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Metropolitan Council Redistricting Example Plan Notes The redistricting plans on the following pages are examples of plans that demonstrate the goals of tTie committee: communities of interest, ideal population and compactness. The plans also seek to minimize the number of municipalities split outside of Minneapolis and St. Paul, and to maximize the minority population in two districts. Some observations have come up regarding the committee’s wishes for redistricting, which may prove helpful in future decision making: 1.A compact southwestern district composed entirely of Carver and Scott counties has a population of 156,546, or 5.05% below the ideal. Adding small communities such as Mimietrista and St. Bonifacious can bring the district to under 3% deviation. However, the key to this district is the inclusion of Chanhassen. Without it, signiflcant parts of Hennepin or Dakota County (at least 23,705 people) must be included to stay under 3% deviation. This means the district must have part of Lakeville, Burnsville, Bloomington, or Eden Prairie - or several suburban city/township combinations. 2. To have two districts completely within Minneapolis and in '.he 3% dev.ation range, the remaining Minneapolis district(s) must contain alt or part of at least two cities (or part of Saint Paul) totaling approximately 100,000 people. In other words, this difference can not be made up with just Richfield (or Richfield and Fort Snelling), which has less than 35,000 people. Option 1 2 3 Overall Population Deviation <5%<3%<3% Number of Split Municipalities ’0 0 2 Minority Percentage in District 7 55.32% 55.32%54.86% Minority Percentage in District 14 36.26%36.26%42.18% ' Outside of Minoeapolis and St. Paul iriaftiiffttiiti ttifii