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7.A. - Page 7 of 7 ATTACHMENT 1 <br />Timeline for Implementing Bv-District Elections for City Council Members <br />Date <br />Event <br />City receives letter from Kevin Shenkman of the law firm of <br />August 8, 2018 <br />Shenkman & Hughes asserting that the City's at -large council <br />member electoral system violates the California Voting Rights Act <br />September 24, 2018 <br />Council approved a Resolution of Intent to Change Elections <br />First hearing "at which the public is invited to provide input <br />October 22, 2018 <br />regarding the composition of the districts" (and demonstration of <br />public tools for district -drawing, if any) <br />November 19, 2018 <br />(Must be within 30 days of <br />1St draft map hearing) <br />Second public hearing, for the same purpose <br />October/ November <br />Outreach / Education efforts ongoing <br />November/ December <br />No meeting. <br />Time for residents to draft and submit map proposals <br />Three forums held in different regions of the community: <br />January 15, 2019 <br />(Downtown Main Library, Fair Oaks Community Center, and <br />Veterans Memorial Senior Center) <br />January 18, 2019 <br />No meeting. <br />Deadline for public to submit maps <br />February 4, 2019 <br />No meeting. <br />(at least 7 days prior to 3 d <br />Draft Maps posted on District website and available at all District <br />public hearing) <br />public offices <br />Third public hearing, "at which the public is invited to provide input <br />regarding the content of the draft map or maps and the proposed <br />February 11, 2019 <br />sequence of elections" <br />Council provides guidance on any new or revised maps it wishes <br />to see <br />February 18, 2019 <br />No meeting. <br />(at least 7 days prior to 4th <br />Any revised or new maps requested at third hearing posted on <br />public hearing) <br />District website and available at all District sites <br />Fourth public hearing, "at which the public is invited to provide <br />input regarding the content of the draft map or maps and the <br />February 25, 2019 <br />proposed sequence of elections" <br />Council provides guidance on any new or revised maps it wishes <br />to see, or selects a 'preferred' map and election sequence for <br />incorporation in ordinance at next meeting <br />March 11, 2019 <br />Fifth public hearing, includes action to adopt a map, election <br />sequence, and introduce ordinance <br />March 25, 2019 <br />Second reading of ordinance <br />March 31, 2019 <br />Deadline to adopt ordinance <br />March 2020 <br />Community votes on Charter revisions implementing by -district <br />elections, if necessary <br />November 2020 <br />First by -district elections held in four districts <br />2021 <br />Districts redrawn using 2020 Census data <br />November 2022 <br />Remaining three districts hold their first elections <br />131 <br />