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e Thus it was logical to extend D 1 further down the river, as many business
constituents in this area may have like concerns and issues as other business
interests up-river.

e The next slide shows the proposed District 2

e As you can see, it remains a coastal district spanning almost the entire
north/south corridor of the City by the bay

e The next slide shows part the area we moved from D2 to D5 at the
northern end

e We moved that boundary east from North Miami avenue to NW 2nd avenue
and from the 195 expressway down to 22 street

e The next slide continues that eastward movement to NE 2nd avenue and
south from 22 street ending at the 395 expressway.

e The next slide shows the movement from D2 to D5 at the southern end
moving slightly east to North Miami avenue from the 395 south to SE
2nd street.

e As we said before, we could not move further east without affecting the black
population of D5's ability to elect candidates of its choice, so we had to look
south to further de-populate D2.

e The next slide shows the movement from D2 to D3

e This moves the boundary over from US 1 to South Miami avenue and from
Simpson park to the north to 17 Ave to the south

e Finally, the next slide shows the movement from D2 to D4

e It takes into D4 all the area from SW 25 street on the north to Day avenue to
the south spanning from 27th avenue from the east to 37th avenue and the city
limits to the west.

e The next slide shows the proposed district 3.

e It also maintains the core of the existing district.

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e And this next slide shows the eastward movement south of the 395
expressway moving slightly east from Nw Ist street to North Miami
avenue and south to SE 2nd street.

e Simply stated, we could not move further east without diminishing the African
American community's opportunity to elect a candidate of its choice.

e Finally, the next slide shows the population we moved from D5 to D 1
along the river.

e As we discussed, this area is heavily Hispanic, and had much more voter
cohesion with D1 than DS.

e Also, moving this area into D 1 was consistent with the voting rights act, in
that it moved this Hispanic community into a district where they could also
participate in electing a candidate of their choice.

e This last slide gives you an overview of the entire plan.

e So in summary, we believe that our preliminary plan complies with
constitutional and voting right act criteria.

e Wealso were cognizant of the additional directives you gave us.

e As you've seen, every district maintains its core configuration and the vast
majority of its existing population.

e We tried as much as possible to move areas into districts with similar voting
patterns.

e We presented a preliminary plan with a low overall deviation in order to give
you as policy-makers the flexibility to make additional changes.

e And we tried wherever possible to maintain communities of interest and
traditional neighborhoods,

e Although that was not completely possible due to the need to balance
population.

e It is however, a work in progress that provides flexibility to make additional
changes so long as those changes have a rational basis.

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current contours of the district and the geographic population concentrations
of the black community in the City.

e The proposed DS is 51.75% black with 49.8% black voting age population.
Our analysis of voting patterns indicates that the black community does have
an equal opportunity to elect a candidate of its choice.

e So now let me show you the maps to further illustrate what we just discussed.
¢ The first slide shows the entire configuration of proposed District 1

e As you can see, it maintains the vast majority of the core of the existing
district.

e The next slide shows the area we moved from D1 to D3

e With this change, we moved the area west of NW 22 ave and north of NW 7
Street

e We felt this was a logical move where we could utilize major man made
boundaries such as the Dolphin expressway to the North and 27th Ave to the
west, in order to bring up D3's population

e This next slide shows the area we moved from D4 into D1.

e It spans from 27th to 37th avenue, and south from NW 7 street to Nw 4th
street.

e We did this to re-balance the population in D1.
e Finally, the last slide shows the area we moved from D5 into D1

e This next slide showing the entire district provides a better view of that
change.

e We felt this movement was needed because this area had a high percentage of
Hispanics and greater voter cohesion with D1 residents.

¢ Also important was the fact that the existing D1 already had the most area of
the Miami river abutting or within it, than any other district.

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e The next slide shows the area we moved from D1 to D3 which we already
discussed.

e This next slide shows the area we moved from D 4 to D3

e Itspans from 17 Ave going west to 27th avenue and from southwest 9th street
to SW 12 street

e Again, this was done to balance population.

e In that regard, we tried to find adjacent areas with similar demographics in
order to maintain voter cohesion while re-balancing population.

e Finally, this next slide shows a closer look at the area we brought into D3
from D2 which is south of US 1.

e It goes from 17th Ave north to the end of Simpson park, moving the boundary
down slightly from US 1 to South Miami avenue.

¢ This was also done to balance population. We knew we had to take population
from D2 to equalize it, but we took as little as was needed on the other side of
US | to reach a low deviation.

e Certainly, whether we cross US 1 into D2 and how much of the Grove, if
any, should go into other districts is a policy decision for you to make.

¢ Nevertheless, D3 is still 1% underpopulated, so it can expand to gain more
population.

e The next slide is of the proposed District 4
¢ It remains a highly Hispanic area

e The next slide which we've already seen shows what we added to the
bottom end of the district.

e We overpopulated this district at 2.23% over the ideal because it's likely to
have the least growth over the next decade.

¢ Inthe event you want to decrease the deviation you can chose to move some
of the excess population into D 3 or back into D 2.

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e With that, I'm happy to address any questions you may have.

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Presentation of preliminary redistricting plan
February 7, 2022

First cover slide
Commissioners, the purpose of today's meeting is to present a preliminary
plan for your consideration.

e We will be making a brief 15 minute PowerPoint presentation, to present the
preliminary plan and the rationale behind the movements we made.

e During the presentation we will display both data and maps on screen.

e Itmay move a little fast, but after I conclude we can take as much time as you
like to go back to the different slides.

e Now certainly, this is your Commission and you can proceed as you see fit.

e But I would respectfully suggest that you allow me to go through my entire
presentation first, in order to provide an overall explanation of the plan,

e After my presentation, we can take as much time as you want for questions or
reviewing slides.

e Ultimately, I assume the commission will discuss the plan and provide us with
additional direction as to what additional changes, if any, you would like to
see.

e¢ Now, as I said in our previous discussions, there are literally thousands of
ways to craft a constitutionally compliant plan.

e And that’s why we asked you for guidance as to the traditional redistricting
principles you wanted us to utilize and their order of importance, so that this
commission's directives could guide how we approached the project.

¢ So, let's go over those traditional redistricting principles again.
e Slide number two with fade in

e The prime directive will always be compliance with the Constitution and the
Voting Rights Act.

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e The next slide shows the movement we previously discussed from D4 to
D1

e And the next slide shows the area we previously addressed from D4 to
D3

e Finally, the next slide shows the proposed District 5

e the proposed district five also maintains the vast majority of the core of the
existing district.

e It was the most challenging district to develop.

e As you can see there is no way to move north or to most of the north west,
because the city boundaries end with D 5.

e Our only options were to move south, and across the river into D 3, west into
D 1 or east into D 2.

e It was not feasible to take any population from D 1, because most all of the
D 1 area west of D 5 is highly Hispanic.

e For the same reason, it was not feasible to cross the river to take population
from D 3.

e In this slide you get an overall picture of the slight shift to the east to take
population from D 2.

e The next slides, which we previously showed you in the context of D 2
provide a more close-up look of the slight movements east that we were able
to make.

e Again, this first slide shows part of the eastward movement on the middle
of the district.

e It shifts the boundary east from North Miami avenue to NW 2nd avenue and
from the 195 expressway down the 395 expressway

e The next slide shows the bottom part of that eastward movement I just
explained beginning on NW 22 street to the north and down to the 395
expressway

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Additionally, this commission by consensus directed that the following
principles be employed in the following order of importance.

e First, maintain the core of existing districts to avoid voter confusion.
e Second, factor in voter cohesion,

e Next achieve substantial equality as opposed to mathematical equality of
population, and :

e Maintain traditional neighborhoods when feasible

¢ So let's talk first about population numbers and compliance with legal
principles.

e Your current plan has an over 40% overall deviation, which means that it is
malapportioned and could not be used in future elections.

e The preliminary plan we will present today has an overall deviation of 3.81%
and meets all constitutional and voting rights act parameters.

¢ As we discussed previously, the courts do allow for up to 10% deviation, but
the case law informs that such deviations must have a rational basis.

e Now, the deviations we did can easily be explained from a legal perspective,
but there are also political and other considerations that can provide a rational
basis for a larger deviation.

e But those decisions are the providence of elected officials to make.

e So, one the reasons our preliminary plan has a small deviation, is to provide
sufficient latitude for you as the city's elected representatives to make any
additional changes based on your knowledge of the communities you
represent.

e My role in that regard is to let you know whether any additional changes you
want to make comply with the law.

e So now let's look as some numbers so I can better explain how we arrived at
our deviations, and then we can look at the plans.

e Slide of population and VAP report

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e District 1 is at .35 deviation, which is 311 residents above the ideal. It has an
87.38% Hispanic population with 88.75% Hispanic voting age population.

e Itclearly complies with the voting rights act.

e District 2 has a negative .02 deviation, which is just 21 people short of the
ideal population. As you know, we had to remove roughly 28 thousand people
from the district to comply with legal requirements.

¢ District 2 remains a swing district with 37.2% white non-Hispanic population,
8% black population, and roughly 48% Hispanic population.

e Voting age percentages are almost the same as total population percentages.

e We purposely tried to get the population of D2 at near zero deviation, because
this is where much of the new development activity is occurring, and as in the
last decade, it will probably grow faster than the other districts.

e District 3 is slightly underpopulated at .98 percent, or 864 people under the
ideal population.

e District 3 has 87.4% Hispanic population and 88.4% Hispanic voting age
population. Consistent with the Voting Rights Act, the Hispanic community
has the opportunity to elect a candidate of its choice.

e District 4 has the highest deviation at 2.23% or 1,973 residents above the ideal.
86.7% of the population is Hispanic, with 88% Hispanic voting age
population.

e This district also complies with the requirements of the voting rights act.

e Finally, we underpopulated District 5 by roughly 1.7% under the ideal,
basically because bringing in additional population from any side of the
district would reduce the African American population percentage.

e Additionally, we also felt it was appropriate to under-populate this district
because it may experience significant development activity and growth in the
next decade.

e Normally we would have liked to have a slightly higher percentage of
minority population, but there is simply no way to accomplish that with the

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