Name:_____________________________________ Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission Public Forum #1: District 9 | July 15, 2021 Zip codes: 78701, 78704, 78705, 78722, 78751 Directions: Examine the map for common areas of interest (e.g. neighborhoods, schools, churches, shopping centers, or your grocery store). Mark their locations with points on the map. Then, draw a circle around the unique characteristics of the community that you believe should remain intact within the district. You may also leave written comments below that explain your reasoning, as well as any other thoughts about redistricting in Austin generally. Please return this document to the Commission when you are finished. It will be saved for the purpose of redrawing maps once Census data arrives. Thank you for being with us today. (Map may not include some newly annexed portions of Austin.) Name:_____________________________________ Comments:________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ May we contact you? NAME _____________________________________________ ADDRESS________________________________________________________________________________ City EMAIL_____________________________________________ Street Address Zip Code State To create your own proposed maps for the City of Austin, go to districtr.org. Send the link to the finished map to matthew.dugan@austintexas.gov. Name:_____________________________________ Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission Public Forum #1: District 9 | July 15, 2021 Directions: Examine the map of the ten city council districts and provide any redistricting markings and suggestions. You may also leave written comments below that explain your reasoning, as well as any other thoughts about redistricting in Austin generally. Please return this document to the Commission when you are finished. It will be saved for the purpose of redrawing maps once Census data arrives. Thank you for being with us today. #RedistrictATX2021 Name:_____________________________________ Comments:________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ May we contact you? NAME _____________________________________________ ADDRESS________________________________________________________________________________ City EMAIL_____________________________________________ Street Address Zip Code State To create your own proposed maps for the City of Austin, go to districtr.org. Send the link to the finished map to matthew.dugan@austintexas.gov.
Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (ICRC) V I RT UA L C I T Y W I D E FO R U M V I A V I D EO CO N F E R E N C E F R I DAY, AU G U S T 2 7 1 1 A M Public Forum Agenda 1. How to sign up for testimony 2. Background on the Independent Citizens Redistrict Commission (ICRC) 3. Current City Council district maps and demographic information 4. History of the 10-1 Austin City Council districts 5. Explanation of the delayed Census, and 6. Instructions for how to find more information and leave feedback on maps. Find us on Facebook and Twitter at Austin Redistricting Find us on Instagram @austinredistrict ICRC websites: https://www.speakupaustin.org/city-of-austin- redistricting https://redistrictatx.org/ http://www.austintexas.gov/content/independen t-citizens-redistricting-commission How to Sign Up for Testimony Step 1: Put your first and last name in the chat, the district you reside in, and your email address. Step 2: After the presentation, you will be called on by administrative manager, Christine Granados. Unmute / Mute : If the host gives you permission, you can unmute and talk during the webinar. All participants will be able to hear you. If the host allows you to talk, you will receive a notification: Note: You can still access the audio settings by click on the ^ arrow next to the Unmute/Mute button. For any written comments, email the full commission at icrc.commissioners@austintexas.gov ICRC Commissioners District 1 – Errol Hardin District 1 – Selina Yee District 6 – Eugene Schneider District 7 – Christina Puentes (Chair) District 2 – Sara Inés Calderón District 7 – Camellia Falcon District 3 – Brigham Morris District 3 – Hoang Le District 8 – Joshua Blank District 9 – Shaina Kambo District 4 – Dr. Sterling Lands District 10 – Luis Gonzalez (Vice-Chair) District 5 – Prabhu Kannan District 10 – Erin Dempsey “Let the people draw the maps.” --Austinites for Geographic Representation ICRC Background & Selection Process History Austin residents voted to elect City Council by geographic district in 2012. Before that vote, six council members and the mayor were elected citywide. Today, the city has 10 districts with a council member elected from each district. The mayor is still elected citywide. In 2013, a diverse group of Austin residents determined the boundaries for the 10 council districts. Since then, Austin’s population has grown and changed about …
Rodriguez, Lisa From: Sent: To: Subject: HPD ICRC Commissioners Saturday, August 28, 2021 2:13 PM HPD ICRC Commissionsers DL FW: District Affinity Characteristics From: Joseph Reynolds Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2021 7:12:37 PM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik To: HPD ICRC Commissioners <ICRC.Commissioners@austintexas.gov> Subject: District Affinity Characteristics > *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Commissioners, One of the factors you use when setting boundaries is ‘affinity’, how closely people and activities are bound by the same forces. Obvious factors are all in the news; race and ethnic or cultural background, age has similar impact as those, and in narrower ways, religion, education, and wealth impact us. But, less customary factors can be just as powerful in forming community. Long physical features generate shared issues and concerns: Creeks that flood like Shoal Creek, Roads, like 620 or Burnet or Lamar, are examples. Shoal Creek begins with its’ northern watershed north of Parmer Ln. It ends downtown in LadyBird Lake. The neighborhoods all down the stream share concerns. The concerns change with geology and with time of neighborhood founding. The southern end of Shoal Creek follows Lamar Blvd and has high ‘cliff side’ banks. That is because before WW-II the streets followed the creeks, it was easier to build that way and the streets were narrower. After WW-II development was large scale with the Veteran Boom, and large tracts, often with the creeks through the middle were developed. The southern end of Allandale was a dairy farm, with the creek through the midst, so houses back directly to the creek, and the creek bed is owned as part of the house’s lot. This pattern continued into the 1960s as development to Anderson Ln was completed. But, all the neighbors share flooding concerns, and it affects building and development. When setting boundaries, look for theses common issues. They can be physical like a creek that floods, or cultural like a road that forms a linear social center. These are very important and in ways controlling items. Common Social settings due to neighborhoods being formed at about the same time. 1 Allandale, Brentwood, and Crest View share ≈1950 as a date when they were initiated. That gives them common issues of street patterns, and house size which lead to shared social patterns and affinity. They tend to have common gas/water/sewer utility problems and concerns. Contrasting with the 1950s, the neighborhoods just South, such as Rosedale …
Versión en español a continuación. Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission Meeting 08/25/2021 Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission to be held 08/25/2021 with Social Distancing Modifications Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance (08/24/2021 by noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission Meeting, members of the public must: •Call or email the board liaison at 512-974-7665 and matthew.dugan@austintexas.gov no later than noon, (the day before the meeting). The following information is required: speaker name, item number(s) they wish to speak on, whether they are for/against/neutral, email address and telephone number (must be the same number that will be used to call into the meeting). •Once a request to speak has been made to the board liaison, the information to call on the day of the scheduled meeting will be provided either by email or phone call. •Speakers must call in at least 15 minutes prior to meeting start time in order to speak, late callers will not be accepted and will not be able to speak. •Speakers will be placed in a queue until their time to speak. •Handouts or other information may be emailed to matthew.dugan@austintexas.gov by noon the day before the scheduled meeting. This information will be provided to Board and Commission members in advance of the meeting. •If the meeting is broadcast live, it may be viewed here: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live Reunión del Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission FECHA de la reunion (08/25/2021) La junta se llevará con modificaciones de distanciamiento social Se permitirán comentarios públicos por teléfono; no se permitirá ninguna entrada en persona. Todos los oradores deben registrarse con anticipación (08/24/2021 antes del mediodía). Todos los comentarios públicos se producirán al comienzo de la reunión. Para hablar de forma remota en la reunión, los miembros del público deben: • Llame o envíe un correo electrónico al enlace de la junta en 512-974-7665 and matthew.dugan@austintexas.gov a más tardar al mediodía (el día antes de la reunión). Se requiere la siguiente información: nombre del orador, número (s) de artículo sobre el que desean hablar, si están a favor / en contra / neutral, dirección de correo electrónico (opcional) y un número de teléfono (debe ser el número que se utilizará para llamar ). • Una vez que se haya realizado una solicitud para hablar con el enlace …
Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (ICRC) August 18, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. Video Conference Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/98278207374?pwd=eEhDSFpzNjVlZWFXNGcyYWpOKzZvZz09 Meeting ID: 982 7820 7374 Passcode: iqY34Q CURRENT COMMISSION MEMBERS: Prabhu Kannan Brigham Morris Errol Hardin Eugene Schneider Erin Dempsey Luis Gonzalez, Vice-Chair Dr. Sterling Lands Hoang Le Shaina Kambo Sara Inés Calderón Selina Yee Christina Puentes, Chair Joshua Blank Camellia Falcon Staff In Attendance Matthew Dugan, City's Planning Manager George Korbel, Mapping Specialist Christine Granados, ICRC Administrative Manager Members in Attendance Christina Puentes, Chair Luis Gonzalez, Vice Chair Joshua Blank Sara Inés Calderón Erin Dempsey Camellia Falcon Errol Hardin Prabhu Kannan Dr. Sterling Lands Hoang Le Eugene Schneider Selina Yee draft MINUTES Meeting Goals: Receive Information about Census Data and City's Boundaries; Receive Updates from Working Groups/Subcommittees CALL TO ORDER Chair Puentes called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m. with 11 members present. Commissioner Kannan joined the meeting at 6:05 p.m. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first three speakers who register to speak no later than noon the day before the meeting will be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda. Peck Young addressed the ICRC and opted to withhold comment at the public meeting. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Discussion and possible action on the Aug. 11, 2021, ICRC meeting minutes. The Aug. 11, 2021, meeting minutes were approved without objection. 2. UNFINISHED BUSINESS The ICRC may discuss and take action on the following agenda items A. Update from Public Forum Working Group on calendar changes Vice Chair Gonzalez gave update about county public forums being pushed back a week. 3. NEW BUSINESS The ICRC may discuss and take action on the following agenda items A. Presentation from Lila Valencia, Austin City Demographer City Demographer Lila Valencia shared findings from 2020 U.S. Census. B. Presentation from City Attorney on open meetings Assistant City Attorney Lynn Carter reviewed Open Meetings Act; Assistant City Attorney Zach Brown reviewed the Public Information Act. C. Update from Communications Working Group Commissioner Calderón discussed social media policies and the work done placing paid advertising on social media and legacy media. D. Update from Finance Subcommittee Vice Chair Gonzalez discussed the $2,000 in expenditures for Zoom moderator, website maintenance and overtime charges related to public forums. E. Update from Final Report Subcommittee No update. F. Discussion on mapping process Commissioner Yee made a motion to allow commissioners to voluntarily meet …
“We do for neighborhoods what the Chamber of Commerce does for business.” –Joan Bartz 1973 • Community Building • Advocacy • Civic Education • Policy Education • Land Use Education • Connecting Council with Neighbors • Environmental Justice • Equity ANC Executive Committee Justin Irving President Barbara McArthur Vice-President 1 Mary Ingle Joyce Basciano Chip Harris TBD Vice-President 2 Vice-President 3 Secretary Co-Secretary Sheryl Cheatham Treasurer Alexandria Anderson Marc Duchen Randy Ortega Seth Fowler Jim Lear Megan Meisenbach Daniel Llanes Julie Woods Jeff Bowen Communications Coordinator Sector 1 Representative Sector 2 Representative Sector 3 Representative Sector 4 Representative Sector 5 Representative Sector 6 Representative Sector 7 Representative Sector 8 Representative Andy Anderson Sector 9 Representative TBD Patricia King Sector 10 Representative Immediate Past President Neighborhood Planning Areas • Each area consists of many neighborhoods • Only represent neighborhoods in the city “core”. • Quasi governmental • http://www.austintexas.gov/sites/def ault/files/files/Planning/Neighborhood_ Planning/npstatus_tab_9-19-18.pdf ANC and 10-1 “The Austin Neighborhoods Council also supported the 10-1 plan. Past president Steve Aleman says that he looks forward to a more even representation across the entire city. "Last year when I was president, driving from one far end of town to the other for neighborhood meetings," Aleman recalled, "I was struck by how diverse the city is. ... It personally hit home how important this was to ensure that all the neighborhoods have a voice.“ “ -Austin Chronicle FRI., FEB. 1, 2013 Do neighborhood associations have their own boundary maps? If so, could those be shared with the commissioners? • https://www.austintexas.gov/department/community-registry
Rodriguez, Lisa From: Sent: To: Subject: HPD ICRC Commissioners Wednesday, August 25, 2021 10:50 AM HPD ICRC Commissionsers DL FW: new districts From: Kim Lanzillotti < Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2021 3:49:30 PM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik To: HPD ICRC Commissioners <ICRC.Commissioners@austintexas.gov> Subject: new districts > *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Dear Members of the ICRC Commission, I am a resident in the South River City Citizens neighborhood association. When the city first divided the city into individual city council districts our area of SRCC was put in district 3 and the rest of our neighborhood was in district 9. This is problematic when we have issues affecting our neighborhood, because we are not represented by the same person on the city council. Living in south central Austin, our issues are different from those affecting east Austin and I feel we have not had sufficient representation. I believe we would have better representation if our neighborhood was in the same district. Now that the districts are being redrawn I would like to request that area 8 be included in the same district as the other areas of SRCC. Thank you, Kim Lanzillotti 78704 CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov. 1
Rodriguez, Lisa From: Sent: To: Subject: HPD ICRC Commissioners Thursday, August 26, 2021 8:48 AM HPD ICRC Commissionsers DL FW: District 9 > ________________________________________ From: Kimberly Levinson < Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2021 1:47:49 PM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik To: HPD ICRC Commissioners Subject: District 9 *** External Email ‐ Exercise Caution *** To the Committee: My name is Kimberly Levinson, and I want to make sure you understand that I speak only for myself, despite leading the PAC and DANA this year. My concern is to create a district that reflects the true character of District 9 and keeps communities of interest together as much as possible. First, I think the Capital belongs in District 9. That is a huge part of Downtown, and carving it out makes little sense to me. Development around it is clearly a huge part of further developing the Downtown area, and the district lines should reflect that. Second, I think the area that is currently in District 1, but is on the west side of I‐35, should be included in District 9 on the principle that communities should be kept together, and those buildings are clearly part of Downtown. Moving them into District 9 will also help maintain the current character and demographic mix of District 1, which is part of the ICRC's concerns. Third, I believe the southwest part of District 9, in the Bouldin area and points west from there, should be removed from the Downtown district. That area should be joined with other parts of south Austin, as their community interests are more aligned, and District 9 has grown large enough to need to remove at least some areas, especially if you consider my final point. Finally, I believe there is a case to be made for adding the areas east of I‐35 from E 7th Street down to East Cesar Chavez into District 9. Those areas are effectively merging with downtown, becoming more urban, and becoming more gentrified. Therefore, they have a common community interest in the development of the Downtown area, and their inclusion in District 9 and their removal from District 3 will help maintain the character and demographic mix of District 3, which is also a goal of this redistricting process. Thank you for considering my points, and for all the work I know you are putting into this. Warmest regards, Kimberly Levinson 1 CAUTION: This email …
Rodriguez, Lisa From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: HPD ICRC Commissioners Wednesday, August 25, 2021 7:54 AM HPD ICRC Commissionsers DL FW: Parsons Letter to 10-1 Commissioners (w/attachments) (1 of 2) Parsons ICRC Letter 08-24-21.pdf From: Dugan, Matthew <Matthew.Dugan@austintexas.gov> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2021 12:54:18 PM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik To: HPD ICRC Commissioners <ICRC.Commissioners@austintexas.gov> Subject: FW: Parsons Letter to 10-1 Commissioners (w/attachments) (1 of 2) > From: Brad Parsons Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2021 9:15 PM To: Puentes, Christina ‐ BC <BC‐Christina.Puentes@austintexas.gov>; Gonzalez, Luis ‐ BC <BC‐ Luis.Gonzalez@austintexas.gov>; Lands, Sterling ‐ BC <BC‐Sterling.Lands@austintexas.gov>; Le, Hoang ‐ BC <BC‐ Hoang.Le@austintexas.gov>; Blank, Joshua ‐ BC <BC‐Joshua.Blank@austintexas.gov>; Hardin, Errol ‐ BC <BC‐ Errol.Hardin@austintexas.gov>; Yee, Selina ‐ BC <BC‐Selina.Yee@austintexas.gov>; Kambo, Shaina ‐ BC <BC‐ Shaina.Kambo@austintexas.gov>; Kannan, Prabhu ‐ BC <BC‐Prabhu.Kannan@austintexas.gov>; bc‐ brigham.morris@austintexas.gov; Dempsey, Erin ‐ BC <BC‐Erin.Dempsey@austintexas.gov>; Falcon, Camellia ‐ BC <BC‐ Camellia.Falcon@austintexas.gov>; Schneider, Eugene ‐ BC <BC‐Eugene.Schneider@austintexas.gov>; bc‐sara.ines‐ calderon@austintexas.gov; bc‐sara.inescalderon@austintexas.gov Cc: Dugan, Matthew <Matthew.Dugan@austintexas.gov> Subject: Parsons Letter to 10‐1 Commissioners (w/attachments) (1 of 2) *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** (See attachments) Tuesday, August 24, 2021 Greetings ICRC Commissioners! I noticed the video of your last meeting just posted on the City webpage, day before yesterday. Particularly, what stood out to me is that Mr. Korbel is going to draft your map and then take feedback from you all as a group and then individually after he has drafted the 10 districts map and before that Preliminary Map is released for public comment in the middle of September. 1 I had assumed like the last 10-1 Commission that you all would be having an open public meeting with your mapper and giving him direction on the layout of the map, as he drew it, as opposed to delegating the drafting of the 10 district map to your mapper and then give him feedback on that afterward. I had thought that you all might have watched the videos of the days when the last 10-1 Commission worked with their mapper to draw both their Preliminary map and their Final map, but just now checking, I see that the City of Austin has taken down those ATXN videos showing the mapper working with the last 10-1 Commission at AE’s Town Lake Center and One Texas Center. See: 1. http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=198360 2. http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=197729 3. http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=200533 4. http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=200802 and 5. http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=203067 . If this is to be the case, then I think you should give some detailed direction …
Rodriguez, Lisa From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: HPD ICRC Commissioners Wednesday, August 25, 2021 7:54 AM HPD ICRC Commissionsers DL FW: Parsons Letter to 10-1 Commissioners (w/attachments) (2 of 2) 2020AustinDemogpcts.jpg; 2020AustinAsians.jpg; 2020AustinBlacks.jpg; 2020AustinHispanics.jpg From: Dugan, Matthew <Matthew.Dugan@austintexas.gov> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2021 12:54:22 PM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik To: HPD ICRC Commissioners <ICRC.Commissioners@austintexas.gov> Subject: FW: Parsons Letter to 10-1 Commissioners (w/attachments) (2 of 2) From: Brad Parsons < Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2021 9:33 PM To: Puentes, Christina ‐ BC <BC‐Christina.Puentes@austintexas.gov>; Gonzalez, Luis ‐ BC <BC‐ Luis.Gonzalez@austintexas.gov>; Lands, Sterling ‐ BC <BC‐Sterling.Lands@austintexas.gov>; Le, Hoang ‐ BC <BC‐ Hoang.Le@austintexas.gov>; Blank, Joshua ‐ BC <BC‐Joshua.Blank@austintexas.gov>; Hardin, Errol ‐ BC <BC‐ Errol.Hardin@austintexas.gov>; Yee, Selina ‐ BC <BC‐Selina.Yee@austintexas.gov>; Kambo, Shaina ‐ BC <BC‐ Shaina.Kambo@austintexas.gov>; Kannan, Prabhu ‐ BC <BC‐Prabhu.Kannan@austintexas.gov>; bc‐ brigham.morris@austintexas.gov; Dempsey, Erin ‐ BC <BC‐Erin.Dempsey@austintexas.gov>; Falcon, Camellia ‐ BC <BC‐ Camellia.Falcon@austintexas.gov>; Schneider, Eugene ‐ BC <BC‐Eugene.Schneider@austintexas.gov>; Calderon, Sara ‐ BC <BC‐Sara.Calderon@austintexas.gov> Cc: Dugan, Matthew <Matthew.Dugan@austintexas.gov> Subject: Parsons Letter to 10‐1 Commissioners (w/attachments) (2 of 2) *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** (See attachments) Tuesday, August 24, 2021 Greetings ICRC Commissioners! I noticed the video of your last meeting just posted on the City webpage, day before yesterday. Particularly, what stood out to me is that Mr. Korbel is going to draft your map and then take feedback from you all as a group and then individually after he has drafted the 10 districts map and before that Preliminary Map is released for public comment in the middle of September. 1 I had assumed like the last 10-1 Commission that you all would be having an open public meeting with your mapper and giving him direction on the layout of the map, as he drew it, as opposed to delegating the drafting of the 10 district map to your mapper and then give him feedback on that afterward. I had thought that you all might have watched the videos of the days when the last 10-1 Commission worked with their mapper to draw both their Preliminary map and their Final map, but just now checking, I see that the City of Austin has taken down those ATXN videos showing the mapper working with the last 10-1 Commission at AE’s Town Lake Center and One Texas Center. See: 1. http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=198360 2. http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=197729 3. http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=200533 4. http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=200802 and 5. http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=203067 . If this is to be the case, then I think you should give some …
Rodriguez, Lisa From: Sent: To: Subject: HPD ICRC Commissioners Friday, August 27, 2021 11:52 AM HPD ICRC Commissionsers DL FW: Planned Public Forums & State Law Impact From: Joseph Reynolds Sent: Friday, August 27, 2021 4:51:43 PM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik To: HPD ICRC Commissioners <ICRC.Commissioners@austintexas.gov> Subject: Planned Public Forums & State Law Impact *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** You should know that Sept 1 the Pandemic Exception for Public Meetings reverts to regular rules. Meetings must be in‐ person. There are details about quorum, etc. But change is coming. Joseph Reynolds CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov. 1
Rodriguez, Lisa From: Sent: To: Subject: HPD ICRC Commissioners Friday, August 27, 2021 9:45 AM HPD ICRC Commissionsers DL FW: District 3, 1, and 9 (with map) From: Curtis Rogers <rogers Sent: Friday, August 27, 2021 2:44:51 PM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik To: HPD ICRC Commissioners <ICRC.Commissioners@austintexas.gov> Subject: District 3, 1, and 9 (with map) *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Dear Committee Members, Thank you for your help in this process. I know there are no perfect answers, but I trust the outcome will be fair. I'm a resident of the East Cesar Chavez neighborhood, currently in District 3, and feel that it is better suited to be connected to downtown, currently District 9. Similarly, neighborhoods south of Town Lake (LBL) would better be grouped with neighbors south of the lake. I‐35 has been a man‐made tool to divide Austin, and we should not allow it to draw district lines as we work to reconnect that scar. I know the population of each area will determine where the lines should be drawn, but below is a rough idea of where I think the neighborhoods could be better grouped as districts in Austin. Thanks, Curtis CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov. 1
From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: HPD ICRC Commissioners Wednesday, August 25, 2021 3:28 PM HPD ICRC Commissionsers DL FW: ICRC citizen input on: (1) Commissioner Falcon's info request on census "undercount" by geographic area PXL_20210825_185426013.jpg Rodriguez, Lisa From: Philip Wiley < Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2021 8:27:05 PM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik To: HPD ICRC Commissioners <ICRC.Commissioners@austintexas.gov> Subject: ICRC citizen input on: (1) Commissioner Falcon's info request on census "undercount" by geographic area *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Commissioners, In your August 18th meeting, during the City Demographer's presentation, an important question was asked that this may provide insight on. The Austin ‐ Travis County Census Strategy Map has the best data I have seen related to estimating census count success. Here is a link to the map, color coded based on response rate as of October 28th 2020. Again I am providing a Government asset posted publicly for your consideration:: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=66c1f6bdf2034bd898db56d964125573 West Campus Attached below is a map photo that shows the lowest response area in the City (28.8%) which is in West Campus, is also the densest housing tract in the city (Guadalupe / Rio Grande / MLK / 24th = Tract 6.08). The four other adjacent tracts that are primarily student housing all also had response rates below 50%. Likely the most stable and easiest to count / estimate tract was UT, which even showed a 6.8% decline in residents. Students working remotely from home in other cities during a pandemic created a unique census challenge. From what we know about the explosive growth of this area, it appears .low census response rates are correlated with population undercount. UT UNO ‐ NW UNO ‐ NE UNO ‐ SW UNO ‐ SE Eastern Crescent One might assume the eastern crescent was the second largest undercount area in the City based on census response rates, but also that all of the minority opportunity districts experienced more undercount than other districts. Undercount > D9, D1, D2, D3, D4. ‐6.8% 40.1% 11.9% 1.9% 129.2% 9207 3315 4478 4190 2306 8580 4645 5012 4268 5286 ‐627 1330 534 78 2980 6.01 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 1 Implications Likely ‐ some of the fastest growing parts / districts in the city also were the most undercounted. D10, which may be the slowest growing District in Austin, also had response rates >70%, >75%, >80%. Unless Districts are mapped at different sizes now, as …
Rodriguez, Lisa From: Sent: To: Subject: HPD ICRC Commissioners Thursday, August 26, 2021 6:33 PM HPD ICRC Commissionsers DL FW: ICRC citizen input on: (1) District 9, and border transitions with Districts 1, 3, 4, 5, and 10 From: Philip Wiley Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2021 11:33:08 PM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik To: HPD ICRC Commissioners <ICRC.Commissioners@austintexas.gov> Subject: ICRC citizen input on: (1) District 9, and border transitions with Districts 1, 3, 4, 5, and 10 > *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Commissioners, The character of District 9 is defined by being the compact and connected city center of Austin At the core dense building forms, mixed use, quality and variety of transit options. Around that core are transition areas to lower density uses and districts. From a redistricting perspective, D9 plays a unique role of sharing borders with 3 of the 4 minority opportunity districts, and as Austin evolves D9 has the role and responsibility of absorbing newly densified areas that no longer contribute to minority district goals, which may include potential border changes described below. Census ‐ Results: D9 population grew faster than Austin. It appears D9 census results will show >99,000 residents, so it has more people than the average district size of 96,100. As it appears a material number of students were missed in the census count, D9 is unlikely to be targeted for >96,100 residents, but could be a candidate for <96,1000 residents because of the undercount. Outside census data, it also appears there will be ongoing disproportionate city center growth due to many development projects in various stages of completion and planning. All three underlined points may contribute to the Commission reducing the D9 land mass this cycle. Transition D1 to D9 (1) Downtown is somewhat unique in the formality of it's neighborhood plan, and it is very much a neighborhood to the 15,000 and growing fast who live here. The northeast quadrant was put in D1 last round. Ora Houston, speaking at the D1 ICRC session, asked that I‐35 become the new D1/D9 border. The first residential tower in that area is nearing completion, more are coming, and they will not likely support minority district racial mix goals. Suggestion: move precinct #325 from D1 to D9. CM Houston's testimony starts at the 25:17 minute mark here: https://austintx.new.swagit.com/videos/130488 (2) UT's LBJ School was put in D1 to recognize his contributions, and Ora Houston …
Rodriguez, Lisa From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: HPD ICRC Commissioners Friday, August 27, 2021 10:26 AM HPD ICRC Commissionsers DL FW: ICRC citizen input : (1) North and West Austin PXL_20210818_232416287.jpg; PXL_20210826_013028251.jpg; PXL_20210818_232527925.jpg; PXL_ 20210819_114536587.jpg From: Philip Wiley < Sent: Friday, August 27, 2021 3:24:22 PM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik To: HPD ICRC Commissioners <ICRC.Commissioners@austintexas.gov> Subject: ICRC citizen input : (1) North and West Austin *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Commissioners, Sincere thanks for any interest you may have shown related to my prior input. Hopefully this helps pull together key points from data presented (by others and myself) and public testimony.. I ask that you consider looking at a few maps you have seen already before but maybe not at the same time. Photos of 4 maps are attached, along with a descriptor and source link. Socio‐economic Map (housing prices) https://austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Housing/Austin%20HMA final.pdf ANC Sector Map https://www.atxanc.org/copy‐of‐about Asian / Hispanic Geographic Distribution Maps http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=365926 http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=365928 My Observations for North and West Austin (defined as north of the lake, west of I‐35): People organize themselves in clusters, or bands, you can see it much clearer on demographic maps than the city district maps. (A) Primarily white, primarily higher income in a band close to the lake. "Waterfront prices" lead to other commonalities or communities of interest. On every map here. (B) Whether Koenig or Anderson is the divider, there are distinct minority concentrations north of there, Asian to the west, Hispanic in the central. (C) The current 10‐1 map (not shown) has more north / south orientation than the way the community organizes, which favors those with more resources to have their voice heard. General Recommendations with specific examples: 1 (D) View District 6 as the best chance at clustering people of Asian descent together. The north half of the district has a fairly large concentration, as does the north half of district 10. Recommendation: move district 326 from D10 to D6 in support of a higher Asian concentration in D6,, and evaluate other border opportunities (e.g. precincts 331, 328). You have heard people in north D10 testify they don't feel community links with 78703 = waterfront. (E) View District 10 as the waterfront district, extending out to the city's western border. As an example on the D6 / D10 shared border ‐ River Place in D6 is like asking UT and OU to share a row at a football …
Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (ICRC) Aug. 25, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. Video Conference Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/98278207374?pwd=eEhDSFpzNjVlZWFXNGcyYWpOKzZvZz09 Meeting ID: 982 7820 7374 Passcode: iqY34Q One tap mobile +13017158592,,98278207374#,,,,*442998# US (Washington DC) +13126266799,,98278207374#,,,,*442998# US (Chicago) Dial by your location +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 982 7820 7374 Passcode: 442998 Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/azmXrvLGe CURRENT COMMISSION MEMBERS: Prabhu Kannan Brigham Morris Errol Hardin Eugene Schneider Erin Dempsey Luis Gonzalez, Vice-Chair Dr. Sterling Lands Hoang Le Shaina Kambo Sara Inés Calderón Selina Yee Christina Puentes, Chair Joshua Blank Camellia Falcon Staff In Attendance Matthew Dugan, City's Planning Manager George Korbel, Mapping Specialist Christine Granados, ICRC Administrative Manager Members in Attendance Christina Puentes, Chair Luis Gonzalez, Vice Chair Joshua Blank Sara Inés Calderón Erin Dempsey Errol Hardin Shaina Kambo Dr. Sterling Lands Hoang Le BJ Morris Eugene Schneider Selina Yee APPROVED MINUTES Meeting Goals: Receive Information about City's Boundaries and Neighborhood Associations; Discussion on public forums and mapping process; Receive Updates from Working Groups/Subcommittees CALL TO ORDER Chair Puentes called the meeting to order at 6:03 p.m. with ten members present. Commissioner Le joined at 6:10 p.m. and Commissioner Lands joined at 6:20 p.m. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first three speakers who register to speak no later than noon the day before the meeting will be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda. Peck Young addressed the commission on behalf of the NAACP and Hispanic Coalition concerning an email he sent all commissioners that stated both entities would be presenting maps at the Sept. 8, 2021 meeting. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Discussion and possible action on the Aug. 18, 2021, ICRC meeting minutes. The Aug. 18, 2021 draft minutes were approved without objection 2. UNFINISHED BUSINESS The ICRC may discuss and take action on the following agenda items A. Discussion on mapping process one-on-one's with mapping specialist Korbel gave an update on the city's undercount in their maps using the 2020 Census data and how he is waiting on state numbers to make a preliminary map. He also addressed why one-on-one's with commissioners would be useful. 3. NEW BUSINESS The ICRC may discuss and take action on the following …
