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Redistricting 2000 2 <br />Figure 1: Changes in Population of San Leandro's City Council Districts, 1990 - 2000 <br />12/17/01 <br />1990 <br />Deviation from <br />2000 <br />Deviation from <br />Change from <br />population <br />average <br />population <br />average <br />1990 to 2000 <br />District 1 <br />11,295 <br />-0.66% <br />12,818 <br />-3.20% <br />1,523 <br />District 2 <br />11,541 <br />1 .50% <br />13,017 <br />-1 .70% <br />1,476 <br />District 3 <br />11,397 <br />0.24% <br />12,580 <br />-5.00% <br />11,83 <br />District 4 <br />11,159 <br />-1.86% <br />14,826 <br />1 1.96% <br />3,667 <br />District 5 <br />11,527 <br />1 .38% <br />13,490 <br />1.87% <br />1,963 <br />District 6 <br />11,304 <br />-0.58% <br />12,721 <br />-3.93% <br />1,417 <br />Average <br />district <br />population <br />11,370 <br />N/A <br />13,242 <br />N/A <br />1,872 <br />Range of <br />deviation <br />between <br />districts <br />N/A <br />3.36% <br />N/A <br />16.90% <br />N/A <br />DISCUSSION <br />Before staff started to analyze possible district configurations, criteria were developed upon <br />which to base the redistricting changes. These criteria were based on recommendations from the <br />City Council Rules Committee and consist of the following: <br />• Respect neighborhood boundaries; <br />• Respect school district boundaries; <br />• Use natural and man-made boundaries as borders; <br />• Keep new districts as similar to old districts as possible; and <br />• Consider the historic configuration of the neighborhoods <br />In addition to these criteria, the Administrative Code mandates that no change in boundaries can <br />result in an incumbent being removed from his or her district. The Code also requires that the <br />populations within districts be as equal as possible. <br />Staff has developed three options for the Council to consider. Each option will be reviewed in <br />detail at the December 171h meeting. When possible, the criteria guided the process. There were <br />occasions, however, where following one criteria resulted in the negation of another criteria; in <br />those cases, staff chose the criteria which created the most compact areas and equally -sized <br />population districts. Another factor which limited district changes was the location of some key <br />census blocks on or close to district borders. These areas cannot be divided due to the unusual <br />shape of the census blocks within them, thus requiring large numbers of residents to be moved <br />together. These areas are shown on Attachment B. <br />�� <br />