Item 3A — Thursday, July 30, 2026
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Current official agenda wording
Approve the following items for inclusion in a November 3, 2026, special charter amendment election: A) clarifying that the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission is independent of Council control, allowing the ICRC to review City districts after changes to the City’s boundary lines, providing an effective date for the redistricting plan adopted by the ICRC, increasing the number of individuals in the pool of potential appointees to the ICRC, clarifying the method and timing of filling vacancies on the ICRC, and allowing City staff to communicate with the ICRC outside of a meeting;
"item three a, as amended, is adopted with council members, harper-madison and Fuentes temporarily off the dais" — meeting transcript (unofficial)
What got said
Attributed statements from the meeting transcript, not official agenda values.
- Council member Alter's amendment clarified language so students aren't excluded from the ICRC
- Alter thanked resident Jack for calling attention to the student exclusion issue
The roll call
Approved as amended 9-0
Member records (11)
- Kirk Watson Mayor Yes
- Natasha Harper-Madison D1 Off Dais
- Vanessa Fuentes D2 Off Dais
- José Velásquez D3 Yes
- José "Chito" Vela D4 Yes
- Ryan Alter D5 Yes
- Krista Laine D6 Yes
- Mike Siegel D7 Yes
- Paige Ellis D8 Yes
- Zohaib "Zo" Qadri D9 Yes
- Marc Duchen D10 Yes