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District election boundaries might have been drawn with a specific interest in where the campuses are, where the incumbent school board members lived at the time, and where there are concentrations of school -aged children. These might not be the most important criteria to a city. There are well-defined communities of interest around ethnic populations, religious or national minorities which might be given additional strength as a protected class. However, the city might also have communities of interest around residents that have a high rate of using certain city services, those who work in particular industries, or those who are part of a population center around a city facility or utilize a city program, those who live downtown, or those that have specific transportation needs. Creation of district lines Redistricting Partners takes the input regarding communities of interest and utilizes them in drafting three mapping options following traditional redistricting criteria, including that districts be contiguous, compact, follow traditional governmental or community lines and natural / physical contours of the district geography and reduced disruption for the current elected city council. Draft lines can be provided electronically in PDF format for printing, or Google Maps versions that can be zoomed in or explored more closely. Once plans have been received, we are available to make an in- person presentation of initial mapping options to the council at a public meeting or closed session based on preference of the council and staff. Based on input we will make adjustments to initial plans, or draft any plans suggested by the council or public, following up both with electronic files and being available for in-person presentation of revised maps based on council input. Generally we complete the process with total of six potential maps from which the council can select a preferred map for implementation. Final Submission After plans have been approved by the council, Redistricting Partners will begin processing of new lines with the Orange County Registrar in order to complete the process and make new lines available for the next available election. This processing includes: a. Electronic PDF maps of new election district boundaries b. GIS Shapefiles for county staff to assign precincts c. Metes and Bounds legal document with written description of district boundaries d. Census Block equivalency files for a backup of district lines in latest US Census geographic data.