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From YouTube: March 2, 2022 Charter Commission
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B
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
barry
clegg,
I'm
the
chair
of
the
minneapolis
charter
commission.
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.
B
F
B
We
have
a
quorum
we'll
now
proceed
to
our
agenda,
a
copy
of
which
was
posted
for
public
access
to
the
city's
legislative
information
management
system,
which
is
available
at
limbs
lims.minneapolismen.gov.
Before
we
proceed
to
a
vote,
I
think
most
of
our
public
comment.
Speakers
today
are
here
to
comment
on
item
number
six
redistricting.
So
I'm
moving
public
comment
ahead
of
item
six
so
that
we
may
hear
the
benefit
of
the
public
comment
before
we
act
on
the
redistricting
item.
B
D
G
C
H
B
Eyes,
thank
you
that
motion
carries
next,
is
the
acceptance
of
minutes.
There
are
three
sets
of
minutes
to
adopt
today,
one
from
our
regular
meeting
on
february
2nd
and
two
from
our
special
meetings
for
public
hearings
on
february
9th
and
february
24th.
May
please
have
a
motion
to
accept
the
minutes,
moved.
D
A
A
C
H
B
That
motion
passes
and
the
minutes
are
adopted.
Next
is
the
chairs
report
and
I
wanted
to
talk
here
about
terms
and
the
process
for
appointing
new
members
and
reappointments
the
clerk's
office,
and
I
have
been
in
touch
with
the
chief
judge.
B
J
You,
mr
chair,
as
you
just
indicated,
there
are
a
total
of
10
seats
on
the
15
member
body
that
are
up
or
will
be
up
for
appointment
this
year.
So
that's
two-thirds
of
the
entire
body
that
will
be
up
for
appointment
and,
as
you
mentioned,
under
minnesota
statutes,
410.05,
which
addresses
the
appointment
of
charter
commissions.
The
statutory
intent
is
clearly
to
ensure
that
no
more
than
half
of
the
entire
body
is
up
for
appointment
at
any
one
time.
J
My
office
did
some
very
detailed
analyses,
as
the
chair
pointed
out,
of
the
appointments
that
have
been
made
over
the
past
many
years
prior
to
the
year
2000,
and
what
we
found
were
a
series
of
reoccurring,
inconsistent
practices
for
appointments
that
have
been
made
to
this
body
across
a
number
of
different
chief
judges.
The
two
major
problems
that
we
identified
were
that
appointments
had
been
made
to
less
than
full
four-year
terms
and
that
appointments
were
not
tied
to
specific
periods
of
time,
but
instead
were
tracked
with
the
actual
service
dates
for
individual
members.
J
The
combination
of
these
recurring
errors
over
the
last
20
years
that
have
been
compounded
resulted
in
the
fact
that
we
now
have
more
than
half
of
those
seats
up
for
appointment.
At
the
same
time,
and
as
the
chair
alluded,
this
is
not
in
alignment
with
the
statutory
intent
for
the
appointment
of
charter
commissions.
So
again,
state
law
is
related
to
the
appointment
of
charter
commissions
provides
the
initial
appointment
of
a
charter
commission.
J
The
chief
judge
has
put
that
fix
into
the
form
of
a
letter
which
we
will
be
uploading
into
the
agenda
packet
as
soon
as
this
meeting
is
over.
We
literally
got
the
final
signed
copy
on
his
letterhead
today,
so
apologies
for
how
late
that
has
been
in
getting
it
back
to
this
body,
but
we
will
upload
that
as
soon
as
the
meeting
is
over.
In
short,
the
the
correction
is
to
stagger
the
terms
of
the
10
seats
that
are
up
for
appointment
this
year
between
two-year
terms
and
four-year
terms.
J
In
the
end,
it
will
create
a
series
of
three
separate
classes
of
seats
on
the
charter
commission,
with
regular
appointments
to
be
made
in
years,
one
two
and
three
of
a
regular,
four-year
term
so
going
forward.
What
that
means
is.
We
will
have
new
four-year
terms
for
six
of
the
fifteen
seats
beginning
on
january
1
2024.
J
J
All
terms
will
run
from
january
1
of
the
year
of
appointment
through
january
1
of
the
year
of
the
next
year
for
the
regular
appointment.
Any
vacancies
that
occur
between
that
regular
four-year
term
will
be
made
to
fill
the
unexpired
portion
of
the
seat's
term
and
not
to
begin
a
whole
new
term
over
this
matches
how
vacancies
are
handled
for
elected
offices,
so
it
does
provide
some
congruity
and
treatment
of
these
appointed
seats
on
the
charter
commission
and
how
elected
offices
are
handled
in
the
state.
J
For
the
sake
of
full
transparency,
these
are
the
seats
I'm
gonna
read
out
loud,
mr
chair
for
transparency
sake.
These
are
the
seats
that
are
up
for
appointment
this
year
for
each
of
the
appointments
I
will
identify.
These
will
be
retroactively
appointed
january
1
of
this
year,
I'll
identify
the
seat
number
the
name
of
the
commissioner
in
that
seat
and
the
interim
term
length
whether
for
a
two-year
or
four-year
term.
So
these
are
the
seats
that
will
be
affected
this
year.
J
Seat
number
one
held
by
commissioner
newborn
will
be
appointed
to
an
interim
term
of
two
years.
Seat
number
three
held
by
commissioner
metchi,
will
be
appointed
to
a
two-year
term
of
an
interim
two-year
term
appointment
seat
number
four
held
by
commissioner
ginder,
will
be
appointed
to
an
interim
term
of
four
years.
J
J
J
The
chief
judge
has
directed
my
office
to
open
recruitment
for
all
of
these
positions.
This
week
with
a
clear
indication
for
each
of
the
seats,
the
term
length
and
the
dates
we
plan
to
have
those
vacancies
posted
to
the
city's
website
by
friday
march
4th,
we
will
then
open
recruitment.
We
will
use
the
standard
60-day
timeline
for
recruitments.
J
That
means
30
days
for
actual
advertising
and
recruitment
and
30
days
for
the
chief
judge
to
finalize
and
make
an
appointment
for
each
of
the
seats
we'll
then
post
the
judge's
letter,
as
I
mentioned,
which
details
all
of
these
instructions
and
the
corrective
action
to
this
meeting's
agenda.
As
soon
as
the
meeting
adjourns,
and
with
that,
mr
chair,
I'm
happy
to
respond
to
any
questions.
J
K
J
K
J
Mr
chair
and
please
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
I
know
that
you
were
also
heavily
involved
in
these.
The
terms
will
expire
on
the
dates
that
were
given,
so
your
term
will
expire
on
the
date
you
just
mentioned,
but
the
new
appointment
will
be
retroactively
starting
january
1st
of
this
year
and
then
fill
out
through
the
either
two
or
four-year
terms,
so
that
going
forward
all
terms
are
aligned
with
the
beginning
of
the
year
of
a
term.
J
And
then
with
apologies,
mr
chair,
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
you
and
to
chief
judge
barnett
and
his
staff
for
helping
put
this
together
and
to
my
team.
It
was
a
lot
of
work
to
do
the
research
clear
back
into
the
1990s
to
find
these
patterns
of
errors
that
have
affected
the
terms
and
the
appointments
that
have
gotten
us
to
this
point.
B
Thank
you,
mr
clerk.
I
too
would
like
to
thank
the
judge
for
putting
this
all
in
a
letter,
a
very
detailed
letter
which
will
soon
be
posted
to
the
agenda,
so
that
not
only
will
it
be
clear
during
his
term
as
chief
judge,
but
during
the
terms
of
any
future
chief
judges
how
they
should
be
handled.
So
thank
you
to
the
chief
judge.
B
L
G
I
L
B
J
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
Just
very
briefly,
I
wanted
to
express
my
appreciation.
I
know
there
was
a
significant
interest
in
getting
this
work
group
started
earlier
than
today
and
in
respect
of
my
team's
commitments,
we
pushed
that
off.
J
I
I
appreciate
that
extra
time
not
only
to
give
them
some
space
to
finish
some
work
they've
been
doing,
but
also
to
share
with
the
group
that
the
elections
office
in
preparing
for
the
first
meeting
of
the
work
group
has
already
reached
out
to
our
partners
at
hennepin
county
and
the
secretary
of
state's
office
to
begin
the
process
of
compiling
a
list
of
both
issues,
challenges,
opportunities
that
are
associated
with
an
even
year,
municipal
election
timeline,
and
so
we
hope
to
be
prepared
for
that
first
meeting
to
share
that
information
with
you.
J
So
we
can
level
set
with
the
work
group
around
those
things
that
we
see
as
challenges
that
would
need
to
be
addressed
and
then,
if
and
where
possible
any
potential
solutions
to
those
challenges.
So
appreciate
the
extra
time
that
you
allowed
us
before
our
first
meeting
and
hope
that
that
time
will
pay
off
with
the
first
meeting,
where
we'll
have
some
real
substantive
issues
to
share
with
the
work
group.
So
thank
you
very
much.
B
B
We
have
eight
callers
or
eight
people
who
have
registered
to
speak
at
today's
meeting.
As
I
call
on
you
press
star,
six
to
unmute
and
you'll
have
to
unmute
your
device
as
well.
You
have
two
minutes
to
speak
and
we
don't
have
buzzers
or
anything
like
that
in
the
charter
commission,
but
I
will
monitor
the
time
and
let
you
know
if
your
time
is
about
to
run
out.
The
first
speaker
is
mitchell.
Hanson.
M
Mitchell,
hanson,
ward,
4,
so
yeah.
I
guess
in
terms
of
the
last
the
last
item,
all
these
supporting
documents
and
research
and
everything
that
wasn't
provided.
That
would
have
been
really
helpful
ahead
of
time.
I
just
I
guess,
I'm
really
curious
how
the
same
individuals
are
continually
appointed
to
seemingly
every
single
work
group,
whether
it's
redistricting
or
anything.
It's
the
same
people
every
single
time.
M
I
don't
really
understand
how
that's
democracy,
to
be
honest
and
it's
a
it's
frustrating
as
a
citizen
as
a
voter
as
someone
who's
out
here,
working
for
people
to
see
a
small,
you
know
collection
of
individuals
with
special
interests,
making
all
the
decisions,
and
I
don't
think
it
takes
a
whole
lot
to
look
at
the
background
of
individual,
the
individuals
that
are
involved
and
find
some
some
glaringly
obvious
issues
there
and
you're
going
to
do
what
you
want
and.
N
M
Understandable,
but
I
just
the
way
that
things
are
run
at
the
charter.
Commission,
the
decisions
that
are
made.
We
don't
have
any
of
these
stock,
we
don't
have
the
documentation,
we've
been
told,
there's
been
research,
I'm
not
seeing
that
research
yeah.
I
just
I'm
just
overall
disappointed
in
the
charter,
commission
and
yeah.
I
I
didn't.
I
don't.
I
see
lots
of
conflicts
of
interest.
L
F
This
is
claire
rubick
and
I'm
with
the
cedar
isles
dean
neighborhood
and
I
did
want
to
speak
on
the
redistricting
map,
and
I
know
that
there's
been
months
and
months
of
work
and
I
appreciate
all
the
effort
that
has
gone
into
that
and
the
careful
thought
I
have
submitted
comments
and
originally
cydna
started
out
in
district
four,
which
was
for
the
park
districting,
which
was
a
no
change
for
us
and
then
at
the
first
of
the
year
we
were
bifurcated
as
a
neighborhood
and
mapped
partially
to
six
and
partially
to
four,
and
at
that
time,
early
february
february,
individuals
from
the
neighborhood
community
submitted
comments
requesting
that
we
stay
unified
within
our
park
districting
and
then,
when
the
last
round
of
mapping
came
out,
we.
F
A
more
formal
testimony
last
week
and
the
issue
mainly
there
that
we
are
struggling
with
and
and
what
we're
trying
to
work
and
and
hopefully
have
some
some
amendment
around-
is
the
fact
that
we
have
park
asset
that
is
mapped
to
district
four,
but
the
whole
rest
of
the
neighborhood
is
mapping
to
district
six
and
there's
no
constituency
around
the
park,
assets
that
are
remaining
in
four.
F
G
D
A
F
F
G
Okay,
it's
roseanne
halloran
and
I
live
in
the
cedar
isles
dean
neighborhood
and
I
concur
with
the
comments
that
were
just
made
by
claire
rubick
regarding
the
boundaries
for
the
cedar
isles
dean
neighborhood
in
terms
of
the
park
districts
we've
historically
always
been
in
district
four.
I
think
that
we
align
harmoniously
with
the
park
amenities
that
exist
in
district.
Four.
The
lake
street
is
a
hard
boundary
for
sydney.
G
It's
going
to
come
even
more
so,
and
so
I
think
that
and
also
cedar
isles
dean
is
named
after
two
lakes,
which,
as
the
current
map
is
proposed,
then
we
are
no
longer
that's
no
longer
part
of
the
park
district
that
the
neighborhood
is
in.
G
So
I
would
like
to
propose
to
just
request
that,
after
all
the
work
you
have
done,
that
you
reconsider
and
put
as
claire
rubeck
did
send
a
map
with
a
new
drawing
that
has
those
southern
portions
of
cedar
and
lake
of
the
isles
included
in
as
they
are
now
within
the
cedar,
aisles
being
neighborhood
boundaries,
and
thank
you
very
much.
N
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
My
name
is
brian
rice.
I
am
an
audubon
resident
living
ward
one,
but
I'm
here
today,
as
the
minneapolis
park
board
attorney.
I
did
send
a
letter
to
you
earlier
today
and
to
charter
commission
members
through
their
city
email
account.
N
Our
letter
today
basically
is
in
support
of
miss
rubik's
plea
to
the
charter
commission
to
consider
keeping
the
cedar
isles
dean
neighborhood
in
district
four.
We
do
thank
the
charter
commission
for
all
its
work.
Last
year
we
submitted
a
set
of
principles
which
I
would
say
the
charter
commission
has
been
very
good
at.
N
To
the
first
principle
was
to
look
out
for
minority
population
and
language
to
allow
them
the
opportunity
to
do
that.
You've
done
an
excellent
job
with
respect
to
districts.
Two
and
three.
In
terms
of
that
issue,
the
second
one
was
to
try
to
narrow
the
gap
on
the
percentage
deviation
which
charter
allows.
Five
percent
deviation
the
park
boards
that
believe
that
you,
you
could
do
better
and,
quite
frankly,
you
have
it.
N
The
rub
comes
in
now
about
the
neighborhood,
and
we
believe
that
the
cedar
isles
dean
neighborhood
has
made
a
very
strong
case
that
it
should
stay
in
that
community.
If
you
look
at
the
two
lakes
isles
and
cedar
they're,
almost
twin
legs,
they're
parallel
in
the
city
and
this
confronts
or
conflicts
with
equal
population
measure-
and
we
would
say
this
at
one
of
your
earlier
meetings-
you,
mr
chair,
offered
an
amendment
to
move
the
boundary
between
district
five
and
six
right
now.
District
five
is
overpopulated
by
2.7
in
your
plan.
N
If,
if
you
could
move
the
boundary
to
the
diamond
lake
area,
you
could
equalize
those
two
district
populations
and
leave
cedar
island.
The
fourth,
however,
that
suggestion
was
rejected
on
a
narrow
vote
by
the
commission,
largely
along
the
same
arguments.
You're
hearing
tonight
from
cedar
isles
dean,
the
diamond
lake
people
consider
a
traditional
historic
alignment
in
district
five
because
of
the
creek
because
of
their
lake
issues,
and
so
I
guess
tonight
matt
mr
speaker,.
N
I
I
will
mr
try.
I
think
that
that
you'll
say
to
us
that,
while
the
park
board
wants
equality,
we
do
we
attempted
equality
through
your
amendment
earlier
to
move
the
diamond
lake
into
district
six
that
failed.
We
think
the
next
best
solution
is
to
re-establish
lake
street
as
the
boundary
and
restore
district
two
to
its
current
boundaries.
We
know
these
are
difficult
decisions,
but
that's
our
request.
Thank
you
very
much
for
accommodating
us,
mr
chair.
That's
all
thank.
B
You
and
park
board.
President
forney
is
also
on
our
list.
H
B
H
H
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
Yes,
I
am
nick
fournier,
president
of
the
park
board.
I
also
reside
in
district
six
in
the
day-makaska
west
neighborhood.
I
am
also
speaking
in
favor
of
the
alignment
of
cidna
to
remain
in,
for
I,
what
the
other
speakers
have
speaking
has
said.
I
support.
One
thing
I
also
want
to
say
is
the
impacts
that
the
southwest
lrt
have
had
on
the
park.
H
Assets
of
district
four
as
district
4
is,
will
continue
to
be
an
impact
on
our
park
lands
and
therefore
I
feel
that
it
is
very
imperative
that
that
geographic
maps
stay
the
same
to
be
able
to
be
diligent
in
dealing
with
these
impacts
on
our
parkland.
So
I
would
really
appreciate,
I
know
you
guys
have
done
a
great
deal
of
work,
but
reconsideration
of
moving
cidna
into
district
six.
H
I
believe
it's
in
important
to
keep
that
neighborhood,
along
with
those
other
residents
that
are
impacted
by
southwest
valley,
troop,
which
is
largely,
or
I
should
say,
probably
95
in
district
6
as
it
presently
is.
Thank
you
for
your
service,
and
I
appreciate
your
thinking
through
this.
B
Thank
you
for
your
comment.
We'll
go
back
and
see
if
any
other
speakers
are
now
with
us
who
weren't
present
the
first
time
through
the
list
alex
stein
press
star
6
to
unmute.
If
you
are
here.
B
Not
hearing
from
those
speakers
I'll
declare
public
comment
closed
and
we'll
proceed
on
to
the
next
item,
which
is
item
six
approving
a
proposed
ward
and
park
district
boundary
plan.
The
redistricting
group
met
last
week
and
adopted
proposed
board
and
park
district,
a
boundary
plan
by
a
vote
of
19-1.
B
It's
now
up
to
the
charter
commission
voting
as
a
charter
commission
to
approve
or
that
plan
or
not
a
motion
would
be
in
order
to
approve
the
ward
and
park
district
plans
forwarded
by
the
redistricting
group.
Alternatively,
if
you,
if
you
believe
that
a
a
this
should
go
back
to
the
redistricting
group
for
some
reason-
and
I
will
say
that
if
it
is
the
will
of
this
body
to
consider
changes
to
park
districts,
I
think
both
the
ward
and
park
district
plans
would
have
to
go
back
to
the
redistricting
group.
B
Our
rules
provide
that
the
redistricting
group
has
input
on
any
changes
after
its
final
vote,
so
we
would
have
to
take
both
ward
and
park
district
boundary
plans
back.
If
we
just
sent
park
district
boundary
plans
back
and
not
ward
plans,
it
is
possible
that
we
might
have
park
district
boundaries
that
are
inconsistent
with
ward
boundaries
and
create
unworkable
precincts,
so
we
would
do
them
both
at
the
same
time.
B
Those
are
the
two
motions
that
I
think
are
in
order
right
now:
a
vote
to
approve
the
final
map
and
a
vote
to
send
it
back
to
the
redistricting
group.
If
we
did
send
it
back
to
the
redistricting
group,
ward
boundaries
must
be
established
by
march
29th,
so
we
would
have
to
have
meetings
in
close
order
to
consider
any
proposed
changes.
B
E
This
is
this,
is
commissioner
mitchy
and
I
would
just
propose
reconvening
the
redistricting
group
and
hearing
what
the
charter
commission
has
to
say
about
that.
Based
on
the
testimony
today,.
K
Commissioner
sandberg
I'll
second,
but
my
purpose
in
sending
it
back,
is
to
review
more
than
that
testimony
also
I'm
very
concerned
about
precinct
lines
and
right
now,
I'm
not
convinced
that
we
can
easily
do
this
without
there
being
problems
with
those,
and
I
would
appreciate
the
advisory
group's
input
on
that
issue.
B
I
Mr
chair,
yes,
commissioner,
perry,
yes,
I
have
a
question
of
you
or
staff
sending
it.
We
we've
been
working
on
a
pretty
diligent
timeline
and
I'm
wondering
what
this
sending
it
back
to
the
redistricting
group
would
have
on
the
timeline
since
we've
been
pressing
forward
with,
with
such
urgency,.
B
Again,
the
deadline
date-
I
am
told
by
our
attorney
for
completing
ward
maps,
is
march
29th.
The
deadline
for
completing
park
district
maps
is
sometime
in
april,
but
effectively
they
have
to
be
completed
at
the
same
time,
so
that
precincts
could
be
aligned
between
the
two.
So
we
basically
have
the
month
of
march.
I
And
that
would
line
up
with
city
council's
requirement
for
doing
precinct
lines.
B
We'd
have
to
juggle
it
so
that
the
council
had
a
meeting
between
the
time
we
finalized
our
proposal
and
and
the
deadline
date.
Yes,
yeah.
I
O
I
believe
that
the
city
council
is
supposed
to
meet
on
march
24th
to
approve
precincts,
so
I
guess
it
would
be
a
coordination
with
the
city
clerk
on
that,
because
I
think
the
precincts
are
going
to
some
of
the
committees
first.
So.
D
This
is
commissioner
abbott,
so,
based
on
that
information,
does
that
mean
that
we
have
to
be
done
with
this
by
march
23rd
to
give
it
to
the
council
on
the
24th,
or
is
it
29th
still
a
deadline.
B
J
Mr
mr
chair,
I
appreciate
that
inquiry.
I
will
say
that
the
statutory
deadline,
as
you
have
repeated
multiple
times,
is
march
29th,
both
for
wards
and
for
precincts.
Currently,
we
are
on
target
to
bring
forward
a
district
plan
for
precincts.
I
should
say
a
precinct
plan
to
the
council,
through
its
policy
and
government
oversight
committee,
at
its
regular
meeting
on
tuesday
march
22nd
for
final
action
by
the
council
at
its
regular
meeting
on
thursday
march
24th.
J
So,
in
order
to
keep
with
that
timeline,
we
would
need
to
have
final
action
by
this
body
prior
to
the
24th.
We
would
obviously
from
the
elections
office
and
in
conjunction
with
our
attorney
ms
bushoon
work
with
this
body,
to
make
sure
that
those
were
those
plans
were
all
in
alignment
if
necessary.
Of
course,
we
could
always
adjourn
the
council's
meeting
as
long
as
final
action
is
done
before
the
29th
of
march,
which
is
the
statutory
deadline,
and
here
I
would
only
add
the
following,
which
is
a
compliment
to
this
group.
J
It's
hard
work
and
the
amazing
work
from
our
coordinator,
greg
munson.
We
for
those
of
you
who
were
here
10
years
ago,
as
I
was
the
first
time
that
the
charter
commission
did
redistricting.
We
went
straight
up
to
the
the
deadline
and
this
year
you
are
far
ahead
of
that
schedule
a
month
ahead
of
that
schedule.
So
we
have
ample
time
to
if
the
body
believes
it
necessary.
There
is
more
than
sufficient
time,
in
my
opinion,
to
reconsider
the
park
district
issues
and
still
work
within
the
statutory
timeline.
B
I
have
a
comment:
I
am
opposed
to
reconsidering
the
park
district
maps.
First
of
all,
we've
already
considered
this
change.
As
mr
rice
said,
the
park
board
by
resolution
date
resolution
2022-12
requested
that
we
change
these
lines
requested
that
we
changed
sidna
requested
that
we
changed
district
2
lines
and
moved
some
some
voters
between
district
five
in
district
six.
I
was
the
one
who
made
that
motion
the
motion
failed
at
the
redistricting
group.
We've
considered
this
proposal
before
we've
discussed
it,
we
voted
on
it.
This
is
a.
B
This
is
a
request
that
we
reconsider
something
that
we've
already
discussed
and
voted
on.
Let
me
let
me
remind
you
of
the
history
of
the
park
district
map.
We
approved
the
first
draft
map
in
october
of
last
year
on
the
first
draft
map
we
kept
cedar
isles
dean
in
district
4
as
they
are
now
requested.
B
B
The
park
board
thought
the
maximum
variation
3.9
percent
was
too
high
and
urged
us
to
revise
the
map,
reducing
the
variations
as
much
as
possible.
The
redistricting
group
took
these
comments
to
heart
and
we
went
to
work
to
reduce
that
variance.
We
made
adjustments
to
a
number
of
districts,
in
addition
to
reducing
the
variance.
We
also
wanted
to
make
sure
that
wealthier
districts
were
not
under
populated
and
thus
over
represented.
B
We
made
adjustments
to
a
number
of
districts
to
address
these
issues
and
one
of
them
was
to
move
cidna
into
district
6
from
district
4.
that
reduced
the
variance
in
district
6
from
3.75
percent
to
0.47
percent
and
ensured
that
district
6
was
one
of
the
which
is
one
of
the
wealthiest
park.
Districts
was
not
over
represented.
B
B
B
B
Now
the
neighborhood
and
the
park
board
want
us
to
reopen
discussion
on
the
map
at
the
last
minute.
I
think
this
is
a
bad
idea
for
several
reasons.
First,
if
we
reopen
the
map
for
this
issue,
we
reopen
it
for
everything
in
every
redistricting
there's
going
to
be
people
who
are
disappointed
by
the
outcome.
Reopening
the
map
now
invites
all
the
disappointed
to
relitigate
their
battles.
B
B
It
would
also
mean
one
of
the
wealthiest
districts
in
the
city
is
the
most
over-represented
in
the
city
with
lowest
population,
an
outcome.
I
don't
think
we
wanted
when
we
came
up
with
the
current
map.
So
if
we
move
cidna
we'd
have
to
make
other
changes
and
add
population
to
district
6
from
other
districts.
So
it's
not
just
a
minor
change
in
four
and
six.
It's
a
do-over
since
district
six
would
be
bound
by
lake
street
on
the
north
and
thirty-five
w
on
the
neat
on
the
east.
B
Adding
population
to
six
would
require
crossing
these
hard
boundaries
and
and
splitting
neighborhoods
third
everything
ends.
Redistricting
is
supposed
to
end
tonight.
This
schedule
has
been
public
for
months.
We
adopted
this
map
in
january.
Everyone,
including
cidna,
has
had
plenty
of
chance
to
comment.
B
B
E
Yes,
I
brought
forward
the
motion
because
of
the
concerns
expressed
by
cidna
in
removing
their
neighborhood
association
from
the
lakes
that
they
are
named
after
redistricting
is
challenging
for
people
to
follow
that
aren't
into
politics
and
aren't
into
watching
all
of
this.
And
yes,
it
is
a
very
late
notice
and,
yes,
we
have
done
a
lot
of
work,
but
out
of
respect
for
the
park
board
and
especially
out
of
respect
for
the
cedar
isle
dean,
neighborhood
association.
E
That's
why
I
move
my
my
motion
forward
not
to
legislate
tonight,
but
to
consider
reconvening
the
redistricting
group.
To
have
this
conversation.
I
would
never
put
a
motion
forward.
You
know
for
just
the
charter
commission,
it's
a
motion
for
for
us
to
reopen
reconvene,
the
redistricting
group-
and
I
totally
understand
your
concerns,
your
frustration
with
timeline.
The
lateness
of
the
testimony,
but
I
felt
it
was,
would
be
irresponsible
of
me
to
not
at
least
bring
forward
in
emotion
the
concerns
that
were
expressed
tonight.
Thanks.
B
Thank
you.
I
I
would
just
respond
for
clarification
that
the
reason
the
lakes
look
like
they're
in
one
district
or
another
is
because
the
lakes
have
zero
population,
so
all
of
the
lakes
are
going
to
be
in
either
one
district
or
another.
It's
impossible
to
split
a
district
in
the
middle
of
a
lake,
because
each
lake
is
one
census.
Block
and
census
blocks
cannot
be
split.
L
Clegg
briefly,
I
would
reiterate
the
points
that
you've
made.
This
was
a
matter.
That's
been
discussed
at
multiple
meetings
of
the
redistricting
advisory
group
and
the
concerns
that
were
really
front
and
foremost
at
that
time
were
again
making
one
award.
The
wealthiest
ward
is
also
the
most
overrepresented
war,
and
if
you
go
back
that
we
engender
that
whole
conversation
again,
I
think
it's
been
considered
and
I
would
certainly
vote
no
on
this
motion.
D
K
Sorry
I
have
to
move
inside,
as
you
recall
a
few
minutes
ago.
My
motion
is
to
send
this
back
to
redistricting
group,
but
only
to
consider
whether
some
of
the
small
changes
with
the
lakes
can
be
made
not
to
reopen
the
entire
maps,
because
I
certainly
would
not
want
us
to
do
it
unilaterally
without
consulting
them.
K
Yes,
we
have
a
deadline
that
we
were
to
consider
and
vote
on
today.
But
to
me,
that's
not
a
hard
deadline,
our
hard
deadlines
near
the
end
of
the
month,
so
that
doesn't
persuade
me
too
much
and
I
am
frustrated
with
the
park
board
because
I
don't
understand
what
they're
thinking
about
and
it
seems
strange
to
me,
but
on
the
other
hand,
some
of
the
reasoning
of
the
neighborhood
makes
sense.
And
finally,
as
I've
said
before,
I
am
not
big
on
whether
there's
a
two
percent
difference
or
a
four
percent
difference.
K
We
have
statutorily,
I
think,
a
five
percent
swing.
So
to
me,
that's
the
issue,
but
anyway,
that's
all.
I
have
to
say.
B
B
That
would
mean
additional
meetings,
a
meeting
or
meetings
of
the
redistricting
group,
and
it
would
mean
a
special
meeting
of
the
charter
commission
sometime
in
mid
to
late
march.
So
a
yes
vote
is
a
vote
to
send
it
back.
A
no
vote
is
a
vote
not
to
send
it
back.
I
E
C
E
B
D
A
C
C
D
B
J
Mr
go
ahead.
Thank
you.
Just
with
your
indulgence.
I
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
the
charter
commission
and
its
redistricting
group
for
their
hard
work
on
redistricting,
both
the
city,
ward
and
park
district
boundaries,
as
you
just
alluded
very
briefly.
J
This
is
only
the
second
time
that
the
charter
commission
has
undertaken
this
important
work,
having
been
assigned
the
responsibility
for
districting
in
2010,
the
decisions
this
body
knows,
but
the
decisions
that
you
make
on
drawing
these
political
boundaries
have
significant
and
long
lasting
impacts
and
too
often
they
go
without
much
public
engagement
or
interest.
And
it's
my
opinion.
This
group
worked
very
hard
to
push
itself
to
engage,
to
educate
and
to
involve
the
community.
J
The
redistricting
group
members
who
were
added
brought
diverse
perspectives
that
I
believe
have
made
important
contributions
to
the
outcome
of
this
year's
redistricting
effort.
So
I
want
to
thank
this
body,
the
charter
commission.
I
want
to
thank
the
redistricting
group
advisory
members.
I
especially
want
to
offer
my
personal
thanks
to
the
project
coordinator,
greg
munson,
who
has
done
yeoman's
work
to
keep
this
entire
effort,
well
managed,
well
coordinated
and
moving
forward
in
a
timely
manner.
J
I
want
to
extend
my
thanks
to
assistant
city
attorney,
carol
bushoon,
who,
as
always,
has
done
incredible
legal
analyses
to
guide
this
entire
process
very
efficiently
and
to
the
elections,
crew,
for
monitoring
and
providing
their
input
on
boundaries.
The
impact
on
precincts
and
being
prepared,
many
folks
contribute
to
the
success
of
this
critical
work
that
directly
impacts
political
representation
for
the
people
of
minneapolis.
J
B
Thank
you,
mr
carl.
We
would
like
to
thank
you
and
your
office
for
all
of
your
help,
specifically
thanking
mr
munson
calling
him
out
for
all
of
his
help
and
support.
It
made
this
a
much
smoother
operation
to
have
a
one
go-to
person,
and
I
think
that's
something
to
note
going
forward.
I
also
would
like
to
thank
assistant
city
attorney
carol,
bushoon,
I'd
like
to
thank
the
election
staff
that
helps
with
precincts
and
I'd
like
to
thank
the
tech
team
that
have
put
on
all
these
meetings
for
us.
So,
thanks
to
all.
K
Oh
chair
clegg,
this
is
commissioner
sandberg.
When
will
we
have
a
copy
of
the
judge's
letter
to
look
at?
Would
it
be
emailed
to
us,
or
is
it
going
to
be
on
the
city's
website?.
J
B
So
I
would
remind
everyone,
both
people
listening
and
commissioners,
that
these
positions
will
be
posted
to
the
city's
open
appointment
page
by
the
end
of
the
week.
There
are
generally
posted
for
30
days.
Applications
are
accepted
for
30
days
and
then
those
applications
are
forwarded
to
the
chief
judge
for
his
decision.
So
if
you
are
an
existing
commissioner
seeking
reappointment
or
somebody
new
seeking
appointment
to
the
charter,
commission,
please
take
note.