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aThe Chairman opened the Public Hearing. Representative Debbie Mayfield, District 29, briefed the Board that thirty State ined hearings are scheduled for the purpose of obtaining public input. She explahow House members are divided into four committees, their roles, and the criteria in redistricting at the State level, adding that this will be the most open and transparent process the State has ever seen. She stated they will not be drawing districts to favor any particular party, nor will they be drawing districts to keep current incumbents in office. She also discussed some ideas with the Chambers of Commerce on how they would like our district to look, and came up with the idea to keep all of Indian River County (13 8,000 population), and splitting 8,000 of the population between St. Lucie and Brevard Counties, so the representative would be part of the delegation in all three counties, giving Indian River more support in each district. She asked that anyone who had comments or questions to call the State office or visit www.mybuilder.gov, where they could view the breakdown. She remained available for questions. . Richard Gilmore, City of Sebastian City Council, believed the City of Sebastian would have a problem with the criteria (7) regarding municipalities being served by one Commissioner, and he did not want to see the City of Sebastian marginalized. He suggested by shrinking some of the districts a little bit, they could balance out the districts. It would not be a huge change, but it would be fair. Commissioner O'Bryan asked Mr. Gilmore to spread the word and encourage residents to attend the Public Hearing scheduled on September 20t' in the City of Sebastian Chairman Solari asked Mayor Kramer, City of Vero Beach, to also mention to his City Council to encourage as man y as possible of Vero Beach Citizens to attend one of the Public Hearings. Tom Hill, Resident of the City of Sebastian, urged the Board when they are drawing the district lines to give some thought to the agricultural land and the problems they face in the • County in order for them to have a representative that understands their problems. BK 141 PG 114 July 12, 2011 9