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7.A. - Page 3 of 7 • Council districts may take into account the boundaries of other jurisdictions within the City to the extent relevant; • The territory of council districts may be compact and contiguous; • Each council district border may follow visible natural and man-made geographical and topographical features to the extent feasible; • Council districts boundaries may be drawn to mitigate geographical or manmade features that divide the City, such as freeways or topological features, to the extent feasible; • Each council district may attempt to avoid head-to-head contests between incumbent Councilmembers insofar as this does not conflict with federal or state law; • Each council district may include public facilities to the extent feasible; and • Each council district may include commercial interests to the extent feasible. The above criteria are examples only, and not necessarily applicable or appropriate for Redwood City. The public is encouraged to provide input on some or all of these factors, and may also provide input on other criteria not mentioned above, including Redwood City's Neighborhood Associations and the number of districts to be created and whether the Mayor should be elected at -large or be a rotating appointment amongst councilmembers, as is the current practice. The City Council will be informed by the public input, but it has discretion to balance criteria and choose to apply some, all, or none of these additional criteria, or may choose to develop alternative criteria that Council believes are applicable to designing a districting plan for the City. Public Outreach Plan Participation of Redwood City residents is highly encouraged both in the process of district mapping and public hearings. The City has created a website accessible in both English and Spanish that provides information to the public along with options for creating district maps in paper form and using an online districting software tool. In addition to the website and mapping kits/tools, staff is proposing to publish blog posts, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), host three community forums in January, and provide paper mapping kits to Neighborhood Associations and community partners. Mapping kits will be available at City facilities and on the City's website, and will also be placed as ads in the San Mateo Daily Journal, the Redwood Shores Pilot newsletter, in the EI Reportero (Spanish), and in the World Journal (Chinese); residents can cut-out and draw preferred districts and submit them to the City. Furthermore, a dedicated email address (Districtelections@redwoodcity.org) has been created to receive community feedback and for the public to submit scans and pictures of their completed mapping kits. Public Participation Toolkits The public will be invited to directly draw and submit maps. For each map submitted, the City's demographic consultants will professionally produce the map graphic and generate the map's population and other demographic details. As submitted maps are produced, they will be posted on the City's website. The following describes the public participation tools that will be available through the City's website. 1. Paper -only maps 2. A Microsoft Excel supplement for the paper maps 3. A powerful online map -drawing tool Residents can draw the borders of their neighborhood and indicate whether they want it united in one district or if they want their neighborhood to have multiple Councilmembers representing it, or draw a City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org 127