2022-004 - Adopting a Redistricting Plan

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6. The plan should seek compact and contiguous political boundaries. Physic boundaries of cultural or economic significance, such as rivers, multi -Ian control access highways or turnpikes, which tend to divide populations fundamental ways, should be recognized and where possible, should on C serve as necessary to achieve recognized objectives. Communities of intere should be retained intact where possible. To the maximum extent possibi - • 4 clearly recognized boundaries, such as streets and highways, should be us to facilitate ease of voter identification of boundaries, as well as electif. administration. 7. Where possible, well-recognized and long used election precinct boundaries should be retained intact (within the limitations imposed by state and federal law) or with as little alteration as possible. 91. Election precincts in the plan should be sized in conformity with state law. For example, in counties that use traditional, hand counted paper ballots, no election precinct may contain more than 2000 voters. In jurisdictions with voting systems that allow for automated ballot counting, this number may be increased to as many as 5000 registered voters. 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 functions, and to extent possible, ensure that these functions are enhanced rather than impaired. Election administration should not be unduly complex as a result of election boundaries. 11. The plan should attempt to locate polling places in convenient, well-known locations that are accessible to disabled voters to the maximum exten'N possible. Public buildings should be utilized to the maximum extent possible as polling places. Where necessary, buildings routinely open to the public, such as churches, retail businesses, or private buildings dedicated to public activities, can be used as polling places. 12. If the reduction of polling places can be accomplished, without impinging upon voter convenience and minority voting rights, such reductions can be considered. 13. Citizen input should be encouraged, but in order to minimize cost and to have sufficient information to evaluate such proposals fairly, the city will only consider proposed plans submitted to the City for evaluation by individual citizens or groups if the proposed plan is submitted to the City in a commonly used GIS format, such as.SHP,.MAP,.KLM, >GPX,.MDB, along with maps and demographics data sufficient to address voting rights concerns.