NOTICE AND CALL OF SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUARTE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the majority of the City Council have called for a Special City Council Meeting to be held on Monday, February 28, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. in the Duarte City Council Chambers, 1600 Huntington Drive, Duarte, California. The special meeting agenda will appear as follows:
SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
2. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Any person wishing to speak on any items listed on this special meeting agenda, may do so at this time. The opportunity to speak is on a first come, first serve basis. Each person may speak once for no more than 3 minutes. Public comments may be submitted by emailing [email protected] before 6:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Under the Brown Act, members of the City Council and staff can respond only with a brief reply to issues raised in Oral Communications, and no action on such matters may take place at this meeting.
3. PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT, DISCUSS DRAFT REDISTRICTING MAPS,
AND IDENTIFY FOCUS MAPS FOR INCLUSION IN THE ORDINANCE TO ADOPT NEW
DISTRICT BOUNDARIES FOR THE DUARTE CITY COUNCIL
4. ADJOURNMENT
Dated: February 23, 2022
Annette Juarez, City Clerk
I, Annette Juarez, City Clerk, hereby certify that the foregoing notice of special meeting was posted on February 23, 2022 at the following locations: City Hall – 1600 Huntington Drive Avenue, Duarte Public Safety Department – 1042 Huntington Drive, Duarte Library – 1301 Buena Vista Street, and the City of Duarte website (www.accessduarte.com) not less than 24 hours prior to the meeting and delivered to each member of the Duarte City Council and to the following newspaper: Pasadena Star-News.
/s/Annette Juarez, City Clerk
AGENDA
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DUARTE, CALIFORNIA
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2022
7:00 PM
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1600 HUNTINGTON DRIVE, DUARTE, CALIFORNIA 91010
MISSION STATEMENT
With integrity and transparency, the City of Duarte provides exemplary public services in a caring and fiscally responsible manner with a commitment to our community's future CITY COUNCIL:
MARGARET FINLAY, MAYOR
TZEITEL PARAS-CARACCI, MAYOR PRO TEM
SAMUEL KANG, COUNCILMEMBER
TONEY LEWIS, COUNCILMEMBER
JODY SCHULZ, COUNCILMEMBER
VINH TRUONG, COUNCILMEMBER
CESAR GARCIA, COUNCILMEMBER
City/Agency/Authority Staff:
Daniel Jordan, City Manager
Kristen Petersen, Assistant City Manager and Director of Administrative Services Craig Hensley, Community Development Director
Manuel Enriquez, Director of Parks and Recreation
Brian Villalobos, Director of Public Safety Services
Thai Viet Phan, City Attorney
Annette Juarez, City Clerk
ADA ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need assistance to participate in this meeting, you should contact the City Clerk’s office at (626) 357-7931. Notification no later than 48 hours preceding the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to assist your accessibility to this meeting.
Notice: Any documents distributed by the City/Agency/ Authorities to a majority of the City Council/Successor Agency/Housing Authority/Financing Authority Board less than 72 hours prior to the City Council/Successor Agency/Housing Authority/Financing Authority meeting will be made available forpublic inspection at City Hall, 1600 Huntington Drive, Duarte, CA 91010, during normal business hours, except such documents that relate to closed session items or which are otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law.
Notice: Duarte City Council meetings are live-streamed and taped for later broadcast on the City’s website.
Attendance at themeeting constitutes consent by members of the public to the City’s and any third party’s use in any media, without compensation or further notice, of audio, video, and/or pictures of meeting attendees. City Council meetings are also broadcast following each meeting through Spectrum Cable, Channel 3, daily at 12:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
2. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Any person wishing to speak on any items listed on this special meeting agenda, may do so at this time. The opportunity to speak is on a first come, first serve basis. Each person may speak once for no more than 3 minutes. Public comments may be submitted by emailing [email protected] before 6:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Under the Brown Act, members of the City Council and staff can respond only with a brief reply to issues raised in Oral Communications, and no action on such matters may take place at this meeting.
3. PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT, DISCUSS DRAFT REDISTRICTING MAPS,
AND IDENTIFY FOCUS MAPS FOR INCLUSION IN THE ORDINANCE TO ADOPT NEW
DISTRICT BOUNDARIES FOR THE DUARTE CITY COUNCIL
4. ADJOURNMENT
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
I hereby certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California, that the foregoing Agenda was posted at the following locations: City Hall – 1600 Huntington Drive Avenue, Duarte Public Safety Department – 1042 Huntington Drive, Duarte Library – 1301 Buena Vista Street, and the City of Duarte website (www.accessduarte.com) not less than 24 hours prior to the meeting per Government Code 54954.2.
Dated this 23rd day of February, 2022.
/s/Annette Juarez, City Clerk
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February 28,2022
Mayor and Members of the City Council
Daniel Jordan, City Manager
Public Hearing to Discuss and Revise Draft Redistricting Maps and Identifu Focus Maps
1) Conduct the fourth public hearing, receive public input, discuss and revise draft maps, and identiff focus maps; and if appropriate, 2) Provide direction to staff regarding which map(s) should be considered for inclusion in the Ordinance to adopt new district boundaries for the Duarte City Council at the next public hearing on March 8,2022.
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BACKGROIINI)
As required by the California Elections Code, cities with by-district election systems must use new cettr.ti data to review and, if needed, redraw district lines to reflect how local populations have changed every ten years. This process, called redistricting, ensures all districts have nearly equal population. The redistricting process for the City of Duarte must be completed by April 17, 2022.
The first three public hearings were held on September 28,2021, January II,2022, and February 8,2022.
DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS
The public was invited to submit input regarding district boundaries using either a paper map or on online redistricting tool which was provided by the City's demographer NDC. The deadline for map submission was Thursday, January 21,2022. Draft maps are being presented to the City Council for consideration at this public hearing.
To be considered a viable map, draft maps must be evaluated based on Federal and California redistricting criteria such as equal population, no racial gerrymandering, contiguous geography, easily identifiable boundaries, and not favoring or discriminating against a political party.Other traditional redistricting principals such as respect of voter choices, future population growth, minimizing voter election year disruptions and preserving the core of existing districts may also be considered in the evaluation of draft maps. Districting consultant NDC will provide the City with draft maps that meet eligibility requirements, for the City Council's consideration.
Language Requirements for Redistricting
Per Elections Code $ 21608, the City must provide language services in applicable languages, as provided by the Secretary of State. Pursuant to Elections Code $ 21608(h) applicable language iequirements for city redistricting pu{poses include any language that is spoken by a group of city residents with limited English proficiency who constitute 3 percent or more of the city's total population over four years of age for whom language can be determined.
On June 11,2021, the Secretary of State released guidance for cities regarding these language requirements. In addition to English, the City of Duarte is required to provide qualifuing materials and "live translation" (interpretation) services in Spanish and Chinese (MandarirVCantonese) upon a request made by the Thursday prior to a hearing or workshop.
Publication and Noticing Requirements for Redistricting Public Hearings Per Elections Code g$ 21608(c) and 21608(g)(3), the City is required to "publish" the hearingdate, time, and location 5 days in advance on the internet and a website calendar satisfies the publishing requirement. On February 23,2022, the public hearing information was published on the City's website and posted at Duarte City Hall, Duarte Public Safety Office, and Duarte Library.
Next Steps
The date for Public Hearing No. 5 to consider draft maps is March 8,2022.
RECOMMENDATION
1) Conduct the fowth public hearing, receive public input, discuss and revise draft maps, and identiS'focus maps; and if appropriate,2) Provide directionto staff regarding whichmap(s) should be considered for inclusion in the Ordinance to adopt new district boundaries for the Duarte City Council at the next public hearing on March 8,2022.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
ATTACHMENTS
A. Draft Map 101
B. Draft Map 102
C. Draft Map 103
D. Draft Map 104
E. Draft Map 105
F. Draft Map 106
G. Draft Map 107
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