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<br /> <br /> <br /> CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING SHEET <br /> <br /> Submittal Date: Originating Department: Presented By: Agenda Item No.: <br /> 12/10/10 <br /> Council Date: City Manager Kevin Carruth 6. <br /> 12/13/10 <br /> RECOMMENDED MOTION: <br /> Move to authorize an agreement with Guinn and Morrison for redistricting analysis and authorizing the <br /> Mayor to negotiate and execute all necessary documents. <br /> POLICY ISSUE(S): <br /> Redistricting <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> <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 order 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 /> <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 /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: <br /> <br /> EXHIBITS: <br /> Resolution with agreement; Faculty profiles for Guinn and Morrison <br /> <br /> ACTION: BUDGET INFO: <br /> ❑ Financial Report ❑ Minute Order Expense $25,000 (approximately) <br /> ❑ Department Report ❑ Resolution Budgeted Amt. $15,000 <br /> ® Presentation ❑ Ordinance YTD Actual $-0- <br /> ❑ Public Hearing ❑ Other Acct. Name Miscellaneous - Redistricting <br /> Acct. Number 01-0607-11-00 <br /> FISCAL NOTES: <br /> <br /> <br /> REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY: <br /> ® Administration ® City Clerk ❑ EMS/IT ❑ Engineering, Planning, & Community Development <br /> <br /> ❑ Finance ❑ Fire ❑ Municipal Court ® Legal ❑ Library ❑ Police ❑ Public Works ❑ Utilities <br /> <br /> City of Paris Revised 2/04/08 <br /> <br /> 47 <br />