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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 9. The plan should address fundamental and necessary governmental functions, and to the extent possible, <br /> insure that these functions are enhanced rather than impaired. Election administration should not be <br /> unduly complex as a result of election boundaries. <br /> <br /> 10. The plan should insure that election voting precincts under such plan do not contain territory from more <br /> than one of the following to provide to the greatest extent possible harmonious administration of <br /> various election jurisdictions: <br /> <br /> a. commissioners precinct; <br /> b. justice precinct; <br /> c. congressional district; <br /> d. state representative district; <br /> e. state senatorial district; <br /> f city ward; if the city has a population of 10,000 or more (this is a strict legal requirement, <br /> but city election wards should be honored in virtually all circumstances, with city and rural <br /> county voters being kept in separate voting precincts to the extent possible); <br /> g. State Board of Education districts; <br /> h. and where they exist other special election districts, such as water, hospital, or navigation <br /> districts. <br /> <br /> 11. The plan should attempt to locate polling places in convenient, well-known locations that are accessible <br /> to disabled voters to the maximum extent possible. Public buildings should be utilized to the maximum <br /> extent possible as polling places. Where necessary, buildings routinely open to the public, such as <br /> churches, retail businesses, or private buildings dedicated to public activities, should be used as polling <br /> places. <br /> <br /> The foregoing criteria are deemed to be illustrative, but not exclusive, examples of fundamentally <br /> important issues, which should be considered in any redistricting, plan. Therefore, the City Council expresses <br /> its intention to measure any plan submitted for consideration by this set of criteria, and to base any eventual <br /> exercise of discretion upon the foregoing criteria. <br /> <br /> The criteria approved this date were considered in open session, following posting not less than 72 <br /> hours before any action taken on the same. Upon motion by Council member , and second by <br /> Council member , the Council adopted the criteria set forth herein by a vote of to <br /> <br /> Signed this 9th day of June, 2011. <br /> <br /> Joe McCarthy, Mayor Pro Tem <br /> <br /> ATTEST: <br /> <br /> <br /> Janice Ellis, City Clerk <br /> <br /> APPROVED AS TO FORM: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> W. Kent Mcllyar, City Attorney <br /> <br /> <br /> 2 <br />