The move signals an uncertain path forward for how the full council will find common ground on redrawing boundaries for council districts.
But most City Council members didn't want the committee's map as the basis for making amendments. City Council member LeAnna Cumber said that would make it an"uphill battle" for getting amendments to the committee's map.
The city must redraw its map after U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard ruled Oct. 12 the map approved earlier this year used racial gerrymandering to pack Black voters into four districts so they would have less impact on electing candidates in neighboring districts.
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