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EXHIBIT "A" SCOPE OF SERVICES AND FEE Consultant shall provide the following Services: A. REDISTRICTING SERVICES (BASED ON CITY -SELECTED PROCESS) Consultant will assist the City and a committee or commission, if it chooses, in the redistricting process, including working with existing state and federal voting rights act laws, the Fair Maps Act local ordinances, and utilizing traditional redistricting criteria, borne out of state and local laws, caselaw, and best practices, in order to facilitate the process in an open and transparent manner. The three options in which the City may choose to conduct the redistricting: A) An advisory redistricting committee, appointed by Councilmembers that would conduct some of the work and direct the line drawing process. This work would be advisory with the City Council ultimately having the responsibility to pass the final plan. B) An independent redistricting commission with the authority to conduct the full redistricting process and pass the final maps for the City. The City Council would have no role in the redistricting process or the selection of the commissioners, as both the redistricting and the commissioner selection processes would all be independent from the City Council. C) The City Council would conduct the redistricting process under the provisions of the Fair Maps Act. Consultant's work will include: • Supporting the City staff in developing schedules, materials, and providing information that can be used for the required City redistricting website, including how community input opportunities, hearing information, and draft maps can be made available to the public. • Supporting the City Council, City staff, the committee or commission, if chosen, with high- quality redistricting training, online mapping tools, and on how the districting process operates with state and federal requirements and other traditional redistricting practices. • In addition to the online mapping tool, working with the City to receive input from City residents about their "community of interest" with descriptions of where their communityis located, and what binds their community together. ATTY/AGR.2021.050/Redistricting Partners (Page 10 of 16)