955 School Street
Napa, CA 94559
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CITY OF NAPA
MEETING MINUTES - Final
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NAPA
Mayor Scott Sedgley
Vice Mayor Mary Luros
Councilmember Liz Alessio
Councilmember Bernie Narvaez
Councilmember Beth Painter
6:30 PM Held via ZoomTuesday, January 25, 2022
SPECIAL MEETING - 6:30 PM
A Special Meeting for the City Council of the City of Napa was called on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. to be held at City Hall Council Chambers, 955 School Street, Napa, California, for the purpose identified on the Agenda. The Special Meeting was called by the Mayor in accordance with California Government Code Section 54956.
The Meeting was conducted as a teleconference in compliance with California Government Code Section 54953(e), and members of the City Council, City Staff, and the public participated in the meeting telephonically or electronically.
1. CALL TO ORDER: 6:30 P.M.
1.A. Roll Call:
Councilmember Alessio, Councilmember Narvaez, Councilmember Painter, Vice Mayor Luros, and Mayor Sedgley
Present: 5 -
2. AGENDA REVIEW AND SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS:
City Clerk Carranza announced the following supplemental items:
Item 3.A.:
- PowerPoint presentation from City Staff.
- Email from Napa Progressive Alliance Steering Committee. (Copies of all supplemental documents are included in Attachment 1)
3. PUBLIC HEARINGS/APPEALS:
January 25, 2022CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NAPA
MEETING MINUTES - Final
3.A. 481-2021 2021-2022 Redistricting Process - 3rd Public Hearing with Proposed District Boundary Map
(See supplemental documents in Attachment 1)
City Clerk Carranza, and Elizabeth Stitt of Redistricting Partners, provided the staff report.
Mayor Sedgley asked for disclosures; there were none.
Mayor Sedgley opened public testimony.
Larry Alexander, on behalf of Napa Progressive Alliance, read submitted written comment regarding the West Pueblo/Linda Vista Island which suggested upon annexation the island should go into District 4, or be split between District 2 and District 3.
Ron Rhyno - provided comments regarding redistricting and historical exclusion of those who were socially and racially different and supported the annexation of the West Pueblo/Linda Visa Island.
Carol Barge - spoke in support of Map Plan A.
A motion was made by Councilmember Alessio, seconded by Vice Mayor Luros to close the public testimony. The motion carried unanimously.
The discussion was brought back to Council; individual questions and comments ensued. Staff responded to questions regarding annexations.
Following deliberations, Council reached unanimous consensus to direct staff to prepare the ordinance of Councilmember Districts using district boundary map “Plan A.”
4. COMMENTS BY COUNCIL OR CITY MANAGER:
Councilmember Narvaez thanked the Spanish interpreters, Patricia and Marivel, for participating in the meeting.
Councilmember Painter asked that Council consider asking staff to come back with a future item to adopt a Climate Emergency Resolution.
Following brief discussion, a majority of Councilmembers agreed that they would continue the discussion of a the potential future action during the Council Workshop scheduled for February 18, 2022.
January 25, 2022CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NAPA
MEETING MINUTES - Final
5. ADJOURNMENT: 7:32 P.M.
Submitted by:
_______________________________
Tiffany Carranza, City Clerk
ATTACHMENT 1
SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS & COMMUNICATIONS
Office of the City Clerk
City Council of the City of Napa
Regular Meeting
January 25, 2022
FOR THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NAPA:
EVENING SESSION:
3. PUBLIC HEARINGS/APPEALS:
3.A. 2021-2022 Redis
tricting Process – 3rd Public Hearing with Proposed District Boundary Map PowerPoint Presentation from City Staff.
Email from Napa County Progressive Alliance Steering Committee received on January 25, 2022.
2021-2022
REDISTRICTING
PROCESS
3rd Public Hearing With
District Boundary Map
January 25, 2022
City Council Special Meeting
1/25/2022
Supplemental I - 3.A.
From: City Staff
Redistricting Process for
Councilmember
District Boundaries
in the City of Napa
o Councilmember District Boundaries
for November 2020 Election
• (Based on 2010 Census)
o Redistricting Process for
November 2022 Election
• (Based on 2020 Census)
City of Napa
Redistricting 2021‐2022
Agenda
This presentation will cover some basics for those first engaging in the process and go into a potential map for the City of Napa.
• FAIR MAPS Act Redistricting Criteria
• From COI to draft Maps
• City population / Demographics
• Draft Map A
• Next Steps
Things we will cover
Redistricting Criteria
FAIR MAPS Act (California Elections Code Section
21621)
• Substantially equal size ‐ people, not citizens
• Contiguous – districts should not hop/jump
• Maintain “communities of interest”
• Follow easily identifiable lines
• Keep districts compact – appearance/function
From COI to Maps
With more cities and counties using
community based redistricting, we
move redistricting out into the public,
with maps driven by Community of
Interest testimony.
• Input from community drives process
with multiple ways for the public to
engage.
• Rules for process emphasize the
importance of traditional criteria and
minimizing divisions of neighborhoods.
• Releasing maps for feedback –t o d a y w e
will see plans to spark more public
engagement.
Community of Interest Forms
Submitting Your COI Form
• Input can be provided in public hearings or using the “Community of Interest Worksheet.”
Communities of Interest
DistrictR is an online public mapping tool for the public to use to draw their own Communities of Interest and also submit district maps
Drawing YOUR Communities of Interest
https://DistrictR.org/event/City_of_Napa
DistrictR Maps 92819, 92903, 92917, 96979
DistrictR IDs 92819, 92917, & 96979
These DistrictR Maps made
changes surrounding the West
Pueblo / Linda Vista Island.
These changes made the overall
maps all to be non‐contiguous.
DistrictR ID 101095
Map to Review
There is one plan to review today.
• Plan A – existing lines
This plan has an overview, data
table, individual district pages and
web map that has been provided to
the City and is available on the
City’s redistricting website.
Deviation is 7.6%
DistrictR Maps
These maps were submitted on December 12, after the deadline for public notice for the public meeting.
Napa County Progressive Alliance: Make Shift of WP/LV
Island to Central District Possible After Annexation
ID: 92917
Napa County Progressive Alliance: WP/LV Island
with Central District
ID: 92819
Napa County Progressive Alliance: Make Shift of WP/LV
Island to Central District Possible After Annexation
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Napa County Progressive Alliance: Make Shift of WP/LV
Island to Central District Possible After Annexation
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Napa County Progressive Alliance: WP/LV Island with Central District
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Napa County Progressive Alliance: WP/LV Island with Central District
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What’s Next
The City Council can make use of these
mapping options in a number of ways.
• Suggest possible changes –adjustments can be
made to any of the draft plans.
• Request to uplift a DistrictR map to propose as a
draft map.
• Provide direction for the preparation of new
draft map(s) to be put out for public input and
future review and adoption.
• Consider new draft maps at a public hearing
scheduled for February 8, 2022
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
Date and Time Location
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
6:30 PM
Council Chambers at City Hall
955 School Street
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
6:30 PM
Council Chambers at City Hall
955 School Street
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
6:30 PM
Council Chambers at City Hall
955 School Street
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
6:30 PM
Council Chambers at City Hall
955 School Street
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
6:30 PM
Council Chambers at City Hall
955 School Street
COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS:
Date and Time Location
Wednesday, December 1, 2021,
6:30 PM ‐ 8:00 PM
Napa Valley College Community Room
2277 Napa Vallejo Highway
Thursday, January 6, 2022
6:00 PM ‐ 8:00 PM
***ADDED VIRTUAL OPTION!***
Join Us via Zoom
Saturday, January 15, 2022
10:00 AM ‐ 11:30 AM
Harvest Middle School Library
2449 Old Sonoma Road
Saturday, January 15, 2022
1:30 PM ‐ 3:00 PM
Las Flores Community Center Gym
4300 Linda Vista Avenue
Sunday, January 30, 2022
10:00 AM ‐ 11:30 AM
** To be held via Zoom**
Sunday, January 30, 2022
1:30 PM ‐ 3:00 PM
**To be held via Zoom**
Redistricting Webpage - Resources
www.cityofnapa.org/redistricting
Draw a Map
• DistrictR Tool with
instructional video
• Printable PDF
Recording of January 6th Virtual
Workshop
Community of Interest Worksheets
View proposed and submitted
draft maps
Previous hearing materials
(Presentation, video recording,
etc.)
Questions from Council
to Staff or Consultant?
Invite Public Input Regarding:
Communities of Interest
District Boundaries
Provide direction to City staff regarding
the composition of district boundaries
From: Napa County Progressive Alliance
To: Redistricting
Subject: Written Public Comment on Special Meeting on Redistricting, Item 3A, January 25, 2022 Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 5:28:07 PM
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[EXTERNAL]
Napa City Council:
The Napa County Progressive Alliance is again providing written comment on an ongoing concern: the City’s decision to wait to annex the largest county island, the West Pueblo/Linda Vista county island, until after redistricting has been completed and its refusal to attach the eight precincts east of the island to the central district, District 4, so that upon annexation the island could go into District 4 or be split between District 2 and District 4 without the Council needing to pass a resolution for that to occur.
As was written in our letter to the editor printed on January 17th entitled Voter Discrimination in Napa?, we suspect that the reason the Council wants to wait to annex this island until after redistricting is because annexing the island now would put District 2 over the 10% ideal population allowed by the FAIR MAPS Act, necessitating a change to the current map. In addition, without attaching those eight precincts to District 4, unless the Council passes a resolution, the island would automatically go into District 2 once annexed. Both of these actions would have the effect of diluting the vote of working class and Latinx voters, which is unacceptable.
District 2 has the lowest Latino Citizen Voting Age Population of the four districts. District 4 has the highest. Placing island residents, who are working class and a majority Latinx, into District 2 would dilute their vote and make it impossible for them to elect their candidate of choice. Furthermore, adding that population to District 2, overpopulating it, would give District 2 more voting power than District 4.
While the two board members who represent these districts were only concerned about what is legal, both should be concerned about what is right and the spirit of the law, not just the letter of the law.
Furthermore, why isn’t District 4 representative Narvaez advocating for his district generally and for the Latinx community specifically by insisting that his district has equal population and that decisions made increase, and do not dilute, the voting power of the Latinx community? If the Council continues in the direction it is going, which we suspect it will, it will violate the spirit of the FAIR MAPS Act in terms of the top three mapping criteria. 1) Equal population: The Council should not plan for District 2 to be over the 10% ideal population allowed by the FAIR Maps Act, whether it is legal or not. 2) Contiguity: With this large county island in the middle of a district, the district is not contiguous. 3) Respect for communities of interest: The island residents share little in common in terms of social and economic interests with Browns Valley-dominated District 2 and share more in common with voters in District 4; they should be joined together for fair representation.
Shame on the members of the Council for their continued refusal to recognize the voting rights of island residents who have experienced decades of historical discrimination, including redlining, disenfranchisement, and paying more in taxes and fees to get less, all of which we laid out in the video we made back in 2020, which we are including again here. At this point, Council members' actions appear to be a deliberate attempt to suppress the working class and Latinx vote to maintain the status
quo and their own power as part of Napa’s political establishment. We are documenting it for posterity.
Sincerely,
Napa County Progressive Alliance Steering Committee
References:
Campbell, David. (2022, January 17). Voter Discrimination in Napa? Napa Valley Register. https://napavalleyregister.com/opinion/letters/letter-voter-discrimination-in-napa/article_39a0fbd0-4ebc- 544b-bd4c-fddfeee4a26b.html
Nelsen, Beth. (2020, August 31). The Islands of Napa. https://youtu.be/zRTsbBgE7Sc