18 - Adoption of Redistricting Plan

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i. The plan should seek compact and contiguous political boundaries. Physical boundaries of cultural or economic significance, such as rivers, multi-laned control access highways or turnpikes, which tend to divide populations in fundamental ways, should be recognized and where possible, should only serve as necessary to achieve recognized objectives. Communities of interest should be retained intact where possible. To the maximum extent possible, clearly recognized boundaries, such as streets and highways, should be used to facilitate ease of voter identification of boundaries, as well as election administration. 7. Where possible, well-recognized and long used election precinct boundaril should be retained intact (within the limitations imposed by state and feder�.- law) or with as little alteration as possible. 9. Election precincts in the plan should be sized in conformity with state law. F example, in counties that use traditional, hand counted paper ballots, election precinct may contain more than 2000 voters. In jurisdictions wi I voting systems that allow for automated ballot counting, this number may increased to as many as 5000 registered voters. I 9. The plan should afford incumbent office holders with the assurance that they will continue to represent the majority of individuals who elected these incumbents, and all incumbents' residential locations should be retained in their reformed precincts to ensure continuity in leadership during the remaining term of incumbents to the extent possible. 10. The plan should address fundamental and necessary governmental function and to extent possible, ensure that these functions are enhanced rather th impaired. Election administration should not be unduly complex as a result election boundaries. I 11. The plan should attempt to locate polling places in convenient, well-kno locations that are accessible to disabled voters to the maximum exte possible. Public buildings should be utilized to the maximum extent possib as bli polling places. Where necessary, buildings routinely open to the pu el b li such as churches, retail businesses, or private buildings dedicated to pubI activities, can be used as polling places. 12. If the reduction of polling places can be accomplished, without impinging upo voter co•min nvenience and ority voting rights, such reductions can considered. 13. Citizen input should be encouraged, but in order to minimize cost and to ha sufficient information to evaluate such proposals fairly, the city will on I consider proposed plans submitted to the City for evaluation by individu I citizens or groups if the proposed plan is submitted to the City in a common used GIS format, such •' •' >GPX,.MDB, along with maps a demographics data sufficient to address voting rights concerns,