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8.A. - Page 12 of 40 <br />Attachment B <br />Redwood <br />CityI California <br />Founded 1897 <br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br />March 26, 2019 <br />Media Contact: <br />Meghan Horrigan, City Manager's Office <br />650-780-7305 <br />mhorrigan@redwoodcity.org <br />MEDIA STATEMENT <br />District Elections Transition Continues and City Council Reopens the Process of Considering <br />Maps to Gain Additional Community Input <br />REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. --The City is continuing the transition to district elections and reopening <br />the process to consider revised maps that comply with federal and state laws and address <br />concerns members of the community have raised. For more background on complying with <br />state and federal laws and districting criteria, see the City's staff report from the February 11 <br />City Council meeting beginning on page two, by going sere. <br />Community Feedback on District Maps <br />Over the last six months, the City Council oversaw an extensive community engagement <br />process and received substantial community comments related to district maps. Many <br />residents expressed preferences for keeping Redwood Shores as a separate and distinct district, <br />retaining the Centennial neighborhood together as part of an overall district, maintaining the <br />Downtown neighborhood as part of an overall district, connecting the East Bayshore <br />neighborhood with the Friendly Acres neighborhood, and connecting the Bair Island <br />neighborhood with the Downtown neighborhood. Feedback also included using Jefferson <br />Avenue and Neighborhood Association boundaries as reference, aligning major roadways <br />together where possible, establishing two majority Latino districts, and choosing a map that <br />allows the Farm Hill neighborhood to vote in 2020. <br />246 <br />