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Attachment B – Public Feedback <br /> <br />Public Comment: <br />Received: May 18, 2011 <br />From: League of Women Voters <br /> <br />In response to the survey questions presented to the board by City Staff, the League of Women Voters indicated <br />support for the following criteria: <br /> <br /> <br />Each ward should have about the same number of people within a range of +/- 3 percent. <br /> <br /> <br />The size of the wards should not be changed to account for expected changes in the number of people <br /> <br />living in them. This could create inequities now without guaranteeing equity will be attained in the <br />future. <br /> <br />Ward boundaries should change as little as possible. <br /> <br /> <br />The council should redraw ward boundaries without considering where current elected officials live. <br /> <br /> <br />Ward boundaries should be drawn to keep groups with potentially similar interests together <br /> <br /> <br />Wards should be as compact as possible. <br /> <br /> <br />Geography and natural features like the river, railroad tracks, and major roads or bridges should be used <br /> <br />to guide ward boundaries. <br /> <br />Geography and natural features may make more sense as dividing lines between wards. <br /> <br /> <br />Their highest priorities among these criteria included: <br /> <br /> <br />Each ward should have about the same number of people within a range of +/- 3 percent. <br /> <br /> <br />The size of the wards should not be changed to account for expected changes in the number of people <br /> <br />living in them. This could create inequities now without guaranteeing equity will be attained in the <br />future. <br /> <br />The council should redraw ward boundaries without considering where current elected officials live. <br /> <br /> <br />Wards should be as compact as possible. <br /> <br /> <br />Lower priority was given to: <br /> <br /> <br />Ward boundaries should change as little as possible. <br /> <br /> <br />Ward boundaries should be drawn to keep groups with potentially similar interests together Geography <br /> <br />and natural features like the river, railroad tracks, and major roads or bridges should be used to guide <br />ward boundaries. <br />8 <br /> <br />