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c. Contiguity requirements (to draw districts as one connected area); <br />d. Communities of interest, city and county boundaries; <br />e. Political competition, where this does not conflict with the above criteria <br />Resolution in Support of Redistricting Reform <br />Page 2 <br />f. Compactness, where this does not conflict with the above criteria; <br />. 3. The addresses of any individual, including an incumbent officeholder or candidate, shall not be <br />considered when any district is drawn. <br />4. The Commission should conduct a transparent redistricting process with full opportunities for <br />public participation. All redistricting plan information should be available in a timely fashion, free of <br />charge, via a public website and other means. The public should be provided the ability to draw and submit <br />maps for Commission consideration. <br />5. The public should be given ample notice to participate in any Commission meetings and <br />meetings should be held in at least 3 different geographic regions of the state. <br />6. Members of the Commission must be prohibited from all off -the- record communications with <br />anyone (including lobbyists, political party officials, elected officeholders and candidates), except staff <br />and legal counsel. <br />7. Redistricting should occur once every 10 years following the decennial U.S. Census and <br />Congressional Reapportionment. <br />Section II. The Office of the City Clerk shall send a copy of this Resolution, following Common Council <br />disposition, to all State Representatives and State Senators representing the City of South Bend, to the <br />Special Interim Study Committee, and to the League of Women Voters for the South Bend area. <br />Section III. This Resolution shall be in full force and <br />Council and approval by the Mayor. n <br />e- <br />Member <br />Council Vice - President <br />South Bend Common Council <br />Coi nail Member ITegma Willi <br />2nd District Council Member <br />South Bend Common Council <br />PAESEWEE . <br />NOT APPROVED <br />after it 5_a tion by the Common <br />District Council Member <br />Filed in Clerk's Office <br />APR 18 2016 <br />KAREEMAH FOWLER <br />CITY CLERK. `Q,()t TH BEND, IN <br />