Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Adopting Guidelines for Persons Submitting Specific Redistricting Proposals and Providing Comments
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic and Economic Growth
MEETING DATE: November 16, 2021
DEPARTMENT: City Attorney
CONTACT: Mark Houser, City Attorney
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION: approve resolution
ITEM SUMMARY:
• the City Council has certain responsibilities for redistricting the City’s councilmember districts under federal and state law including Amendments 14 and 15 to the United States Constitution, U.S.C.A. and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 52 U.S.C.A. §10301; City Charter Chapter III, Section 10; and Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. §§ 2058.001 and 2058.002
• It is necessary to provide for the orderly consideration and evaluation of redistricting plans which may come before the Council
• These guidelines relate to persons who have specific redistricting plans they wish the City Council to consider.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• On October 26, 2021 the law firm of Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta, LLP, presented an Initial Assessment considering 2020 Census data for the City of McKinney.
• Information regarding the ongoing redistricting process will be provided on the city webpage.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY: N/A
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: