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Reshape Riverside Redistricting Update • Page 3 consideration. The agenda will be revised to accommodate COI submissions received after publishing this report but submitted at least 7 days prior to the meeting. STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT: The City's Redistricting Plan contributes to the City Council's Envision 2025 Strategic Plan Priority and Goals as follows: Community Well -Being — Ensuring safe and inclusive neighborhoods where everyone can thrive with the following goal: Goal 2.4 - Support programs and innovations that enhance community safety, encourage neighborhood engagement, and build public trust. High Performing Government — Providing world-class public service that is efficient, accessible, and responsible to all, with the following goals: Goal 5.2 - Utilize technology, data, and process improvement strategies to increase efficiencies, guide decision making, and ensure services are accessible and distributed equitably throughout all geographic areas of the City. Goal 5.3 - Enhance communication and collaboration with community members to improve transparency, build public trust, and encourage shared decision-making. The proposed Redistricting format, public outreach, and marketing strategy align with the Envision 2025 Cross -Cutting Threads as follows: 1. Community Trust — The establishment of a redistricting format and outreach strategy that includes workshops in every ward to draft new ward boundaries utilizing resident -led participation, soliciting public input, creating sound policy, and includes community engagement in the decision-making process. 2. Equity — Community members will utilize interactive tools. Some may participate in a redistricting commission to ensure that newly established ward boundaries comply with federal and state laws that encourage equity for all stakeholders. 3. Fiscal Responsibility — Riverside is a prudent steward of public funds and ensures responsible management of the City's financial resources while providing quality public services to all. The City Clerk's Office is committed to exploring services provided internally instead of using consultants and to looking for creative ways to reduce the redistricting program's and outreach efforts' fiscal impact. 4. Innovation— The redistricting website will host interactive tools promoting collaborative public partnerships with redrawing ward boundaries. Riverside's Redistricting Framework includes a marketing strategy that will consist of using non-English languages, including American Sign Language. 5. Sustainability & Resiliency — Riverside is committed to meeting the present needs without compromising the needs of the future and ensuring the City's capacity to persevere, adapt and grow during fluctuating times alike. Reviewing the ward boundaries every ten years is essential to maintain sustainable and resilient representation for a more sustainable future.