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San Bruno Regular Meeting June 8, 2021
6a. By-District Method of Elections
C
So
the
objective
for
this
item.
We
want
to
follow
up
on
council's
direction
and
your
intent
to
transition
to
district
elections
for
the
november
2022
city
council
elections
and
obtain
approval
tonight
to
initiate
the
required
work.
That's
the
demographic
analysis,
the
public
outreach,
the
the
production
of
preliminary
district
maps
and
the
development
of
various
options
for
the
city
council
to
consider
and
our
last
objective
is
we
want
to
outline
the
scope
of
work
and
the
schedule
for
this
district
districting
process.
C
C
C
We
are
not
replicating
that
presentation
for
you
tonight,
but
we
are
beginning
from
your
prior
direction
and
at
the
end
of
the
march
10th
meeting,
the
city
council
also
discussed
ways
to
mitigate
the
risk
and
eventually
adopted
a
resolution
of
intent
to
transition
in
either
2020
or
2022,
thus
obtaining
a
safe
harbor
in
the
the
language
from
that
city.
Council
resolution
is
on
the
screen
and
I'll
read
it.
C
It
expressed
the
city
council's
intent
to
transition
from
an
at-large
election
system
to
a
bi-district
election
system
for
city
council
members
commencing
in
either
november
2020
or
november
22..
The
very
last
thing
that
the
city
council
directed
was
for
staff
to
come
back
to
the
city
council
at
the
very
next
meeting
for
further
discussion,
and
we
did
that
and
so
on
march
24th.
We
returned
to
the
city
council
and
there
was
a
significant
discussion
with
regard
to
the
pros
and
cons
of
transitioning
to
district
elections
in
22
in
2020
or
22.
C
and
you'll.
All
remember
that
covet
19
was
really
new
to
us
and
there
were
significant
conversations
about
the
unknowns
related
to
community
engagement
and
exactly
how
remote
participation
would
work
during
covet
19,
which
had
just
begun
and
in
addition,
there
was
conversations
around
delane
until
2022
would
allow
for
a
thorough
discussion
of
the
possible
of
a
possible
charter
change
or
moving
from
a
general
law
city
to
a
charter
city,
which
is
one
of
your
strategic
initiatives
and
as
well
as
alternative
voting
mechanisms
for
the
election
of
city
council
members.
C
And
again,
that's
what
we're
here
to
talk
about
launching
and
so
in
furtherance
of
that
the
staff
communicated
once
again
with
nbc
national
demographics
corporation
and
received
an
updated
quote
for
the
work
to
begin
at
a
high
level.
There's
a
very,
very
detailed
scope
of
work
attached
to
the
staff
report,
but
ndc
would
provide
support
for
a
advisory
or
independent
district
districting
commit
commission.
C
That
is
an
option.
Not
every
city
does
it,
but
many
cities
do
and
we
will
bring
that
discussion
to
the
city
council
on
if
you
would
like
to
set
up
an
advisory
or
independent
district
commission.
The
proposal
within
ndc
does
include
the
cost
to
support
that
commission
and
no
additional
cost.
There's,
of
course,
a
demographics
analysis
and
using
census
data.
There's
the
gis
mapping
there's
presentations
at
public
hearings
where
ndc
will
overview
will
provide
an
overview
of
redistricting
laws
and
the
jurisdictional
demographics.
C
C
So
the
project
timeline
and
summary
is
on
the
screen.
This
is
roughly
a
10-month
process,
and
so
it
is
beginning
from
june
2021
going
until
april.
2022,
the
the
tasks
for
each
of
the
various
phases
are
on
the
screen.
So
in
june
and
july
there
will
be
project
planning
discussions
about
the
public
mapping
tools
that
we
will
use
again
that
decision
on
whether
we
will
have
an
independent
commission
or
advisory
group
and
talk
about
a
host
of
other
options
related
to
the
project
and
the
components.
C
And
so
there
will
be
meetings
of
the
city
council
where
we
will
have
to
have
these
discussions.
Staff
will
have
some
internal
launch
meetings
and
then
prepare
to
bring
those
decisions
to
the
city
council
and
then
we'll
begin
the
the
project,
outreach
and
really
ramp
up
our
information
sharing
to
the
community
through
july.
Through
september.
The
mapping
tools
will
be
prepared
with
preliminary
population
data
and
pre-draft
map
hearings
will
be
held
october
21
through
january
of
22.
C
The
census
data
will
be
received
and
processed
and
they'll
develop
the
draft
maps
and
have
public
workshops
and
hearings
and
develop
the
information
for
the
city
council
to
consider
with
the
idea
that
we
would
come
to
january
through
april
and
have
the
final
process
for
any
revisions
to
the
map,
but
but
have
final
city
council
action
on
if
we're
transitioning
to
district
elections.
What
will
be
the
sequence
of
those
elections
by
april
2022.
C
In
the
another
part
of
this
presentation,
there
have
been
conversations
at
the
city
council
with
regard
to
adjusting
the
mayor,
the
mayoral
election
structure.
We
did
have
conversations
with
ndc
about
this,
and
so
that's
included
within
your
staff
report
and
we'll
we'll
give
a
few
slides
to
just
have
that
discussion,
because
the
city
staff
has
been
directed
to
take
a
look
at
the
cost
of
potentially
putting
an
item
on
the
gubernatorial
special
election
for
21,
and
so
we
will
be
coming
back
with
that
information.
C
A
C
Key
point
about
by
district
elections
is
the
process
you
have
to
elect.
Your
mayor
is
not
mutually
exclusive
with
having
by
district
elections,
and
what
that
means
is
that
the
city
may
retain
its
current
structure
for
how
the
mayor
is
elected
or
you
may
change
that
process
which
again
will
require
voter
approval
and
so
at
a
high
level.
We
wanted
to
just
show
that
which
is
this
is
our
current
structure,
where
the
blue
line
represents
the
city
boundaries.
C
Should
the
city
council
decide
to
put
the
measure
to
potentially
change
that
before
the
voters
in
a
rotational
structure?
You
have
a
couple
options.
One
is
to
have,
as
shown
here
is
a
bi-distinct
process
with
a
rotating
mayor
where
you
have
five
districts
and
the
mayor's
ship
rotates
among
those
five
districts,
and
so
in
this
model
you
would
not
have
a
at-large
district.
C
So
in
summary,
the
city
may
retain
the
city
may
retain
sorry.
I
did
not
put
my
phone.
The
city
may
retain
its
current
electoral
process,
should
it
should
should
it
go
to
district
elections
and
there's
options
for
that.
The
city
may
change
its
electoral
process
for
the
mayor
and
there's
an
approval
process
for
that.
That
requires
action
by
the
voters.
C
There
are
several
bi-district
election
structures
to
choose
from
some
can
be
implemented
by
council,
whereas
others
of
course
require
voter
approval.
Should
the
city
council
opt
to
adjust
its
mayoral
selection
process
by
doing
for
doing
so
before
transitioning
to
bi-district
elections
is
advisable,
and
that
comes
from
nbc.
Well,
we
have
the
conversation
and
essentially
should
the
city
transition
to
district
elections
in
22.
C
If
there
is
a
decision
to
adjust
the
mayoral
selection
process,
what
ndc
advises
that?
Having
that
discussion
in
21
does
make
some
sort
of
sequencing
a
sense,
because
you
would
essentially
know
that
process
before
you
confirm
your
district,
your
your
districts
that
you
select
and
lastly,
no
direction
is
required
from
the
city
council
at
this
moment
on
the
mayoral
selection
process.
C
So
with
regard
to
next
steps
again,
we
are
here
tonight
to
receive
city
council
input
and
direction
on
the
items
that
are
that
are
on
the
action
items
that
are
before
you
should.
Authorization
to
enter
into
the
contract
be
approved.
Staff
will,
of
course,
do
that
and
there's
also
another
contract
aligned
to
this
effort
and
that's
to
obtain
meeting
facilitation
services
for
public
outreach,
as
well
as
support
for
community
engagement
and
within
the
in
the
ndc
proposal.
There
were.
C
That
would
also
come
with
creating
summaries
of
all
of
that
public
input
and
engagement,
providing
them
to
the
council
on
a
timely
basis,
as
well
as
retaining
all
of
that
information
and
and
and
organizing
it,
and
helping
with
our
outreach.
The
the
cost
of
that
is
not
before
you
tonight,
either.
The
cost
of
that
is
included
in
the
proposed
2021
budget.
There
is
approximately
60.
There
is
60
000
in
the
city
clerk's
budget,
for
this
effort.
That
includes
both
the
meeting
facilitation
and
public
outreach
services,
as
well
as
the
cost
per
millions.
C
So
again,
the
recommended
action
before
the
city
council
is
to
receive
the
report
and
direct
stat
and
provide
direction
regarding
the
intent
to
transition
to
buy
to
a
buy
district
method
for
city
elections
and
consider
adopting
a
resolution
appropriating
46
000
from
the
general
fund
fund
balance
and
authorizing
the
city
manager
to
enter
into
contract
with
national
demographics
corporation
board
districting
services.
So
I
want
to
thank
you.
We
are
here
for
any
questions
or
additional
input
or
direction
from
council.
A
Thank
you
for
the
report
and
we
could
stop
sharing
the
screen
when
possible.
Thank
you
so
much.
If
there's
any
members
of
the
public
that
have
comments
or
we
should
speak
on
this-
you,
you
can
go
ahead
and
raise
your
hand
now
and
I'll
give
that
a
couple
of
minutes.
But
in
the
meantime,
why
don't
I
bring
it
to
council
for.
A
Questions
councilman
mason
from
my
thank
you
from
my
recollection.
We
were
going
to
work.
We
had
requested
options
around
districting
that
were
their
options
and
if
there
were
what
were
they
and
we
had
also
requested
demographics
around
why
san
bruno
in
particular
may
be
at
risk
of
this.
You
know
this
letter
that
ever
that
has
put
a
lot
of
cities
in
fear
of
having
to
pay
out
these
funds,
and
I
don't
I
don't
see
any
of
those.
C
That
what
you
did
at
the
march
24th
meeting
is
postponed
entering
into
a
contract
for
that
work
in
2020,
and
we
are
here
tonight
requesting
a
financial
authorization
to
do
that.
Analysis
to
present
those
draft
maps
that
demographic
analysis,
which
is
the
process
and
the
scope
of
work
that
is
outlined
in
the
national
demographic
corporation's
scope
of
work.
That's
attached
to
the
staff
report
and
so
that
that
worked
as
a
part
of
this
effort-
and
it
has
not
been
done
because
we
did
not
enter
into
contract
for
that
work.
C
D
D
Okay,
and
and
as
we're
talking
about
it
now,
I
believe
additional
options
were
would
be
available
in
the
elections.
If
we
were
a
charter
city,
I
think
I
think
we
had
some
discussion
about
that
and
it
was
mentioned
in
this
staff
report.
So
that's
something
maybe
city
manager
can
discuss
that
a
little
bit
more,
just
for
a
little
bit
more
clarity
on
the
options
that
are
that
are
ahead
of
us.
C
In
march
of
2020,
there
were
questions
around
different
alternative
voting
mechanisms
that
can
be
used
for
city
council
elections,
all
of
those
requires
being
a
charter
city,
which
is
a
separate
strategic
initiative,
a
separate
effort
I
believe
there
are.
I
can't
honestly
remember
the
questions
around
how
many
people
are
on
the
city
council
occurred
in
march,
but
I
do
know
over
the
last
year
the
question
of.
C
A
C
Do
know
that
there
are
options
or
alternatives
that
have
been
talked
about
in
many
ways.
Nearly
all
of
those
are
related
to
the
charter
charter
process,
and
should
we
decide
to
switch
from
a
general
lost
city
to
a
charter
city?
Some
of
those
have
implications
on
how
many
districts
we
draw
and
how
those
council
members
would
be
elected
in
those
districts,
but
not
all
of
those
questions
are
actually
sort
of
dependent
upon
or
mutually
exclusive
to
the
work
that
we
would
do
in
this
project.
B
So
there's
there's
a,
I
think,
there's
the
sort
of
part
before
the
horse
issue
with
respect
to
the
charter
city
and
the
city
manager
is
correct,
of
course,
that
that
is
one
of
the
strategic
initiatives,
but
that
strategic
initiative
in
the
past
had
been
focused
on
adopting
a
charter
for
essentially
the
sole
reason
of
adopting
the
transfer
tax
or
the
real
estate
tax,
and
not
to
make
other
wide-ranging
changes
in
the
city's
structure.
But
that,
of
course,
is
within
the
city
council's
purview,
but
it
then
may
affect
which
has
to
go
first.
C
However,
if
that
was
not
on
the
table,
you
could
certainly
have
alternative
voting
mechanisms,
as
has
been
as
as
council
members
have
a
desire
to
receive
information
on
and
there
you
don't
have
that
sequencing
issue,
and
so
the
city
attorney
is
right.
When
we
launch
the
charter
process,
we
will
have
to
really
decide
at
that
point.
C
What's
going
to
be
in
that
proposed
charter,
should
we
decide
to
move
forward
and
what
we
said
during
the
strategic
initiative
process
is
for
lack
of
a
better
term.
It
would
be
a
very
limited
charter
process,
aligned
to
a
potential
real
estate
transfer
tax,
and
so
absolutely
every
time
we
talk
about
a
charter.
Additional
things
are
brought
up
and
we're
gonna
have
to
make
those
decisions.
C
Two
separate
strategic
initiatives,
starter
city
and
district
elections
that
may
have
be
intertwined
at
this
point.
They
are
not
based
on
the
direction
we
have
from
city
council,
and
so
you
don't
have
a
card
before
the
horse
issue.
If
you
decide
to
proceed
with
the
demographic
work,
map,
production
and
community
engagement
related
to
district
collections,
I
hope
that's
that's
clear.
C
Thank
you,
sir.
So
there's
I
I've.
Over
the
past
few
years,
I've
heard
a
lot
of
confusion
around
charter
cities
and
what
charter
cities
can
do
and
can't
do
and
hearing
this
conversation,
I
pulled
up
the
state
government
code
and
it
says
the
government
of
a
general
lost
city
which
we
are
is
vested
in
a
a
city
council
of
at
least
five
members.
C
So
at
least
five
we
could
do
more.
There's
there's
no
upper
limit
in
what
a
general
law
city
can
do.
So
I
just
wanted
to
point
that
out
that,
if
we're
going
to
bring
up
those
parameters,
let's
make
sure
that
we
that
we
have
them
right,
because
I
think
there
is
an
opportunity
if
we
wanted
to
go
more
districts
to
do
that.
D
Mike
my
comment
on
this
part
of
the
discussion
might
might
change
based
on
what
councilmember
salazar
just
said,
but
what
I
would
it
seems,
like
the
the
whole
cart
before
the
horse
issue
really
only
comes
into
effect.
If
we
need,
if
we
need
more
seats
and
if
we
want
more
seats-
and
I
would
want
the-
I
would
want
to
see
what
the
what
the
the
analysis
that
we'll
get
for
the
for
what
we're
you
know
the
proposal
for
tonight.
D
I
would
imagine
that
analysis
you
know
would
come
back
and
and
would
include
how
many
districts
would
be
would
be
appropriate,
given
the
size
of
our
city
and
the
demographic
center.
So
I
would
you
know
that
that
might
be
the
the
path
forward
is
just
to
move
ahead.
The
way
that's
being
outlined
here
and
if
the.
D
If
the
recommendation
comes
back
that
says,
you
know
what,
given
the
way
that
the
city
is,
is
laid
out,
that
it
makes
more
sense
for
you
guys
to
have
seven
then
either
as
councilmember
salazar
said,
we
just
go
to
seven
right
away
or
if
we
have
to
be
a
charter
city,
then
maybe
we
have
to
change
gears
to
do
that.
First,.
B
I
just
want
to
be
off
camera
not
to
distract
the
the
main
presentation,
so
I
think
we
we
have
a
variety
of
questions
that
are
swirling
around
and
I'll
I'll,
be
candid
with
the
city
council.
Really
very
few
of
them
have
been
vetted
and
I
would
say
almost
none
of
them
have
been
completely
vetted
and
so
these
questions
about
well,
can
we
have
five?
Can
we
have
more
than
five?
What
does
that
require?
B
You
know
really.
Nobody
is
that
I
know
of
has
looked
into
those.
I
haven't
been
asked
to
look
into
them,
so
I
haven't
it.
Is
you
know
councilmember
salazar
is
correct.
That's
what
the
government
code
says.
However,
I
believe
without
having
done
further
research,
that
that
would
require
a
vote
of
the
people
to
increase
the
number
of
seats
on
the
city
council.
So
I
don't
think
that's
a
an
action
the
city
council
could
take,
although
I'm
not
sure
about
that.
B
Excuse
me
before
district
elections
are
adopted,
you,
you
can't
have
one
being
contingent
on
the
other
at
the
same
election.
So
I
think
there
are
a
variety
of
interests
involved
in
charter
city.
There
are
a
variety
of
interests
involved
in
district
elections
and
what
we're
really
just
trying
to
do
is
figure
out.
B
So
if,
if
now,
there
is
sort
of
additional
work
that
is
going
to
be
necessary
regarding
the
charter
city
and
district
elections,
then
we
we
all
sort
of
need
to
do
that
and
perhaps
you're
you're
hearing
a
little
bit
of
the
the
frustration
about
the
difficulty
in
corralling.
What
are
the
issues
that
we're
trying
to
address
and
in
what
period
of
time?
So
we
we're
here
for
you,
we're
here
to
do
that
analysis,
but
we
really
can't
do
that
analysis
on
the
on
the
fly
at
the
city
council
meeting.
D
D
I
don't
necessarily
think
that
that's
something
that
I
would
want
to
do
now,
given
the
many
many
many
other
things
that
we
have
before
us,
but
I
don't
see
that
we
also
that
we
have
much
of
a
choice.
You
know
we're
being
mandated
by
the
by
the
outside
forces
to
make
to
make
this
move
now,
which
is,
I
think,
a
bit
unfortunate.
This
is
something
I
would.
D
I
would
want
us
to
get
other
other
things
in
our
house
in
order
first
before
attacking
this,
but
we
don't
have
a
choice,
so
I'm
in
in
I'm
in
favor
of
of
moving
ahead.
I'm
also
just
I'm
I'm
incredulous
to
to
to
to
read
when
I
was
when
I
was
reading
the
staff
report,
that
it
was
even
being
considered
that
20
that
2020
was
a
possible
date
to
move
to
them,
given
all
the
work
that
would
need.
That
needs
to
be
done,
and
you
guys
were
talking
about
it
in
march
of
2020.
D
You
know,
even
you
know
before
covet
and
all
that
changed
everything
that
there
was
a
possibility
that
you
were.
It
was
going
to
happen
in
november.
That
was
never
going
to
happen
given
to
get
you
know
I
mean,
maybe
that's
the
benefit
of
hindsight,
but
it's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
work
between
between
now
and
2022
and
I
think
we
need
to.
A
For
my
myself,
I
just
want
to
be
clear
to
my
knowledge:
we
have
not
been
forced.
We
have
not
received
a
letter,
we
have
not
been
required,
it
was
staff,
saying
let's
be
a
little
proactive.
Let's
not
get
I'm
going
to
call
it
what
it
is
a
thirty
thousand
dollar
letter
that
says
we
believe
these
are
these
findings
and
you
don't
meet
the
criteria
and
you
need
to
go
to
districts
or
fight
us
in
court
bottom
line,
and
I
know
I
forwarded
something
to
the
city
attorney
today.
A
They
got
from
a
city
down
south
and
I
and
I
really
didn't
he
hasn't
had
time
to
go
through
it
and
I
haven't
either,
but
it
was
an
interpretation,
but
I
think
it's
still
in
going
into
a
higher
court
honestly.
So,
but
anyway,
I
just
wanted
to
be
clear.
I
think
that's
why?
All
of
that
I
may
not
do
is
to
kind
of
get
that
and,
like
you
said,
with
all
that
was
going
on
with
staff
and
the
covid
situation
that
I've
other
other
comments
or
questions
from
my
colleagues.
A
Councilmember
mason
yeah.
I
just
want
to
be
clear,
then,
because,
because
I
did
I'm
gonna,
I
am
gonna
push
back
a
little
bit
because
I
did
watch
that
march
10th
in
the
march
24th
meeting
and
there
was
a
request
for
more
information.
There
was
a
presentation,
I
think
a
public
comment
from
rs
harman.
There
was
another
one
from
plymouth
and
there
was
another
one
from
the
center
for
election
science.
The
chair
felix.
D
C
The
election
was
to
not
proceed
with
that
work,
and
so
that
work
was
not
done,
and
so,
if
we
are
going
to
go
down
the
path
to
analyze,
the
potentiality
of
district
elections,
analyze
all
of
the
various
options
with
regard
to
district
elections,
some
of
which
may
relate
to
a
starter
city,
we
have
to
engage
in
the
work
to
do
that
and
the
work
to
do.
That
is
the
scope
of
work
with
the
national
demographic
corporation,
and
that's
why
we
have
the
item
that
is
before
the
city
council
tonight
is
to
do
that.
Work.
C
A
You
know-
and
I
think
you
made
a
similar
comment
if
I
recall-
and
you
had
said
that
we
that
we
may
need
to
actually
get
another
consultant
to
come
in
to
do
that.
Work
to
compare-
and
that
was
since
last
year
and
this
particular
consultant
specializes
in
districting-
and
I
don't
know
that
there
are
other
districts
that
have
done
proportional
representation.
But
I
know
that
there's
what
appears
to
be
somewhat
of
a
think
tank.
Who
has
an
entirely
different
method
that
I
would
really
like
to
learn
more
about.
A
Okay,
well,
I
I
think
it
so
hey.
We
have
an
action,
whether
to
confirm
a
date
whether
to
adopt
a
resolution
for
the
46
000.
I've
heard
kind
of
a
few
things
here
from
colleagues
and
also
councilmember
mason
brought
up
about
this
other
option
that
some
members
of
the
community
or
public
and
others
have
brought
up,
but
is
that
a
consensus
that
the
council
wants
this
other
information
as
well?
Because,
obviously
I
think
that's
what
attorney
zepherano
is
saying.
You
know
we
need.
We
need
the
direction
we
need.
D
This
might
have
just
been
the
answer,
but
I'm
just
I'm
getting
a
little
foggy
on
it.
Now
is
this
vendor
that
we're
entering
that
we're
proposing
entering
into
contract
with
qualified,
to
bring
us
options
like
proportional
representation,
or
would
that
need
to
be
subbed
out
to
another
vendor,
or
do
we
even
know
that,
or
do
we
even
know
the
answer
to
that
question?.
C
C
We
can
look
into
that
think
tank
or
that
method
and
bring
forward
options
to
the
city
council
with
regard
to
if
and
how
proportional
representation
would
work
that
may
involve
entering
into
contract
with
the
vendor
that
came
in
march
2020
or
someone
else.
At
this
point
I
honestly
do
not
know
the
answer
to
that
question.
C
It
is
true
that
council,
member
mason
talked
about
and
brought
up
proportional
representation
at
that
meeting,
and
it
is
something
that
should
the
city
council
want
us
to
look
into.
Should
there
be
a
desire
to
bring
that
back.
We
will
absolutely
do
that,
and
it
is
something
that,
when
we
have
that
meeting
in
july
with
nbc-
and
we
talk
about
the
options
and
start
to
envelop
ourselves
in
this
work,
we
can
talk
about
at
that
point.