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Special City Council Meeting <br />July 30, 2001 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />Fancher from District No. 7, and Brady Fisher at large. The motion carried 7 <br />ayes, 0 nays. <br /> <br />A motion was made by Councilman McCarthy, seconded by Councilman Plata <br />to table action on the resolution appointing citizens to the Council/Citizens <br />Redistricting Advisory Committee. The motion carried 7 ayes, 0 nays, and <br />Judy Stamper, Doloris Stowe, and Brady Fisher joined the City Council <br />meeting. <br /> <br />Bob Bass with Allison, Bass & Associates, LLP, was present telling the City <br />Council that what they needed to do tonight was to look at the existing districts <br />and their boundaries, taking the total population of the City of Paris and <br />dividing it by seven to come up with an ideal district population, which is <br />3,700. At this time, District No. One is under populated by 855, District No. <br />Two is under populated by 643, District No. Three is under populated by 89, <br />District No. Four is over populated by 226, District No. Five is over populated <br />by 54, District No. Six is over populated by 190, and District No. Seven is over <br />populated by 1,115. Mr. Bass said that a total maximum deviation in excess <br />of 10% will trigger a duty to reapportion under applicable law, and the City of <br />Paris has a total maximum deviation of 53.25%. He advised that the City has <br />a legal obligation to reapportion its political boundaries and this should be the <br />goal of the Council/Citizens Redistricting Advisory Committee. <br /> <br />Mr. Bass presented a visual of the current boundaries of the city districts based <br />on the 2000 census. Beginning with District One, he explained that population <br />would have to be added to this district. This district's population is made up <br />of 58.1% Black, 4.04% Hispanic, 38.82% Anglo, 0.74% American Indian, <br />0.32% Asian, 0.04 Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 0.07% other, and 0.88% Multi- <br />Racial. Mr. Bass explained that it would be difficult without taking population <br />from District Two to add to the population of District One in order to bring the <br />numbers up while maintaining a similar minority composition. He said when <br />you remove population from District Two, which is the more marginal district <br />of the two that are presently minority districts, then District Two is even less <br /> <br /> <br />