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AGENDA MEMO
DATE:
March 22, 2011
TO:
Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM:
Office of the City Manager
By: Shannon DeLong, Assistant to the City Manager
SUBJECT:CENSUS 2010 DATA – TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION
That the City Council appoint a technical committee composed of David Blumenthal,
Ahmed Husain and Shannon DeLong per Section 1306 of the City Charter.
DISCUSSION
Because the Census data was just released, staff is recommending that the City
Council appoint a technical committee of three staff members who will use the City’s
GIS system to analyze the new Census data. The actual district review process will be
established by the City Council at a later date once the 2010 Census data can be
displayed on the City’s GIS system.
The recommended members are three staff persons who have been involved in the
2010 Census and the City’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS). In particular,
Planner Blumenthal and Engineer Husain have provided the in-house technical
expertise to implement and maintain the City’s GIS and Accela systems.
The appointment of a staff technical committee will comply with Section 1306 of the City
Charter which requires that the City Council “within 60 days after the deadline for
presentation of the decennial Census results to the President of the United States,
appoint a committee to study and make recommendations concerning alteration of the
Council district boundaries.” The work of the technical committee should be complete
by May 1, 2011.
When this work is completed, the committee will report to the City Council and
recommend a process to review the information and consider possible district boundary
changes. The process might include the suggestion for criterion on which district
boundaries should be drawn, the creation of public information packets, a schedule of
public review meetings, and creation of a special district review committee.
FISCAL IMPACT
It is anticipated that this work will take approximately 31 staff hours and $1,587.82 in
personnel costs to complete this task.
CITY OF DOWNEY, CALIFORNIA