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County opts for new redistricting procedure By Miller Jozwiak THE DAILY CARDINAL

In an effort to get politics out of the the process of redistricting, the Dane County Board has approved creation of an independent citizens commission to draw political boundaries after the 2020 census. The new commission will be modeled after a method used for congressional and legislative district drawing in Iowa, according to a county press release. The Dane County process will use population, municipal boundaries, ethnic makeup and natural geographic features to establish its districts. Individuals who are affiliated with a political party, lobbying group, labor union or other entities with a vested interest in drawing voting boundaries will not be allowed to serve on the nine-to-11member commission. Following the release of the 2020 census numbers, the Dane County Board chair and the county clerk will make appointments to establish the commission. The appointments will be subject to approval by the full Board, the Dane County Towns

Association, the Dane County Cities and Villages Association and the City of Madison will have input into the appointments. Once the commission is established, it will submit one to three maps to the Board for approval. If none of the proposed maps are approved, they will be re-referred to the commission, which will be able to amend and resubmit them. The process could change the Board’s fifth district, which Supervisor Hayley Young represents. The district has traditionally been held by a student or recent graduate because it covers campus and Lake Mendota. Young voted to create the commission and noted the fifth district was changed slightly after the 2010 census. “The aim of a citizen redistricting commission is to make sure that the people who live in the area are representing the district,” Young said. “We’re really doing the best that we can with what we have … we don’t have someone who is paid doing this.” In 2013 a panel of three federal judges redrew two assembly dis-

tricts, finding that the districts violated the voting rights of Latinos on the Southside of Milwaukee, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. A federal lawsuit is also pending for that 2011 redistricting. “Voters should feel confident that they get to select their elected officials, not the other way around,” Supervisor Jenni Dye of Fitchburg, who chaired a subcommittee that helped draft the new plan, said in the release. “This independent commission means that supervisors won’t be the ones at the table drawing maps and selecting their voters.” Dane County voters approved a 2014 advisory referendum to establish impartial, nonpartisan redistricting. The County Board then established a subcommittee to make recommendations for how to conduct the next mapping process, from which this commission was established. There was only one vote against the commission’s creation. The ordinance amendment needs to be signed by Dane County Executive Joe Parisi before it becomes law.

State Street may see retail increase

Graduate student writes presidential debate questions

By Miller Jozwiak THE DAILY CARDINAL

The preliminary recommendations for the city’s retail impact study include suggestions for changing the perception of parking availability, addressing homelessness downtown and possibly adjusting regulations. Tangible Consulting Services and Perkins+Will prepared an interim report of recommended policies and strategies for improving retail downtown. The interim report is a draft of the final report that will come out of the downtown retail impact study and was presented at the Overture Thursday night. The report recognized three “core issues” and two “emerging concerns” regarding retail on State Street, the Capitol Square, King Street and the general downtown area. It drew on a survey that was based on more than 1,100 respondents. There were several substan-

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Dane County Board of Supervisors District Five, which is made up mostly of campus and Lake Mendota, could change following the 2020 census under the new redistricting commission.

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Mayor Paul Soglin has supported the push for more retail. tial recommendations in the State Street part of the report. The report suggested restricting food and beverage businesses to only 50 percent of block-level storefronts. That suggestion came as Mayor Paul Soglin, who originally advocated for the study, has suggested a moratorium on State Street liquor licenses and recently tried vetoing some licenses that Common Council has passed. The recommendations could also bring a new fee to commercial renters. The report said vacant space needs to be reduced as well, possibly through adopting public regulations which would levy a fee for allowing extended vacancies. The report also took aim at reducing homelessness.

“The personal and societal needs implied by people who spend so much time on the street call for our compassion and response on many levels,” the report said. It also said, “This population has a significant impact on the attractiveness of the area to shoppers. Part of the impact relates to the presence of this population, particularly when they are asking for money.” They suggested “utilizing and activating” public space through programming the space and transitioning to outdoor activities at restaurants after retail hours in order to take up more of the space. Those suggestions for State Street and the other areas may be revised before the final report is presented in October.

A UW-Madison graduate student represented UW-Madison as a student delegate to produce questions to potentially be asked at Monday’s presidential debate between Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump. Jacqueline Moss, who is pursuing a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction, went to the 2016 College Debate, a new, nonpartisan program that aims to give young voters a voice on the issues that mat-

ter most to them. The group formed questions based on issues they agreed were important. Delegates gathered twice at Dominican University in California within the last three months and came up with a list of questions that focused five policy issues—education, civil rights, the economy, foreign policy and immigration. The finished list, which was submitted to the Commission on Presidential Debates, consisted of three specific questions for each policy.

Beltline burglars tailgate, steal car A 32-year-old woman had the scare of her life when she was carjacked in what Madison Police Department called a “bigger city crime” in an incident report. Officials said the Mount Horeb woman was venturing west, when an SUV began to tailgate her. She pulled aside to an exit when the vehicle rear ended her. Three men got out of the SUV and told her to look at the front bumper damage. The woman then retrieved her cell phone from her vehicle to con-

tact the police. But before reaching the driver’s seat, one of the suspect pushed past her to take the driver’s seat. The individual drove off, while the other two suspects drove off in the SUV. The victim located a nearby restaurant to call police and detail the “bump-and-run carjacking.” Shortly after an attempt to pinpoint the individuals involved and the stolen vehicle, Milwaukee Police stated the SUV was recently used in an armed robbery at a Walgreens. —Hunter Nollenberg

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