HomeMy WebLinkAboutITEM 7 Attachment 2015 Districting Commission Selection Process - CRCProcess for Selecting the 2015 Districting Commission Page 1 of 4
The following process was adopted by the Charter Review
Commission for the appointments to the
2015 Redistricting Commission
Background: The 2015 Districting Commission received 25 completed applications.
Below is the process the Charter Review Commission used to select the pool of 10
applicants of which the City Clerk will randomly select 4 that became the first 4 of the 7
Commissioners. The first 4 Commissioners, then select the remaining 3 from the remaining
pool of 6.
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Initial Screening: Getting from 25 to 15
1. Each Commissioner reviews all applications and ranks the applications in order
of most-qualified (i.e., 1-25). Review must be based on the four criteria specified
in the Charter and Ordinance:
a. Relevant knowledge/Demonstrated analytic ability
b. Demonstrated ability to serve impartially in a non-partisan role
c. Experience in public communication/outreach
d. Experience in civic and/or volunteer activities in City of Chula Vista
Consideration must also be given to geographic, ethnic, racial and gender
diversity.
2. Each Commissioner submits its rankings (1-25) to the City Clerk for
compilation.
3. The City Clerk compiles the rankings to determine the top 15 to move on to the
next round. (For example: If “1” is the highest rank and “25” is the lowest, the
15 candidates with the “lowest” point totals would be selected.) The City’s
Human Resources staff reviews the compiled results for diversity analysis.
4. The Charter Review Commission convenes meeting. City staff presents results
of rankings and makes recommendations as to whether the list of 15 should be
expanded based on diversity analysis.
5. The Charter Review Commission considers staff’s recommendations and
determines final list of applicants to be interviewed.
B. Interview Process
1. Public Meeting. Interviews to be held over two noticed public meetings. Each
of the final applicants (the top 15, or more if list is expanded pursuant to A.,
above) shall be invited to interview during one of the meetings.
2. Candidate Statement.
i. Each candidate will be invited to make a statement to the full Commission,
which will be considered by the Commission in evaluating the candidates
based on the criteria set forth in A.1., above.
ii. The Commission shall establish a time limit for the statements.
(Subcommittee recommendation: five minutes.) Candidates will be asked
to include within their statements a response to the following question:
“Why do you want to be on the Districting Commission?”
iii. Commissioners may ask follow-up questions immediately following each
candidate’s statement (follow up questions should be for clarification
purposes only).
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iv. As a courtesy, candidates will be asked to wait outside during the statements
of other candidates.
v. Participation in this interview process is mandatory. If a candidate does not
attend the public meeting, the candidate will not be given further
consideration for inclusion in the Districting Commission. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if a candidate is unable to participate in the interview process
due to unforeseen or emergency circumstances, the candidate may request
that the Commission waive the interview requirement. The Commission
shall consider all such requests and, by majority vote of the Commission,
may waive the interview requirement and allow the candidate to continue
to be considered for inclusion in the Districting Commission.
3. Public Comment. A public comment period will be permitted at each meeting
after all candidate statements are concluded (public comment will be limited to
3 minutes per person).
C. Charter Review Commission Selection of 10 from list of 15 (or more)
1. After the conclusion of the second public meeting, each Commissioner will be
given the opportunity to vote for five candidates on a voting sheet, which shall
be handed to the City Clerk and tabulated.
2. Each candidate that receives four or more votes will be included in the pool of
ten.
3. Repeat process until ten candidates are selected. (For example, if after first
round of voting, two are selected and eight openings remain, in the second round,
each Commissioner would vote for another five candidates, and so on until ten
are selected. If two openings remain, each Commissioner would vote for another
two candidates.)
4. The CRC members should keep in mind overarching goal of diversity when
selecting the candidates for the pool of 10.
D. City Clerk Random Selection of First 4 (out of 10) DCs
1. Once there are ten candidates, the City Clerk shall randomly select four
candidates from those ten. (She will probably draw names “out of a hat.”)
This shall be done at the meeting immediately following the selection of the
pool of ten.
2. The City Clerk will administer the oath to the four selected candidates.
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E. Districting Commission Selection of Final 3 (out of remaining 6) DCs
1. The Districting Commission will undertake the process of selecting three
additional members from the remaining six candidates.
2. The CRC could recommend a process, but it would not be binding.