2022-05-11 CC Minutes City of Farmers Branch Farmers Branch City Hall
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FARMERS Meeting Minutes
BRANCH
Redistricting Commission
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 6:00 PM City Hall
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Bronson Blackson called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
AGENDA ITEMS
B.1 22-284 Consider approving minutes from the April 27, 2022 Redistricting
Commission meeting; and take appropriate action.
A motion was made by Christy Dimon, seconded by Lauren Sanchez to approve the
minutes of the April 27, 2022 Redistricting Meeting. The motion passed unanimously.
B.2 22-262 Discuss and review Redistricting Maps utilizing GIS Software.
Chairman Blackson and the Commission made changes to previously created Map No. 6
based on post-election results.Attorney Bob Health, with Bickerstaff, Heath, Delgado Acosta
LLP. provided legal advice on ethnic demographics. After much discussion on compactness,
ethnic demographics, and conducting mapping exercises to determine where proposed
lines could be moved, the Commission adjusted district lines to create an additional
proposed Map No. 7.
The Commission continued to review Map No. 4 regarding demographics and compactness,
overlying Map No. 4 with Map No. 7 to compare redistricting lines. Attorney Bob Health
provided additional legal advice on compactness. The consensus of the Commission was to
recommend Map No. 7 as the primary map and Map No. 4 as the secondary map
recommendation.
The consensus of the Commission was that the May 25, 2022 meeting was no longer
needed, and Chairman Blackson would present the Commission's recommendations to the
City Council at their June 7, 2022 meeting.
CITIZEN COMMENTS
There were no citizen comments at this meeting.
ADJOURNMEN.
Chairm, ; i , on adjourned the meeting at 7:13 p.m.
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Approve!` By: Bronson Blackson, Chairman
Atte •/ y: tacy Henderson Secretary
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