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Description
San Bruno Special City Council Meeting September 28, 2021
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A
B
A
A
Seeing
none
we
will
move
into
the
public
hearing,
which
is
hold
public
hearings
to
one
receive
a
report
from
staff
on
the
districting
process
and
permissible
criteria
to
be
considered
to
create
district
boundaries.
Two
direct
staff
on
the
possible
formation
of
the
distancing
commission
and
three
conduct:
a
public
hearing
to
receive
public
input
on
districting
boundary
boundaries
and
we'll
turn
it
over
to
the
city.
Man.
E
Good
evening
mayor
members
of
the
city,
council
and
members
of
the
public
javon
grogan
city
manager,
we
have
a
presentation
for
you
tonight
and
we
will
end
with
a
discussion
and
direction.
Hopefully
I'll
get
the
first
presentation.
The
second
presentation
will
be
by
the
national
demographics
corporation,
which
is
the
city's
hired
districting
expert
and
then
the
final
third
presentation
of
the
night
will
be
done
by
try
pepe
smith,
the
city's
public.
E
On
how
voters
elect
members
to
the
san
bruno
city,
council-
and
this
has
been
done
at
a
time
along
with
hundreds
and
frankly,
thousands
of
cities
and
school
districts
across
the
state
that
are
undergoing
similar
changes
and
all
of
it
is
relating
related
to
compliance
with
the
california
voters,
rights
act
and
we'll
talk
a
lot
about
that
and
there's
a
lot
of
data.
That
is
a
part
of
this
project.
E
E
So
why?
Now?
The
city
council
will
remember
on
march
10th
there
was
a
staff
report
and
a
presentation
about
potential
exposure
to
litigation
and
attorney's
fees
with
regard
to
the
california
voting
rights
act
and
just
locally.
There
was
in
yesterday's
paper
the
city
of
belmont,
received
a
letter
and
has
decided
to
transition
to
district
elections,
and
we
know
a
number
of
cities
in
our
county
and
across
the
state
have
done
so
as
well.
E
This
film
was
right
at
the
beginning
of
colbert
19,
and
there
were
a
lot
of
concerns
about
how
how
could
we
have
public
engagement
and
all
the
required
public
outreach
at
the
beginning
of
what
we
now
know
is
a
has
been
a
year
and
a
half
plus
pandemic,
and
so
on
march
24th.
The
council
made
a
decision
and
they
passed
the
motion
to
postpone
the
analysis
in
the
effort
until
2022
and
that's
the
november
2022
election
and
council
will
remember.
E
And
so
we
need
to
do
a
extremely
thorough
job
at
reaching
out
to
our
community
in
multiple
languages
and
multiple
venues,
and
we
have
planned
and
are
prepared
to
do
that
and
a
part
of
that
we'll
be
asking
members
of
the
community
to
help
us
draw
your
the
district
maps.
What
are
the
communities
of
interest
within
the
within
the
city
of
san
bruno
and
so
there's?
E
As
I
said
before,
national
demographics
corporation,
a
districting
expert
that
will
support
the
city
with
demographic
analysis,
you'll
receive
a
presentation
by
kirsten
parks
just
shortly
after
I
sit
down
and
then
try.
Peppy
smith
for
public
engagement
and
public
outreach,
you'll
receive
a
presentation
by
jennifer
netwig,
and
so
with
that
I
am
going
to
end.
My
presentation
and
kristen
parks
from
nbc
will
share
her
screen
and
her
presentation.
D
As
you
know,
san
bruno
currently
uses
an
at-large
system
to
elect
city
council
members
and,
as
the
city
manager
explained
to
us
in
those
introductory
remarks
in
2020,
san
bruno
proactively
decided
to
adopt
a
resolution
to
transition
to
bi-district
elections.
So
that
is
where
we
are
now
is
actually
starting
that
process.
D
So
a
little
bit
of
background,
perhaps
for
members
of
the
public
who
aren't
familiar,
california,
has
a
voting
rights
act
that
was
written
to
encourage
jurisdictions
to
adopt
by
district
elections,
and
so
what
san
bruno
chose
to
do,
rather
than
wait
for
to
receive
a
claim
of
violation
of
this
law,
was
san
bruno
proactively
adopted
a
resolution
and
this
helped
the
city
avoid
potentially
very
costly
litigation.
So
that's
why
we're
here
and
again
you
heard
it
from
the
city
manager.
D
So
again,
here's
how
that
looks
graphically.
You
just
saw
this
all
right
now
we're
getting
into
what's
new.
Our
timeline
for
districting
is
driven
by
four
required
public
hearings
that
must
be
held
prior
to
the
adoption
of
the
district
map,
as
well
as
taking
into
consideration
the
elections
coming
in
2022
and
making
sure
that
all
of
this
is
complete
with
enough
time
for
the
county
registrar
of
voters
to
assign
voters
to
precincts.
D
So
what's
unusual
about
this
cycle
in
this
year
is
usually
after
the
decennial
census.
We
receive
census
data
quite
quickly
in
the
first
few
months
of
the
year,
however,
due
to
re
delays
in
the
processing
of
of
2020
census
data,
instead
of
receiving
that
data
at
the
end
of
march,
the
u.s
census
bureau
released
it
on
august
12th.
D
D
D
D
This
full
schedule
and
all
of
the
details
can
be
found
on
the
districting
website,
which
is
districting
sanbruno.org,
so
everything
that
you're
going
to
want
to
find
related
to
redistricting
is
there.
So
in
terms
of
the
process,
the
council
can
choose
one
of
three
routes
and
the
first
route
is
for
city
council
to
retain
the
authority
to
adopt
the
district
map.
D
After
conducting
extensive
public
outreach
and
engagement
right,
as
we
saw
already,
we
have
already
planned
for
four
public
hearings,
plus
additional
community
workshops,
so
we're
already
planning
for
that
extensive
public
outreach
and
engagement.
The
city
has
also
retained
the
services
of
tripepi
smith,
who
who
have
expertise
in
their
consulting
in
this
area.
D
D
What
the
advisory
commission
would
do
would
be
to
hold
a
series
of
meetings
themselves
to
review
draft
and
proposed
maps
and
ultimately
recommend
a
map
to
the
council.
However,
with
an
advisory
commission,
the
council
retains
the
authority
to
adopt
the
map,
that's
recommended
or
make
changes
to
it
or
completely
reject
it.
So
the
council
does
retain
that
ultimate
decision-making
power.
The
advisory
commission
just
helps
along
the
way
as
a
specialized
body
for
districting.
D
These
commissions,
we
tend
to
see
in
larger
cities
or
in
cities
where
the
districting
process
may
be
more
contentious
or
under
more
public
scrutiny,
and
what
these
commissions
do
is
really
take
that
the
council
delegates
the
authority,
some
of
the
decision-making
authority
to
the
commission
and
takes
it
out
of
the
council's
hands.
The
council
can
set
the
appointment
process
for
these
commissioners,
but
may
not
directly
appoint
them.
There
are
extensive
legal
rules
and
requirements
for
independent
and
hybrid
commissions.
D
Independent
commissions
are
slightly
different
from
hybrid
commissions.
I'm
grouping
them
together
here,
but
if
there
is
interest
in
going
in
that
direction,
I
can
certainly
provide
more
information,
but
ultimately,
an
independent
commission
will
choose
the
final
district
map.
A
hybrid
commission
will
recommend
two
maps
of
which
the
council
must
adopt
one,
I'm
going
to
say
that
one
more
time,
just
because
I
know
it's
confusing
independent
commission
has
the
authority
to
actually
adopt
the
district
map.
D
A
hybrid
commission
will
recommend
two
maps
to
council
and
council
must
adopt
one
of
the
two.
So
these
are
the
three
options
of
these
three
options.
Ndc
has
we
probably
have
almost
100
cities
that
we're
working
with
in
the
state
of
california,
and
we
have
cities
that
have
chosen
to
go
each
of
these
three
directions.
However,
most
commonly
we're
seeing
city
council
drive
the
process,
particularly
because
of
the
time
constraints
that
we're
seeing
with
the
late
release
of
the
census
data.
D
D
So
as
once
we
choose
how
we're
going
to
do
this.
Then
there
are
additional
legal
requirements
guiding
what
we
consider
when
we
actually
start
putting
pen
to
paper
to
draw
boundaries
for
districts
and,
first
and
always
supreme,
is
our
federal
law.
As
you
all
know,
federal
law
says:
when
we
draw
these
districts
each
one
should
have
more
or
less
the
same
population,
and
that
is
a
way
to
ensure
fairness
that
each
council
member
is
representing
more
or
less
the
same
number
of
residents.
D
D
D
The
fair
maps
act
and
the
fair
maps
act
gives
cities
a
list
of
criteria
that
must
be
considered
when
drawing
district
boundaries,
and
not
only
do
we
have
to
consider
all
of
four
of
these
criteria.
We
have
to
consider
them
in
order.
So
what
we're
given
is
a
rank
ordered
list.
So
what
that
means
is
the
top
of
the
list?
Number
one
is
actually
more
important
than
number
four.
So,
to
the
extent
practicable,
the
law
says,
districts
should
be
contiguous.
D
D
The
second
criterion
is
to
minimize
the
division
of
neighborhoods
and
communities
of
interest
within
the
city,
which
means
as
we're
drawing
boundaries.
We
don't
want
to
divide
up
our
neighborhoods
into
different
council
districts,
the
same
for
our
communities
of
interest,
third,
to
create
easily
identifiable
boundaries,
and
the
way
that
we
can
do
that
is
by
making
sure
that
our
district
boundaries
follow
natural
lines
that
we're
already
familiar
with
roads
or
highways
waterways.
D
So
if
your
district
is
not
compact,
often
it
will
be
a
strange
shape
and
you
can
identify
it
that
way.
But
again,
sometimes
you
may
need
to
draw
a
district
that
isn't
compact,
for
instance,
if
you
are
ensuring
compliance
with
the
federal
voting
rights
act,
california
law
also
tells
us.
We
can't
draw
district
boundaries
that
favor
or
discriminate
against
a
political
party.
D
Of
course,
preserve
core
of
existing
districts
should
not
be
on
this
slide
because
there
are
no
existing
districts
in
san
bruno
so
scratch
that
one,
but
to
as
we
and
the
same
with
minimizing
changes
well,
minimizing
changes
to
election
cycles
simply
means.
We
don't
want
to
put
any
voters
in
san
bruno
that
expect
to
vote
for
their
council
members
in
2022
into
districts
where
they
wouldn't
have
a
chance
to
vote
until
2024.
D
D
This
is
a
lot
we'll
be
mentioning
these
things
throughout
the
process
and
they're
all
described
on
the
website.
So
if
members
of
the
public
are
hearing
this
and
they're
a
bit
overwhelmed,
it's
all
laid
out
for
you
on
the
website
and
we
will
refer
back
to
these
criteria
as
we
start
looking
at
specific
maps.
D
So
looking
at
what
the
census
shows
us
from
2020,
it
showed
a
total
population
for
the
city
of
san
bruno
of
43
3908
people
after
the
state
reallocated
prisoners-
and
this
is
not
shown
on
the
slide.
San
bruno
only
gained
an
additional
39
people,
so
that
number
will
go
up
by
39
people,
but
that's
a
quite
small
difference.
D
We
take
the
total
population
of
the
city
and
we
divide
it
by
the
number
of
districts
we're
gonna
draw,
which
is
four.
So
if
we
divide
that
total
population
by
four,
we
get
the
ideal
population
size
for
each
district
and
in
this
case
we're
going
to
look
for
each
district
to
contain
just
10
977
people
and
what
you're
looking
at
here
in
terms
of
the
demographics,
is
citywide
right,
because
we
don't
have
districts
yet
we're
looking
at
some
city-wide
data.
D
D
D
All
of
the
maps
that
I'm
going
to
show
you
are
heat
maps,
so
heat
maps
go
from
cold
to
hot,
warm
right,
and
so
the
purples
and
blues
are
areas
with
smaller
percentages
of
latinos
and
then
up
to
the
yellow
and
red.
We
have
75
to
100
of
that
block
being
latino
in
the
the
red
blocks.
So
that's
how
you
interpret
all
of
these
maps.
D
We
can't
go
down
any
lower
than
the
city
block
so
when
I
show
a
map
like
this,
it's
important
for
me
to
point
out
that
we
want
to
hear
from
from
the
public,
and
the
public
will
should
bring
their
testimony
for
sure
if
there
are
particular
geographic
areas
where
there
are
where
african-american
residents
of
san
bruno
have
a
community
of
interest
that
they
may
want
to
bring
to
the
table
to
talk
about
for
districting.
So,
even
though
this
is,
it
doesn't
go
show
us
between
zero
and
ten
percent.
D
Please
don't
look
at
this
map
and
think.
Oh
there's,
there's
no
african-americans
in
san
bruno
right.
That
wouldn't
be
true.
This
is
the
map
for
asian-american
voting
age
citizens.
So
same
exact
heat
map
distribute
you
see.
The
asian
american
populations
are
distributed
across
the
city
and
we
are
well
aware
that
many
of
the
asian
american
communities
you
know
as
as
with
the
latino
communities,
may
identify
differently
based
on
different
languages.
They
speak
or
whatever,
and
we
are
only
showing
what
what
data
we
get
from
the
census
bureau.
D
D
D
If
you
remember,
when
I
talked
about
california
state
law,
state
law
says
we
should
minimize
the
division
of
communities
of
interest
when
we're
drawing
district
boundaries.
We
want
to
try
to
keep
communities
of
interest
together
within
a
single
district
so
that
that
community
has
a
chance
to
be
fairly
represented.
D
So
state
law
defines
a
community
of
interests
as
a
population
sharing
social
or
economic
interests
in
common
and
we're
really
the
reason
that
we
care
about
this
is
when
we
draw
districts,
each
district
will
will
group
together
neighborhoods
and
communities
of
interest.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
we're
minimizing
the
division
of
those
communities
into
multiple
council
districts
and
communities
of
interest
are
not
an
objective
thing.
I
can't
tell
san
bruno
what
the
communities
of
interest
are.
D
That
is
where
we
need
to
hear
from
the
council
and
the
community
members
as
to
where
their
communities
are,
and
they
can
particularly
the
communities
that
they
care
to
be
kept
within
a
single
council
district
with
one
council
member
representing
them.
So
these
communities-
I
also
like
to
say
you-
can
define
them
in
almost
any
way
you
want.
There
is
no
wrong
answer
right.
We
want
to
hear
from
it
and
any
comment
that
the
public
brings
telling
us
you
know
here
here
is
my
community.
D
We
are
a
community
of
you
know,
folks
that
are
living
in
you
know,
there's
three,
I'm
gonna
give
maybe
an
example
from
the
county
of
san
mateo
right
if
there's
an
area
of
the
county
where
there's
multiple
mobile
home
parks
that
consider
themselves
a
community
in
the
sense
that
they
have
shared
experiences
and
the
county
regulates
some
of
the
things
that
affect
the
mobile
home
parks,
so
they
may
identify
as
like
one
community
to
interact
with
the
county.
They
may
want
to
be
kept
in
one
district.
D
Of
course,
these
are
ones
that
are
geographically
in
the
same
area.
So
what
brings
that
community
together?
And
where
is
it?
Those
are
the
only
things
that
we
really
need
to
know
from
the
public.
So,
if
you're
tuning
in
via
zoom-
and
you
are
interested
in
making
a
public
comment,
these
questions
here
can
help
structure
what
you
let
us
know
starting
at
this
point
tonight,
because
again,
when
we
draw
district
boundaries,
we're
going
to
want
to
draw
districts
that
are
a
collection
of
communities.
D
D
So
once
we
ndc
finishes
processing
the
california
adjusted
data
will
be
launching
a
paper
map
that
folks
can
actually
draw
on
with
pens
and
pencils
to
draw
their
ideal
district
or
draw
all
four
districts
that
they
want
to
propose
for
the
city
of
san
bruno,
as
well
as
an
online
tool
that
you
use
a
paintbrush
to
draw
on
it's
a
very
easy
to
use
tool.
But
the
nice
thing
about
the
online
tools.
D
You
can
look
at
some
of
those
demographic
data
points
that
I
just
showed
you
on
the
online
mapping
tool,
and
so
that
can
be
helpful
as
well
as
the
population
information,
so
these
tools
will
all
be
available
within
the
coming
weeks.
So
certainly
there
will
be
announcements
made
about
those,
and
the
paper
maps
will
also
be
posted
on
the
website
in
pdf
forms,
so
folks
can
print
them
out
at
home
and
draw
maps
on
them
what's
great
about.
D
This
is
that
it
really
gives
the
public
a
way
to
participate
in
this
process
and
perhaps
even
at
the
end,
nbc
often
sees
maps
be
adopted
that
were
originally
drawn
by
a
resident
of
that
jurisdiction.
So
that's
pretty
cool
you
know
may
go
through
revisions,
but
ultimately
the
public
can
drive
this
process
to
the
extent
that
they
get
involved
and
engaged
with
it.
So
public
mapping
tools
are
a
great
resource
for
that,
and
I
am
going
to
pass
it
now
over
to
try
peppy
smith
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
outreach.
F
F
So
on
this
slide,
you
can
see
an
outline
for
what
I'll
be
sharing
with
you
tonight,
basically
just
a
high
level
overview
of
the
outreach
and
engagement
efforts
to
date
and
an
introduction
to
some
of
the
significant
outreach
and
engagement
plans
that
we
have
for
moving
forward
and
before
I
get
into
the
examples
of
these
outreach
efforts,
I
do
want
to
pause
and
focus
on
the.
Why,
for
a
moment
so
to
piggyback
on
some
of
the
things
that
kristen
parks
from
nbc
mentioned.
F
It
is
incredibly
important
that
the
members
of
the
san
bruno
community
have
a
voice
in
this
process
of
forming
districts.
So
it
is
the
community
members
who
know
their
neighborhoods
their
communities
best,
and
so
we
want
to
do
everything
we
can
to
help
san
bruno
reach.
Your
diverse
community
members
and
help
them
feel
heard
help
them
have
a
voice
in
this
process,
and
so
that's
really
what
we'll
be
talking
about
here
tonight.
F
So
then,
here
you
can
see.
As
I
mentioned,
we
have
partnered
with
the
city
to
launch
a
dedicated
website
on
the
district
formation
it
rolled
out
on
september
21st
and
on
this
site.
Members
of
the
public
can
find
extensive
resources
to
learn
about
the
process,
access
all
the
materials
and
meeting
information
and
see
opportunities
to
provide
feedback.
F
So
you
can
see
in
the
screenshot
that
visitors
to
the
website
have
the
option
of
selecting
their
language,
and
the
website
will
continue
to
be
updated
throughout
the
process,
including
resources
such
as
press
releases,
meeting
recordings
and
materials
from
each
hearing
and
workshop
moving
forward,
and
eventually
the
tools
that
members
of
the
public
will
need
to
develop
their
own
draft
maps
and
on
the
site
as
well.
You
can
see
the
multiple
opportunities
for
community
members
to
participate
by
either
signing
up
to
subscribe,
to
email,
updates
or
utilizing
that
contact
tab
to
provide
feedback
directly.
F
F
And
then
we've
also
started
to
partner
with
the
city
to
push
out
social
media
on
this
topic.
So
here's
an
example
of
what
went
out
on
september,
24th
in
multiple
languages.
As
you
can
see,
it
went
out
on
facebook,
twitter,
instagram
and
nextdoor,
and
we'll
continue
to
partner
with
the
city
to
have
district
formation
content
going
out
once
a
week
on
all
platforms
moving
forward
and
we'll
also
continue
to
have
translations
available
for
those.
In
addition
to
spanish
moving
forward,
we
will
have
cantonese
and
mandarin
as
well.
F
And
to
further
emphasize
the
multilingual
approach
here,
you
can
see
that
we
plan
to
have
translated
materials
and
or
interpreters
available
for
social
media,
as
I
just
mentioned,
I'm
on
the
website
to
elaborate
on
the
languages
that
are
available.
You
can
see
here.
This
isn't
even
a
full
list
that
you
can
see
on
your
screen,
there's
just
dozens
of
all
different
languages
that
will
automatically
translate
all
the
content
on
the
site
available
to
community
members
and
then
for
the
upcoming
community
workshop.
We
plan
to
have
interpreters
available
there
in
spanish,
cantonese
and
mandarin
to
support.
F
F
And
speaking
of
moving
forward-
and
this
is
the
last
slide
about
outreach
efforts
to
come
to
highlight
some
of
the
more
significant
efforts
coming
up
in
the
near
term-
you
can
see
here.
Hearing
number
two
is
scheduled
for
october
19th
at
5
pm.
Then
we
have
listed
the
two
community
workshops.
We've
been
talking
about
we're
looking
at
community
workshop
number
one
to
take
place
on
november
1st
at
7,
00
pm
and
then
community
workshop
number
two
will
be
sometime
in
november.
F
So
people
who
tune
in
to
citynet
we'll
see
in
october
a
segment
on
what's
happening
around
town
with
some
district
news
and
then
we'll
also
be
utilizing
the
city
manager
e-newsletters,
which
go
out
to
more
than
6
000
residents
to
further
publicize
the
whole
process
and
then
for
each
of
these
hearings
that
are
coming
up
and
for
the
workshops
we'll
continue
to
use
each
of
the
tools
we've
talked
about
tonight.
To
just
further
reiterate
and
engage
people
so
that
they're
aware
of
each
step.
F
And
with
that,
I
will
transition
to
a
few
general
slides
on
behalf
of
the
larger
districting
team.
So
here
you
can
see
a
brief
recap
of
all
the
recommendations
from
the
staff
report
that
staff
provided
to
you
on
this
item
and
lastly,
before
we
open
it
up.
Here
are
the
notes
and
questions
for
consideration
as
the
session
is
opened
up
for
public
hearing,
and
so
with
that
I'll
open
it
up
for
any
questions
or
comments.
Thank
you.
A
B
D
B
E
Sure,
let's
first
talk
about
alternatives
to
districting
based
on
the
city
council's
direction,
to
transition
to
district
elections
and
do
the
analysis
that
process
will
happen
through
the
data
analysis.
That
mdc
puts
together
and
council
will
have
various.
If
you
choose
the
option
where
council
is
the
final
decision
maker,
you
will
have
options
through
that
process
of
what
the
district
maps
look
like.
D
Yeah
just
very
quickly
what
nbc
does
is
for
every
map
submitted
by
members
of
the
public
or
organizations
or
anyone
who's
coming
to
the
table
in
this
process.
All
that
becomes
public
record.
All
of
that
is
processed
by
nbc
and
posted
online
onto
an
interactive
review
map.
So
you
can
see
all
of
the
different
proposed
maps
and
then
we
have
a
series
of
meetings
right.
D
These
will
be
the
last
two
public
hearings
where
we
can
go
over
the
maps
depending
on
whether
it's
a
commission
or
council
ndc
will
take
direction
on
how
to
revise
those
maps
which
maps.
Maybe
we
usually
encourage
our
clients
to
select
three
to
five
maps
to
focus
in
on
and
then
hopefully
from
three
to
five.
You
go
down
to
maybe
one
or
two
we
make
tweaks
on
those
maps
and
then
ultimately,
a
final
map
is
adopted.
So
that's
that's
how
the
process
works
in
terms
of
actually
selecting
the
map.
D
So
the
alternative
to
districting
would
have
been
to
remain
at
large,
and
so
because
the
council
did
decide
to
move
forward
with
districting.
This
really
is
the
ideal
time
to
do
it,
because
the
census
data
was
just
released,
and
this
is
something
that
can
be
completed
in
time
for
the
2022
elections.
C
So
all
that
makes
sense,
but
what
I'm?
What
I'm
not
clear
on
is
if
we're
looking
at
establishing
four
districts
now,
because
that's
what
fits
our
model,
if
we
were
to
go
to
a
rotating
mayor
structure,
which
obviously
would
require
a
vote
of
the
people,
would
we
have
to
do
this
entire
process
all
over
again.
C
Because
we
would
no
longer
have
a
directly
elected
mayor,
which
would
mean
that
they
at
large
see
wouldn't
be
directly
elected
anymore.
I'm
just
concerned
about
in
that
area.
My
last.
This
is
more
of
a
comment.
I'm
also
a
bit
concerned
with
the
with
the
rushing.
That
is
that
it
was
no
fault
of
anyone,
but
the
the
you
know
that
several
month
delay
in
getting
the
getting
the
census.
D
D
If
you
do
the
process
now
and
establish
four
districts
with
that
at-large
mayor
right,
keeping
that,
then
you
don't
have
to
go
through
the
process
again
until
2030
after
that
census.
Now,
if,
in
the
interim,
you
decided
that
you
wanted
to
go
from
four
council
districts
to
five
council
districts
and
have
a
rotational
mayor,
then
you
would
have
to
go
through
the
process
again.
Yes,
and
the
question
about
the
mayor
is
complicated
by,
of
course,
this
1977
proposition.
D
E
What
I'll?
What
I'll
also
say
is
that
a
staff
did
have
initial
conversations,
knowing
that
this
topic
may
come
up,
and
there
may-
and
I
say,
maybe
a
way
should
the
data
support
that
where
the
city
could
transition
to
five
districts
through
the
districting
process,
if
the
data
showed
that
doing
that
was
in
furtherance
of
complying
with
the
california
voting
rights
act
that
may
allow,
if
the
council
so
desired,
to
not
have
to
amend
the
1977
ballot
measure
all
depends
on
the
data
and
at
this
point
it's
way
too
early
to
say.
E
But
to
recap
what
what
christian
said?
Because
in
1977
the
voters
in
the
city
of
san
bruno
passed
a
measure
which
said
the
city
of
san
bruno
shall
elect
a
directly
elected
mayor
and
four
council
members
that
really
constrains
the
box
to
which
we
can
undertake
district
elections
under
and
and
what
that
is
really
is
the
one
city-wide
district
with
a
directly
elected
mayor
and
four
equally
state
council
districts.
E
And
we
probably
hope
at
this
point-
wouldn't
even
have
the
data
in
order
to
do
the
work
to
convert
to
districts
by
november
22.,
and
so
we're
really
caught
in
a
situation
that,
in
converting
to
districts,
we
really
need
to
keep
with
that
intent
via
the
1977
ballot
measure
of
measure.
F,
where
it's
a
directly
elected
mayor
for
council
difference.
E
But
for
the
small
chance
that
in
some
way,
in
compliance
with
the
california
voting
rights
act,
it
would
be
a
fair
situation
to
have
five
equally
safe
districts.
And
that
will
require
both
the
data.
Concluding
that
in
significant
legal
analysis
to
avoid
going
back
to
the
voters
and
maybe
something
that
the
city
decides
not
to
do.
And
so
I
hope
that's
clear.
E
D
D
E
Absolutely
and
thank
you
councilmember
mason,
for
bringing
that
up.
So,
yes,
there
was
a
discussion
at
prior
council
meetings
and
full
city
council
direction
to
through
this
process,
look
into
potential
alternative
voting
mechanisms,
and
let
me
pause
right
there
and
say
what
that
is:
that's
a
voting.
That's
not
necessarily
the
district
structure.
That's
a
the!
How
members
of
the
city
council
are
elected
and
the
the
classic
versions
are
ranked
choice,
voting
or
an
instant
runoff
process
where
it's
not
just
simply.
E
The
person
with
the
most
votes
win
wins,
but
there's
a
there's,
a
separate
process
to
determine
who's
the
the
winner
of
that
council
seat.
So
we
did
analyze
that,
unfortunately,
to
have
an
alternative
voting
structure.
We
need
to
be
what
is
called
a
charter
city.
We
are
currently
a
general
law
city
in
order
to
be
a
charter
city
that
needs
to
be
approved
by
the
voters.
The
next
time
in
which
we
can
do
that
is
november
22..
E
That
does
create
a
significant
timing
and
workload
hurdle
to
get
all
of
that
done,
and
there
are
challenges
to
putting
that
on
the
same
ballot
where
council
members
where
members
of
the
public
will
be
electing
members
by
district
for
the
first
time,
and
so
we
yes
council
asks,
are
there
alternative
voting
methods?
Absolutely?
E
E
That
is
a
there,
are
some
complications
to
that,
but
we
we
already
and
we'll,
be
and
can
discuss
that
with
the
city
council
at
that
october,
26
meeting
that's
already
on
the
calendar,
where
we
will
get
final
direction
from
the
city
council.
Councilor
will
be
looking
for
final
direction
from
the
city
council
on
what
items
the
staff
is
preparing
for
potential
ballot
measures
for
november
22.,
and
so
that
that
really
is
the
time
to
talk
about
alternative
building
measures,
because
it
has
to
be
linked
to
becoming
a
charter
city.
A
Thank
you.
Are
there
any
other
at
this
time,
questions
from
colleagues
on
the
presentation
I
do
want
to
open
it
up.
This
is
a
public
hearing,
and
I
know
that
we've
had
mr
tong
been
patient
and
I'd
like
to
go
to
the
public
at
this
time,
since
it
is
a
public
hearing
and
anybody
from
the
public
who
wishes
to
speak
on
this
topic,
you
could
raise
your
virtual
hand
and
the
city
clerk
will
bring
you
in
to
the
room
for
your
up
to
three
minutes.
C
Hi,
this
is
jeffrey
tong.
I
actually
raised
my
hand
before
city
manager,
gurgaon
mentioned
city
charter,
but
if
we
do
adopt
the
city
charter,
would
we
need
to
put
it
on
the
november
2021
ballot
or
is
there?
If
that's
not
enough
time?
Can
we
put
it
on
what
february
or
march
something
like
in
the
spring
prior
to
november
2022.
A
Thank
you
for
your
comments.
Are
there
any,
but
is
there
anybody
else
from
the
public
that
wishes
to
speak
on
this
topic
at
this
time?
Once
that
we
do
close
public
hearing,
I
will
not
allow
you
to
be
able
to
come
back
to
speak.
So
now
would
be
the
time
in
which
please
have
your
comments
heard
not
seeing
any
other
persons
wishing
to
speak.
I'm
gonna
ask
for
a
motion
and
second
to
close
public
hearing.
Please.
A
C
A
E
there's
also
other
election
timing
deadlines
with
the
county
elections
office.
If
the
city
did
desire
to
put
a
special
election
on
on
the
ballot,
just
there
there's
not
enough
time
for
this
process,
and
so
we're
really
looking
at
keeping
with
the
intent
that
the
city
council
set
in
march
of
2020,
which
is
converting
to
district
elections
in
2002
and
doing
all
the
prerequisite,
analysis
and
community
meetings
as
was
presented
tonight.
Thank
you.
I'm
sorry.
If.
A
Thank
you
for
that
clarification.
I
appreciate
it
with
that.
It's
back
to
my
colleagues.
As
you
know,
we
we
received
the
report
we
are
asking.
We
are
being
asked
to
direct
staff
on
the
possible
formation
of
a
districting
commission
and
we've
been
given
three
options.
Don't
know
if
my
colleagues
have
a
particular
thought
process
on
that,
don't
know
if
it
would
be
helpful
to
bring
it
back
on
and
have
it
as
a
shared
screen.
A
B
Yeah,
so
I
wanted
to
first
thank
the
consultants
for
just
confirming
that
this
is
the
only
option
forward
for
us
and
that
there's
no
alternatives.
I
think,
knowing
that
when
we
look
at
the
two
I
would
prefer
one
or
two,
and
I
would
actually
like
to
ask,
because
I
know
we've
gone
back
and
forth
with
staff
around
time
and
I'm
wondering
if
there's
an
a
new
commission
that
started.
B
B
The
commission
recommends
a
map
to
the
council,
which
I'm
guessing
it
would
be
a
map
that
would
come
to
the
council
anyway,
if
it
was
just
number
one
and
then
council
retains
authority
to
revise
an
adopt
final
map
and
I'm
just
wondering
if
we're
better
off.
If
it
goes
to
council
and
then,
instead
of
having
meetings
to
appoint
a
committee,
have
town
hall
sessions
where
the
council
can
actually
ask
the
public
what
they'd
like
to
see
for
the
time
spent.
A
E
Thank
you
to
the
mayor
in
response
to
councilmember
mason's
question
staff
thinking
exactly.
We
would
really
encourage
and
recommend
option
one
given
given
the
time
and
the
what
we
would
need
to
do
if
there
was
a
commission
established,
is
go
through
the
full
analysis
and
policy
setting
questions
with
the
condition
with
the
commission
a
whole
host
of
meetings
there
and
then
also
because
that
commission's
decision
is
not
buying
repeat
that
process
for
the
city
council.
E
It's
also
very
important
to
know
that
there
is
robust
community
engagement
in
any
option
we
choose.
You
have
a
presentation
on
the
website
can
be
translated
into
many
many
languages.
We
are
taking
the
additional
step
of
when
we
have
virtual
sessions
on
zoom
to
have
translators,
so
someone
can
go
to
a
room
where
the
information
will
be
provided
in
spanish
and
in
chinese.
E
We
are
also
will
be
doing
that
for
any
in-person
workshops
we
have
and
the
printed
material
will
be
translated
in
at
least
two
languages.
So
we
we
are
going
above
and
beyond
of
the
communication,
outreach
efforts
for
this
effort,
because
it
is
that
important
and
it
will
change
how
members
of
the
city
council
are
elected,
and
it's
also
important
to
note
that
there
were
two
workshops
in
november.
A
C
A
C
A
And
my
comment
is:
is
similar
to
others
that,
with
the
timeline
we
have
to
go
out
and
notice
recruit,
take
applications.
Interview
then
come
to
a
council
meeting
a
point
we're
losing
time
and
then
that
body
needs
to
be
able
to
meet,
and
so
I
think
we
could
find
ourselves
even
up
against
a
tighter
time
limit.
I'm
with
council
member
salazar,
I
would
have
preferred
a
committee,
slash
commission
or
whatever
the
terms
you
want
to
use,
but
I
think
do
the
timeline
and
the
efficiency
factor.
A
B
Yeah
I
mean,
I
think
most
of
us
think
commission
is
the
best
approach,
but
but
the
reality
is
that
you
know
under
our
strong
governance
we
all
committed
to
reviewing
all
of
our
commissions
and
committees
in
any
way,
and
so
I
don't
know
that
now
is
the
time
to
add
a
commission
when
all
the
all
the
meetings
are
going
to
be
public,
there's
going
to
be
opportunity
for
public
engagement
and
ultimately
the
map
will
will
come
to
us.
So
I'm
fine
with
number
with
number
one.
A
A
A
Okay,
colleagues,
if
there's
nothing
else,
then
we'll
go
ahead
and
adjourn
to
the
seven
o'clock
and
you'll
have
a
little
bit
of
time
to
take
care
of
whatever
needs
to
be
taken
care
of.
So
with
that
said,
we'll
go
ahead
and
adjourn
at
6
40
p.m.
From
this
special
meeting
meeting
adjourn
we'll
see
you
at
7.