No later than October 1 of the year preceding a City election at which all district Council Members are to be elected, the City Clerk shall prepare a preliminary report dividing the City into six (6) election districts having substantially equal populations. All of the area in each district shall be contiguous. Upon completion of the preliminary report by the City Clerk, the City Clerk shall set a public hearing to solicit public comment on the preliminary report concerning election district boundaries. The City Clerk shall cause to be published, at least fourteen (14) days before the hearing, the preliminary report, to include a preliminary map and a preliminary written description of the election districts, and the time and place of the public hearing. (Ord. 13-23; Ord. 16-102)