2021-09-23 Redistricting Commission minutes (3rd Session)

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KOSSOW: Thank you, Ms. Sumera-Lee. Okay, moving over to Item 3. Mr. Kauka. KAUKA: Thank you. Unfinished business: 3. Further review of the proposed timeline for the Commission to complete its work. The Commission may revisit the timeline to explore and discuss options for extending deadines if necessary. KOSSOW: Thank you. Do we have any discussion? Mr. Lopez. LOPEZ: It’s my proposal that we try to extend at least 30 days, to the end of January. I recognize the issue we run up against in February with the pulling of nominations, things of that nature. We do have a lot of traction. I’ve used the tool. I’m not quite comfortable with it. I have a lot of questions with some technical resource but, working independently on that, I think I can get to where I need to get to. The issue in the timeline is the compressed time for the various district meetings, very soon. I don’t know how much anybody will be ready to present or discuss any plans with the public at those meetings. My suggestion is we run out 30 days and then work backward from that and establish a new timeline. Not a motion, just a consideration for discussion. Thank you. YOSHINA: I second that. KOSSOW: Any further discussion for Item 3? Ms. Lui. LUI: Commissioner Lopez said he wasn’t making a motion, but it was seconded. I’ll turn it into a motion if that’s okay with Mr. Lopez and he can make it himself if he would like. LOPEZ: Oh no. That’s perfectly fine with me. I was hoping to get more discussion from the Commissioners on maybe their opinions as to do we need to extend or not extend? That consideration for me, continue to work on this timeline until such time as we do get some relief, if we do, because we may not. No, the motion that you made is fine. Thank you. KOSSOW: Ms. Lui. LUI: I do agree with it because I think if you were a community member, you might have some issues in advance but you probably also want to just get a little bit of sense of what changes could happen, even if they’re not a concrete proposed plan. Rather than just having the Commission sit there and listen, although that’s the main goal, I’m sure that people would also want to hear from the Commission. KOSSOW: Ms. Lui, would you mind articulating your motion? LUI: The motion was that we extend to the end of January, our timeline, that we finish by the end of January. That’s the gist of it. The rationale is really to make sure that the district meetings happen as positive and timely a way as possible. 14