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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Packet City Council - 02/21/2022 o',A.,5r.,f,�r s City of Corpus Christi 1201 Leopard Street Corpus Christi,TX 78401 _ x w cctexas.com \ Meeting Agenda - Final City Council Monday, February 21,2022 9:00 AM Council Chambers SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING Developing Redistricting Plan Public Notice: Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need auxiliary aids or services are requested to contact the City Secretary's office (at 361-826-3105) at least 48 hours in advance so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Si Usted desea dirigirse al Concilio y cree que su ingles es limitado, habra un interprete ingles-espanol en todas las juntas del Concilio para ayudarle. This meeting may be held via videoconference call pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.127. If this meeting is held via videoconference call or other remote method of meeting, then a member of this governmental body presiding over this meeting will be physically present at the location of this meeting unless this meeting is held pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.125 due to an emergency or other public necessity pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.045. A. Mayor Paulette M. Guajardo to call the meeting to order. B. City Secretary Rebecca L. Huerta to call the roll of the required Charter Officers. C. PUBLIC COMMENT - To speak during this public comment period, you must sign up before the meeting begins. Each speaker is limited to a total of no more than 3 minutes per speaker. You will not be allowed to speak again on an item when the Council is considering the item. Time limits may be restricted further by the Mayor at any meeting. If you have a petition or other information pertaining to your subject, please present it to the City Secretary. Written comments may be submitted at cctexas.com/departments/city-secretary. Electronic media that you would like to use may only be introduced into the City system IF approved by the City's Information Technology (IT) Department at least 24 hours prior to the Meeting. Please contact IT at 826-3211 to coordinate. This is a public hearing for all items on this agenda. D. BRIEFINGS: 1. 22-0319 Presentation and discussion of 2022 Redistricting Illustrative Plan for City Council Districts; and development of a baseline City Council Districts City of Corpus Christi Page 1 Printed on 2/18/2022 City Council Meeting Agenda-Final February 21,2022 Map for community engagement purposes. Sponsors: City Secretary's Office E. EXECUTIVE SESSION: 2. 22-0334 Executive Session pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.071 and Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.05 to consult with attorneys concerning legal issues related to City Council's redistricting obligations and potential litigation related thereto. F. ADJOURNMENT City of Corpus Christi Paye 2 Printed on 2/18/2022 so �o o� A v µoRPORPg4 AGENDA MEMORANDUM 1852 Special City Council Meeting of February 21, 2022 DATE: February 16, 2022 TO: Mayor and Council FROM: Rebecca Huerta, City Secretary RebeccaH@cctexas.com (361) 826-3105 Miles Risley, City Attorney M ilesR(a)-cctexas.com (361) 826-3360 Presentation and discussion of 2022 Redistricting Illustrative Plan for City Council Districts; and development of a baseline City Council Districts Map for community engagement purposes. OUTSIDE PRESENTER Name Title/Position Organization 1. Cobby Caputo General Counsel Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP ISSUE: General Counsel Cobby Caputo with Bickerstaff will present the first draft of the illustrative map of proposed City Council districts for Council input and revisions. A baseline City Council districts map will be developed for community engagement purposes. BACKGROUND: Redistricting is the process of redrawing the boundaries of the City's single-member districts for electing Council members. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1964 that election districts (such as city council districts) must have "substantially equal" total population, sometimes referred to as the "one person, one vote standard." Every ten years after the U.S. Census results are released, each jurisdiction that has election districts must assess whether the election districts have "substantially equal population" using the new Census data. The City Charter at Article II, Section 1(a) also requires redistricting to balance the population in each district, "The city council shall by ordinance equalize the single member districts as required by law." On February 8, 2022, the City Council adopted a resolution setting out the criteria to be used in redrawing the City Council districts to comply with the "one person, one vote" mandate. These criteria include: • Easily identifiable geographic boundaries should be followed. • Communities of interest should be maintained in a single district, and attempts should be made to avoid splitting neighborhoods. • Councilmember districts should be composed of whole voting precincts. Where this is not possible or practicable, districts should be drawn considering county election precincts. Avoid splitting census blocks unless necessary. • Although it is recognized that existing districts will have to be altered to reflect new population distribution in the City, any districting plan should be based on existing districts. • Districts must be configured so that they are relatively equal in total population according to the 2020 federal census. In no event should the total population deviation between the largest and the smallest district exceed ten percent as compared to the ideal district size. • The districts should be compact and composed of contiguous territory. Compactness may contain a functional, as well as a geographical, dimension. • Consideration may be given to the preservation of incumbent-constituency relations by recognition of the residence of incumbents and their history in representing certain areas. • The plan should be narrowly tailored to avoid racial gerrymandering in violation of Shaw v. Reno. • The plan should not fragment a geographically compact minority community or pack minority voters in the presence of polarized voting or otherwise discriminate against protected groups so as to create liability under the Voting Rights Act. To obtain citizen input on the draft illustrative map, the City will be hosting a series of community input sessions as follows: ALL TIMES: 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. • Tuesday, February 22: General Session — HYBRID (In-Person & Virtual); City Council Chambers, 1201 Leopard Street • Wednesday, February 23: District 2 — IN-PERSON; Lindale Senior Center, 3135 Swantner • Thursday, February 24: District 1 — IN-PERSON; Owen R. Hopkins Public Library, 3202 McKinzie Road • Monday, February 28: District 5— IN-PERSON; Veterans Memorial School, Teaching Theater, 3750 Cimarron Blvd. • Wednesday, March 2: District 4— IN-PERSON; Ethel Eyerly Senior Center, 654 Graham Road • Thursday, March 3: District 3— IN-PERSON; Water Utilities Bldg., Choke Canyon Room, 2726 Holly Rd. • Tuesday, March 8: General Session — HYBRID (In-Person &Virtual); City Council Chambers, 1201 Leopard St. Additionally, citizens can make public comment at a regular or special City Council meeting or submit comments in writing to 2022redistrictingo-cctexas.com. For more information, please refer to the City's website at www.cctexas.com/redistricting.