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CITY OF PLEASANTON CITY COUNC!L MEETING MINUTES February 3,2022 This meeting was conducted in accordance with Governor Neyysom's Executive Order N-29-20 and AB 361 COVID-19 pandemic protocols. SPECIAL MEETING Mayor Brown called the teleconferenced special meeting of the City Council from various remote locations to order at the hour of 7:01 p.m. ROLL CALL Present: Councilmembers Arkin, Balch, Testa, Mayor Brown Absent: Councilmember Narum (oined at 7:28 p.m.) PUBLIC COMMENT - None PUBLIC HEARING 1. Receive input from the community regarding boundaries and composition of districts to be established for City Councilmember district-based elections pursuant to Elections Code Section 10010 and provide direction to the City's demographer on any preferred configurations and changes to the draft maps City Attorney Dan Sodergren reported this is the third of four public hearings about the transition from at-large to district-based elections and demographer Michael Wagaman will display potential maps for discussion. Mr. Wagaman advised this meeting is a pivot point from conceptual ideas to physical map proposals. He advised the City Council does not need to select a final plan tonight but reduce the current map options and provide input for any new options before a final adoption at the February 24 meeting. He advised the City Council will also need to discuss sequencing about which districts will first vote in 2022 and 2024. He explained the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) tends to favor having districts with a higher concentration of protected classes vote in higher turnout elections. He noted in this case the higher turnout election is 2024 and for Pleasanton, this applies to the Asian Pacific lslander (APl) population. Mr. Wagaman reviewed the criteria mandated by State law. He created six color-coded drafts along with having received seven maps from the community. Mr. Wagaman presented the Green map and explained it mainly breaks the City up into quadrants with the four corners meeting at the intersection of Valley Avenue and Santa Rita Road for population balancing purposes. He advised the Green map splits both downtown and the Hacienda Business Park. Mr. Wagaman presented the Blue map and explained it follows the notion of using school enrollment zones as a guide. He noted there was no direction on which set of school zones to focus on. He reported the high school and junior high school zones do not work well for election districts so his plan focuses on elementary school zones. He noted this map splits both Hacienda Business Park and downtown.