There is created a Districting Process Advisory Committee as an advisory committee to oversee the public process, educate the public, assist the City Clerk, and advise City Council on the districting process.
A. The Advisory Committee shall be composed of seven (7) regular members. City Council may appoint alternate members subject to the provisions of section 1.2.902 of this Code.
B. Advisory Committee member selection shall begin at least three hundred sixty (360) days prior to a general municipal election at which district Council Members are to be elected.
1. One Advisory Committee member shall be appointed from each of the six (6) election districts, and one member shall be appointed at large.
2. Appointed members shall be electors of the City and generally representative of the population of the City. City Council shall strive for gender, racial, ethnic, age and geographic diversity when appointing Advisory Committee members.
3. To avoid the appearance of impropriety, persons interested in being candidates for a district Council Member seat at the next regular municipal election shall not serve on the Advisory Committee.
C. The term of all Advisory Committee members shall expire at the time the final Advisory Committee report is submitted to City Council in accord with section 5.1.308 of this part.
D. The Advisory Committee shall comply with all applicable provisions of the City Charter, the City Code, and the Rules and Procedures of City Council. (Ord. 13-23; Ord. 16-102)