i think the charter commission's plan calls for nine districts. I still have the Free Press "districts" mockup from last year, and attended a public meeting at 2nd Ebenezer Church. Pugh was there, also a representative of the city dept. of elections.. the Elections rep at the time asserted that their office would determine districts, but I guess a judge determined otherwise? also, one of the issues was whether council would have direct oversight over certain city services if/when districts were enacted. I asked Pugh for his top 3 city depts./services that he felt city council should have influence on if this route were chosen.. The answer he gave was.. well, I'm not sure he really answered it..
The assumption is that a self-contained downtown or midtown district would create an imbalance in redevelopment priorities, but, is that really the case..?