Placentia City Council
AGENDA REPORT
TO: CITY COUNCIL
VIA: CITY ADMINISTRATOR
FROM: DEPUTY CITY ADMINISTRATOR / SUPPORT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES DATE: JANUARY 19, 2022
SUBJECT: PUBLIC HEARING NO. 2 TO RECEIVE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY
REGARDING THE REVIEW OF THE CITY COUNCIL ELECTION DISTRICT
BOUNDARIES
FISCAL
IMPACT: Expenses: $13,887.68 To Date for Legal, Publishing, and Translation Services Budgeted: $35,000.00 Legislative — Other Purchased Services (101002-6299) SUMMARY:
Following each federal Census, the City of Placentia is required to review new population data and to rebalance, if necessary, the population of its City Council election districts. Per the California Elections Code, the City Council is required to adopt a new district map or, if appropriate, readopt the existing district map following a series of public hearings. As required by law, the City Council districts must be "substantially equal in population" based upon the results of the 2020 Census. The districts are also required to comply with the United States Constitution, the California Constitution, the California Elections Code, and the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. This public hearing is the second of a series of public hearings to receive input from the Placentia community regarding the City Council district boundaries.
Staff and the City's consultant provided information to the City Council and public regarding the process during the first public hearing. Extensive information regarding the process and considerations are available on the City's website.
The purpose of tonight's hearing is to take additional input from the public about City Council district boundaries and factors members of the public believe should be taken into consideration while reviewing district boundaries. The City's consultant will provide one or more draft maps for discussion based upon input from the first public hearing. The public is asked to provide input regarding communities of interest and other local factors that should be considered in the final district maps. A community of interest under the relevant Elections Code Section 21621(c) is, "a population that shares common social or economic interests that should be included within a single district for purposes of its effective and fair representation."
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City Council Special Meeting Agenda
January 19, 2022
The schedule for the required public hearings is as follows:
Public Hearings
Date
Public Hearing No. 1 — Council Meeting
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Public Hearing No. 2 — Special Meeting
Public Hearing No. 3 — Spacial Meeting - Tentative
Public Hearing No. 4 — Special Meeting — Tentative
Final Map Selection
Public Hearing No. 5 - Council Meeting
Introduction of Ordinance Adjusting Council District
Map and Final Map Approval - Tentative
Council Meeting
Second Reading of Ordinance Adjusting
Council District Map - Tentative
RECOMMENDATION:
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions:
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
1. Open and conduct Public Hearing No. 2 to receive Staff and consultant input and public comments regarding the boundaries of potential Council election district maps based upon 2020 U.S. Census data, as required by applicable law; and
2. Receive the staff report, consider all public testimony, ask questions of Staff; and
3. Close the Public Hearing.
DISCUSSION:
The City of Placentia adopted a district -based voting system in 2016. Following the 2020 Census, the City is required to review new population data and to rebalance the population of its City Council election districts. Per the California Elections Code, the City Council is required to adopt a new district map or, if appropriate, readopt the existing district map following a series of public hearings. As required by law, the City Council districts must be "substantially equal in population:
based upon the results of the 2020 Census. The districts are also required to comply with the United States Constitution, the California Constitution, California Elections Code, and the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. The districts must now also be in compliance with the Fair Maps Act ("Act"), which was adopted by the California Legislature as AB 849 and took effect January 1, 2020. Under the Act the City Council must, to the extent practicable, draw and adopt City Council district boundaries using the following criteria in the listed order of priority (Elections Code 21621(c)):
City Council Special Meeting Agenda
January 19, 2022
1. Comply with the federal requirements of equal population and the Voting Rights Act
2. Geographically contiguous
3. Undivided neighborhoods and "communities of interest"
4. Easily identifiable boundaries
5. Compact (do not bypass one group of people to get to a more distant group of people)
6. Shall not favor or discriminate against a political party The process to redraw the district boundaries is set forth in the California Elections Code. District boundary maps will be drawn by a professional demographer, National Demographics Corporation ("NDC"), in consultation with the City's legal counsel and the City Clerk's Office based upon the 2020 Census data, criteria in the law, and public input. This public hearing is the second of several public hearings to receive input from the Placentia community regarding the review of the City Council district boundaries. A total of at least four (4) hearings are required; at least one (1) hearing must be held before a map is proposed, and two (2) public hearings are required after the City Council has proposed a map. The anticipated date of the additional hearings are February 10th and February 16th respectively.
The City has also created a redistricting page on the City's website at https://www.placentia.ora/944/City-Council-District-Boundaries , which will be used as a central location for all information related to the redistricting process. A mapping tool will also be added to this page to assist the community in submitting draft district maps. Map submissions and inquiries about the redistricting process may be sent to citvclerk a(�placentia.ora.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The fiscal impact to the City will consist of a demographer, special legal counsel, newspaper publishing of public hearing notices for two (2) languages, and translation of public hearing notices and agendas into Spanish. The cost to date has been $13,887.68. The final cost to the City will not be realized until the completion of the process to adjust the district boundaries.
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Deputy City Clerk
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Craig A. Steele Dam en . Arrula
Special Counsel, RWG Law City Administrator
City Council Special Meeting Agenda
January 19, 2022
Attachments:
1. Draft Map — Public Map 1
2. Draft Map — Public Map 2
3. Draft Map — NDC Green
4. Draft Map — NDC Orange
5. 2019 Adjusted Map and Corresponding Demographic Data
6. Notice of Public Hearing No. 2 and Spanish Translation