1 From: Douglas Johnson, NDC
Date: April 24, 2023
Regarding: Changes between the Joint Draft Map and Map 110
Below are details of the suggested changes, including a few satellite images.
Changes that originally appeared in Map 107
1. Move D4/D5 border to unite Skyline Ranch
The Joint Draft Map follows the elementary school district border, which divides the Skyline Ranch community. Map 110 crosses the school district border to unite the community.
2. Unites all of Circle J Ranch in D2
The Joint Draft Map follows the Census Block lines, which divides the Circle J Ranch community. Map 110 divides the Census Block to unite the community.
3. Move 4 houses at end of Hacienda Ln into D1
The Joint Draft Map follows Census Block lines, which isolate 4 houses at the end of Hacienda Lane from the rest of the community. Map 110 divides the Census Block to unite the community.
4. Unite Shadowbox Studios project in D1
The Joint Draft Map follows Census Block lines, divides the Shadowbox Studios project area. Map 110 divides the Census Block to unite the project area.
5. Unite D3 the Rye Canyon Loop neighborhood along D2/D3 border The Joint Draft Map follows the elementary school district border, which divides the Canyon Loop community. Map 110 crosses the school district border to unite the community.
6. Have D1/D5 border follow Rainbow Glen instead of Flo Lane / Fanchon Lane bump-out
The Joint Draft Map detours from Rainbow Glen to follow Flo Lane and Fanchon Lane before returning to following Rainbow Glen. Map 110 favors following major roads by simply following Rainbow Glen through this area. 2 The 2020 Census data reports 3 households in the Census Block that is moved into District 1 by looping around Flo Lane and Fanchon Lane rather than following Rainbow Glen. But further investigation has confirmed there are more than 80 apartments in the area in question, with likely at least 120 adults (see the satellite image with overlays below):
Given the clear similarities in the apartment buildings in the yellow-dash “loop” to the apartment buildings around it, and the lack of accurate Census data supporting the assignment of the loop one way or the other, Map 110 proposes to follow the major road (and the blue line) along Rainbow Glen Rd, rather than detouring through the apartment complex.
7. Move D2/D3 border from Soledad Canyon to the Wash
3 Given the lack of any road or other transportation connection across the wash, Map 110 proposes uniting the residential developments in this area with the areas to the south, which they connect by road and sidewalk, rather than the Joint Draft Map’s approach of uniting them with the areas to the north, to which they have no road connection (see image below).
(The “bump” north of the wash in the blue line in the northeast portion of this image is an unpopulated Census Block boundary line.)
The change proposed in Map 110 under-populates District 3, which could be justified given two related points. First, District 3 includes the Tessoro Annexation, which is growing very rapidly. There is a good chance that District 3 is already close to or over the ideal population count. The new construction and the large area cleared for additional residential construction in the most recent Google Earth image show this growth:
4 Second, even if we ignore that new growth, after the proposed change District 1 still has one-third fewer expected voters than District 3 (17,750 voters casting ballots in the 2020 November election in District 3, versus only 11,461 in District 1). As a result, a voter in District 1 has significantly more influence over the selection of a Councilmember than a District 3 voter, even if in 2020 Census total population numbers District 3 appears more under-populated.
Additional changes in Map 110:
8. Move 9 homes on Linda Vista St from D1 to D5 (on the other side of the hill from the Sierra Hwy canyon)
This is the straightforward uniting of a small piece of a neighborhood that is cut off by how the Census Block reaches over the hilltop:
5 9. Cleanup D3/D4 border along Open Crest Dr and Lucy Ct cul-de-sacs (Unite Lucy Ct in D3 and Open Crest Dr in D4 – net gain of 2 or 3 houses into D3) This net change of two households cleans up lines where the Census Block boundaries follow a no-longer-existing river or powerline, and as a result divided communities:
6 10. Unite Forge Court in D3 (moves 3 homes from D2)
This is another area where a tiny six-home single isolated cul-de-sac is divided by old Census Block lines so the proposal is to unite them:
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