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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING SHEET <br />Submittal Date: <br />Originaring Department: <br />Presented By: <br />Agenda Item No.: <br />12/10/10 <br />Council Date: <br />City Manager <br />Kevin Carruth <br />21. <br />12/13/10 <br />RECOMMENDED MOTION: <br />Not an action item. <br />POLICY ISSUE(S): <br />Redistricting <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Following every decennial census, all political jurisdictions are required substantiate their existing <br />electoral district boundaries or make adjustments to accommodate demographic changes since the last <br />census. Census data for use in redistricting is expected to be released by March 2011 and the <br />redistricting process has to be completed by 2012. City staff has coordinated efforts with Paris <br />Independent School District and Paris Junior College to share redistricting resources in arder to reduce <br />expenses for all three entities since we all share more or less the same boundaries (and in the case of PJC <br />the same election district boundaries). <br />The Mayor and City staff, together with Superintendent Trull and President Anglin met with Mike <br />Morrison last month to discuss the process. Mr. Morrison and his partner David Guinn are Professors at <br />the Baylor Law School and their firm, Guinn and Morrison, has been involved in redistricting issues in <br />Texas for over 30 years and is highly regarded in this field. The City Manager has firsthand experience <br />with the firm following the 2000 Census. Please see the accompanying profiles for Professors Guinn <br />and Morrison. <br />Staff needs direction from Council on how it would like to proceed. <br />BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: <br />EXHIBITS: <br />Faculty profiles for Guinn and Monison <br />ACTION: <br />BUDGET INFO: <br />❑ Financial Report ❑ Minute Order <br />Expense <br />$ <br />❑ Department Report ❑ Resolution <br />Budgeted Amt. <br />$ <br />Z Presentation ❑ Ordinance <br />y'I'D Actual <br />$ <br />❑ Public Hearing ❑ Other <br />Acct. Name <br />Acct. Number <br />FISCAL NOTES: <br />REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY: <br />Z Administration Z City Clerk ❑ EMS/IT ❑ Engineering, Planning, & Community Development <br />❑ Finance ❑ Fire ❑ Municipal Court Z Legal ❑ Library ❑ Police ❑ Public Works ❑ Utilities <br />City of Paris <br />Revised 2/04/08 <br />185 <br />