ADJOURNED REGULAR CHICO CITY COUNCIL MEETING - March 29, 2022 Minutes
1. CALL TO ORDER AT 6:00 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER
1.1. ROLL CALL
Present: Bennett, Brown, Morgan, O'Brien, Tandon, Reynolds, Coolidge
Absent: None
2. SPECIAL AGENDA - Pursuant to Government Code § 54954.3(a), the City Council was prohibited by law from considering any other business at this meeting.
3. PUBLIC HEARING
3.1. REDISTRICTING OF CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS IN THE CITY OF CHICO - PUBLIC HEARING #4 The City Council has held three (3) of four (4) mandatory public hearings on February 1, 2022, March 1, 2022, and March 15, 2022. The City of Chico's ('City") redistricting process must be completed by April 17, 2022. At the third public hearing, the City's Demographer presented additional proposed district maps that were submitted by the public and the City Council elevated five (5) maps for further discussion. The purpose of this fourth public hearing was to continue to receive public input regarding the proposed district maps presented by the Demographer and for the City Council to select a final map to adopt by resolution on April 5, 2022.
Mayor Coolidge opened the hearing to the public.
Addressing the Council were Bill Monroe, David Welch, Bryce Goldstein, Kirk Monfort, Angela McLaughlin, Nichole Nava, Jesica Giannola, Addison Winslow, Katie Posey, Nick Har, Ruth Sarnoff, Austin Barron, and Adam Fedeli.
The hearing was closed to further public comment.
A motion was made by Vice Mayor Reynolds and seconded by Councilmember Morgan to consider bringing Maps 5b, 6c, and 2c forward for final consideration as three different maps with the lowest deviation.
A substitute motion was made by Councilmember Brown to bring forward 4b and 5b demographer district boundary maps to adopt by resolution on April 5, 2022.
The motion failed due to a lack of a second
The original motion to bring District Maps 5b, 6c, and 2c forward for final consideration as the three different maps with the lowest deviation.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Present: Bennett, Brown, Morgan, O'Brien, Tandon, Reynolds, Coolidge
Absent: None
CLOSED SESSION - PUBLIC COMMENTS OR COUNCIL DISQUALIFICATIONS Addressing the Council were Nichole Nava and Ruth Sarnoff.
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4.1. CLOSED SESSION - Council recessed at 7:18 p.m. to Closed Session in Conference Room 1.
4.2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION: Pursuant to Cal. Gov. Code Sec. 54956.9(a): USDC (ED) Case No. 2:21-cv-00640 - MCE-DMC: Warren v. Chico CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT: The City Attorney announced that Council met in Closed Session to discuss the Warren v. Chico Case. No action was taken; direction was provided.
5. ADJOURNMENT - The meeting adjourned at 8:29 p.m. to the Regular City Council on April 5, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, 421 Main Street, Chico, CA.
Date Approved:
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Deborah R. Presson, MMC, City Clerk
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