro
council
district
lines
by
february
15th
of
2022,
the
court
will
do
it
for
them
last
year.
A
That's
what
the
court
did.
That's
been
pretty
much,
how
they've
done
it
in
the
past
too,
and
the
case
the
cases
I've
listed
the
case
watson.
There
were
two
cases
that
were
combined
and
I'll
have
greg
munson.
I'm
not
sure
if
he's
going
to
be
able
to
provide
that
to
you,
but
I
do
have
a
link
which
will
allow
you
to
follow
this
case
to
see
what's
going
on
with
it,
and
the
link
will
get
you
to
the
public
location
where
you
can
access
this
core
data,
and
then
you
would
just
put
in
that
821-0546.
A
Now
the
federal
accords
will
only
get
involved
if,
in
fact,
the
state
court
doesn't
act.
Typically,
the
state
court
will
act.
Those
judges
in
the
state
court
will
be
working
on
the
maps
they
will
have.
They
will
have
maps
ready
to
go
on
february,
2
february
15th
of
2022,
but
typically,
if
there
is
federal
litigation,
there
might
be
a
three-judge
panel
and
it
would
it
would
hold
off
on
acting
until
the
state
court
doesn't
have
the
ability
or
doesn't
act
next.
A
Okay,
is
anybody
out
there
if
dial
star
six?
If
you
have
a
question.
H
I
should
have
asked
this
when
you
were
talking
about
serial
conversations.
What
do
you
mean
by
serial
conversation.
D
A
Okay,
yeah,
it's
not
just
one
conversation
like
you
think
about
a
meeting.
Everybody
gets
together
in
one
location.
You
know:
are
there
13
people
there,
so
it
has
to
be
open
to
the
public,
but
it
could
be
that
there
might
say
there's
two
meetings
going
on.
A
Maybe
there's
a
meeting
with
five
people,
then
those
five
people,
some
of
them
meet
with
three
people
and
when
you
start
getting
these
little
different
meetings
where
all
of
a
sudden
they're
all
kind
of
talking
to
each
other-
and
you
may
have
13
kind
of
talking
to
each
other,
but
there
might
be
it
through
a
means
of
different
meetings
or
or
that
could
be
through
email.
Two,
you
might
have
a
conversation
with
12
people.
Well,
that's
not
a
quorum
of
the
redistricting
group.
It
might
be
a
quorum.
A
B
A
Okay,
so
if
in
fact
you
have
you
have
the
chart
of
commissioners,
there
are
15
charter.
Commissioners
and
a
quorum
is
eight.
If
you
have
seven
charter
commissioners
talking
in
one
email,
then
you
forward
that
over
to
another
charter.
Commissioner,
now
that's
the
eighth
person
who
now
is
privy
to
all
those
conversations
and
they
start
conversing.
A
Sure
all
right,
so
this
is
kind
of
the
fun
part.
This
is
looking
at
some
of
the
data,
so
here
we
have-
and
I
have
to
say
I
want
to
thank
it
for
putting
a
lot
of
these
charts
together
and
it's
tim
condon
from
it.
A
A
A
It
stayed
somewhat
the
same
from
2000
to
2010,
but
you
can
see
from
the
2010
census
data
to
the
current
census
data.
It
has
increased
dramatically
and
we're
now
at
429
954
people
in
the
city,
according
to
the
census,
for
2020.
A
A
Now
we're
going
to
be
looking
at
census
data
now,
of
course,
the
census
data
will
be
already
in
that
redistricting
software,
but
I
wanted
to
let
you
know
what
we're
really
working
with
we're
really
going
to
be
working
with
the
census
blocks.
That's
the
smallest
form
of
census,
data
that
may
be
bounded
by
city,
streets,
blacks
or
other
physical
features
and
you'll
you'll,
hear
it
being
called
different
things.
It
might
be
called
tiger
lines,
usually
in
if
you
read
some
documentation
on
redistricting.
A
That
might
be
something
that
is
technically
used,
but
we're
going
to
be
really
working
with
the
smallest
form
of
census
data,
the
census
blocks.
There
are
other
things
called
the
black
groups,
those
are
about
two
to
four
blocks
census
blocks
and
then
tracks,
two
to
nine
block
groups,
so
those
are
bigger
ones
that
could
be
used.
A
A
A
A
Approved
by
the
city
council,
they're
recognized
by
the
city
council,
so
you
can
see
the
different
neighborhood
groups
around
the
city
in
this
map.
You
can
see
that
where
it's
a
dark,
green
there's
been
a
gain
of
a
thousand
or
more
people
and
where
it's
the
purple,
it's
a
loss
of
a
hundred
or
more.
Those
are
the
extremes
you
can
see.
A
The
gains
are
around
the
north
loop,
downtown
west
loring
park,
downtown
east,
going
into
marcy
homes
and
prospect
park
and
there's
a
couple
that
are
further
north
jordan
and
hawthorne,
and
then
you
can
see
some
of
the
locations
where
there
was
a
bigger
loss
and
that's
in
the
lindale
powderhorn
park
and
winona
areas.
A
A
A
Okay,
so
here
you
can
see
the
the
awards
these
these
wards
are
right
now
in
the
those
are
the
current
boundaries
of
our
wards,
so
you
can
see
what
they
look
like
now,
we're
going
to
be
redrawing
these
boundaries
and
the
information
on
the
increase,
the
population
of
these
words
and
the
increase
in
decrease
is
listed
in
this
particular
map.
A
Now,
there's
a
variation
listed
in
a
percentage
variation.
What
that
is
is
a
variation
from
the
average
population
by
ward.
If
you
divide
the
of
amount,
the
number
of
residents
people
living
in
minneapolis
by
13-
that's
where
how
you
come
up
with
the
average
population
by
board-
and
you
can
see
on
the
map
it's
listed
as
33
073.
A
So
what
we
want
to
do
is
we
want
to
get
plus
or
minus
that
amount
in
population
per
ward,
so
you'll
just
see
for
ward
1.
The
variation
is
that
it's
2047
less
than
that
average
word
population
and
that
percentage
variation
is
6.6
lower
than
the
average
and
remember
we
want
to
get
five
percent
above
or
five
percent
below.
So
this
is
six
point
six
below,
so
it
is
outside
of
what
we
want
to
get.
Ultimately,
when
we
finish
our
map,
so
ward,
one
has
a
little
bit.
A
A
So
you'll
see
that
throughout
you'll
see
the
purple
shows
where
there's
a
there
was
a
decrease
in
population
will
have
to
increase
and
where
it's
green,
there's
too
much
population,
and
so
we
have
to
decrease
that
population
when
we're
redrawing
the
the
board
boundaries.
A
A
A
A
A
And
here's
the
park
board
districts
again.
These
are
the
current
ward
or
the
current
district
lines,
so
you
can
see
how
they're
drawn
now
and
the
2010
2020
census
data
is
placed
onto
each
of
these
districts.
A
A
The
variation
from
the
average
population
is
9650
and
the
variation
percentage
is
11.9
percent.
That
means
that
it
has
too
much
population.
We
want
to
keep
within
five
percent
above
or
five
percent
below
here's
here.
It
is
11.9
percent
above
the
average,
which
is
way
too
much
so
in
district,
one
we're
going
to
have
to
decrease
the
amount
of
people
in
district
one,
so
those
lines
will
need
to
be
changed
and
then
you
see
in
the
purple.
A
That's
when
there's
a
decrease
in
population-
or-
let
me
say,
there's
a
there's-
a
population
variance
of
more
than
five
percent
from
the
average,
so
we
would
need
to
increase
those
populations
now.
I
just
want
to
say
that
we
may
also
be
touching
other
districts
that
if
you
look
at
the
numbers,
they're
within
five
percent
above
or
below
the
average,
but
we
may
need
to
change
those
boundaries
anyway,
because
we
need
to
shift
the
district's
shift,
for
example,
just
1,
4,
6
and
5.
A
A
They
may
be
putting
maps
into
the
redistricting
software
and
the
redistricting
group
needs
to
consider
that
they
may
be
providing
comments
as
well.
So
all
of
that
needs
to
be
considered.
There
will
also
be
at
least
four
public
hearings
at
those
hearings.
We'll
get
comments
from
people,
maybe
written
comments,
maybe
verbal
comments.
Maybe
both
the
redistricting
group
needs
to
consider
that
information
and
before
two
of
those
four
public
hearings,
we
need
to
also
invite
comments
from
each
city.
Council,
recognized,
neighborhood
group
organizations.
A
So
I
showed
you
that
map
there
were
approximately
70
organizations,
so
they
may
be
sending
their
own
suggestions
for
how
the
map
should
be
drawn.
So
all
of
that
needs
to
be
considered.
There
will
be
multiple
meetings
to
draw
maps
and
to
consider
all
of
the
public
comments
and
maps,
and
then
once
the
redistricting
group
finds
that
this
is
the.
This
is
the
final
map
for
the
wards.
A
A
Now,
once
it's
filed
with
the
city
clerk,
the
city
could
get
some
form
of
litigation
based
on
that
map.
If
that's
the
case,
the
district
court
would
handle
that
they
would
determine
if
the
map
is
improper.
If
they
determine
the
map
is
improper,
it
would
be
sent
back
to
the
city
most
likely
where
we
would
reconvene
the
redistricting
group
and
then
redraw
those
maps
based
on
the
court
order,
and
that
process
would
continue
once
that
revised
map
was
finalized.
A
A
It's
pretty
similar
to
what
we
would
do
for
the
wards.
The
redistricting
group
will
still
be
drawing
the
park
board
lines.
The
charter
commission
will
also
hold
those
four
public
hearings.
They
will
be
done
at
the
same
time
as
the
awards,
so
there
will
be
a
ward
map
and
then
there
will
also
be
a
park
district
map
for
consideration
at
those
four
public
hearings
and
before
two
of
those
four
public
hearings.
The
charter
provides
that
we
have
to
provide
comments
from
each
of
the
city.
Council,
recognized
neighborhood
organizations,
so
that
will
be
done
next.
A
And
then,
before
the
last
two
public
hearings
on
the
park
board
maps,
the
charter
commission
would
notify
the
park
board
of
the
maps
and
then
they
would
have
the
ability
to
comment
and
the
charter
commission.
That
would
then
would
consider
those
comments
by
the
board.
A
Now,
as
I
said,
it's
probably
going
to
be
a
little
bit
more
fluid
than
that
and
that
the
park
board
will
know
what
kind
of
maps
we're
drawing
and
hopefully
we'll
be
in
touch
with
them.
But
these
are
the
technical
requirements
and
the
similar
to
the
board
maps.
The
redistricting
group
would
submit
the
proposed
maps
to
the
charter
commission
next.
A
E
A
I'm
not
sure
about
that.
That's
more
of
an
ethical
question.
We
do
have
an
ethics
officer
and
her
name
is
susan
trammell.
So
I
guess
I
would
suggest
just
to
be
safe,
that
I
could
we
could
give
you.
I
think,
greg
munson
could
give
you
susan
trammell's
email
address.
It's
actually
susan
s-u-s-a-m-t-r-a-m.
A
Greg
greg
will
greg
will
be
able
to
send
that
to
you.
So
that's
what
I
would
suggest,
because
you
want
to
just
make
sure
that
you're
not
you
know
you,
you
follow
the
rules
of
ethics,
so
I
think
that
would
be
my
suggestion.
B
B
A
A
I
don't
see
any
other
questions
in
the
chat,
so
I
will
go
on.
Oh
wait.
Member
new
house
has
a
question.
A
I
could
go
on
and
then
you
know
we
will
be
taking
questions
in
the
future
too.
Why
don't
I
go
on
and
then
yeah
I'll
go
on
all
right.
So
let's
look
at
some
of
the
redistricting
requirements.
A
A
They
usually
don't
have
two
wards
in
one
precinct
and
so
the
reason
why
the
pre
boards
have
to
be
bound
by
the
precincts
is
you
want
each
precinct
to
be
just
one
word
in
each
precinct,
not
two,
so
you
don't
want
a
precinct
that
will
that
will
cover
two
different
wards
where
the
board
might
divide
it.
So
whenever
you're
thinking
about
well,
what
lines
have
to
be
bounded
by
what
lines
just
think
about
when
you
go
into
the
election
precinct
and
you're
voting
you're
going
to
get
one
ballot
you're
voting
for
your
particular
school
board.
A
A
The
wars
can
cross
the
congressional
and
legislative
district
lines
because
the
minneapolis
there
are
less
state
house
districts
than
wards,
I'm
not
sure
exactly
how
many
I
think
I
tried
to
figure
it
out.
It
used
to
be
11.
I
don't
know
if
it's
still
still
11
but
by
necessity
we're
going
to
cross
those
lines
and
the
13
wards
will
have
to
be
as
nearly
an
equal
population
as
practicable,
but
no
more
than
five
percent
above
or
below
the
mean
average.
A
A
Now,
here's
just
some
more
information,
it's
a
graph
about
the
population
in
the
mid
for
the
minneapolis
awards.
This
is
based
on
the
2020
census
data.
I
wanted
to
give
you
a
feel
for
what
kind
of
data
the
city
does
have
that
will
be
in
the
census
data
when
you're
using
the
maps
so
war.
The
award
is
on
the
left
side.
There's
13
wards
listed
and
you
can
see
the
total
is
the
total
amount
of
population
in
the
entire
city.
That's
the
429
954.
A
A
A
Then
you
can
see
the
race
and
ethnicity.
This
is.
These
are
the
categories
from
the
2020
census?
The
first
one
is
american,
indian
and
alaska.
Native
second
is
asian,
the
third
is
black
or
african
american.
The
fourth
is
hispanic
or
latino.
A
A
So
those
are
the
categories
that
you
will
probably
see
when
you
are
working
with
the
redistricting
mapping,
software
and
there's
also
some
housing
data
that
we
do
have
as
well.
Next.
A
A
A
And
I
have
just
provided
you
with
the
exact
numbers
to
show
what
an
acceptable
range
of
numbers
would
be
in
residence
per
board.
Again
you
divide
the
full
population
of
the
city
by
13
to
get
the
average
from
there
you're
figuring
out
what
is
5
of
the
average,
because
that
is
what
is
that's
16
about
1
653?
A
A
If
you
get
outside
of
those
numbers,
it
would
not
be
within
plus
or
minus
five
percent
of
the
average,
and
just
because
we
do
have
that
ex.
If
we
do
get
all
of
the
13
awards
within
that
acceptable
range,
that
doesn't
mean
that
it's
it's
a
great
map.
We
still
have
to
take
into
consideration
other
issues,
other
redistricting
principles
that
I'll
discuss
next.
A
Next,
please
here's
another
graph
that
was
put
together.
It
shows
you
that,
plus
or
minus,
if
you
look
at
the
main,
the
darker
line
in
the
middle,
it
shows
you
what
the
average
number
should
be
or
the
average
is
and
then
those
dotted
lines
on
the
left
and
right
show
how
far
out
you
can
get.
If
you
look
at
the
left
dotted
line,
that's
the
average
is
less
than
five
percent
of
away
from
the
average.
A
Anything
to
the
right
of
that
is
way
too
much
population
because
we
have
to
get
in
between
those
two
dotted
lines
or
exactly
on
the
dotted
line,
if
that's
a
possibility
so
you're,
looking
at
to
the
right
of
the
average
plus
five
percent
words
two
and
three
way
out
on
the
right.
Those
are
the
two
that
where
there
is
too
much
population
next
and
here's
another
principle,
each
ward
must
consist
of
compact
contiguous
area.
So
I'm
going
to
talk
about
what
each
of
those
terms
mean.
Next.
A
A
Basically,
what
I've
done
is
I've
taken
a
square
I've
cut
it
in
half
and
put
those
two
rectangles
side
by
side.
It
may
not
be
perfect,
because
I
did
this
so
but
assume
that
I
have
done
that
perfectly
now.
If
you
draw
a
square,
if
you
draw
a
circle
around
these
two,
this
the
square
on
the
left
and
the
rectangle
on
the
right-
and
you
look
at
which
circle
is
bigger-
you'll
see
that
the
circle
for
the
rectangle
is
bigger.
A
A
A
Another
requirement
for
redistricting
that
it
should
be
contiguous.
A
That
would
mean
that
there's
an
unbroken
boundary
you
can
see
that
an
example
of
contiguous
where
the
ward
or
the
park
district
would
be
all
together
as
one
non-contiguous
would
be
when
you
have
different
sections
of
the
city
that
are
part
of
the
same
ward
or
part
of
the
same
park
district
and
they
don't
touch
that
cannot
be
done.
That
is
not
contiguous
and
then
there's
also
court
cases
that
actually
talk
about
this
issue
that
it's
not
contiguous.
A
A
So
here
in
this
johnson
lee
case
from
2014,
the
court
said
in
order
to
figure
out
whether
it's
longer
than
twice
its
width
you're,
going
to
look
at
the
width
from
the
two
longest
points.
So
here
I
drew
this
very
strange
blob
as
a
district,
and
you
take
from
one
point
to
the
other
point
going
straight
here
from
west
east.
A
That's
the
length
of
this
and
then
you
take
the
the
northernmost
point
and
southernmost
point
and
you
draw
a
line
from
there
and
then
you
decide
is
the
length
more
than
twice
as
long
as
the
width
and
that's
how
you
measure
that,
and
if
it
is,
then
you
need
to
revise
the
the
actual
district.
If
it's
not,
then
it's
fine
next.
A
And
then
there's
also
the
concept
of
the
communities
and
of
interest.
This
is
a
traditional
factor
in
redistricting
and
it's
actually
in
the
recommended
principles
that
chair
craig
mentioned.
A
The
redistricting
group
is
supposed
to
keep
communities
of
interest
in
one
word:
whenever
possible,
now
the
redistricting
principles,
the
recommended
principles,
don't
specify
what
a
community
of
interest
is,
but
it's
basically
it's
basically
broad.
It's
keeping
people
together
with
similar
social,
geographic,
political,
cultural,
ethnic,
economic
or
other
interests
together.
I
know
last
time
we
did
redistricting.
A
A
A
Now
here
are
some
other
requirements
under
a
charter.
The
the
boundaries
should
lie
along
the
center
line
of
public
ways
whenever
possible,
as
far
as
practicable
run,
north
south
and
east
west,
and
then
we
can
also
have
a
lake
within
a
district
and
there's
another
recommended
principle
for
the
redistricting
group
to
change
the
boundaries
of
the
words
of
heart
districts
as
little
as
possible.
So
those
are
some
things
that
we
have
to
look
at
when
we're
making
changes
to
the
lines
of
districts.
A
A
There's
also
some
specific
charter
and
statutory
limitations
on
redistricting
lines.
These
word
boundaries
will
apply
to
the
first
general
election
for
which
filing
is
open
after
the
plan
takes
effect
and
it
doesn't
take
effect
until
it
does.
It
doesn't
affect
the
eligibility
of
somebody
who's
already
in
office,
so
say,
for
example,
the
city
decides
here's
the
maps
for
the
wards
and
park
districts.
It
doesn't
go
automatically
into
effect.
A
A
And
if
we
have
enough,
we,
if
we
look
at
the
changes
of
the
population
for
any
ward
and
if
it
changes
by
five
percent
or
more
based
on
the
census
data,
then
we
have
to
have
an
election
in
the
year
2022
or
2023
by
state
law.
And
we
are
going
to
be
doing
that
next.
A
So
I
just
put
together
this
chart
now
people
could
agree
or
disagree
on
what
that
statute
means
about
what
what
the
five
percent
change
in
population
is,
but
here's
my
interpretation,
I
put
together
the
ward
population
for
the
13
wards
for
the
2010
census
in
the
2020
census,
and
I
looked
at
the
change
in
population
from
2010
to
2020,
and
I
also
gave
you
the
percentage
and
change
in
population
now.
If
you
look
at
word
three,
there
was
a
fifty
percent
change
in
population.
A
It
was
a
fifty
percent
increase
in
population
and
there
are
others
where
there's
an
increase
in
population,
but
here,
if
there's
a
five
percent
change
in
population-
and
it
could
be
a
like
in
ward,
2
10,
22
percent
change,
the
other
way
more
than,
and
so
in
any
of
these
there
is
an
increase.
A
Let
me
see
that
that
was
also
an
increase
in
population.
It
looks
like
there's
no
decrease
more
than
five
percent,
so
the
percentage
change
in
population
is
definitely
more
than
five
percent.
A
Therefore,
under
this
new
statutory
provision,
we
would
have
to
have
another
election
in
either
the
year
22
or
23,
and
we
are
going
to
have
an
election
in
2023
and
I
believe
greg
munson
mentioned
that
that
we
will
have
an
election
in
the
years
2021
for
council
members
and
near
2023
just
for
council
members
and
then
in
2025
again
for
the
mayor
and
council
members.
So
this
only
affects
this.
Election
in
2023
only
affects
the
council
members.
A
A
And
the
park
board
districts
cannot
be
redistributed
redistricted
until
the
precinct
boundaries
are
established.
That's
because
you
want
to
make
sure
that
the
lines
line
up.
However,
we're
going
to
be
kind
of
doing
this,
all
at
once,
we'll
make
sure
that
the
districts
for
the
park
board
the
awards
and
the
precincts
all
line
up
next.
A
And
here
is
information
on
the
park
districts
you
can
see.
There
are
six
park
districts
and
you
can
see
the
population
of
those
districts
according
to
the
2020
census.
Again,
the
population
average
is
the
full
amount
of
the
city
residents.
429
954,
divided
by
six
and
the
average
population
is
71
659.
A
The
difference
is
for
park
for
park
district.
One
you
can
see.
The
difference
is
nine
thousand
six
hundred
fifty
that's
a
percentage
difference
of
eleven
point:
nine
percent.
We
only
want
a
difference
from
the
app
population
average
of
plus
or
minus
five
percent,
so
that
park
district
has
too
much
too
much
population.
A
A
And
then,
here
again,
you've
seen
this
map
once,
but
it
does
show
again
the
the
districts
one
and
four,
those
are
above
the
population
that
we
need.
We
wanted
plus
or
minus
five
percent.
Those
are
those
are
more
than
five
percent,
and
then
you
also
have
the
purple
that
are
less
than
five
percent,
so
those
are
the
districts
five
and
six
that
we're
going
to
have
to
accompl
change
up
and
add
to
them.
A
A
And
here's
just
a
calculation
of
the
exact
numbers
for
the
population
in
the
districts
for
the
acceptable
range.
Again
we
take
the
average,
multiply
it
by
five
percent
and
come
up
with
a
number
that
is
not
a
whole
number
3582
approximately,
and
then
we
subtract
that
number
that
five
percent
number
from
the
average
and
add
it
to
the
average
and
come
up
with
the
acceptable
range,
and
so
the
acceptable
range
for
a
park
district
would
be
68
77
to
75
241
people
per
district.
A
A
A
A
A
And
these
are
other
requirements,
as
as
to
the
extent
that
we
can,
we
should
tr
try
to
keep
the
numbers
and
keep
the
numbers
where
most
of
the
population
comes
by.
There
are
six
districts,
usually
there's
not
that
big
of
a
change
of
the
population,
so
the
first
one
doesn't
really.
A
A
The
special
law
also
talks
about
provisions
that
are
really
in
the
voting
rights
act
and
I'll
be
going
over.
The
voting
rights
act
that
the
districts
cannot
be
deluded.
We
cannot
dilute
the
voting
strength
of
racial
or
language
minorities,
so
I'll
be
going
over
those
in
more
detail
under
the
voting
rights
act.
Section
of
this
powerpoint
next.
A
And
just
about
precincts,
we,
as
I
stated
earlier,
the
redistricting
group
will
be
drawing
the
lines
for
wards
and
park.
Districts.
Precincts
will
really
be
for
city
staff,
like
elections
in
the
city
clerk's
office,
to
work
with
the
city
council.
The
precincts
are
just
geographical
units
for
organizing
and
administering
elections.
You
probably
have
know
that
when
you
go
into
vote,
you
typically
go
into
a
precinct
if
you're
going
in
person
and
they
do
not
need
to
be
of
equal
population.
A
These
are
just
set
out
so
that
it's
easy
for
the
voters
to
vote
that
it's
a
manageable
number
of
voters
for
each
precinct
and
precincts
cannot
cross
the
legislative
congressional
reward
boundaries
again.
When
you
go
into
vote,
you
want
to
have
just
one
that
one
ballot
in
that
precinct
for
everybody
and
that's
why
we
have
that
requirement
next,
please
so
I'll
take
some
questions.
Now
I
don't
know
if
anybody
could
try
to
dial
sit
star
six
to
a
mute
and
see
if
we'll
have
any
of
those.
B
Carol
I
see
that
member
newhouse
was
able
to
get
her
question
in
the
chat.
Her
question
is:
is
ncr
neighborhood
and
community
relations,
the
body
responsible
for
outreach
around
redistricting?
B
A
Yeah,
that's!
I
can
just
talk
about
that
briefly,
but
that's
really
not.
A
Sorry
about
that
there
there
is
a
communications,
I
think
it's
a
communications
committee
and
they
may
be
doing
some
outreach.
A
I
think
it
would
be
best
for
maybe
at
some
point
that
communications
group
to
provide
an
overview
of
what
they're
doing.
I
think
they
typically
do
that
at
the
charter
commission
meetings,
which
is
every
wednesday
every
the
first
wednesday
the
month
at
four
o'clock-
and
I
don't
know
if
there's
greg
months,
if
there's
the
ability
to
provide-
what's
already
been
done
by
the.
I
I
Sure
yeah,
I
can
address
this
question,
so
ncr
has
been
actively
collaborating
with
us
throughout
throughout
the
project
here,
so
I
wouldn't
call
them
responsible
for
the
outreach,
because
technically
it's
the
redistricting
group,
that's
responsible
for
the
outreach
and
one
way
we're
doing
that
is
working
through
ncr,
which
is
is
helping
us
get
the
message
out.
There
has
been
outreach
and
in
fact
one
of
the
things
we
just
did
last
week
was
to
set
up.
I
We
got
all
of
the
email
addresses
for
all
of
the
community
member
groups,
the
neighborhood
organizations,
and
we
have
defaulted
them
to
get
automatic
updates
about
every
meeting
we
have
around
redistricting,
and
so
there
were
about
260
or
so
email
addresses,
which
should
have
gotten
a
notice
about
this
meeting
and
about
all
of
the
upcoming
meetings.
We
wanted
to
make
sure
that
they're
up
to
date
on
what
we're
doing
in
redistricting.
I
A
Thanks
thanks
greg
I'm
seeing
that
we
might
run
a
little
bit
behind,
but
I'll
try
to
get
through
the
next
section.
Next,
please.
A
So
I
want
to
talk
about
the
voting
rights
act.
It
generally
prohibits
the
denial
or
abridgement
of
a
u.s
citizen's
right
to
vote
based
on
race,
color
or
membership
in
a
language
minority
group.
Next,
please,
here,
is
a
what
a
language
minority
group
is
comprised
of
it's
american
indian,
asian-american,
alaskan
native
and
of
spanish
heritage.
A
Next,
please,
the
voting
rights
act
is
violated
if
based
on
a
totality
of
circumstances,
citizens
who
are
members
of
a
class
of
a
race
color
or
that
language
minority
group
that
I
just
discussed
have
less
opportunity
to
participate
in
the
political
process
and
to
elect
representatives
of
their
choice
than
others.
I
have
bolded
that
language,
because
that
is
the
key
language.
A
It's
not
like
affirmative
action,
but
it's
they
have
to
have
the
same
opportunities
as
everybody
to
participate
in
in
the
political
process
and
to
elect
representatives
of
their
choice,
and
if
they
don't,
then
their
power
is
being
deluded
and
the
voting
rights
act
doesn't
give
members
an
opportunity,
members
of
those
groups
to
elect
individuals
proportional
to
their
population.
A
That's
not
what
it
does
it
just
gives.
It
has
to
give
them
an
opportunity
to
participate
next.
A
Now
there
may
be
some
litigation
related
to
the
oh,
the
voting
rights
act.
The
u.s
attorney
general
can
bring
some
action
or
an
individual
cam,
and
this
is
very
technical,
but
I'll
just
go
through
some
of
the
general
things
about
what
what
a
plain
dip
or
the
person
bringing
the
lawsuit
would
have
to
prove
up.
They
would
have
to
prove
that
this
minority
group,
where
whatever
it
is,
is
sufficiently
large
and
compact
to
constitute
a
majority
of
the
voting
age
population
in
a
single
member
district.
A
A
single
member
district
is
where
you
have
one
person
running
for
in
that
district,
like
one
council
member,
an
award
or
one
park
park
board
member
in
a
park
district,
so
it
has
to
be
large,
and
the
voting
age
population
has
to
be
at
least
five
more
than
five
percent
or
pardon
me
more
than
50,
and
then
the
minority
group
has
to
be
politically
cohesive,
meaning
that
they
would
generally
vote
in
a
block
for
a
particular
candidate
and
then
the
majority,
which
would
be
the
opposite
of
the
minority.
A
Typically,
in
these
court
cases
it's
individuals
who
are
white
sufficiently
votes
as
a
black
to
enable
it
to
usually
defeat
the
minority's
preferred
candidate.
I
use
the
term
usually
because
it
could
be
that
the
minority
group
vote
may
elect
a
candidate
of
their
choice
in
one
election.
That
doesn't
mean
that
they
don't
have
a
voting
rights
act
claim.
A
B
A
Okay
and
then,
once
those
three
conditions
are
demonstrated,
then
the
court
will
look
at
a
totality
of
circumstances.
There
is
a
department
of
justice
dot.
If
you
go
on
the
department
of
justice
site,
they
will
talk
about
how
the
the
these
nine
factors
and
they
will
list
how
they
handle
the
litigation.
A
But
here's
just
a
few
of
the
nine
factors
that
the
court
will
consider
whether
the
minority
group
votes
as
a
block
the
effects
of
discrimination
on
the
minority
group
in
education,
employment
or
health,
and
also
the
extent
that
minority
groups
were
elected
to
the
office
in
the
ward.
But,
like
I
said
it's,
they
look
at
not
just
one
election
but
multiple
elections.
Next.
A
A
And-
and
this
slide
just
talks
about-
basically
this
thornberg
versus
kingel's
case-
in
that
case
they
looked
at
the
voting
rights
act
and
the
plaintiffs
actually
brought
forward
information
from
each
election.
A
A
We
do
not
want
to
dilute
the
ability
of
a
minority
group
to
have
an
opportunity
to
vote
for
the
candidate
of
their
choice
and
elect
a
candidate
of
their
choice,
so
the
voter
dilution
can
be
done
through
packing
or
cracking
and
I'll
go
through
the
next
next
slide.
Please
here's
an
example
of
a
delusion
say,
for
example,
if
the
purple
are
the
minority
group,
you
can
see
that
they're.
They
are
grouped
together
in
the
district
in
the
middle.
A
Now
there
it's
a
hundred
percent
made
up
of
those
minority
group
persons,
whereas
if
you
look
at
the
other
districts,
they
really
don't
have
a
majority
of
those
districts.
It's
three
out
of
six
one
out
of
six
and
two
out
of
six,
so
those
those
minority
groups
are
packed
together,
so
they
only
have
say
really
say
in
one
of
those
districts.
A
This
is
an
example
of
cracking
in
instead
of
putting
a
group
of
minority
group
members
together
where
they
have
some
say,
or
some
power
they
are,
they
are
divided
so
that
there's
really
no
majority.
A
The
most
you
have,
I
see
is
four
out
of
nine
and
that's
not
a
majority.
That's
and
that's
not
a
majority
next,
so
here
would
be
a
way
when
we're
drawing
our
district
lines.
To
avoid
the
dilution,
you
should
look
try
to
figure
out
if
you
can
get
these
minorities
into
a
majority
and
how
how
you
can
do
that.
So
here
you
do
have
the
minority
groups
will
have
a
little
bit
more
power.
A
If
you
look
at
the
top
left,
they
have
six
out
of
the
nine,
so
they
have
more
than
they
have
their
majority
there.
They
don't
on
the
top
right,
but
then
they
have
four
out
of
nine
on
the
bottom
left
and
then
five
out
of
nine
on
the
bottom
right.
So
they
do
have
a
majority
in
two
of
the
two
of
the
districts.
A
So
that's
how
that's
how
you
should
be
looking
at
it
when
you're
looking
at
things
like
race
and
ethnicity
and
the
categories
in
the
2020
census?
Next
and
then
there's
also
a
term
called
gerrymandering.
That's
a
violation
of
the
14th
amendment
in
which
is
equal
protection.
So
there's
two
forms
of
gerrymandering,
political
and
racial.
Next.
A
Political
gerrymandering,
I've
mentioned
what
it
is
here,
but
typically
we
won't
have
a
problem
with
political
gerrymandering
within
the
city
of
minneapolis.
So
let's
go
on
to
racial
gerrymandering.
Next
slide
the
plaintiff
for
racial
gerrymandering.
The
plaintiffs
must
show
that
race
was
the
predominant
factor,
motivating
the
redistricting
decision.
A
And
to
determine
whether
race
was
a
predominant
factor,
the
courts
are
going
to
look
at
the
shape
of
the
district
if,
if
it's
an
unusual
shape
or
if
it's
more
compact
they're
going
to
look
at
the
statements
of
the
redistricting
group
members
and
the
city
staff
as
to
why
they
made
those
district
lines,
they're
going
to
look
at
the
public
testimony
that
was
received
and
the
use
of
the
redistricting
group
of
the
racial
data
when
they're
drawing
those
lines.
Next,
here's
just
an
example
where
the
courts
were
looking
at
jerry
racial
gerrymandering.
A
This
was
this
is
a
160.
This
is
one
district
in
northern
california
or
north
carolina
and
it
went
along
the
I-82
interstate
and
a
lot
of
it
was
just
the
corridor
of
the
interstate.
So
that
is
something
we
would
want
to
avoid.
It's
an
unusual
shape.
It's
not
compact!
It
doesn't
follow
traditional
redistricting
next.
A
And
if
the
plaintiff
wants
to
provide
prove
that
race
was
a
predominant
factor,
they
have
a
very
high
standard
to
make.
They
have
to
show
that
the
public
body
they're,
subject
to
strict
scrutiny,
it's
a
high
standard
that
they
have
to
meet
and
it
requires
the
public
body
to
prove
its
ridicul.
Redistricting
decision
was
narrowly
tailored
to
achieve
a
governmental
and
interest
that
is
compelling.
A
So
technically,
that's
the
strict
scrutiny
standard
is
up
to
the
government
body.
Once
the
plaintiff
proves
that
race
was
a
predom
predominant
factor
and
then
the
then
we
can,
as
a
government
government
body,
say
that
we
needed
to
achieve
a
governmental
interest.
That's
compelling
now.
I
can
tell
you
that
following
the
voting
rights
act
may
be
a
compelling
governmental
interest
because
we
don't
want
to
crack
or
compact
minorities,
so
they
lose
their
so
so
they
are
diluted
in
their
voting,
but
that's
not
an
end-all.
So
we
have
to
be
careful
about
that.
Next.
A
So,
to
avoid
gerrymandering,
we
just
need
to
follow
our
regular
principles
that
we've
talked
about
compact,
contiguous
the
length
and
width
use
communities
of
interest,
and
we
should
consider
all
the
public
testimony
that
we're
going
to
get
in
the
maps
that
we'll
get
and
the
charter
commission
can
actually
explain
on
the
record
why
certain
boundaries
were
drawn
the
way
they
were
next
and
here's
just
you
know,
I
said
already.
We
should
try
to
avoid
bizarre
shapes
like
that
north
carolina
district.
A
The
courts
did
look
at
the
the
awards
that
were
in
existence
in
20
2000,
and
these
are
the
awards
and
the
awards
that
were
that
ended
up
being
drawn
ward.
A
A
B
There
are
24
of
us,
so
even
if
we
only
took
a
minute
a
piece
that
would
still
be
24
minutes-
and
I
knew
we
had
a
packed
agenda
today-
so
hopefully
we'll
have
a
chance
to
do
that
at
an
upcoming
meeting
or
if
we
soon
end
up
having
in-person
meetings.
That
would
be
a
better
opportunity
to
do
that,
but
we'll
look
forward
to
that
in
the
future.
B
Obviously,
yes,
would
you
call
the
role
of
those
who
were
not
here
at
the
beginning
of
the
meeting.
C
Yes,
member
aaron.
I
H
B
Thank
you
I
I
know
you
can't
count
this
because
you
haven't
heard
from
her,
but
member
newhouse
did
submit
a
question
so
she's
apparently
unable
to
communicate
and
her
absence.
Her
technical
absence
will
be
excused.