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Special Council Meeting December 1, 2021 Page 2 populated and under populated districts. He explained the necessity of redistricting single member districts making them more proportionate to each other and more equally diversified. Mr. Bass said they would need to find a way to equalize the population, and honor the Voting Rights Act. Mr. Bass depicted examples of moving boundaries of the Districts and how doing so changed the population and the percentage of ethnicity makeup in each District. Mr. Bass suggested two workshops, a public hearing and adoption of a plan at their January 10, 2022 City Council meeting. He also informed City Council that the deadline to adopt a Redistricting Plan was February 7th. He said that a ten days' notice of the public hearing was required to be published in the newspaper. Mayor Portugal asked City Council to look at their schedules and provide several dates. It was a consensus of City Council to conduct these meetings in the evening. Mr. Path said he would have Denene reach out to the Council to come up with dates for the workshops. Mr. Bass said he expected the workshops would take about 1 1/2 hours each. Mayor Portugal asked if he could provide them with a suggested map. Council Member Pilgrim favored Mr. Bass giving them a preliminary plan as to how he thinks it should be. Mr. Bass said he could do that but during the workshops, he would like the Council to come up with two options because this was their City and they knew it better than anyone would. Council Member Pilgrim clarified with Mr. Bass that the City Council would need three different plans. A Motion to approve the Resolution adopting an Order Establishing Criteria for Redistricting was made by Council Member Pilgrim and seconded by Council Member Knox. Motion carried, 6 yes — 0 nays. 5. Discuss and act on RESOLUTION NO. 2021-044: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, ADOPTING AN ORDER CALLING FOR THE REDISTRICTING OF POLITICAL BOUNDARIES AND CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS WITHIN THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Knox and seconded by Council Member Savage. Motion carried, 6 ayes — 0 nays. 6. Establish a calendar for subsequent redistricting meetings to develop and act upon City redistricting of City Council Districts prior to February 7, 2022. Mayor Portugal said this had been accomplished with item 4.