district 6, and i am here on behalf of the filipino american forum on redistricting. i am passing out a map right now. is it possible to use the overhead? is possible. rate. great. the reason i m here, i want to say on behalf of the filipino american community that we are very happy with all the hard work that you put into this. i am happy for you that it is almost over and you get to rest. there is one concern that we do have with the recent working draft. there is a proposal to actually make the border of district 6 right here along thirteenth, and as you concede that we have a very high concentration of filipino americans that reside here. it would cut off a big chunk of the population. we wanted to bring that up and see if you can bring it up to 15 between harrison. i am the executive director of the japanese community council. i am here again tonight to urge you to adopt the current draft of the northern border of district 5. as an organization that is on the ver
i am a longtime resident of d-5. i appreciate you have worked to maintain a japan-town and a significant parts of the district. i am when it comes to the precincts north of the panhandle. i live just south of the panhandle and i have considered the people just north of me to be very much my neighbors. we have to consider if it had not been for the activism of people a few decades back, we would have an 18-lane highway going through what is the panhandle now. it would not have significantly changed the neighborhood, but the city of course in addition to that. and ever since then, is culturally and politically and the same place. it has been greater let s keep in mind by april you said you d be tweaking. not making major adjustments. the panhandle is not a border site, it is a major artery and the hope that you ll make other adjustments. the portions of the communities can be maintained. thank you, sir. good evening, members. i m fiona raymond cox. i personally self-i
episcopal african-americans the church of their own. ballot has transformed into a melting pot of races and backgrounds that reflects the character. we re continually called upon to be a case of comfort and caring. just last week, showing solidarity and support from the community reading. the place where everyone matters makes it one of the most precious community resources. it is reminding all of us what it is like to be underappreciated, underrepresented, and underutilized. it supports the village project and aspires to create a community kitchen to strengthen, solidify, and cement the commitment to everyone in district 5. it is one reason i stand before you again tonight. we will hear from john, jim, christine, and john, and chris. i m director of the steel which is a filipino arts organization. i am here to talk about district 6, and i am here on behalf of the filipino american forum on redistricting. i am passing out a map right now. is it possible to use the overhea
as you concede that we have a very high concentration of filipino americans that reside here. it would cut off a big chunk of the population. we wanted to bring that up and see if you can bring it up to 15 between harrison. i am the executive director of the japanese community council. i am here again tonight to urge you to adopt the current draft of the northern border of district 5. as an organization that is on the very tip of district 5, some might be wondering why it is currently draw on the way it is. it is not meet or pretty, but i appreciate this task force and their efforts to respond to our community and respond to japan town s interest in wanting to keep our community together. i of this is the long process, and i urge you to adopt the border as it is today. i want to just totally put the reasons why the borders look the way they do, it is quite simply because our organization and our preschool i believe it is as compelling reason. i want to mention that i was
true interests of the community at heart. your response of, you listened, and i want to thank you for your tireless efforts. i want to urge you to get this done, let s approve the northern border has it stands today and let us stay where we belong. i have been our resident of the north panhandle area for nearly 30 years. as i mentioned on monday, i have seen this neighborhood grow from something that was hardly to find and we didn t even have a name for it to a very thriving and dynamic neighborhood largely due to the neighborhood organizations, and the work of the neighbors in keeping everything together. i want to thank you for listening to us on monday night and changing the borders to keep the panhandle area in district 5. it was stated several times that much of our accomplishment is the result of our ability to work closely with our supervisor and have a close relationship with city hall. that would be really diluted if we had to spend more time listening and talking