Napa City Council
March 8, 2022

SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS & COMMUNICATIONS I
Office of the City Clerk

City Council of the City of Napa
Regular Meeting
March 8, 2022

FOR THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NAPA:

EVENING SESSION:

3. PUBLIC COMMENT:
1) Email from Jarvis William P eay received on March 6, 2022.

4. PUBLIC HEARINGS:

4.A. 2021-2022 Redistricting Process – 5th Public Hearing with Proposed District Boundary Map  PowerPoint Presentation from City Staff.
1) Email from Ron Rhyno rece ived on March 6, 2022.

From:

Sent: Sunday, March 6, 2022 3:42 PM
To: Clerk
Subject: Public Comment
[EXTERNAL]
Quite simply, Vladimir Pun
had no other choice but to invade The Ukraine. The Russian Federaon's very existence likely depended on it, probably in his way of thinking. The idea that the leaders in capitol Kiev were hesitant in consenng to Moscow's campaign for a neutral Ukraine was intolerable. Self preservaon is the number one rule in nature and in naons, therefore Pun made the safe and sane decision to be proacve in that regard. Folks may not like it, but apparently he saw that the eliminaon of any chance of a nuclear re-arming of The Ukraine was required. Walk with me please down a road in the ficonal futurescape, where the newly formed " Russia/China Alliance ", ( RCA ) has chosen our northern neighbors to join its ranks. Canada gleefully accepts the invite, and the military brass at the Pentagon are beside themselves in trying to figure out how this can be nipped in the bud. No way, Jose, the crimson maple leaf can not adorn the leerhead of the RCA's proclamaons in this strange, albeit ficonal, new world. If our northern neighbors were under the influence of a real or ficonal RCA, then it would go from " O Canada ", to " Uh Oh, Canada !, in a heartbeat. Common sense dictates that such an alliance would be an existenal threat to America, kind of like the present day threat to the Russian Federaon, if The Ukraine were to join NATO. Period. Full stop. NATO has that " ride or die " mentality, where if you mess with one, then you mess with all. Straight up, no chaser. The Ukraine exisng under the NATO umbrella would introduce a windy forecast, with a great chance of nuclear fallout. That is only part of it. A NATO branch office in Kiev would bring with it the great possibility of the return of nuclear missiles to The Ukraine, as was the case when she was under Soviet influence. Not.

Gonna. Happen. Think about it: If Canada/Ukraine had nuclear warheads, then USA/Russia could be radioacvely bombarded in very rapid fashion, due to proximity, by air, by land, by sea, or even underground. Sorry Charlie, that is too close for comfort. Locaon, locaon, locaon. A mere stroke of the pen, yea, or even an electronic signing of a document from a Ukrainian bunker could be the catalyst for you know, NATO membership, with all of the gains and deficits that it entails.

This ain't like North Korea, or Iran, where we have to monitor centrifuge developments, and range potenalies, etc., and there is me to weigh opons. Time, being of the essence in these NATO versus RCA, or a real me NATO versus Russian scenario would be greatly condensed due to, again: locaon, locaon, locaon. I remember during our bicentennial year, 1976 when I was sing in as an inquisive young student at then Weber State College, in Ogden Utah, at a forum featuring North Carolina Senator Sam Ervin, of Watergate fame. I stood and asked the senator, what were his views on MC14/4. MC14/4, was the military code regarding the use of nuclear warheads by the US and what was the Soviet Union, essenally mutually assured destrucon MAD, as it was known. You blow us to smithereens at the same me that we blow you to smithereens, kind of like where we may be now. The disnguished senator from the Palmeo State looked like he had seen a ghost, and his face grew as white as the freshly fallen snow outside at Temple Square. Dude was totally miffed, and I knew that I had touched a nerve. You think about your me here, your kids, your grandkids, your loved ones, etc. Let's think it through. Jarvis William Peay Napa
Item 3. Public Comment
Item 4.A.

To: Mayor Scott Sedgley and City Council members, & Steve Potter
From: Ron/Reinaldo Rhyno
Date: March 8th, 2022
Subject: Napa City Redistricting

Scott/Steve and Council members, attached are comments based upon observations over two redistricting processes.
• Napa City has grown from approx. 4000 residents in 1900; to 13,500 in 1950; to 62,000 in 1990; to over 80,000 in 2020.
• The Council membership has been 4+1 since the 1950s – 4 Council members & 1 Mayor • There is a difference between being a District Representative and Representing a District. The latter actively involved in communication to and from District residents. • During the City’s existence there have been 3 “new majority” members -Chew, Pedroza, and now Narvaez post-redistricting.
• During the last redistricting, members of the Progressive Alliance and others including myself and students submitting maps to increase representation from 4+1, to 5 with a rotating Mayor position; and 7 districts within which 2 districts had numerical “new majority” number advantages.

• The reported lack of participation is not because of lack of interest, but because it’s been made clear that the past and current Council want to limit voice [i.e. control] by limiting the Council Napa City’s community representation. • The GIANT in the City is the ongoing unwillingness to incorporate the decades-long Unincorporated Islands, a contemporary form of redlining. • The Council begs the question of what actions our Communities need to be take to receive real representation?

Submitted 2:50 pm 3.08.22

2021-2022

REDISTRICTING

PROCESS
5th Public Hearing
Final Map of District
Boundaries
March 8, 2022
City Council Meeting
3/8/2022
Supplemental I - 4.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)
Overview
• Receive a brief presentation from City staff.
• Invite public input regarding the proposed
final map and ordinance.
• Adopt an ordinance adopting the final map
of district boundaries and amending NMC
Section 1.10.010 to implement the district‐
based elections.

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
Held via Zoom
Sunday, January 30, 2022
1:30 PM ‐ 3:00 PM
Held via Zoom

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

“Plan A”
Recommended Action
Approve the second reading and final passage, and
adopt an ordinance adopting the final map of district
boundaries for district‐based election of
Councilmembers in accordance with the redistricting
process for the 2020 Federal Decennial Census
(California Elections Code Sections 21620‐21630), and
amending Napa Municipal Code Section 1.10.010 to
implement the district‐based elections.

Questions from Council
to Staff?
Invite Public Input