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7.A. - Page 5 of 7 At the February 11, 2019 City Council Meeting, the City Council will conduct Public Hearing #3 to seek public input on the content of draft district map(s) and sequence of elections. On February 25, 2019, the City Council will conduct Public Hearing #4 and will be requested to select a preferred map and direct amendments as necessary. On March 11, 2019, the City Council will conduct Public Hearing #5 to adopt a preferred district map and to introduce an ordinance to transition to a district -based electoral system. A Second reading and adoption of the ordinance is scheduled to occur on March 25, 2019, and the City Clerk and demographer will then work with the County Elections Division to have the district maps integrated into the countywide voting system. The first district election for Redwood City would be held in November 2020. Draft district maps and proposed election sequencing will be posted to the City website and available at City Hall on or before February 4, 2019, and those maps (and any possible new or revised maps) will be discussed at Council hearings on February 11, 2019, and February 25, 2019. The City's Charter Review Sub -Committee (which potentially will renamed the Governance Sub - Committee by City Council action on November 19) will research whether to make a recommendation on whether a Charter amendment is required to move to district elections. FISCAL IMPACT The fiscal impact of voluntarily converting to by -district elections is estimated to be approximately $175,000. The demographic and election consultants' costs are anticipated to be approximately $60,000. The total cost for public notices, translation fees, and interpretation at all public hearings is anticipated to be $5,000. The estimated cost to place a ballot measure on the March 2020 Primary ballot is $70,000. Special legal fees could be incurred for additional analysis and public hearings but are not anticipated to exceed $10,000. In addition, the City will be required to reimburse Mr. Shenkman up to $30,000 for his documented attorney's fees and costs. A budget amendment may be required for this initiative; staff will address this with the Mid -Year Budget Update in February 2019. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW This activity is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as defined in CEQA Guidelines, section 15378, because it has no potential for resulting in either a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of the public hearing was published in The San Mateo Daily Journal and World Journal on November 7, 2018 and in EI Reportero on November 9, 2018. In addition, the City has issued a blog post and developed a City webpage to address this initiative and opportunities for public involvement. City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcitV.org 129