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Redistricting Report • Page 3 Method 1: City Council -Led The City Council has complete discretion in leading the redistricting process without any format of a redistricting commission. Proceeding with the method, City Council can direct staff (with the assistance of an expert demographer) to lead community outreach efforts and workshops. City Council conducts all the required public hearings, receives public input, receives draft maps, instructs the demographer to make revisions (if necessary), and approves the final map. Method 2: Standing Committee — City Council Partially Led Alternatively, like the City's 2012 redistricting efforts, the City Council may refer the redistricting process to one of its standing committees (such as the Inclusiveness, Community Engagement, and Governmental Processes Committee) which are comprised of three City Council members. The standing committee functions as the advisory committee, but City Council led. The standing/advisory committee may have oversight on community outreach efforts and workshops, can host at least one public hearing before draft maps are drawn, receives public input, receives draft maps, instructs the demographer to make revisions (if necessary), and refers alternative maps to the City Council for consideration. After such referral, City Council conducts four public hearings, receives public input, receives the referred maps by standing/advisory committee, instructs the demographer to make revisions (if necessary), and approves the final map. Method 3: Redistricting Commission — Resident Led City Council has the option of establishing a resident -led Redistricting Commission. The California Election Code sections 23002 and 23003 set forth statutory authority on Redistricting Commission members' scope, qualifications, the selection process, prohibitions on conduct, commission requirements, and how the public hearings are conducted. The three Redistricting Commission types and scope are as follows: Alternative 1: Advisory Redistricting Commission (ARC) The process for establishing an Advisory Redistricting Commission is like other local boards and commissions, which means City Council has the authority to develop and appoint its members. The ARC oversees the community outreach efforts and workshops. Hosts at least one public hearing before draft maps are drawn, receives public input, receives draft maps, instructs the demographer to make revisions (if necessary), and refers alternative maps to the City Council for consideration. The ARC conducts the hearing without a map. All other meetings hosted by the ARC will be in addition to the minimum of four public hearings that must be held by the City Council reminiscent of the City Council Advisory Redistricting committee process. The ARC recommends one or more district boundary maps to the City Council; however, the Council retains the discretion to approve the final map. Additional public meetings would be scheduled for the City Council to establish the ARC's responsibilities and membership requirements and select the commission members.