“For every single governmental decision, there should be a robust public input early in the process, not just a window for public comment near the end, when options have been narrowed, choices are limited, maps already drawn and presented,” said Gary Fornander

You're getting 30 days. That sounds like plenty of time for robust public input.

Redistricting, in theory, could be done by a freshly-graduated cartographer using a Commodore 64 computer and current census data.
What makes it complicated is politics. It's all about power. The ins want to stay in, and the outs want in.