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Special City Council Meeting July 30, 2001 Page 4 Mr. Bass worked with the Committee in moving boundary lines and adjusting each district to make them more balanced along with trying to retain the two minority districts. Councilman Gray departed the meeting at 7:46 p.m. After a considerable amount of adjustment of the population and boundary lines by Mr. Bass using his computer, he printed out a copy of the map along with the a summary page showing the population deviation in each district from the ideal population of 3,700, and showing the number of Anglo, Hispanic, Black and others in each district. Mr. Bass advised that with the current boundaries the total deviation was 6.84% and anything under. 10% is within the law. Mr. Bass said he tries to bring the percentage down within closer margins than this deviation. Mr. Bass said the impact statement is 4.4 stronger Anglo in District One, and it is 2.5 percentage points stronger in District Two with Anglos. Mr. Bass said that it is slightly stronger with Hispanic in District One and slightly less in District Two and six points less in Black in District One, and 2.5% less in Blacks. Mr. Bass recommended to the Committee that he take this plan back with him and continue to work with it to come up with a couple of different proposals, trying to keep each Council Member in their districts. After he did additional work on the map, he offered to send it back to the Committee for their study. Mr. Bass said he would come back in a few weeks with two plans, one framed loosely on this plan created tonight, and another one with a large minority district. After further discussion, a motion was made by Councilman Bell, seconded by Councilman Plata, to allow Mr. Bass to take this plan back with him and to continue to work with it in order to come up with a couple of different proposals, and return in a few weeks with those plans for the Committee's consideration. The motion carried 6 ayes, 0 nays.