Former Burien mayor Sally Nelson has been appointed by the King County Council to help redraw council districts based on 2010 Census data.

Nelson is a long-time civic leader in south King County. She helped lead the effort to incorporate the city of Burien, was elected as a charter member of the Burien City Council, was the city's first deputy mayor, and later served two years as mayor.

Three other people were picked by the council to serve with Nelson.

Rod Dembowski is a partner at the Seattle-based law firm Foster Pepper. He has served as a special deputy prosecuting attorney for King, Pierce and Island counties.

John Jensen is the president of Jensen Roofing Company, a locally owned and operated business founded in 1988. He was a member of the 2007-2008 King County Charter Review Commission.

Sally Poliak serves as the CEO and president of The Poliak Group, a strategic communications and public affairs advocacy firm. She was a member of the 1991 King County Districting Committee.

State law and the county charter require King County to redraw council district boundaries using the most recent U.S. Census data.

The statutes require that the boundaries of each district correspond as nearly as practical with the boundaries of existing municipalities, election precincts, census tracts, recognized natural boundaries, and communities of related and mutual interest; be drawn to produce districts with compact and contiguous territory; be composed of economic and geographic units; and be as nearly equal in population as possible.

Population data may not be used for purposes of favoring or disfavoring any racial group or political party.