To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Tiffany Carranza, City Clerk
Prepared By: Samantha Pascoe, Deputy City Clerk
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2021-2022 Redistricting Process - 5th Public Hearing with Proposed District Boundary Map
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
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.
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DISCUSSION:
Overview
The Public Hearing on March 8, 2022 is the fifth Public Hearing with a proposed district boundary map, an opportunity for the public to provide input on the content of the proposed map, and the second reading of the ordinance. City staff recommends, following consideration of public input, that the City Council adopt the ordinance which approves the "Plan A" District Boundary Map as the final map of district boundaries for district-based election of Councilmembers in accordance with the redistricting process for the 2020 Federal Decennial Census.
These district boundaries for Councilmembers will be first implemented for the November 2022 General Municipal Election.
Background
Each city with district-based elections is required to update ("redistrict") the district boundaries every ten years, following the receipt of updated population data from each federal decennial census. Since the City of Napa has district-based elections for four Councilmembers, the City is required to redistrict the district boundaries prior to the next election of Councilmembers in 2022. Councilmember Districts 2 and 4 were on the ballot on November 3, 2020, and Councilmember Districts 1 and 3 will be on the ballot on November 8, 2022. Although the City recently established the district boundarie...
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