Agenda - 09-02-2021; 12-8 - Information Item - Memorandum - Transmittal of the Final Report from the BOCC Elections Advisory Group (BEAG) on the Process for Electing County Commissioners in Orange County

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59 3 After some discussion it was decided that rather than voting on each individual proposed revision one-by-one, the Group would only vote on specific individual changes that had some uncertainty/objection, and that all of the other agreed-upon changes that had no uncertainties/objections would be addressed together through one motion and vote. Group Co-Chair Hazirjian continued that on Page 7, in the paragraph beginning "After the presentation," the Group consider the addition of the word "perceived" to read "perceived strengths and weaknesses". She noted that the current wording made it sound like the stated points were all established facts, when some if not all of them could be open to debate. Group members generally indicated agreement with the update. Lastly, Group Co-Chair Hazirjian shared that on Page 8, under the paragraph on at-large districts, she was uncertain of the meaning of the second sentence, beginning with "Those supporting them...." She suggested the Group consider a clarification. It was noted that the word "members" at the end of the sentence should instead be "land", that the word "and" was not needed in the sentence, and that the verb should be "have", not "has." Group Member Catterall suggested a revised sentence read, "Those supporting them touted how they would cover future growth by accounting for areas that have gained in population and would be based on representation of people, not land." Group members accepted this revised sentence. Group Member Bremer noted two minor updates, suggesting that the word "district" be made "districts" on page 7 in the first paragraph under the Current Method. She also suggested the addition of the word "the" on Page 8, under the paragraph on at-large districts to read, "....capture the bulk..." The Group accepted these suggestions. With no other items from Group members, Judge Bryan asked Mr. Wilder to share information on the seven potential clarification items he had previously emailed to Group members. Mr. Wilder noted on page 5 of the Report, middle of the page, in the last bullet point, the word "mention" appeared extraneous and possibly should be deleted. Group Member Jenkins had previously agreed in her follow-up email, and Group members concurred. Mr. Wilder shared, on page 7, under the bullet "Current Method", the last sentence of the first paragraph read, "A more detailed summary of what members identified as the positive aspects of the current method appears below." He wondered if the information actually was below or the sentence needed to be deleted. He noted that Group Member Jenkins had followed up that potentially the language should read "in the meeting summary for June 24th." After some discussion, Group members concurred with revising the wording as suggested by Group Member Jenkins. Mr. Wilder asked, on page 9 after the July 22nd paragraph, if there was any need for Judge Bryan to add a quick summary of the August 5t" meeting (tonight's meeting) in the Report document. Group Member Jenkins had followed up that Judge Bryan could add something brief under a new August 5, 2021 heading that stated something like, "The BEAG made minor edits to the report and then approved the report as edited." Group members concurred with this addition.