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Districting Ordinance Incorporating Revisions from Introduced Draft <br /> of district boundaries. The districting plan must be adopted by the <br /> Commission initially on or before November 1, 2020,then again on or <br /> before November 1,2022, and every tenth year thereafter. Prior to the <br /> adoption of a districting plan and district boundaries the Commission shall <br /> conduct public forums.At least one public forum shall be held in each <br /> then-existing District, and at least one public hearing shall be conducted <br /> on a citywide basis.Each districting plan must be in compliance with <br /> applicable law, and in drawing the plan there shall be no consideration, <br /> favor, or disfavor given to the district assignment of any individual's <br /> residence. The initial districting plan shall be based on the 2010 decennial <br /> census,together with additional population estimates that the Commission <br /> and the districting master deem reliable.In 2022, and every tenth year <br /> thereafter,the districting plan shall be based on the most recent decennial <br /> census. The City Council must adopt each Districting Commission's <br /> districting plan without modification or amendment. <br /> (d)The City Council shall appropriate amounts reasonably necessary for <br /> each Districting Commission to carry out its responsibilities.In addition to <br /> a districting master, each Districting Commission may retain legal and <br /> other consultants as may be appropriate to carry out the Commission's <br /> functions, consistent with the Commission's appropriation. Members of <br /> the Districting Commission shall notbe compensated. The Districting <br /> Commission shall elect a Chair from among its members. <br /> (e)In the event of an annexation effective at any time other than in 2020 <br /> or before, or in the second year following a federal decennial census up to <br /> the date a Districting Commission's district plan is adopted,the City <br /> Council shall,prior to the annexation, allocate the annexed area to the <br /> nearest Council district or districts, adjusting the boundaries as <br /> appropriate but not shifting any area already within the City from one <br /> Council district to another. The allocation of the annexed area into an <br /> existing district or among existing districts must be carried out in a <br /> fashion that will result in adjusted districts that continue to be consistent <br /> with applicable legal requirements for district boundaries. For all other <br /> annexations, district boundary adjustments shall be determined by the <br /> Districting Commission that would already have been appointed in <br /> ordinary course pursuant to subsection(b) of this section. <br /> Notwithstanding the foregoing,when the City Council is responsible for <br /> allocating an annexed area among City Council districts, if the City <br /> Council determines that apportioning an annexed area among existing <br /> districts without shifting any area already within the City from one <br /> district to another will likely result in any district population that deviates <br /> from the mean by greater than 7.5%,then the City Council and the Mayor <br /> shall appoint an interim Districting Commission(which may be identical <br /> to the most recent Districting Commission)to adopt a revised districting <br /> plan with the assistance of a districting aster, consistent with subsection <br />