>> GOOD MORNING, MR. BOARD PRESIDENT,
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BOARD MEMBERS, DR. HINOJOSA.[A. Discussion of the Dallas ISD 2021 Redistricting Timeline and Process]
THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING US ADDITIONAL TIME TODAY WITH REGARDS TO THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS.WE DO HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM THAT ARE ATTENDING VIRTUALLY, I BELIEVE LISA MCBRIDE AND CHRISTIE BADILLO.
I THINK ONE OF THEM MAY BE NEEDING TO GET INTO THE WAITING ROOM.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET IT STARTED, HOWEVER.
WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR THE BOARD, WHICH I BELIEVE SHOULD BE UP ON YOUR MONITORS.
WHAT WE'VE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD TODAY IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH REGARD TO THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS.
A LOT OF HARD WORK WENT INTO IT, I KNOW ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY WITH REGARDS TO THAT PLAN, BUT ULTIMATELY, THE POINT OF TODAY'S MEETING IS TO PRESENT TO YOU WHAT WE THINK WOULD BE AN EFFICIENT WAY IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR FULL INPUT BY ALL STAKEHOLDERS INTO THAT PLAN.
BY STAKEHOLDERS, I TRULY MEAN THE BOARD, ADMINISTRATION, AND THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE IT IS TRULY AN ALL-TEAM EFFORT WITH RESPECT TO THIS PROCESS.
PART OF THE MATTERS, OR THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING IN THIS POWERPOINT, ADDRESS NOT ONLY THE PLAN ITSELF, BUT ALSO TO DISCUSS WITH THE BOARD THE LEGAL CRITERIA THAT WE AS COUNSEL BASED ON STATUTORY LAW, FEDERAL LAW, AND CASE LAW, FEEL ARE IMPORTANT TO THIS PROCESS WHEN IT COMES TIME TO THE NITTY-GRITTY OF REDRAWING DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, ASSUMING THAT THERE IS A 10 PERCENT DEVIATION, WHICH I THINK ALL OF US IN THIS PANEL, AND I BELIEVE ON THE BOARD, ARE PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A DEVIATION THERE.
YOU'LL BE GETTING INFORMATION ON THE CRITERIA AS WELL AS WE'LL BE COVERING OTHER INFORMATION RELATED TO THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS.
THAT'S THE LAY OF THE LAND AT THIS POINT.
WITH THAT IN MIND, I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND ALSO LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT WE WANT AS MUCH INPUT AND DISCUSSION WITH REGARD TO THE TOPICS THAT WE'LL COVER TODAY.
AS PART OF THAT DISCUSSION TO THE EXTENT AS LEGAL COUNSEL, WE ANTICIPATE THAT THERE MIGHT BE A QUESTION OR INFORMATION FROM US THAT WOULD REQUIRE LEGAL ADVICE, THEN AT THAT TIME, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND LET THE BOARD KNOW TO THE EXTENT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN THEN GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS ABOUT, BUT JUST IN THE ANTICIPATION THAT THAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED.
I THINK WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE POWERPOINT, AND GET IT STARTED.
I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR THESE FIRST COUPLE OF SLIDES FOR Y'ALL, BUT IT'S JUST BASICALLY MEANT TO BE A RECAP OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN, AND HOW WE GOT HERE TODAY.
IS, IF YOU RECALL, BACK IN JUNE, THE BOARD DID RECEIVE, FOR THE FIRST TIME, INFORMATION ON THE PROCESS ITSELF, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET AND GATHER INFORMATION FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS WITH RESPECT TO THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS UPON BEING EDUCATED AS TO WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE.
WITH REGARD TO COMMUNITY ACTIVITY, THAT'S REALLY WHEN I THINK A LOT OF Y'ALL WERE THEN TAKING THE STEPS TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY FOLLOWING THAT ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.
WITH REGARDS TO JULY, A LOT MORE WORK STARTED TO OCCUR.
ONCE WE HAD RECEIVED INPUT AND DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD WITH REGARD TO THE DISCUSSION THAT WAS HELD ON JUNE 24TH, THE REDISTRICTING TEAM ITSELF INCORPORATED FEEDBACK AND INPUT TO FINALIZE A RECOMMENDED PLAN FOR THE PROCESS.
ADMINISTRATION BEGAN THE HARD WORK IN TERMS OF PREPARING PUBLIC ACCESS PLATFORMS FOR THE DISTRICT WEBSITE TO INCLUDE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS FOR THE DISTRICT.
CURRENTLY, WE DO HAVE A REDISTRICTING PAGE FOR THE DISTRICT.
ON THAT PAGE, WHAT YOU WILL CURRENTLY FIND ARE REDISTRICTING ESSENTIALS, BASICALLY, BULLET POINTS OF THE IMPORTANT PIECES OF THE PROCESS IN ORDER TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THAT PROCESS.
YOU WILL ALSO FIND THE MAPS OF THE CURRENT DISTRICT BOUNDARIES FOR THE DISTRICT TRUSTEES.
IN ADDITION, THE POWERPOINTS THAT WERE PRESENTED BACK IN JUNE, AS WELL AS THE LAST BOARD MEETING ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC CURRENTLY.
THAT IS A CONTINUAL BUILDING WEBSITE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO HOUSE MORE AND MORE INFORMATION AS THE BOARD WALKS THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
OTHER MATTERS THAT WERE TACKLED ON THIS LAST PAST MONTH WAS TO
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ALSO CONTINUE WITH THE INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES, ENGAGING WITH THEIR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THEIR INDIVIDUAL STAKEHOLDERS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE PROCESS AND WHERE INFORMATION COULD BE FOUND ABOUT THE PROCESS.THAT BRINGS US NOW TO EARLY AUGUST.
A POINT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS IS THAT I'M VERY HAPPY TODAY TO TELL YOU THAT CURRENTLY, IF NOT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON TODAY, THE US CENSUS OFFICE IS GOING TO BE HOLDING A PRESS CONFERENCE.
IF YOU RECALL, IN OUR PRIOR MEETINGS, WE HAD INDICATED THAT COVID, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE IN OUR LIVES, HAD AN IMPACT ON THE CENSUS DATA AND THE RELEASE OF THAT INFORMATION.
WE WERE OPERATING WITH SOME CERTAINTY, BUT NOT MUCH WITH REGARDS TO WHEN THAT DATA WOULD BE RELEASED.
THAT DATA WAS HOPEFULLY GOING TO BE RELEASED AUGUST 16TH.
TO THAT END, WE WORKED WITH THAT AS A DATE IN ORDER TO COME UP WITH THIS TIMELINE AND PROCESS FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT ACCORDING TO THE US CENSUS WEBSITE, [NOISE] THE US CENSUS WILL BE REALLY INFORMATION WHICH ARE THE PL94 FORMS. THE DATA, THAT IS THE DATE OF THE INITIAL RELEASE OF US CENSUS DATA FOR THE STATES, THAT IS COMING OUT TODAY, ACCORDING TO THE US CENSUS OFFICE.
LOOKS LIKE A FEW DAYS IN ANTICIPATION OF WHAT WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.
THIS TIMELINE COMPREHENDS THAT WE WOULD BE GETTING THAT INFORMATION IN MID-AUGUST.
WITH THAT IN MIND, IN EARLY AUGUST, WITH REGARDS TO BOARD AND DISTRICT ACTIVITY, WHAT WE HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU IN THE POWERPOINT IS ADDITIONAL WORK WITH RESPECT TO THE RELEASE OF THAT INFORMATION.
A GOOD PORTION OF THAT WAS WORKING ON PUBLIC INPUT AND PUBLIC ACCESS PLATFORMS AND PORTALS, FOR PURPOSES OF GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC WITH REGARDS TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WITH THE CURRENT BOUNDARIES AND THE CURRENT LINES, WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT WORKING, GATHERING THAT INPUT TO THEN BE UTILIZED FOR PURPOSES OF REDRAWING THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
THERE WAS ALSO ADDITIONAL WORK, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER WITH REGARDS TO THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.
AGAIN, CONTINUED EDUCATION ON THE PROCESS BY INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS HERE IN THE EARLY FEW WEEKS OF AUGUST.
THEN ALSO HOPEFULLY FOLLOWING THIS BOARD MEETING, THERE WILL BE MORE COMMUNITY INPUT REQUESTED VIA A SURVEY THAT IS GOING TO BE RELEASED WITH REGARDS TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF THE CURRENT DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
THIS SLIDE BRINGS US TO TODAY, THE AUGUST 12TH BOARD MEETING WITH REGARD TO THE PROCESS.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BROUGHT TO YOU THIS TIMELINE.
YOU DO HAVE A SEPARATE TIMELINE THAT IS MORE DETAILED THAN WHAT IS IN THE POWERPOINT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THAT TRULY IS THE PROPOSED PLAN FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION AT THIS MEETING.
WE ALSO WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION FROM ADMINISTRATION WITH REGARD TO THE DETAILS OF THOSE PUBLIC INPUT TOOLS, AND PORTALS THAT ARE BEING MADE AVAILABLE, TO THE EXTENT THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
ADMINISTRATION IS PREPARED TO DISCUSS THAT.
FINALLY, WE ALSO HAVE FOR YOU TODAY AT THIS BOARD MEETING, THE CRITERIA THAT IS BASICALLY OR THOSE ARE BASICALLY THE PARAMETERS, THE RULES, THE REQUIREMENTS THAT GUIDE US IN THE ACTUAL REDRAWING OF THOSE BOUNDARY LINES FOR THE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS.
TO THAT END THEN FOR THIS BOARD MEETING, THERE ARE SOME ACTION ITEMS FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION WITH REGARD TO THE PLAN AND THE CRITERIA.
AGAIN, IN REGARDS TO COMMUNITY ACTIVITY AS ANOTHER STAKEHOLDER, WE ARE LOOKING TO OPEN UP THOSE PORTALS AND THEN HOPEFULLY HAVE THAT SURVEY OUT IN ORDER TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
FOLLOWING THIS BOARD MEETING, WE DO ANTICIPATE MORE ACTIVITY ON THE PROCESS, PARTICULARLY WHERE ADOPTION OCCURS AND THAT IS CONTINUING TO HAVE BOARD MEMBERS AND ADMINISTRATION WORK, AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON THE PROCESS, NOTIFYING INDIVIDUALS IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE.
FROM A LEGAL TEAM, REDISTRICTING TEAMS/DEMOGRAPHER STANCE, IT'S GOING TO BE SOME NUMBER CRUNCHING WITH THE DATA.
BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE ASKED THE DEMOGRAPHER, ROCKY GARDENER, WHO'S WITH TEMPLETON,
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AND HIS COLLEAGUE, EVAN GARCIA ARE HERE TODAY.TO THE EXTENT THE BOARD HAS ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY DO IT, THESE GENTLEMEN ARE HERE TODAY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
BUT THEY ARE GOING TO BE PRETTY BUSY, [LAUGHTER] FOLLOWING TODAY WITH IN TERMS OF DOING THE NUMBER CRUNCHING AND THE DATA CRUNCHING ON WHAT'S BEING RELEASED FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OFFICE.
FOLLOWING THIS MEETING, OF COURSE, WE ALSO, AGAIN FOCUSING ON GETTING THAT COMMUNITY OUTREACH OUT THERE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, THROUGH INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS GOING OUT, AND GETTING THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY NEED TO BRING BACK IN ORDER FOR THE BOUNDARIES TO BE REDRAWN.
AGAIN, TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE IS NOT ANY ACTION TODAY, THEN CERTAINLY WE WANTED TO BUILD IN SOME FLEXIBILITY INTO THE SCHEDULE.
TO THAT END, WE HAVE SET ASIDE THE AUGUST 26TH BOARD MEETING FOR A POSSIBLE DISCUSSION OF THE PROCESS AGAIN AND ANY ACTION AT THAT TIME, TO THE EXTENT THAT A TIMELINE OF THE PROCESS HAS NOT BEEN ADOPTED BY THAT POINT.
MAYBE SHE'S NOT THERE, MAYBE SHE IS.
>> WHILE THEY GET THAT UP AND RUNNING, CAN WE CONTINUE?
>> SURE. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD [OVERLAPPING].
>> [LAUGHTER] YOU CAN'T HEAR ME.
>> [INAUDIBLE] THERE SHE IS. HI LISA. CAN YOU HEAR US?
>> HELLO EVERYONE. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME NOW? [NOISE]
>> I'M GOING TO START WITH SEPTEMBER AND AS I WAS SAYING, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
WITH RESPECT TO SEPTEMBER, I'D LIKE AS THE BOARD TO LOOKING AT THE TIMELINE AND THE PROCESS, TO THINK ABOUT SEPTEMBER IN FOUR CHUNKS.
THINK ABOUT EARLY SEPTEMBER WITH A SPECIFIC CALLED BOARD MEETING DATE OF SEPTEMBER 9TH, WHERE WE'LL HAVE SOME SPECIFIC DELIVERABLES AND ACTIONS FOR THE BOARD, MID TO LATE SEPTEMBER, AND A SPECIFIC IF WE NEED IT, MONTHLY BOARD MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2021.
LET'S START LOOKING AT EARLY SEPTEMBER.
THIS REALLY BUILDS OFF OF WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AND WORKING ON IN AUGUST, IN TERMS OF BOARD ACTION, LEGAL TEAM, AND DEMOGRAPHER ACTION, AND AS WELL AS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
ASSUMING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY BAD NEWS FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU AT TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE AND THAT WE'RE ON THE TIMELINE TO BEGIN GETTING THAT DATA, AT LEAST IN RAW FORM IN MID TO LATE AUGUST AND MORE FINAL FORM IN SEPTEMBER, OUR GOALS FOR SEPTEMBER IS TO PRESENT THAT DATA.
IN FACT, AT YOUR SEPTEMBER 9TH MEETING TO PRESENT THAT CENSUS DATA AS WELL AS BASED ON THE INITIAL SURVEY TO THE PUBLIC AND GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD IN TERMS OF HOW YOUR CURRENT SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS ARE WORKING, TAKING THAT INFORMATION, AND BEGIN LOOKING AT NUMBER 1, ANSWERING THE QUESTION, DO WE NEED TO REDISTRICT? BECAUSE REBALANCING NEEDS TO OCCUR.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR MOST AND LEAST POPULOUS DISTRICT IS GREATER THAN 10 PERCENT AND THEN TAKING IN SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK, WHAT ARE SOME INITIAL MAPS TO BEGIN LOOKING AT AND PRESENTING TO THE BOARD THE INITIAL FEEDBACK, AS WELL AS SOME INITIAL MAPS THAT BRING YOU BACK INTO BALANCE GIVEN THAT ULTIMATE TIMELINE? THAT IS THE BOARD ACTIVITY FOR EARLY SEPTEMBER, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY ACTIVITY.
THE COMMUNITY WILL BE ATTENDING SMALL MEETINGS HELD BY INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS IN THEIR DISTRICTS TO GET FEEDBACK ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD WANT TO SEE IN THE UPCOMING PLAN BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH THE CURRENT PLAN, AS WELL AS PARTICIPATING IN A SECOND SURVEY WHERE THEY CAN PROVIDE SPECIFIC FEEDBACK OF THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE DIFFERENT OR FOCUSED ON MORE IN A NEW PLAN UNDER THE NEW DATA.
THEN LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT THE SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2021, THE PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD WOULD INCLUDE THE CENSUS INFORMATION, ANSWER THE QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT REBALANCING IS NECESSARY, AND THEN LOOKING AT POTENTIAL DRAFT MAPS AND GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD ON THOSE MAPS.
THAT FEEDBACK DOESN'T END AT THAT SEPTEMBER 9TH MEETING.
WE'VE BUILT IN THE ABILITY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK NOT ONLY TO THE LAWYERS, BUT TO THE DEMOGRAPHERS REGARDING THOSE INITIAL DRAFT MAPS AND THEN TO TAKE THOSE DRAFT MAPS OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY,
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AND HAVE INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GET THAT FEEDBACK, AS WELL AS COLLECTING THAT FEEDBACK ONLINE THROUGH THE SURVEY THAT WE INDICATED, SURVEY NUMBER 2, SO AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD AT THE SEPTEMBER 9TH BOARD MEETING.AFTER THE SEPTEMBER 9TH BOARD MEETING TO CONTINUE, OPPORTUNITIES OF RECEIVING FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD TO THE DEMOGRAPHER, TO THE LEGAL TEAM, AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE BOARD TO INTERACT WITH MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY WITH THE MAP AS WELL AS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON A SECOND SURVEY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE LEGAL TEAM AND DEMOGRAPHIC TEAM WILL BE DOING IS COLLECTING THAT FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD AS WELL AS FROM THE PUBLIC, AND PRESENTING THAT TO THE BOARD AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS.
THE BOARD WILL KNOW WHAT THAT FEEDBACK IS AND HAVE IT CATEGORIZED, SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS AND THE INTERESTS OF THEIR FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY.
LOOKING AT MID TO LATE SEPTEMBER, REMEMBERING THAT WE ALSO HAVE YOUR MONTHLY BOARD MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, SPECIFICALLY, WE'VE BUILT IN SOME TIME THAT IF FOR SOME REASON THE DATA DOES NOT COME OUT AS WE EXPECT IT TO BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT LATE, THEN THOSE INITIAL THINGS THAT WE WERE PLANNING TO DO WITH YOUR SEPTEMBER 9TH MEETING, LOOKING AT THE CENSUS DATA, LOOKING AT THE THREE MAPS, AND GETTING FEEDBACK, WE'VE BUILT IN AS A PLACEHOLDER AT YOUR SEPTEMBER 3RD MONTHLY MEETING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IF THERE'S ANY DELAY IN THE DATA.
BUT WE'RE STILL GETTING IT IN SEPTEMBER.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN LATER IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AFTER YOUR SEPTEMBER 9TH MEETING, IS A PRESENTATION THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE BOARD ON SEPTEMBER 9TH WITH THAT INITIAL INFORMATION, WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE NOT ONLY PUBLICLY ON YOUR WEBSITE, BUT TO INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS, SHOULD THEY WANT TO TAKE THAT AND INCORPORATE THAT IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'LL BE AVAILABLE TO YOU ON YOUR WEBSITE AND THEN DIRECTLY TO EACH TRUSTEE.
THEN THE ADMINISTRATION WILL HOLD A TELE-TOWN HALL, THE FIRST OF TWO, TALKED ABOUT LATER FROM ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES AND TO RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC, AND INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC, AS WELL AS CONTINUED OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THAT SURVEY NUMBER 2, AND THEN CONTINUED OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE BOARD TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO THE LEGAL TEAM AND DEMOGRAPHIC TEAM THAT THEN BECOMES INCORPORATED INTO THE PRESENTATIONS THAT ARE DONE BACK TO THE BOARD IN OCTOBER, AS WE'RE NARROWING DOWN THE MAPS FROM THREE TO A SMALLER NUMBER OF MAPS.
AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE NEXT SLIDE, SLIDE 15, THAT IS YOUR SPECIFIC MONTHLY BOARD MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2021.
AGAIN, AS I FORECASTED EARLIER, SHOULD THERE BE ANY DELAY IN AUGUST IN THE RECEIPT OF THE DATA AND WE'RE NOT READY AT YOUR SEPTEMBER 9TH CALLED MEETING TO PRESENT THE INITIAL DATA AND REMAPS, WE BUILT IN A PLACEHOLDER AT THE SEPTEMBER 23RD MEETING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
ANYTHING THAT WE'RE UNABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AT YOUR SEPTEMBER 9TH MEETING, WE HAVE A PLACEHOLDER AT YOUR SEPTEMBER 23RD MEETING TO DISCHARGE THOSE ACTION ITEMS, AND THEN WE'RE INTO OCTOBER.
>> GOOD MORNING. ALMOST AFTERNOON. CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME OKAY? WHEN WE GET INTO OCTOBER, I GUESS WE'D LIKE THE BOARD TO THINK ABOUT THIS AS A TIME WHERE WE START TO GET DOWN TO ONE TO TWO MAPS WHERE WE'RE REALLY WORKING WITH IT.
I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS A LITTLE QUICKLY JUST BECAUSE I THINK OCTOBER IS INDICATIVE OF, PART OF OUR TRUNCATED TIMELINE HERE WHERE WE START MOVING PRETTY RAPIDLY TOWARD A FINAL MAP.
IN THE CASE OF EARLY OCTOBER, THIS IS WHEN THE DISTRICT-OPERATED PUBLIC INPUT WINDOWS ARE GOING TO CLOSE SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S ONLINE.
WE'VE DONE THE SURVEYS, WE'VE DONE THE TELE TOWN HALLS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
HERE WE GET DOWN TO A SITUATION WHERE ALL OF THE COMMUNITY ACTIVITY IS GOING TO BE TRUSTEE-DIRECTED. NEXT SLIDE.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK FOR THE OCTOBER 14TH CALLED BOARD MEETING.
AT THAT TIME IS WHEN WE WILL GET SOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK.
EVERYTHING THAT WAS COLLECTED PUBLICLY FROM ONLINE, FROM THE SURVEYS, AND FROM THE TRUSTEES, WE'LL DISCUSS.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THOSE 1-2 MAPS.
BASED ON BOARD AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, WE WILL CONTINUE FROM THERE.
THOSE MAP OPTIONS ARE DEFINITELY TO BE ON THE WEBSITE SO FOLKS CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
AS YOU'LL SEE AT THE COMMUNITY ACTIVITY PORTION OF THIS SLIDE, THE TRUSTEES ARE STILL COLLECTING ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WE WANT TO SEE WHAT FOLKS THINK ABOUT THOSE ONE OR TWO MAPS.
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THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO ULTIMATELY GET TO OUR NEXT STEP AND SO THE BOARD AGENDA ITEMS AT THE TIME IS WE WILL HAVE A SUMMARY OF THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION OF THE 1-2 MAPS, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A TRUSTEE FEEDBACK ON THE INITIAL DRAFT MAPS.THEN MID TO LATE OCTOBER AS WE'RE WRAPPING UP THIS OCTOBER, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE TRUSTEES HOLD COMMUNITY TOWN HALL MEETINGS ABOUT THE 1-2 UPDATED MAPS TO GET PUBLIC FEEDBACK.
WE'LL STILL USE THE PRESENTATION FROM OCTOBER 15TH BOARD MEETING.
THEN WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK ON THOSE 1-2 MAPS AND THAT'LL GO DIRECTLY TO LEGAL COUNSEL AND THE DEMOGRAPHERS SPECIFICALLY SO THAT ANY SUGGESTIONS AND CHANGES CAN BE MADE.
THEN WE'LL MOVE ON AND HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AS NEEDED.
THAT'S GOING TO BE AGAIN FOR TRUSTEES TO DIRECT ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU NEED TO RECEIVE FROM YOUR COMMUNITY AND ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO SEND OVER TO LEGAL COUNSEL OR THE DEMOGRAPHER.
THAT'S THE WINDOW OF TIME WHERE ANY TWEAKS OR CHANGES TO THOSE FINAL 1-2 MAPS TAKES PLACE.
WE'RE STILL HAVING COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND THE COMMUNITY PROVIDES FEEDBACK TO THE TRUSTEES WE ARE DISCUSSING ON THAT LAST SLIDE.
OCTOBER IS THAT WINDOW OF TIME TO GET DOWN TO 1-2 MAPS AND TO COLLECT ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK.
THE PREVIOUS MONTHS INCLUDE THE SURVEYS AND TELE TOWN HALLS AND ALL OF THAT.
OCTOBER IS THE TIME WHERE WE REALLY GET MOVING.
NOVEMBER IS WHEN THINGS START TO ESCALATE A BIT MORE.
>> OKAY. I'M GOING TO TAKE OVER NOW AND TALK A BIT ABOUT NOVEMBER.
NOVEMBER, THIS IS WHEN THE DEMOGRAPHER HAS TAKEN THE FEEDBACK FROM THE OCTOBER CYCLE AND NOW HIS TEAM IS ABLE TO DRAFT ONE MAP, WHICH WILL BE PRESENT TO THE BOARD.
THIS HAPPENS IN EARLY NOVEMBER.
THERE'S STILL THIS SAME TREND IN WHICH THE COMMUNITY IS ATTENDING MEETINGS THAT'S BEING HELD BY THE TRUSTEES TO PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK ABOUT THE UPDATED MAPS.
ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2021, WE'LL HAVE A CALLED BOARD MEETING.
AT THIS POINT, THE BOARD WILL GET A PRESENTATION ON ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK THAT'S BEEN COLLECTED PUBLICLY FROM EITHER ONLINE OR FROM THE TRUSTEES DURING THEIR INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS.
THIS IS WHEN THE DEMOGRAPHER AND THE LEGAL TEAM WILL BE PRESENTING ONE MAP TO THE BOARD AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE BOARD'S OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK ON THAT ONE MAP.
THIS ONE MAP WILL BE PLACED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC AND WHATEVER OTHER PLATFORMS WE'RE UTILIZING AT THAT POINT.
LEGAL COUNSEL WILL BE PROVIDING MATERIALS AND PRESENTATIONS TO BE USED IN THE NOVEMBER 4TH CALLED BOARD MEETING.
THEY'LL BE PROVIDING THAT AGAIN TO BE USED IN THE NOVEMBER TRUSTEE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
AS FAR [INAUDIBLE] WHICH WILL BE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC ON THOSE 1-2 MAPS.
A PRESENTATION WILL BE LISTED ON THE AGENDA REGARDING THE ONE UPDATED MAP AND THEN TRUSTEE FEEDBACK ON THAT UPDATED MAP.
THERE'S ALWAYS STILL GOING TO BE THIS TREND AGAIN OF THE COMMUNITY ATTENDING MEETINGS HELD BY THE INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES AT THIS POINT.
SO FOLLOWING THAT NOVEMBER 4TH BOARD MEETING, THIS IS WHAT LISA TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
WE HAD THE TELE-TOWN HALL MEETING IN SEPTEMBER.
NOW WE'LL HAVE A SECOND TELE-TOWN HALL MEETING ON THE UPDATED MAP BECAUSE WE'RE NOW DOWN TO JUST ONE MAP.
THE TRUSTEES, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY'LL HOLD THEIR COMMUNITY TOWN HALL MEETINGS ABOUT THAT ONE UPDATED MAP.
SO YOU GUYS SHOULD BE HAVING MEETINGS AFTER THIS NOVEMBER 4TH MEETING TO PRESENT THIS LAST UPDATED MAP.
AGAIN, A DIVISION OF TRUSTEES WILL THEN BE PROVIDING FEEDBACK ON THIS MAP TO LEGAL COUNSEL AND A DEMOGRAPHER.
THEN AS WELL [INAUDIBLE] ANY SUGGESTIONS AND CHANGES.
LEGAL COUNSEL AND THE DEMOGRAPHER WILL BE PROVIDING THAT TO THE BOARD BASED UPON THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
AGAIN, STILL THROUGHOUT THIS MONTH, THE COMMUNITY WILL STILL BE ATTENDING MEETINGS TO BE HELPED BY THE INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES ON THE UPDATED MAP, AS PROVIDED.
NOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING INTO DECEMBER.
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CHRISSY [INAUDIBLE] IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSING DECEMBER.>> KARRY (PHONETIC) THE ZOOM IS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS, SO CARRY ON.
>> WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD.
WITH REGARDS TO DECEMBER, THIS IS WHEN THE MAGIC HAPPENS, SO TO SPEAK, BOARD MEMBERS.
WE HAVE SET ASIDE THE DECEMBER SECOND CALLED BOARD MEETING AS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION ON ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT'S BEEN COLLECTED FROM THE PUBLIC AND THE TRUSTEES.
AS WITH OUR DEMOGRAPHER, WE'LL BE CONDUCTING A PRESENTATION WITH REGARD TO A FINALIZED AND REVISED MAP.
BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WANT INPUT FROM THE BOARD WITH REGARD TO THAT FINAL REVISED MAP.
THEN ALSO, IMPORTANTLY FOR OUR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO BE PLACING THAT MAP ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE IN ORDER TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC WITH REGARD TO THAT FINAL REVISED MAP.
THEREAFTER, THERE MIGHT BE SOME CHANGES WITH REGARDS TO THE DEMOGRAPHER [BACKGROUND] BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.
THAT'S TO MAKE SOME FINAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT MAP.
IN REGARDS TO AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE PROPOSED OR POSSIBLE ACTIONS AT THE DECEMBER CALLED BOARD MEETING, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT A SUMMARY OF THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC ON THE FINAL REVISED MAP.
PRESENTATION ON THAT FINAL REVISED MAP, TRUSTEE FEEDBACK, AND THEN DISCUSSION AT THIS MEETING WITH REGARDS TO A RESOLUTION WHICH IS A STATE REQUIREMENT, BUT TO DISCUSS A RESOLUTION TO ALLOW THE TRUSTEES CURRENTLY SITTING TO REMAIN AND SERVE OUT THEIR RESPECTIVE TERMS. WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THERE WOULD BE A DISCUSSION AT THAT POINT WITH ACTION ON SUCH RESOLUTION NOT TO BE TAKEN UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.
WITH REGARDS TO COMMUNITY ACTIVITY, THE COMMUNITY WOULD AGAIN BE PROVIDING INPUT AND ATTENDING MEETINGS WITH INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES ABOUT THAT FINAL REVISED MAP.
NEXT SLIDE. WE GET TO OUR DECEMBER 16TH MONTHLY BOARD MEETING.
AT THAT POINT IN DECEMBER, THE BOARD WOULD BE CONSIDERING AND APPROVING THE FINAL SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT REDRAWN MAP AND PLACING THAT MAP WITH REGARD THAT'S BEEN FINALLY ADOPTED AND APPROVED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF NOTIFYING THE PUBLIC.
IN TERMS OF BOARD AGENDA ITEMS, IT WOULD BE TO ADOPT THE FINAL SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT MAP AND IMPLEMENT THE PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MAP AND THE BOUNDARIES THAT HAVE BEEN SET.
AGAIN, THERE WOULD ALSO BE ACTUAL REGARD TO THAT RESOLUTION IN TERMS OF HAVING [BACKGROUND] [INAUDIBLE] ADDRESSED TRUSTEES THAT ARE CURRENTLY SITTING, [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE REMAINDER OF THEIR TERMS. AGAIN, JUST AS A REMINDER WITH REGARD TO KEY DATES, JUST TO LET THE BOARD KNOW AGAIN, IT'S A FAST PASSAGE Y'ALL KNOW.
BUT HERE I WANTED TO [INAUDIBLE] DID SAY THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN ADOPTED 90 DAYS BEFORE THE MAIN ELECTION.
THE REALITY IS THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO SEEK TO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE PRIOR TO THE FIRST DAY THAT OPENS THE TIMELINE FOR CANDIDATES TO FILE FOR OFFICE.
[NOISE] [INAUDIBLE]. AT THIS JUNCTURE, WE'RE GOING [INAUDIBLE] THERE ARE GOING TO BE MEETINGS.
BOTH BOARD MEETINGS AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE LAID OUT IN THIS PLAN WITH TRUSTEES WITH REGARDS TO THE REDRAWING OF BOUNDARIES.
THERE'S ALSO THE PRESENCE OF THE DEMOGRAPHER AT THOSE MEETINGS SINCE THAT IS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS ACTUALLY DOING THE MOVEMENT.
CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? ARE YOU ALL ABLE TO HEAR ME OKAY? I THOUGHT SO.
THE IDEA IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS ASSIST THE LEGAL TEAM, NOT NECESSARILY THE WHOLE TEAM YOU SEE HERE, BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE AT LEAST HAVING ONE ATTORNEY AND THE DEMOGRAPHER BE WITH TRUSTEES AND MEET WITH TRUSTEES INDIVIDUALLY WITH REGARD TO THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU ALL RECEIVE WITH RESPECT TO YOUR SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT LINES, AS WELL AS JUST THE PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN.
THOSE ARE THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEGAL REDISTRICTING TEAM.
THE DEMOGRAPHER THEMSELVES ALSO ARE A SEPARATE COST WITH REGARDS TO THIS PROCESS AND THE ESTIMATED COSTS ARE THERE FOR THE DEMOGRAPHER.
THERE ARE EXTRA COSTS TO THE EXTENT OF THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT OUR DEMOGRAPHER IS UNDERSTANDING THAT PARTICULARLY ON INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE MEETINGS,
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THAT THOSE ARE MEETINGS THAT COULD PROBABLY HAPPEN WITH MULTIPLE MEETINGS OCCURRING IN A DAY.WE WANTED TO AT LEAST GIVE THE BOARD AN IDEA OR RANGE.
OBVIOUSLY, TO THE EXTENT THAT MORE MEETINGS ARE ASKED OF THE TEAM AND DEMOGRAPHER THAT COULD IMPACT THE ESTIMATED COSTS.
ANOTHER ANTICIPATED POSSIBLE COST IS TO THE EXTENT THAT WE END UP WITH A FINAL REVISED PLAN, WHICH IS A VAST DEVIATION FROM WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE.
THERE IS ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY OF WANTING TO HAVE A STATISTICIAN COME IN TO ENSURE OR TO VERIFY THAT RETROGRESSION HASN'T HAPPENED.
WE CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WANT THAT TO BE A RESULT, BUT SOMETIMES THAT COULD HAPPEN WHERE BOUNDARIES ARE VASTLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THEY USED TO BE.
THAT COULD BE A POSSIBLE COST LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD, BUT NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ANTICIPATE AT THIS TIME.
I THINK BEFORE WE GET TO CRITERIA, ADMINISTRATION DOES WANT TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION.
>> REAL QUICK. CAN YOU GO BACK?
>> JUST A REPEAT SLIDE 29 REAL QUICK? WHAT YOU'VE MENTIONED THERE.
>> YEAH. CAN YOU JUST REPHRASE THAT?
>> OUR KEY DATES WITH REGARDS TO DRIVING THE PROCESS ITSELF? IT'S JUST A REMINDER IN TERMS OF WHY IT'S SUCH A FAST-PACED PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
THE NEED FOR HAVING A PLAN APPROVED BEFORE THAT JANUARY DEADLINE FOR FILING OR THE OPENING FOR FILING.
>> I THINK AT THIS POINT, WHEN I GIVE THE BOARD AN IDEA OF WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING, SO TO SPEAK, AND GETTING THOSE PUBLIC PORTALS OPEN IN THAT INPUT OUT THERE.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ADMINISTRATION AT THIS POINT.
>> HELLO BOARD. I AM SO HAPPY TO BE SPEAKING TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON IN REGARDS TO WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN DOING WITH RELATION TO THE REDISTRICTING PUBLIC PORTAL.
WHAT WE'VE DEVELOPED IS A ONE-STOP-SHOP WHERE EVERYONE CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC REGARDING REDISTRICTING.
I WANT TO START AT THE VERY BEGINNING.
FOLLOWING THIS MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DROP-DOWN THAT WILL BE RIGHT HERE ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TAB.
IT WILL HAVE EVERYTHING TO DO WITH REDISTRICTING AND THE ESSENTIALS RIGHT NOW, IT'S AVAILABLE HERE.
IT STARTS OUT JUST REALLY QUICK.
I AM GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS, JUST THE REDISTRICTING ESSENTIALS, TALKS ABOUT WHAT REDISTRICTING IS AND THE PROCESS THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.
FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, SO THAT THEY WILL UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.
THIS IS WHAT THIS INFORMATION IS HERE.
IT GOES THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE STEPS ALONG WITH THE CRITERIA.
WE ALSO HAVE, I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO FAST, LET ME SEE [INAUDIBLE] HERE.
SORRY. IT HAS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU AS TRUSTEES CAN SAY AND DO AND WHAT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW REGARDING THESE PARTICULAR ITEMS. EVERYTHING WILL BE HERE LISTED AND PERTAINING TO REDISTRICTING FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR.
DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, YOU WILL SEE THE PRESENTATIONS THIS FIRST ONE IS THE ONE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING TODAY.
OF COURSE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO BACK THROUGH THAT.
I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT IT'S HERE AND IT'S ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS WILL ALSO BE HOUSED HERE.
THIS INFORMATION IS HERE. I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH THAT.
I JUST WANT YOU TO SEE THAT IT'S AVAILABLE IF YOU WANT TO LET ANYONE KNOW THAT THIS INFORMATION IS HERE.
THESE ARE THE CURRENT MAPS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE DISTRICT.
AS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT AND HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED TODAY ARE THE TAKING OF SURVEYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE WILL HAVE AN EXTRA PORTAL HERE THAT WILL HOUSE THE SURVEYS THAT WE'RE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO COMPLETE REGARDING REDISTRICTING.
WHAT I WANT TO DO NOW, IS TAKE YOU AND SHOW YOU WHAT ONE OF THE SURVEYS WILL LOOK LIKE THAT WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY COMPLETE THIS WILL GO LIVE FOLLOWING THIS MEETING.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS JUST GET FEEDBACK ON THE PROCESS AS IT IS NOW AND WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT'S NOT.
WE'LL QUICKLY GO THROUGH THIS.
WHEN A PERSON GOES TO TAKE THE SURVEY.
THIS IS THE FORM THAT WILL POPULATE.
THE FIRST THE NAME FIELD AND THE EMAIL ADDRESS ARE OPTIONAL.
A PERSON CAN TAKE THE SURVEY AND BE ANONYMOUS.
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HOWEVER, AN ADDRESS IS REQUIRED.WE WANT TO KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE TAKING THE SURVEY LIVE WITHIN THE DISTRICT OR HOW THEY'RE ACTUALLY AFFECTING THE SURVEY AND THE RESPONSES THAT WE'RE GETTING SO WE CAN QUANTIFY THAT INFORMATION.
UNDER THIS SURVEY QUESTIONS THEMSELVES.
WE HAVE QUESTION 1 IS ASKING, IN WHAT SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT A PERSON LIVES IN, AND THERE'S A DROP-DOWN MENU HERE, AND THEN THE PERSON CAN PICK FROM 1-9 OR NONE.
THAT'S AN OPTION THAT THEY HAVE.
QUESTION 2 IS IN WHICH DALLAS COUNTY ELECTION PRECINCT DO YOU CURRENTLY RESIDE? WE KNOW SOME PEOPLE CAN ANSWER THIS, BUT FOR MOST PEOPLE, THEY DON'T KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HAND AND WE DON'T WANT THEM HAVING TO GO AND SEARCH FOR THE VOTER REGISTRATION CARD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE DO HAVE RIGHT HERE FOR QUESTIONS 1 AND 2 FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SURE, THEY CAN JUST CLICK HERE AND SEE AN INTERACTIVE MAP.
THIS INTERACTIVE MAP BEGINS WITH AN INTRODUCTION AGAIN TO WHY WE'RE ASKING THIS TO BE COMPLETED, AND WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION HERE FOR THEM TO SEE AS THEY OPEN THE SURVEY ITSELF.
THE SURVEY WILL OPEN SHOWING ALL OF THE TRUSTEE DISTRICTS.
IT'S AN ODD DISTRICT MAP THAT WE HAVE HERE.
THIS LITTLE ICON HERE ON THE LEFT, TOP LEFT.
HERE IS INFORMATION REGARDING, AGAIN, INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO USE THE SURVEY ITSELF IN THE TOOLS WITHIN THE SURVEY.
WE ARE WORKING ON VOICE OVERLAY FOR THIS SO THAT WE WILL MAKE THIS USER-FRIENDLY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
THAT INFORMATION WILL BE HERE UNDER THIS TAB HERE.
THIS SECOND TAB LOOKS LIKE A STACK OF BOOKS OR DIFFERENT PAPERS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
OUR LAYERING LIST IS REALLY PRETTY UNIQUE BECAUSE YOU CAN TURN ON FUNCTIONS JUST BY CLICKING HERE ON THESE PARTICULAR ICONS.
WE CAN TURN ON THE COUNTY SUBFREEZING.
WE CAN TURN AND TURN ON AND OFF THE CAMPUS LOCATIONS AND YOUR TRUSTEE DISTRICTS SO THAT WE HAVE A BLANK MAP THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT.
NOW WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND LOOKING AT ALL OF THE TRUSTEE DISTRICTS, WE HAVE SOME OPTIONS AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU THESE LITTLE ICONS ON THE SIDE, THESE LITTLE ARROWS.
THESE ARE LEGENDS THAT PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SO THEY'RE COLOR COORDINATED SO THAT YOU CAN SEE ALONG WITH IF YOU'RE IN THIS PARTICULAR COLOR, THAT WHICH DISTRICT YOU'RE ACTUALLY IN.
ANOTHER TOOL AND WHAT WE WILL BE USING TO SUBMIT AND PEOPLE CAN PRINT THE INFORMATION OUT IS THIS PRINT TOOL.
THEY HAVE OPTIONS TO WORK WITH THE MAP AND DO DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS ALONG WITH IT.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING THAT WE JUST PUT IN.
I'M GOING TO TYPE IN AN ADDRESS FOR YOU BECAUSE THAT'S A FUNCTION THAT WE HAVE AND WE'RE GOING TO PULL THIS UP.
THIS IS WHERE WE ALL ARE RIGHT HERE TODAY THAT ARE HERE LIVE.
THIS IS A MAP, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S COLORED BLUE, SO THAT TELLS US THAT WE'RE IN DISTRICT 9 AND IT HAS THE ADDRESS HAS TO WHERE WE ARE.
A PERSON NOW KNOWS IF THEY PUT IN THEIR ADDRESS THAT THEY LIVE IN DISTRICT 9.
ALSO, YOU CAN CLICK ON THIS LITTLE BOX RIGHT HERE TO THE LEFT AND THEN IT SAYS SEARCH RESULTS ONE OF TWO.
IF I GO CLICK ON THE ARROW, I'M IN DISTRICT 9, I KNOW THAT.
WE CAN DO DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.
I'M SORRY. ONE OF OUR FUNCTIONS IS MALFUNCTIONING RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'LL FIX IT.
ANOTHER CLICK THERE WOULD SHOW US EXACTLY WHAT PRECINCT WE LIVE IN.
THAT'S ONE OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE TOOL AND IT DOES WORK SO I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S NOT WORKING RIGHT THIS SECOND, BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S WORKING.
AGAIN, THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT A PERSON CAN USE.
YOU CAN GO TO HOME, TO CLEAR THE SCREEN, START OVER, DO THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO, TO COMPLETE THE FORM.
THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO WITH THE ACTUAL MAP AND TO GET TO WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU WANT TO DO AND LOOK AT.
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AGAIN, PUT THE LAYERS ON THE FORM AND TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH THOSE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO SEE.AGAIN, IT HAS THE SCHOOLS, IT HAS LEGENDS WITH THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
THEN FROM THAT, THEN IF WE GO BACK TO OUR FORM, SO THAT'S HOW YOU FILL OUT QUESTIONS 1 AND 2.
QUESTION 3, SIMPLY JUST ASK HOW LONG A PERSON HAS LIVED IN THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT AND IT ALSO HAS A DROP-DOWN MENU FOR CAPTURING THE DATA, SO IT HAS A LIST OF YEARS THAT ARE SHOWN THERE.
THEN NUMBER FOUR IS WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE DISTRICT? AGAIN, WE WANT TO CAPTURE THAT INFORMATION AND EVERYTHING, HOW THAT IS THERE.
ARE YOU A RESIDENT A PARENT? AND THEY CAN PICK ALL THAT APPLY.
THAT INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO GATHER DATA FOR YOU.
RIGHT HERE WHERE IT SAYS, TO VIEW THE REDISTRICTING CRITERIA ADOPTED BY THE BOARD, THAT RIGHT NOW IS NONFUNCTIONAL UNTIL YOU ALL TAKE A VOTE TODAY OR WHENEVER YOU DECIDE TO TAKE THE VOTE, BUT ONCE THE CRITERIA IS ESTABLISHED, THEN THAT WILL BE THERE AND THAT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
EVERYTHING AGAIN IS IN ONE PLACE.
THIS IS A REQUIRED FIELD ON THE FORM AND WHAT IT IS IS ASKING YOU, WHAT WORKS WELL UNDER THE CURRENT PLAN THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE? AND THE CRITERIA IS LISTED THERE AND SOMEONE MAY SAY NOTHING'S WORKING FOR THEM AND THEY HAVE THAT OPTION AS WELL.
QUESTION SIX IS ALSO A REQUIRED FIELD AND THIS IS WHAT'S NOT WORKING.
AGAIN, THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO FILL THIS OUT OR EVERYTHING MAYBE WORKING WELL WITH THEM AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER REQUIRED FIELD.
QUESTION SEVEN IS OUR ONLY OPEN-ENDED QUESTION AND THIS QUESTION IS, IF THEY CAN MAKE A CHANGE OR CHANGES, WHAT WOULD THAT CHANGE BE? AND SO THEY CAN MANIPULATE THAT MAP LOOK AT THINGS AND HOW THEY WANT TO DO THAT, AND THEN PUT A RESPONSE HERE IN NUMBER SEVEN.
NUMBER SEVEN, BECAUSE IT IS AN OPEN-ENDED QUESTION, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S MORE TIME-CONSUMING DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF RESPONSES THAT WE GET, BECAUSE EACH ONE, SOME PEOPLE MAY CHOOSE NOT TO DO THIS QUESTION AT ALL, AND THAT'S FINE.
THEY HAVE THAT OPTION. SOME PEOPLE MAY ELABORATE, BUT ANYWAY, WE WILL NEED TO CATEGORIZE THOSE PARTICULAR QUESTIONS AND GO THROUGH THOSE QUESTIONS INDIVIDUALLY.
THEN WE HAVE NUMBER EIGHT, AND EIGHT IS IN RESPONSE TO QUESTION NUMBER SEVEN.
WE HAVE THE OPTIONS THAT ARE HERE THAT JUST WERE ASKING THEM WHY THEY MADE THOSE PARTICULAR CHANGES.
THEN A PERSON WILL BE ASKED TO SUBMIT THEIR FORM, ONCE THEY SUBMIT THAT FORM, WE WILL THEN HAVE A REPORT THAT'S GENERATED.
IT WILL COME BACK TO THE OFFICE OF BOARD SERVICES.
WE WILL BE SHARING THAT INFORMATION WITH THE ATTORNEYS AND OTHERS, THE DEMOGRAPHER, ANYBODY THAT NEEDS THAT INFORMATION WHERE WE WILL BE SHARING AND GATHERING THAT INFORMATION.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR IT TEAM, EVALUATIONS AND OUR DEMOGRAPHERS TO GRAB THIS INFORMATION FOR YOU ALL.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PART OF WHERE WE WILL BE HOUSING.
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY. ONE MORE THING.
THE PAGE ITSELF WILL CONTINUE TO BE UPDATED.
I JUST WANT TO STRESS THAT ALL THAT INFORMATION ANY OF OUR MEETINGS ALTHOUGH IT'S AVAILABLE HERE THROUGH OUR AGENDAS, EVERYTHING WILL BE HOUSED ON THAT PUBLIC PORTAL.
TRUSTEES WILL NOW OPEN IT UP FOR ANY FEEDBACK OR QUESTIONS ON THE PROCESS, TIMELINE, AND ANY OF THE ASSORTED MATERIALS HERE.
WE'LL START WITH TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
>> I HAVE JUST A FEW QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST ONE I'VE SLEPT SINCE WE HAD OUR LAST MEETING, BUT I THOUGHT WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
>> WE DID RECEIVE FEEDBACK, I BELIEVE, FROM ONE BOARD MEMBER WITH REGARDS TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMPONENT AND THAT'S CERTAINLY, THAT IS STILL SOMETHING THAT IS ON THE TABLE.
TO THE EXTENT THAT THE BOARD WOULD WANT THAT TO BE A CRITICAL COMPONENT. [OVERLAPPING].
>> I BELIEVE SO MS. FOREMAN, YES.
>> OKAY. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO STRONGLY SUGGEST, BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE AROUND ARE CAPABLE EXCEPT JUST A FEW OF US OLD HEADS, HAVE NOT GONE THROUGH REDISTRICTING AND IT'S IMPERATIVE TO HAVE THAT CONSTANT FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOARD MEMBERS CAN
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MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THIS PROCESS AND COULD ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE CONCERNS.IF THE REST OF THE BOARD DON'T WANT IT, THAT'S UP TO THEM, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO THAT.
TRUSTEE MACKEY, I KNOW YOU'RE THE PRESIDENT, BUT I THINK THAT'S A DECISION THAT SHOULD BE MADE BY THE BOARD NOT THE PRESIDENT.
>> I AGREE. IT'S UP FOR DISCUSSION.
>> I'D LIKE FOR US TO AT LEAST TAKE A VOTE ON THAT SO THE COMMUNITY WILL KNOW WHO WAS AGAINST COMMUNITY PEOPLE SERVING ON A COMMITTEE.
SECONDLY, THE THING THAT STRUCK ME IS WE KNOW THAT WE'RE DEPENDING ON THE CENSUS DATA TO COME IN, IN A TIMELY FASHION.
IF IT DOESN'T, DO WE HAVE A BACKUP PLAN?
I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT THE BOARD KNOWS IF THE DATA DOESN'T COME BACK IN A TIMELY FASHION, THAT THERE'S A BACKUP PLAN SO THAT SOME BOARD MEMBERS MIGHT NOT FEEL PUSHED TO MAKE A DECISION IF WE GET THE DATA LATE.
>> WE DO HAVE ONE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE SHARED.
>> IT'S BEEN PROVIDED TO ADMINISTRATION [OVERLAPPING].
>> BUT THE BOARD MAKES THE DECISION.
THE BOARD NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT THE BACKUP PLAN IS.
>> IF I CAN ON THAT MS. FOREMAN.
>> WITH REGARDS TO THE SECOND TIMELINE, THERE WAS A TIMELINE DEVELOPED THE WAY THE ACTUAL PROCESS HAS BEEN SET OUT AND THE PRESENTATION WAS, IF THAT INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED LATE, THEN ANOTHER TIMELINE WOULD BE ESTABLISHED WITH THE SEPTEMBER TIMEFRAME.
BUT BECAUSE WE'RE EXPECTING THAT INFORMATION TODAY, IT WASN'T.
BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO, I'LL BE GLAD TO SHARE IT WITH YOU THE OTHER TIMELINE.
>> I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD TO KNOW THAT THERE'S AN OPTION, IF WE DON'T GET IT IN A TIMELY FASHION.
HAVE THERE BEEN ANY COMMUNITY MEETINGS BY ANY TRUSTEE SO FAR? HAVE THERE BEEN ANY COMMUNITY MEETINGS REGARDING REDISTRICTING BY ANY TRUSTEE SO FAR?
>>THAT WOULD BE BY THE TRUSTEES.
I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT EVERY TRUSTEE IS DOING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'D HAVE THAT ANSWERED THAT WOULD BE THE TRUSTEES.
SPECIFICALLY, IF THEY'RE GOING TO ATTEND MEETINGS WITH THE TRUSTEE, THEY WOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION IF THEY IN FACT HAVE BEEN IN A MEETING WITH ANY TRUSTEE.
>> THEY WOULDN'T ATTEND EVERY MEETING.
>> I THINK YOU'RE MISUNDERSTANDING MY QUESTION.
I SPECIFICALLY ASKED THEM IF THERE HAVE BEEN MEETINGS WITH TRUSTEES REGARDING REDISTRICTING, IF THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANY MEETINGS, I THINK THEY'RE CAPABLE OF SOMETHING.
>> I GOT YOU. I WAS THINKING YOU TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
>> TRUSTEE FOREMAN THERE HAVE NOT BEEN MEETINGS THAT THE ATTORNEYS HAVE BEEN APPRISED OF OR ATTENDED, AS OF RIGHT NOW.
>> THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THEN THE LAST QUESTION FOR NOW IS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID NOT TALK ABOUT WAS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SUBMIT MAPS.
WHERE IS IT IN THAT PROCESS THAT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO PRESENT MAPS?
ONE OF THE LOGISTICAL COMPONENTS HERE IS THE ABILITY TO FIND AND HOUSE THAT INFORMATION.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ADMINISTRATION AS WELL IN TERMS OF JUST GATHERING ALONE ON THE SURVEYS, THAT ANIMAL AND HOW BIG IT COULD BE.
CERTAINLY THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO HEAR FROM THE BOARD AS A WHOLE ABOUT, ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A WAY TO FUNNEL THAT INFORMATION AND SUBMIT IT.
>> WHEN YOU SAY HERE FROM THE BOARD AS A WHOLE, I STAND ALONE AS A BOARD MEMBER.
I'M GOING TO MAKE MY CONCERNS KNOWING WHETHER IT'S THE BOARD AS A WHOLE OR NOT.
THE BOARD CAN TAKE A VOTE ON IT.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOME UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WILL BE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OUT THERE LOOKING AT MAPS.
I THINK AGAIN, I'VE SLEPT SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, BUT I THINK OUR CONVERSATION WAS WE WOULD LIMIT THE NUMBER OF MAPS THAT
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COMMUNITY MEMBERS COULD SUBMIT AND WHEN WE GOT TO THAT TOTAL, I SLEPT.I'M I RIGHT OR WRONG? DID WE SAY THAT?
>> MY RECOLLECTION WAS THERE WAS DISCUSSION OF THAT WITH REGARDS TO MAPS.
AGAIN, IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ON THE TABLE.
>> ON THE TABLE, I THINK WE'RE IN A CRUNCH TIME EMPLOYED JUST TO BE ON THE TABLE.
I THINK WE SHOULD BE MAKING SOME DECISIONS.
BECAUSE EACH DAY TO ME BECOMES EVEN MORE PARAMOUNT THAT WE GO AHEAD AND MAKE THESE DECISIONS INSTEAD OF WAITING.
I THINK THAT IS ANOTHER ISSUE THAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
I THINK THE COMMUNITY MAP SHOULD BE LIMITED.
I'VE GOT A PERSON OUT HERE THAT WORKED ON REDISTRICTING FOR THE CITY RIGHT HERE, THIS IN MY DISTRICT.
I KNOW HIM, HE'LL WANT TO SUBMIT SOMETHING.
I THINK THE COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
I'LL STOP AND LET SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES SPEAK AND I'LL SPEAK ON THE SECOND ROUND.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
TRUSTEES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. TRUSTEE, CARREON.
>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? ON THE TRUSTEE MEETINGS I WANT TO MAKE SENSE OF THIS PLAN.
OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE TRUSTEES WE EVER HOLD AS MANY COMMUNITY MEETINGS AS YOU WANT, BUT THERE'S BAIT INTO THIS PLAN.
AT LEAST TWO AS FAR AS L COULD READ.
FOUR MORE COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHERE THAT WOULD BE ATTENDED BY THE DEMOGRAPHERS AND THE ATTORNEYS.
IS THAT WHAT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND?
FAY, THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR YOU ACTUALLY ON THE SURVEY, BUT ALSO FOR OUR LEGAL TEAM HERE.
WELL, THERE'S TWO ADMINISTRATIONS OF THE SURVEY.
I GUESS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS, DO THE SURVEYS CHANGE? IS SURVEY 1 OR SURVEY 2 DIFFERENT THAN SURVEY 1?
>> YES. SURVEY 1 IS REALLY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON NOW, WHAT DO YOU SEE, WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH ON THE QUESTIONS.
WE LOOK AT SURVEY 2 AS GETTING FEEDBACK WITH REGARDS TO MAPS ONCE WE START MAKING REVISIONS.
>> FAY THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU AND I'M SURE YOU KNOW IT'S COMING, I'M SURE YOU HAVE ANSWER FOR IT.
I SAW THAT THE WEBSITES IS IN SPANISH, IS THE SURVEY ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH?
>> THAT IS BEING DONE RIGHT NOW.
>> I THINK THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE CARREON.
TRUSTEE GARCIA FOLLOWED BY TRUSTEE JOHNSON.
>> SURE. TRUSTEE CARREON, JUST ANSWERED MY QUESTION AROUND LANGUAGE ACCESSIBILITY.
BUT BEYOND GATHERING INPUT FROM A LINK OR WEBSITE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER METHODS FOR THE SURVEY? IF THERE ARE IN-HAND PRINTED SURVEYS AND THE MAILS ARE COLLECTED AND PUT INTO A SYSTEM ARE THERE ANY PLANS FOR DATA COLLECTION IN THAT WAY? IT GOES FOR BOTH PARTIES.
>> ONE OF THE COMPREHENSIONS, MS. GARCIA, IS TO HAVE BOARD MEMBERS WHEN THEY ARE DOING THEIR INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH THEIR SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT CONSTITUENTS TO GO AHEAD AND HAND OUT SURVEYS AS WELL, AND SO WE'LL OBVIOUSLY PRACTICALLY HAVE TO BUILD IN A MECHANISM FOR GETTING THOSE BACK AND NOTIFYING MEMBERS IN THAT MEETING WHERE THEY CAN SUBMIT THOSE DOCUMENTS AND FILLED OUT FORMS. IT'LL ALSO BE, I WOULD THINK, PROVIDING ALSO INFORMATION ON LINKS TO THE WEBSITE WITH REGARDS TO DOING THAT ONLINE IF THAT IS MORE CONVENIENT FOR THEM.
>> AT THIS MOMENT, THAT IS THE ONLY MECHANISM, THE ONLINE SUBMISSION OF THAT SURVEY?
>> OKAY. I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO CONSIDER PRINTED AND HAVING THE MECHANISM TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION SUBMITTED TOO, AND I SAY THAT JUST ON TECHNOLOGY ACCESSIBILITY DEVICES.
I KNOW FOR SURE, FOR CERTAIN IN MY DISTRICT WE PROBABLY HAVE RESIDENTS MORE COMFORTABLE DOING A PAPER VERSUS AN ONLINE SUBMISSION.
>> TRUSTEE GARCIA, THAT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED IN AND THAT'S BEING WORKED ON.
AS SOON AS WE GET THE FINAL FOR THE SURVEY ITSELF, THEN THOSE OTHER METHODS WILL BE AVAILABLE, AND INFORMATION WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE PUBLIC IN DIFFERENT MEANS AS WELL,
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THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, DIFFERENT ASPECTS, SO THAT THEY KNOW AND HAVE THIS INFORMATION OUT THERE.BUT YES, WE DID TALK ABOUT IT AND WE'LL HAVE, ONE, THE TRANSLATIONS, AND THEN THAT AVAILABLE IN DIFFERENT MEANS OTHER THAN JUST BEING ABLE TO DO IT ELECTRONICALLY.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. MUCH APPRECIATED, THAT'S EVERYTHING.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE GARCIA. TRUSTEE JOHNSON.
>> TRUSTEE GARCIA, CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION.
BUT I DO WANT TO CONCUR WITH WHAT TRUSTEE FOREMAN SAID.
I DO BELIEVE THAT OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THIS MANNER, THIS BIG SITUATION, BIG CONCERN, CONCERNING OUR COMMUNITY, I THINK SHE ASKED THIS QUESTION, BUT I COULDN'T HEAR THE ANSWER.
HAVE THE ATTORNEYS MET WITH ANY OF THE TRUSTEES AS OF YET?
>> WE HAVE HAD PERIODIC MEETINGS WITH TRUSTEE MACKEY.
IT'S THE PROCESS AND KEEPING US MOVING, IF YOU WILL.
BUT THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS WITH ANY OF THE TRUSTEES SO FAR.
>> OKAY. WHAT HAS BEEN THE PROCESS IN THE PAST? I KNOW WE MET WITH THE PRESIDENT, BUT IN THE PAST, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO CAN ANSWER THIS, MAYBE TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
WAS THERE MORE OF A BOARD WORKSHOP CONCERNING REDISTRICTING? OKAY. TRUSTEE FOREMAN, IF YOU CAN ANSWER THAT, I DON'T KNOW. MICCICHE [OVERLAPPING].
>> EXCUSE ME. TRUSTEE MICCICHE PROBABLY [OVERLAPPING].
>> I FORGOT. TRUSTEE MICCICHE, I'M SORRY.
>> ACTUALLY, I WAS NOT ON THE BOARD THE LAST TIME.
I THINK ONLY TRUSTEE FLORES WAS SITTING BOARD MEMBER.
>> BUT SOME OF US WERE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WILL THERE BE A BOARD WORKSHOP FOR THIS?
>> THE WAY THAT IT'S SET UP AS PER THIS IS THAT AT EVERY SINGLE BRIEFING BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER, THERE WOULD BE, IT'LL BE TECHNICALLY CALLED BOARD MEETING JUST IN CASE THERE NEEDED TO BE ACTION TAKEN.
BUT THERE WOULDN'T BE ACTION NECESSARILY EVERY MONTH, AND THAT WOULD BE FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF GETTING AND SHARING TRUSTEE FEEDBACK FROM EVERYTHING THEY'VE RECEIVED TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THE DEMOGRAPHERS, AND TO THE LEGAL TEAM BASED ON WHAT WE'RE HEARING.
AT EVERY MEETING YOU WOULD SEE A REFINEMENT OF THOSE MAPS UNTIL WE EVENTUALLY GET DOWN TO ONE MAP.
>> SO THIS PRETTY MUCH WILL BE "THE BOARD WORKSHOP"?
>> YEAH, THIS WOULD BE A BOARD WORKSHOP.
IT WOULD BE A BOARD WORKSHOP, BUT WE POSE AS A CALLED BOARD MEETING JUST IN CASE ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN.
>> UNDERSTAND. WHEN WILL WE BE ABLE TO START HAVING OUR OWN INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT MEETINGS FOR OUR REDISTRICTING? I'M LOOKING AT THE TIMELINE, TO ME IT SEEM LIKE WE NEED TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH IT.
WHEN WILL WE NEED TO REALLY START MEETING WITH OUR INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS?
>> I WOULD THINK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOLLOWING ADOPTION OF THE BOARD OF THE PLAN AND THE CRITERIA WITH REGARD TO THE PROCESS, MR. JOHNSON.
>> YEAH. WHAT HAPPENS IS AT EACH OF THESE BOARD-CALLED MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE WERE WE PROVIDE FEEDBACK, THE SLIDES WOULD THEN BE TAKEN AND EDITED TO A MORE MANAGEABLE NUMBER AND MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL TRUSTEES.
THE WHOLE SLIDES WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE AND THAT'S WHAT YOU COULD USE AS THE FOUNDATION FOR ANY COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT YOU'RE HOLDING, ETC.
THEN DURING THOSE MONTHS WHERE WE HAVE A BIG CHANGE, I THINK, IT'S LIKE TRUSTEE CARREON MENTIONED, WHEN WE HAVE MAPS TO TALK ABOUT OR WHEN WE HAVE ONE MAP THAT'S WHEN THE LEGAL TEAM AND DEMOGRAPHER WOULD ALSO GO TO THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, WHETHER YOU WERE TO HAVE ONE IN YOUR DISTRICT OR IF IT WERE TO BE A JOINT ONE, ETC.
>> THAT'S THE ONE WITH A 500-1000 TO BE IN A MEETING?
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE JOHNSON.
DO HAVE ANYONE ELSE FOR FIRST ROUND? TRUSTEE MARSHALL.
WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
>> BY THE WAY, I'M TEXTING WITH THEM TO SEE IF THEY CAN HEAR US.
WE CERTAINLY CAN'T HEAR ANY OF THEM.
>> THEY CAN HEAR US. THEY GIVES US A THUMBS UP.
WE'LL WAIT UNTIL THEY GET THIS WORKED OUT, SO TRUSTEE MARSHALL CAN TAKE HIS FIRST ROUND.
>> WHY CAN'T WE JUST GO ON WHILE WE'RE WAITING.
HE CAN COME IN WHEN HE GETS HIS TECHNOLOGY WORKED OUT.
>> WILL GIVE THEM A FEW MINUTES. IT'S NOT HIS TECHNOLOGY, IT'S OUR DISTRICT TECHNOLOGY.
>> WELL, WHOEVER TECHNOLOGY IT IS.
>> WE'LL GIVE IT A FEW MINUTES AND IF IT CONTINUES TO WAIT, THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO IT. [NOISE]
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>> TRUSTEE MARSHALL, CAN YOU SPEAK?
>> GREAT. THANK YOU. SORRY FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS BUILDING ON TRUSTEE FOREMAN'S COMMENTS.
I BELIEVE AT THE LAST MEETING, WE DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF USING SEVEN, WHAT I BELIEVE IS VERY AFFORDABLE IF NOT FREE, ONLINE MAPPING SOFTWARE.
TRUSTEE FOREMAN MENTIONED IT IN THE CONTEXT OF ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO SUBMIT THEIR OWN MAPS.
I WOULD AGREE WITH HER THAT I THINK WE SHOULD ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.
BUT I ALSO PERSONALLY, I'M INTERESTED IN USING SUCH SOFTWARE.
I'M WONDERING IF WE'RE HEADED DOWN A PATH WHERE ONLY THE DEMOGRAPHERS AND THE ATTORNEYS CAN CREATE MAPS THAT THEY THEN BRING BACK TO THE TRUSTEES FOR CONSIDERATION.
BECAUSE IF WE HAD A MAPPING TOOL THAT WAS AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF US, THEN NOT ONLY COULD THE PUBLIC USE IT AND SUBMIT PROPOSALS BUT ALSO TRUSTEES COULD USE IT TO DRAFT OUR OWN IDEAS OF WHAT THE IDEAL SCENARIOS MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND THEN SUBMIT THAT FOR FURTHER CONVERSATION TO OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.
I THINK GIVEN WALKING QUORUM LAWS AND OPEN MEETINGS LAWS, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR TRUSTEES TO GET INPUT ON IDEAS THAT THEY HAVE IF THEY ARE ABLE TO CREATE THEIR OWN MAP AND THEN BRING IT FORWARD TO ONE OF THESE FUTURE DISCUSSIONS.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THE PLAN IS THERE.
ARE WE PLANNING TO USE SOME SORT OF ONLINE MAPPING TOOL THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO TRUSTEES AND TO THE PUBLIC?
>> I KNOW TECHNOLOGY WAS LOOKING INTO THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATE ON WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S A POSSIBILITY?
>> I THINK THAT WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT, SO WE CAN GET BACK WITH YOU WITH A FINAL ANSWER ON THAT.
WE'LL PROVIDE SOMETHING TO THE BOARD AND CHECK WHERE WE ARE IN THAT IN GETTING SOMETHING AVAILABLE.
BECAUSE IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY COULD PROVIDE SOME INPUT WITH MAPS.
>> I THINK WE'D VERY WISE TO GO DOWN THAT PATH.
FRANKLY, THERE'S TONS OF APPLICATIONS THAT MAKE MAPPING A WHOLE DIFFERENT BALL GAME THAN IT WAS DURING THE LAST CENSUS CYCLE.
THESE MAPPING TOOLS CAN BE FOUND ONLINE FOR FREE AND ARE VERY ROBUST, AND I CAN'T THINK OF A LEGITIMATE REASON WHY WE WOULDN'T WANT TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO THIS PROCESS GIVEN THE AVAILABILITY OF TECHNOLOGY.
I'D STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE ATTORNEYS [INAUDIBLE], MY FELLOW TRUSTEES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SUCH A TOOL AVAILABLE.
LIKE I SAID, I WOULD ECHO TRUSTEE FOREMAN'S COMMENTS THAT ONCE WE HAVE THAT TOOL AVAILABLE, THERE'S NO FURTHER COST, THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE WOULDN'T LET THE PUBLIC SUBMIT MAPS AS WELL. THANKS.
>> I DO WANT TO CLARIFY, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN THE PERSON COULD SUBMIT THEIR SURVEY, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SUBMIT THEIR MAPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO THE TOOL THAT WE HAVE.
BUT I WILL VERY MUCH CONFIRM THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTEES.
>> WELL, WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A TOOL AVAILABLE TO CREATE THE MAP.
IT'S NOT A MATTER OF WHETHER THEY CAN SUBMIT A MAP THAT THEY LIKE WITH THE SURVEY TOOL.
IT'S A MATTER OF WHETHER WE MADE SOFTWARE AVAILABLE TO THEM TO CREATE THE MAP THAT THEY WANT TO SUBMIT.
>> YES, SIR. I WILL MAKE SURE THAT I'D CHECK ON THAT FOR YOU.
>> TRUSTEE MARSHALL, DOES THAT INCLUDE YOUR QUESTIONS?
>> OKAY. ANYONE ELSE FOR FIRST ROUND? YES.
>> MR. BOARD PRESIDENT, ROCKY GARDENER, OUR DEMOGRAPHER, IS HERE.
HE JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS A PART OF WHAT MS. FOREMAN AND MR. MARSHALL HAVE RAISED IN REGARDS TO TRUSTEES BEING ABLE TO DO AND WORK WITH MAPS.
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>> GOT IT. WE HAVE DEVELOPED A SOFTWARE TOOL THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DO SOME REAL TIME MOVING OF BOUNDARIES AND DISPLAY THE RESULTS OF THAT IN REAL TIME.
THE LICENSING FOR THAT THOUGH, IS NOT GOING TO WORK FOR A PUBLIC.
BUT MY INTENTION WAS, WHEN WE MET INDIVIDUALLY WITH BOARD MEMBERS, WE WOULD USE THAT TOOL AS MUCH AS THEY'D LIKE TO AND AT THAT POINT THEN THEY WOULD HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME REAL TIME MAPPING, AND MAKE SOME OF THEIR OWN PLANS.
THAT'S AN OPTION THAT WE DO HAVE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, WOULD BE THE CHALLENGE.
>> LET ME JUST BUILD ON THAT SINCE THERE WAS AN ANSWER TO MY QUESTION.
>> IT WOULD BE MY STRONG PREFERENCE THAT WE MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND WE CROSS WHATEVER HURDLES WE NEED, FROM A LICENSING PERSPECTIVE TO DO THAT.
BUT IF WE CANNOT DO THAT FOR COSTS OR TECHNOLOGY, OR LEGAL REASONS FROM A LICENSING PERSPECTIVE, I CERTAINLY WANT TRUSTEES TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
FROM A LICENSING PERSPECTIVE THAT SEEMS MANAGEABLE FROM A COST AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVE TO AT LEAST LET THE NINE OF US BE ABLE TO MAKE MAPS ON OUR OWN, AND TO BE CLEAR, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT DOING IT DURING A MEETING WITH YOU GUYS OR DURING IMPORTANT MEETING.
I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SIT AT HOME ON MY OWN AND MAKE MAPS AT MY LEISURE, AND MAKE 10 DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THEM AND THEN SUBMIT THEM TO YOU GUYS, SO I WANT TO HAVE THE LICENSING IN ORDER FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, EVEN IF WE CAN'T MAKE THE PUBLIC AVAILABLE TO DO IT.
>> TRUSTEE MARSHALL, JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW THAT I'LL WORK WITH OUR IT DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR YOU-ALL.
>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, ANYONE ELSE FOR FIRST ROUND? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON THE SECOND ROUND OF QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MARSHALL, FOR AGREEING WITH ME FOR ONCE.
>> I DO IT A LOT AND I ALWAYS CALL IT OUT.
>> [LAUGHTER] YOU DO. THANK YOU.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS REGARDING THE DATA FROM THE CENSUS BECAUSE FOR THOSE OF US SITTING AROUND THE TABLE WHO ARE NOT FROM HERE OR WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND THESE COMMUNITIES, THERE'S BEEN A HUGE DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFT, WITHIN DALLAS, WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO HOW SOON WILL THE TRUSTEES HAVE THAT DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ALONG WITH THE CENSUS INFORMATION? BECAUSE, TRUSTEE MARSHALL, I THINK WHEN WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, IF WE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT SOFTWARE, WE CAN TAKE THE INFORMATION FROM THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS SO WE CAN DRAW SOME MAPS OURSELVES.
BUT IT'S ACCORDING TO HOW SOON WE GET THAT INFORMATION AND BECAUSE IT'S A SHORT TIMELINE, THE SOONER THE BETTER, BECAUSE IN MY COMMUNITY IT'S GOING TO BE SEVERAL MEETINGS THAT YOU DON'T ATTEND BUT AT LEAST THOSE TWO MEETINGS, MAYBE WE WILL BE PREPARED WITH SOME TYPE OF MAP OR SOME TYPE OF INDICATION WHICH WAY WE WANT TO GO.
BECAUSE YOU GOT SOME OBLONG DISTRICT, YOU GET ALL KINDS OF THINGS GOING ON HERE AND I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THAT INFORMATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
>> I CAN RESPOND TO THAT, I GUESS.
>> TODAY, THERE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A PRESS CONFERENCE GOING ON AS WE'RE HERE BECAUSE THE CENSUS BUREAU'S RELEASING THE DATA, IF YOU WILL.
WHAT OUR TEAM IS NOW GOING TO DO, WE HAVE TO DOWNLOAD THE FILE FOR TEXAS.
IT'S A CENSUS BLOCK FILE, SO IT'S EVERY CENSUS BLOCK IN TEXAS AND IT'S CODED [OVERLAPPING].
>> WE'VE GOT ABOUT PROBABLY AT LEAST A WEEK TO POSSIBLY TWO-WEEK TURN-AROUND TIME BEFORE WE CAN HAVE IT ALL PUT INTO OUR DATA, THE SOFTWARE TURNED AROUND, CLEANED, A LOT OF THINGS HAVE TO BE RENAMED AND THEN AT THAT TIME, THEN WE CAN DRAW YOUR CURRENT DISTRICTS USING THE 2020 DATA AND WE'LL HAVE IMMEDIATE RESULTS OF ALL YOUR DEMOGRAPHICS, BASICALLY FOR THIS.
I THINK BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, WE'LL BE THERE, ASSUMING EVERYTHING GOES OUT TODAY LIKE THE BUREAU SAID IT WOULD.
>> BUT WHAT I DO WANT, I DON'T WANT JUST GIVEN TO THE PRESIDENT.
>> I WANT THE BOARD TO HAVE THE INFORMATION.
I'M SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION, NOT GIVING IT TO THE PRESIDENT AND THINKING THAT'S GOING TO SUFFICE BECAUSE I CAN'T GO TO MY COMMUNITY WITH THE PRESIDENT HAVING INFORMATION AND I DON'T HAVE IT.
>> BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE MEETING WITH PRESIDENT,
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BUT WE'RE THE ONES THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO GO OUT HERE AND LOOK AT OUR DISTRICT.AM I RIGHT BILL? THANK YOU. BECAUSE HE'LL BE ON ME [LAUGHTER].
THE SOONER WE GET THAT INFORMATION THE BETTER.
I WOULD LIKE NOT TO HAVE A DELAY IN GETTING THAT INFORMATION.
>> TRUSTEE FOREMAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR ME BUT ON THE TIMELINE, YOU'RE FORMALLY SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION AS A BOARD AT YOUR CALLED MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER, SO AT THE SEPTEMBER 9TH MEETING, TO RECEIVE THE CENSUS INFORMATION, TO RECEIVE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOUR DEMOGRAPHY HAS CHANGED SINCE 2010, AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU'VE HIT THAT 10 PERCENT THRESHOLD THAT REQUIRES YOU TO REDISTRICT.
AT THAT TIME ALSO, THREE POTENTIAL MAP PROPOSAL BASED ON COMMUNITY SURVEYS THAT WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED ABOUT WHAT'S WORKING WELL, NOT WORKING WELL WITH YOUR CURRENT SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS.
YOU'LL GET THAT BY SEPTEMBER 9TH AND REMEMBER IN THE TIMELINE, IF FOR SOME REASON WE GET INFORMATION FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU THAT THEY'RE RUNNING A LITTLE BIT LATE, WE BUILT IN THAT EXTRA DATE SEPTEMBER 23RD TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
THANK YOU. THAT'S THE END OF MY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
ANYONE ELSE FOR SECOND ROUND? TRUSTEE JOHNSON?
>> YES. I MAY SEEM A LITTLE REDUNDANT, BUT I AGREE WITH WHAT TRUSTEE FOREMAN HAS SAID.
I AGREE WITH WHAT TRUSTEE MARSHALL HAVE SAID.
I GUESS MY CONCERN, I KNOW YOU GUYS MET WITH, I BELIEVE OUR PRESIDENT CONCERNING THE PROCESSES AND GETTING TO THIS POINT.
EXCUSE ME, I WOULD PREFER THAT WE MEET WITH THE BOARD AS WELL, NOT JUST WITH THE PRESIDENT BECAUSE I HAVE QUESTIONS ASKED TO ME IN THE COMMUNITY AND I COULDN'T REALLY GIVE AN ANSWER BECAUSE I HAVE NOT MET WITH ANYONE CONCERNING THIS PROCESS.
I THINK TODAY WE SUPPOSED TO VOTE ON THE PROCESS, CORRECT?
>> YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GIVE FEEDBACK ON THE PROCESS AND IT IS POSTED FOR ACTION IF THE BOARD WISHES TO TAKE ACTION.
IF THE BOARD DOESN'T TAKE ACTION TODAY, THEN IT WILL BE POSTED ON FOR THE NIGHT MEETING THIS MONTH.
>> THAT'S IT. THIS IS NOT ANYTHING TOWARD OUR PRESIDENT, BUT FOR ME, THIS IS A NEW PROCESS AND HE KNOW I CAN CALL HIM, PROBABLY LATE AT NIGHT BUT NOT GET HIM THAT.
SOMETIMES I DO, SOMETIMES DON'T, BUT THIS IS REALLY A VERY AGGRESSIVE AND A BIG PROCESS, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY ARE ASKING QUESTIONS.
THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
I'M NOT COMFORTABLE PERSONALLY AS TRUSTEE OF DISTRICT 5, TAKING ACTION ON A PROCESS THAT I'M JUST REALLY SEEN AND TRYING TO GET A GIST OF EVERYTHING.
I UNDERSTAND THAT HOW MY RACIAL EQUITY PERSON HERE.
WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND TALK TO OUR COMMUNITY AND REALLY GET TO UNDERSTAND.
I DON'T HAVE THAT UNDERSTANDING.
PERSONALLY, IF THE BOARD DECIDES TO VOTE, THIS IS OUR BOARD AND I SUPPORT WHAT I BOARD DECIDES TO DO, WELL, AS THE TRUSTEE OF DISTRICT 5, I CANNOT MAKE THAT VOTE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE NO FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESS BECAUSE I REALLY WASN'T INCLUDED IN IT.
BUT WE DO NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE I HAD TO GO BACK TODAY AND START CREATING MEETINGS, AND START TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT I EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO THE COMMUNITY.
BUT I CAN'T DO THAT IF I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND.
THAT'S WHERE I AM WITH THIS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE JOHNSON.
ANYONE ELSE FOR SECOND ROUND? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CLOSE DISCUSSION HERE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE LATER HALF AND THE MUCH SHORTER HALF OF THE PRESENTATION.
[B. Discussion of the Criteria for the Dallas ISD 2021 Redistricting Process]
DISCUSSION OF THE CRITERIA FOR DALLAS ISD 2021 REDISTRICTING PROCESS. IF YOU ALL COULD TAKE IT THERE.TURNING TO SLIDE 32, THE REDISTRICTING CRITERIA, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT DURING OUR INITIAL PRESENTATION TO YOU THAT THERE ARE CRITERIA THAT HAVE BEEN THROUGH COURT CASES, CHALLENGING SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT PLANS OR REDISTRICTING PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN UPHELD.
SOME OF THEM ARE STATUTORY GIVEN OUR STATE LAW IN TEXAS, SOME OF THEM ARE FEDERAL STATUTORY, AND THEN OTHERS ARE JUST TRADITIONAL PRINCIPLES THAT ARE NEUTRAL CRITERIA REGARDING THE USE OF NATURAL GEOGRAPHY AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS SEPARATING NEIGHBORHOODS OR AREAS OF INTEREST.
WE HAVE DESIGNATED THEM IN THREE TRANCHES OF WHAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS TRADITIONALLY USE AS CRITERIA BY WHICH TO JUDGE DIFFERENT MAPS THAT ARE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD, OR PRESENTED BY THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF DECIDING HOW DO WE REBALANCE.
BECAUSE THERE IS A NUMBER OF THE FIRST QUESTION IS,
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DO WE HAVE TO REBALANCE BECAUSE WE'RE OUT OF WHACK ON THAT 10 PERCENT? THEN THE NEXT QUESTION IS, AS WE'RE BRINGING OURSELVES BACK INTO BALANCE BACK WITHIN THAT PLUS OR MINUS 10 PERCENT, WHAT FACTORS CAN BE TAKEN TO CONSIDERATION? STATE LAW AND FEDERAL LAW TELLS US THERE ARE CERTAIN FACTORS WE MUST TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AND THOSE ARE YOUR FIRST TWO COLUMNS THAT YOU HAVE ON SLIDE 32.THEN THERE'S SOME NON-STATUTORY FACTORS THAT WE CAN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT HAVE BEEN UPHELD BY THE COURTS.
UNDER STATE LAW, WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, THAT INITIAL TRIGGER ALL DURING THIS PROCESS, REDRAWING AND FINALIZING OUR PLAN, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT 10 PERCENT BALANCE BETWEEN OUR MOST POPULOUS AND LEAST POPULOUS DISTRICT.
STATE LAW, WHICH ALSO MIRRORS FEDERAL LAW, ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE, OUR SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS HAVE TO BE RELATIVELY EQUAL.
NOT EXACTLY EQUAL, BUT RELATIVELY EQUAL.
THE RELATIVE STRENGTH OF ONE PERSON'S VOTE IS THE SAME ACROSS OUR SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT PLAN.
THAT MAKES A PLAN WELL BALANCED.
THAT'S THE SECOND FACTOR AND WE'VE INCLUDED THE STATE LAW REFERENCE FOR YOU.
THEN THAT GOES IN TERMS OF FISSILE COMPACTNESS AS WELL AS POLITICAL OR COHESIVE COMPACTNESS LIKE NEIGHBORHOODS OF INTERESTS ARE KEPT TOGETHER, THEY'RE NOT DISPERSED LIKE NEIGHBORHOODS, LIKE COMMUNITIES ACROSS SEVERAL SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS, AND THEY NEED TO BE CONTIGUOUS GOING THROUGHOUT.
WE COULD TAKE A PEN AND WITH A SINGLE TRACE, WE COULD TRACE ALL OF OUR SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS WITHOUT HITTING A STOPPING POINT.
THEN BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF YOUR STUDENT POPULATION, WE CANNOT SPLIT ACCOUNTING PRECINCT.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE STATE STATUTORY FACTORS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN WE ARE REBALANCING OUR SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS TO COME BACK WITHIN THAT 10 PERCENT BALANCE.
THE FEDERAL STATUTORY CONSIDERATION THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND IS LOOKING AT OUR PREVIOUS PLAN.
ANY CHANGES IN ORDER TO GET BACK IN BALANCE CANNOT RESULT IN RETROGRESSION WITH RESPECT TO MINORITY VOTING RIGHTS.
WHAT THAT WORD RETROGRESSION BASICALLY MEANS IS A REDUCTION IN THE VOTING STRENGTH OR DILUTION OF THE VOTING STRENGTH.
WE WOULD TAKE THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED TO BE MADE IN ORDER TO GET US BACK INTO THAT 10 PERCENT BALANCE, AND MAKE SURE THOSE CHANGES DON'T RESULT IN SOME OF OUR DISTRICTS NOT BEING ABLE TO ELECT THE SAME CANDIDATES THAT THEY WOULD HAVE ELECTED UNDER THE PREVIOUS PLAN.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR NON-REDUCTION IN MINORITY VOTING STRENGTH, PARTICULARLY IN AN OPPORTUNITY DISTRICT, AND SOME ADDITIONAL NON-STATUTORY FACTORS THAT ARE FREQUENTLY UPHELD BY COURTS.
IF A SCHOOL DISTRICT WERE TO USE IT AS A BASIS TO JUDGE A PLAN TO GUIDE THEIR THINKING IN TERMS OF WHETHER ONE PLAN WAS SUPERIOR TO ANOTHER AND GETTING BACK INTO THAT 10 PERCENT BALANCE, IS USING EASILY IDENTIFIABLE BOUNDARIES WHEN POSSIBLE TO SAY WHEN WE'RE SWITCHING FROM ONE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT TO ANOTHER.
PRESERVING INCUMBENT RELATIONS, MAINTAINING THAT CONTINUITY OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE SCHOOL BOARD AND INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD WITH A COMMUNITY BY TRYING NOT TO DISTRICT OUT A TRUSTEE OUT OF THEIR CURRENT SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT.
OBVIOUSLY MAINTAINING LIKE COMMUNITIES OR COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST IN NEIGHBORHOODS TOGETHER, AND THEN PRESERVING, STAYING AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO YOUR CURRENT PLAN.
IF THE PREVIOUS PLAN HAS NOT BEEN A PROBLEM UNDER SECTION 2 OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, SOMETIMES THAT IS A MODEL PLAN THAT YOU WANT TO STAY AS CLOSE TO AS POSSIBLE.
OBVIOUSLY RECOGNIZING THAT AS DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES HAPPEN, WE HAVE TO RESPOND TO THOSE CHANGES.
AT THE MOST BASIC LEVEL, WE HAVE TO RESPOND IF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR MOST POPULOUS DISTRICT AND YOUR LEAST POPULOUS DISTRICT IS GREATER THAN 10 PERCENT.
THOSE ARE NINE FACTORS THAT ARE VERY TRADITIONAL IN THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS THAT MANY BOARDS ADOPT.
THEY USE THAT AS THEY'RE MARCHING ORDERS, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT VARIOUS PLANS OR INDIVIDUAL MOVES, GOING FROM A CURRENT PLAN TO A NEW PLAN.
HOW DO WE EVALUATE? IS THAT A GOOD MOVE? IS THAT AN ACCEPTABLE MOVE? HOW DO WE COMPARE DIFFERENT PROPOSALS? WELL, WE LINE THEM UP AGAINST THE STATUTORY CRITERIA.
THE NON-STATUTORY CRITERIA ARE SUBORDINATE TO THE STATUTORY CRITERIA BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE MUST COMPLY WITH.
THE NON-STATUTORY CRITERIA ARE OTHER THINGS THAT CAN GUIDE OUR THINKING AND TYPICALLY GUIDES ONE'S THINKING WHEN DRAWING SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS OR REDRAWING SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
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I'LL OPEN IT UP, MR. PRESIDENT, TO QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD REGARDING THE CRITERIA ITSELF OR I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT THE LEGAL TEAM WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH THE BOARD IN CLOSED SESSION AS WELL AS OVERLAYS TO OUR PRESENTATION.
>> WE'LL OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS FIRST AND THEN GO INTO CLOSE SESSION IF NEEDED.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH FIRST ROUND OF QUESTIONS ON THE CRITERIA, TRUSTEE, CARRY-ON.
>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST HAVE, I GUESS A MORE OF A COMMENT OR MAYBE IT IS A QUESTION THAT SOMEONE CAN SPEAK TO.
ON THE NON-STATUTORY CRITERIA, THERE ARE DEFINITELY INSTANCES WHERE THIS MAINTAINING AND KEEPING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER CONFLICTS WITH PRESERVING EXISTING BOUNDARIES.
I GUESS HOW ARE WE WEIGHING THOSE INSTANCES? ARE WE PRIORITIZING ONE OVER THE OTHER? HOW ARE WE THINKING THROUGH THAT?
>> TO THE EXTENT THAT KEEPING A COMMUNITY TOGETHER OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TOGETHER DOES NOT COME IN CONFLICT WITH ONE OF THE STATES STATUTORY CRITERIA OR THE FEDERAL STATUTORY CRITERIA.
IT REALLY IS THE BOARD'S DECISION TO DECIDE AS AMONG THOSE NON-STATUTORY CRITERIA HOW YOU RANK THOSE IN WHETHER OR NOT A PARTICULAR PROPOSAL THAT MAY EMPHASIZE PRESERVING COMMUNITIES OVER, SAY FOR EXAMPLE, PRESERVING INCUMBENCIES OR INCUMBENT CONSTITUENT RELATIONS.
THAT'S FOR THE BOARD TO DECIDE THAT, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO PUT A PRIORITY ON THIS PARTICULAR CRITERIA VERSUS THAT CRITERIA.
SO THE NON-STATUTORY CRITERIA DECIDING THE IMPORTANCE OR THE RANKING, THOSE ARE DECISIONS THAT BOARD MEMBERS MAKE WITH RESPECT TO THEIR VOTE ON A PLAN, WITH RESPECT TO THEIR COMMENTS ON A PLAN AND WITH RESPECT TO GOING FROM ONE PLAN TO ANOTHER TO THE EXTENT THOSE NON-STATUTORY CRITERIA COME IN CONFLICT WITH THE FEDERAL STATUTORY OR STATE STATUTORY CRITERIA.
THOSE REALLY DO HAVE TO TAKE PRECEDENT.
>> OF COURSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU TRUSTEE CARREON. TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
>> JUST TO CONTINUE ON WITH TRUSTEE CARREON'S QUESTION REGARDING THE RANKING AND PARTICULARLY THE NON-STATUTORY RANKINGS.
IS THERE A WAY THAT THE BOARD CAN DO A RANKING OF THE NON-STATUTORY TO HELP DIRECT WHICH WAY WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE NEW DISTRICT MAPS? OR IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT? SAY FOR INSTANCE, I MIGHT WANT TO SAY PRESERVE INCUMBENTS CONSTITUENCY RELATIONS.
I MIGHT SAY THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
THAT WOULD NOT BE NUMBER ONE FOR ME.
BUT IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN RANK AS A BOARD TO DIRECT THE TEAM THAT'S GOING TO BE WORKING WITH US? THEN IF IT DOES BECOME IN CONFLICT WITH FEDERAL OR STATE STATUTORY, THEN WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO BACK OFF OF THAT.
BUT WHAT I KEEP HEARING THE ATTORNEYS SAY IS THAT YOU GOING TO COME UP WITH ONE OR TWO MAPS.
IT'S GOING TO BE BASED ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTION FOR YOU TRUSTEE CARREON, BUT I'M ASKING IF THE BOARD CAN AND DO SOME PRE-RANKING SO THAT THAT WOULD BE A PART OF YOUR DECISION AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
>> YOU CERTAINLY COULD DO THAT FOR THE LEGAL TEAM AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC TEAM.
YOU COULD TELL US WHICH OF THE NON-STATUTORY CRITERIA RANKED ONE [INAUDIBLE].
I CERTAINLY WOULD HOPE THAT THE BOARD WILL BUY ITSELF SOME FLEXIBILITY IF THEY SAW THAT THAT RANKING HAD SOME UNINTENDED [OVERLAPPING] CONSEQUENCES, BUT YOU HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY TO ADDRESS THAT IF APPROPRIATE.
>> WELL, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THAT THE BOARD DOES THE RANKING AND THEN THE ATTORNEYS AS THEY GO THROUGH THE MAPS AND THEY SEE IT'S A CONFLICT, THEY SAY NO, CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE THERE'S CONFLICTS WITH THE STATE STATUTORY OR NO, IT CONTRADICTS THE FEDERAL STATUTORY.
BUT THE BOARD MAKES SOME RANKING BECAUSE WE THE BOARD HAVE TO GIVE SOME DIRECTIVE TO THE ATTORNEYS AND THE DEMOGRAPHERS AS THEY BEGAN TO TRY TO DETERMINE WHAT MAPS THEY'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO US IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.
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>> MR. PRESIDENT, HOW DO WE GO ABOUT DOING THAT?
>> IF THAT'S THE CASE, I THINK WHAT WE COULD DO IF KNOWN AS CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, WE COULD HAVE A SITUATION LIKE WHEN DR. HINOJOSA RUNS THE RANKING OF LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
WHERE PEOPLE CAN PLACE WHAT THEIR RANKING ARE.
WE CAN ADD IT UP AND SEE WHICH ONE COMES TO THE TOP FROM THE BOARD.
>> WELL, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION AND I'D LIKE TO DO THAT TODAY SO THAT THE ATTORNEYS WOULD HAVE SOME IDEA AS TO WHERE WE ARE.
YOU ONLY GOT 1, 2, 3, 4 AND YOU CAN JUST RANK THEM VERY QUICKLY AND HAND THEM TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT SO THAT HE'LL KNOW WHICH ONES WE'RE INDIVIDUALS ARE CONSIDERING.
THEN ONCE WE DO THAT, THE FINAL TALLY CAN BE GIVEN TO THE ATTORNEY SO THEY WILL UNDERSTAND WHICH DIRECTION WE WANT THEM TO GO IN.
UNDERSTANDING THAT IF IT BECOMES A CONFLICT, THEN YOU TELL US NO, THAT THAT IS A CONFLICT.
>> WE MIGHT RESERVE THE RIGHT TO TELL YOU THAT IN CLOSED SESSION BUT YES.
>> THAT'S A TOUGH DEAL. [LAUGHTER]
>> I'VE BEEN DULY WARNED [LAUGHTER].
WE WILL FINISH WITH QUESTIONS FIRST AND IF THAT IS THE WAY WE DECIDE TO GO, THEN WE WILL GO THAT WAY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS TRUSTEE FOREMAN?
>> OKAY. ANYONE ELSE WITH QUESTIONS? BEFORE I MOVE INTO THAT ASPECT IF WE SO DECIDE WOULD LEGAL TEAM RECOMMEND THAT WE GO ON A CLOSED SESSION?
[6. CLOSED SESSION - The Board will retire to closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551 concerning the following section:]
HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE REGARDING THIS? OKAY. THE TIME IS 01:05 PM AND WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION.>> THE TIME IS NOW TWO O'CLOCK AND WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.
THE BOARD TOOK NO ACTION IN CLOSED SESSION.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ACTION ITEM 5A ADOPT
[A. Consider and Take Possible Action to Adopt the Dallas ISD 2021 Redistricting Timeline and Process]
THE DALLAS ISD 2021 REDISTRICTING TIMELINE AND PROCESS.>> WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES SECONDED BY TRUSTEE GARCIA.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE DALLAS ISD 2021 REDISTRICTING TIMELINE AND PROCESS.
ANY DISCUSSION? TRUSTEE FOREMAN?
>> YES. I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT THERE WERE TWO SUGGESTIONS MADE BY ME THAT I AM NOT PUTTING FORWARD BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE THE COMPETENCE OF THE BOARD TO PUT THEM FORWARD.
THE FIRST ONE WAS TO DO A COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE SO THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE INTERACTION AND INPUT BASED ON WORKING WITH THE ATTORNEYS TO DRAW THE MAPS.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE THE BOARD SUPPORT FOR THAT.
THE SECOND ONE IS TO LOOK AT THE NON-STATUTORY ITEMS AND LINKING THOSE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THE ATTORNEYS AND THE DEMOGRAPHERS SOME DIRECTION AS TO WHAT WOULD BE MOST IMPORTANT TO US.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE SUPPORT FOR THAT, SO I WILL NOT BRING IN THOSE FORWARD BUT I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT I DID ASK FOR THOSE TWO THINGS.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
TRUSTEES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I WILL JUST TAKE MINE AND JUST OFFER A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND I APPRECIATE TRUSTEE FOREMAN AND ON THAT.
THE REASON THAT I SPECIFICALLY PERSONALLY JUST WOULD PREFER NOT TO HAVE A COMMUNITY COMMITTEE IS BECAUSE THAT WOULD ONLY ALLOW ONE TO TWO PEOPLE TO SERVE ON IT FROM OUR TRUSTEE DISTRICTS.
THEREFORE, PERSONALLY, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ALL TRUSTEES THOUGH I KNOW EVERYONE HAS EXPRESSED A DEEP INTEREST AND DESIRE TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY ROBUSTLY.
SO I WILL BE PUTTING TOGETHER PERSONALLY FOR DISTRICT 7 FOR THOSE THAT LIVE AND ARE INVOLVED IN DISTRICT 7, A COMMUNITY COMMITTEE THAT WILL GIVE ME FEEDBACK BECAUSE WE WILL BE COMING EVERY SINGLE MONTH BACK HERE IN PUBLIC SESSION TO DISCUSS AND PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK.
I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING A VAST ARRAY OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND FEEDBACK THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AND BRINGING THAT HERE TO THE DISCUSSIONS AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS TOGETHER. TRUSTEE JOHNSON?
>> YES. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MACKEY.
I DO AGREE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE MORE OF
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A COMMUNITY COMMITTEE INVOLVEMENT WITH WHAT TRUSTEE FOREMAN HAS SAID.HOWEVER, I WILL ALSO BE HAVING A VERY ROBUST AND DETAIL-ORIENTED MEETING WITH DISTRICT 5 CONCERNING EVERY STEP OF THIS PROCESS BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE JOHNSON.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE WILL VOTE BY ROLL CALL.
I'LL CALL YOUR NAME IF YOU CAN PLEASE JUST SAY YES OR NAY. TRUSTEE FLORES.
STAY. TRUSTEE MACKEY VOTE YES. TRUSTEE CARREON.
>> THIS VOTE PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO WITH TWO ABSTAINING, TRUSTEE JOHNSON AND TRUSTEE FOREMAN.
[B. Consider and Take Possible Action to Adopt the Criteria for the Dallas ISD 2021 Redistricting Process]
ADOPT THE CRITERIA FOR THE DALLAS ISD 2021 REDISTRICTING PROCESS. DO I HAVE A MOTION?>> WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE FLORES, SECOND BY TRUSTEE CARREON.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE CRITERIA FOR THE DALLAS ISD 2021 REDISTRICTING PROCESS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?
>> HEARING NONE TRUSTEES WILL VOTE BY ROLL CALL. TRUSTEE FLORES?
>> TRUSTEE FOREMAN. TRUSTEE MACKEY VOTES YES. TRUSTEE CARREON.
>> IT PASSES EIGHT TO ZERO WITH TRUSTEE JOHNSON ABSTAINING.
TRUSTEES YOU HAVE JUST ADOPTED THE MOTION APPROVING THE CRITERIA FOR THE DALLAS ISD 2021 REDISTRICTING PROCESS.
THE TIME IS NOW 2:04 PM AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.