TO: CITY COUNCIL
VIA: CITY ADMINISTRATOR
Placentia City Council
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FROM: DEPUTY CITY ADMINISTRATOR / SUPPORT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES DATE: FEBRUARY 10, 2022
SUBJECT: PUBLIC HEARING NO. 3 TO RECEIVE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY
REGARDING THE REVIEW OF THE CITY COUNCIL ELECTION DISTRICT
BOUNDARIES
FISCAL
IMPACT: Expenses: $16,820.61 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 and second public hearings. 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 draft City Council district boundary maps that are available on the City's website, and to give input to staff and the consultant about those maps. Ideally, the City Council will narrow the maps that remain under consideration so that the final public hearing will be focused on choosing the map that will be proposed for adoption. The City's consultant will provide draft maps for discussion based upon input from the previous public hearings. The public is asked to provide input regarding the draft maps, and the factors that should be considered in the final district maps.
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City Council Special Meeting Agenda
February 10, 2022
As always, the City Council's deliberations and choice of district boundaries is guided by the U.S. and California Constitutions, the redistricting priorities under California's Fair Maps Act, and other elements of state and federal law. The legal considerations have been explained to the City Council in prior public hearings, and the maps the City's consultant has provided comply with those requirements.
The schedule for the required public hearings is as follows:
Public• Date
Public Hearin o. 1 — Council Meeting Tuesday, October 5, 2021 Public Hearing No. 2 — Special Meeting Wednesday, January 19, 2022 Public Hearing No. 3 — Special Meeting Thursday, February 10, 2022 Public Hearing No. 4 — Special Meeting
Final Map Selection Wednesday, February 16, 2022
-9 Public Hearing No. 5 - Council Meeting
Introduction of Ordinance Adjusting Council District Tuesday, March 1, 2022 Map and Final Map Approval - Tentative
Council Meeting
Second Reading of Ordinance Adjusting Tuesday, March 15, 2022 Council District Map - Tentative
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions:
Open and conduct Public Hearing No. 3 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
City Council Special Meeting Agenda
February 10, 2022
("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)):
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 third 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 fourth and final public hearing is Wednesday, February 16, 2022.
The City --has also created- a redistricting page on the City's website at https://www.placentia.org/944/City-Council-District-Boundaries , which will be used as a central location for all information related to the redistricting process. This page contains a link to a mapping tool which can assist the community in submitting draft district maps. Map submissions and inquiries about the redistricting process may be sent to cityclerkOplacentia.org.
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 $16,820.61. The final cost to the City will not be realized until the completion of the process to adjust the district boundaries.
Pre ared by: Reviewed and approved:
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K n O'Leary Ro anna Ram rez
Deputy City Clerk Deputy City Administrat
City Council Special
February 10, 2022
Meeting Agenda
Reviewed and approved:
Craig A. Steele
Special Counsel, RWG Law
Reviewed and approved:
Damien R. Arrula
City Administrator
Attachments:
1. Draft Map — NDC Green
2. Draft Map — NDC Orange
3. Draft Map — Public Map 1
4. Draft Map — Public Map 2
5. Draft Map — Public Map 3
6. Draft Map — Public Map 3 (Revised)
7. Draft Map — Public Map 4
8. Draft Map — Public Map 5
9. Draft Map — Public Map 6
10. Draft Map — Public Map 7
11. Draft Map — Public Map 8
12. 2019 Adjusted Map and Corresponding Demographic Data
13. Notice of Public Hearing No. 3 and Spanish Translation
14. NDC Report on Placentia Redistricting, February 1, 2022