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Home My WebLink AboutAGENDA REPORT 2022 0202 CCSA REG ITEM 08ACITY OF MOORPARK,  CALIFORNIA City Council Meeting of February 2, 2022 ACTION Approved Staff Recommendation and Introduced Ordinance No. 500. (Roll Call Vote: Unanimous) BY B. Garza. A. Fourth Public Hearing to Receive Public Comments on Proposed Council Redistricting Mapping Alternatives and Council’s Preferred District Map; and Introduction of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 2.08.030 of the Moorpark Municipal Code Adopting a New Council District Boundary Map to Implement the Redrawn District Boundaries, and Finding This Action is Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act. Staff Recommendation: 1) Receive presentation from the City’s demographer consulting firm, National Demographics Corporation, Inc. on any publicly submitted draft maps and the proposed “Yellow Map”; and 2) Open the public hearing and receive public comment and input regarding any publicly submitted draft maps and the proposed Yellow Map and close the public hearing; and 3) Introduce Ordinance No. 500 for first reading, waive full reading, and place the ordinance on the February 16, 2022, regular meeting agenda for second reading and adoption. (ROLL CALL VOTE REQUIRED) (Staff: Ky Spangler, City Clerk) Item: 8.A. MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT TO: Honorable City Council FROM: Ky Spangler, City Clerk PJ Gagajena, Assistant City Manager DATE: 02/02/2022 Regular Meeting SUBJECT: Fourth Public Hearing to Receive Public Comments on Proposed Council Redistricting Mapping Alternatives and Council’s Preferred District Map; and Introduction of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 2.08.030 of the Moorpark Municipal Code Adopting a New Council District Boundary Map to Implement the Redrawn District Boundaries, and Finding This Action is Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act SUMMARY The Public Hearing scheduled for February 2, 2022, represents the fourth in a series public hearings required under the California Elections Code Section 21600 et seq. as part of the redistricting process undertaken following each decennial federal Census. Public hearings were held on October 20, 2021, December 1, 2021, and January 5, 2022, where presentations were provided by staff and the City’s demographer, National Demographics Corporation, Inc. (NDC), on the redistricting process and criteria; 2020 Census data was reviewed and discussed; paper and online mapping tools available for public participation were demonstrated; and City Council direction was provided to staff and NDC on district boundary mapping alternatives to be explored. Additionally, these hearings provided opportunities for public participation, input, comment, and testimony on the redistricting process, communities of interest, and potential district boundary adjustments for consideration. During the January 5 hearing, the City Council reviewed district map alternatives prepared by NDC in response to Council’s direction, and selected its preferred map alternative, the “NDC Yellow Map” (hereinafter referred to as the “Yellow Map”). Further, Council provided direction to staff to prepare an ordinance for introduction to adopt its preferred district map for its consideration at the February 2, 2022 public hearing. Item: 8.A. 1 Honorable City Council 02/02/2022 Regular Meeting Page 2 BACKGROUND Transition to District-Based Elections The City of Moorpark transitioned to district-based elections through its adoption of Ordinance No. 467 in 2019 which created the boundaries for four (4) City Council voting districts and established a sequence for election of Councilmembers by district with the Mayor continuing to be elected at-large. The first district-based election was held on November 3, 2020, with representatives from Districts 2 and 4 being elected to four-year terms. The second district-based election is scheduled on November 8, 2022 at which representatives from Districts 1 and 3 will be elected to four-year terms of office. A history of the public hearings held from October 11, 2018, to April 3, 2019, to establish the City Council district boundaries can be located on the City’s website at: https://www.moorparkca.gov/districts, including the staff reports, videos and other relevant information. Requirement for Redistricting, Redistricting Deadline, and Fair Maps Act Criteria Redistricting is required following each decennial Census at the federal, state, and local levels to review and adjust district boundaries based on population changes identified through the Census process. Local redistricting requirements and timelines are set forth in the California Elections Code 21600 et seq., known as the Fair Maps Act, which requires a minimum of four public hearings be held to receive public input, prepare and consider population-balanced maps, and adopt a district map to be utilized until the next decennial federal Census is conducted. Based on the timelines set forth in the Elections Code, local municipalities with district-based elections must adopt a revised, population- balanced Council District map 205 days prior to the next City Council election scheduled on November 8, 2022, in this case by April 17, 2022. The Fair Maps Act also sets forth the criteria (Elections Code Section 21601(c)), in order of priority, that must be considered as part of the redistricting process which are: •Council districts shall be geographically contiguous; •To the extent practicable, the geographic integrity of any local neighborhood or local community of interest shall be respected in a manner that minimizes its division; •Council district boundaries should be easily identifiable and understandable by residents; and •Council districts shall be drawn to encourage geographical compactness. DISCUSSION This evening’s public hearing represents the fourth in the series of hearings required under the Fair Maps Act in order to complete the redistricting process for the City of Moorpark. The goals of this public hearing include: 1) review any maps submitted by members of the public subsequent to the February 2, 2022 public hearing; 2) conduct the 2 Honorable City Council 02/02/2022 Regular Meeting Page 3 fourth public hearing to receive comment and testimony from residents regarding additional maps submitted and on the preferred Council alternative (“Yellow Map”); and 3)if so desired, introduce an ordinance for first reading proposing adoption of the Yellow Map and supporting demographic data, and place the ordinance on the February 16, 2022, regular City Council meeting agenda for second reading and adoption. The deadline for submittal of maps from members of the public was January 25, 2022. The City utilized its social media platforms (Facebook and Twitter), with a posting on January 18, to encourage participation and notify residents of the map submittal deadline. No map submissions from members of the public were received. Redistricting Public Hearing Recap October 20, 2021 • Overview of federal and California Voting Rights Acts (CVRA) requirements, process, and criteria •Discussion of “Communities of Interest” •2020 Census population results and demographic summary •Mapping tool options for public participation •Public hearing to receive input and comments (no public testimony received) December 1, 2021 • Review of federal and CVRA requirements •Detailed discussion of redistricting criteria geographic contiguity, geographic integrity to minimize divisions including communities of interest, easily identifiable boundaries, and geographic compactness •2020 Census results and impacts on existing districts population balance •Demonstration of online mapping tools for public participation and availability of paper mapping tools •Direction to demographer and staff on mapping alternatives to be explored •Public hearing to receive input and comments (no public testimony received) January 5, 2022 •Brief review of federal and CRVA criteria •Presentation and discussion on mapping alternatives developed in response to City Council direction •Preferred Council District Map alternative selected •Public hearing to receive input and comments (no public testimony received) Preferred Map Alternative The Yellow Map, prepared by the City’s demographer, applied an ideal population of 9,081 residents per district (total population of 34,326 divided by four (4) districts) and applied the criteria set forth in the Fair Maps Act by maintaining the geographic integrity 3 Honorable City Council 02/02/2022 Regular Meeting Page 4 of the historical existing downtown core and its community of interest while respecting the natural geographic boundary of the Arroyo Simi and utilizing easily recognizable streets in making boundary adjustments to achieve a district map with substantially similar population in each district. It should be noted that the criteria in the Fair Maps Act were carefully considered as part of exploring mapping alternatives, as well as the City Council’s desire to maintain existing communities of interest identified during the City’s initial districting process in 2018-2019. The adjustments made respect the Fair Maps Act criteria, incorporate changes made to census blocks as part of the conduct of the 2020 Census, and also consider future population growth that will result based on currently contemplated development within the City of Moorpark. The Yellow Map is included as Exhibit A to the attached draft ordinance. The resulting by-district population and deviations for the Yellow Map are as follows: Council District 1 2 3 4 Total 2020 Census 9,139 8,911 9,064 9,212 36,326 Deviation from ideal 58 -171 -18 131 301 % Deviation 0.63% -1.88%-0.19%1.44% 3.31% The percentage deviation of the City Council’s preferred option is 3.31% which is within the 10% that has been found to be legally acceptable by the courts. Staff requests that the City Council receive public testimony on this map as well as any others submitted by members of the public, and consider introduction of an ordinance to adopt the “Yellow Map.” PUBLIC NOTICE Elections Code Section 21608(c) requires publication of the date, time, and location of any public hearing or workshop at least five days before the hearing or workshop. Pursuant to this requirement, English and Spanish hearing notices were posted on the City’s website (Public Hearing Notice webpage) on Monday, January 24, 2022, and an email announcement was sent to all notification subscribers. Additionally, English and Spanish public hearing notices were published in the Ventura County Star on Sunday, January 23, 2022, and in Ventura County’s Spanish language paper, Vida Newspaper, on January 20, 2022. English and Spanish public hearing notices were also posted in the City’s public notice case outside of the Moorpark Community Center. Additionally, Elections Code Section 21608(d)(1) requires a draft map shall be published for at least seven days before being adopted by the City Council as a final map. The Yellow Map was posted on the City’s webpage at www.moorparkca.gov/districts on December 30, 2022. Following the January 5, 2022, City Council meeting at which the Council selected its preferred map, the Yellow Map was posted again as the preferred alternative to be considered for adoption at the February 2, 2022, public hearing. 4 Honorable City Council 02/02/2022 Regular Meeting Page 5 CEQA COMPLIANCE Adjusting the district boundaries from which voters elect their City Councilmembers is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines because it can be seen with certainty that the change will not have any potentially significant adverse impact on the environment. FISCAL IMPACT The costs to conduct the redistricting process, including costs for advertising for a series of four public hearings, bilingual translation costs for hearing notices and outreach communications, bilingual translator meeting attendance, and City Attorney costs are allocated in the adopted budget for Fiscal Year 2021/22. COUNCIL GOAL COMPLIANCE This action is consistent with City Council Strategy 2 – “Equity and Inclusion”; Goal 2 – “Practice Respect, Equity and Inclusion Citywide”; and Objective 5 (2.5) – “Complete redistricting process.” STAFF RECOMMENDATION (ROLL CALL VOTE REQUIRED) 1.Receive presentation from the City’s demographer consulting firm, National Demographics Corporation, Inc. on any publicly submitted draft maps and the proposed “ Yellow Map”; and 2. Open the public hearing and receive public comment and input regarding any publicly submitted draft maps and the proposed Yellow Map and close the public hearing; and 3.Introduce Ordinance No. ____ for first reading, waive full reading, and place the ordinance on the February 16, 2022, regular meeting agenda for second reading and adoption. Attachment: Draft Ordinance No. _____ including District Map and supporting demographic statistics (Exhibit A) 5 ORDINANCE NO. ___ AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, REDRAWING CITY COUNCIL VOTING DISTRICT BOUNDARIES FOLLOWING THE 2020 DECENNIAL CENSUS, ADOPTING A NEW OFFICIAL COUNCIL DISTRICT MAP TO IMPLEMENT THE REDRAWN DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, AMENDING CHAPTER 2.08 (“MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS”) OF THE MOORPARK MUNICIPAL CODE TO MAKE CORRESPONDING CHANGES, AND MAKING A DETERMINATION OF EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT WHEREAS, on April 19, 2019, the City Council of the City of Moorpark adopted Ordinance No. 467 transitioning from an at-large election system to a by-district election system for electing City Councilmembers; and WHEREAS Ordinance No. 467 created four (4) City Council voting districts, established a sequence of elections for the election of City Councilmembers to four-year terms, and maintained a directly-elected Mayor with a two-year term of office, with by-district elections commencing with the November 3, 2020, general municipal election; and WHEREAS, California Elections Code Section 21601 and Moorpark Municipal Code Section 2.08.060 requires that following each decennial federal census, and using that census as a basis, the City Council shall, by ordinance and in compliance with the United States and California Constitutions and the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. Section 10301 et seq.), adjust the boundaries of any or all of the council districts of the city so that the districts are substantially equal in population; and WHEREAS, on September 27, 2021, the California Statewide Database provided the City of Moorpark with an official population of 36,326 residents; and WHEREAS, on October 20, 2021, the City Council held a public hearing pursuant to California Elections Code Section 21607.1(a) where the public was invited to provide input regarding the composition of council districts; and WHEREAS, on December 1, 2021, the City Council held a public hearing pursuant to California Elections Code Section 21607.1(a) where the public was invited to provide additional input regarding the composition of council districts; and WHEREAS, on January 5, 2022, the City Council held a public hearing pursuant to California Elections Code Section 21607.1(a) where the public was again invited to provide input regarding the composition of council districts and proposed boundary maps alternatives prepared by the City’s retained demographer, National Demographics Corporation, Inc. (NDC), and the City Council selected its preferred alternative map titled “NDC Yellow Map” depicted in Exhibit “A” of this Ordinance and incorporated herein by ATTACHMENT 6 Ordinance No. ___ Page 2 this reference. Demographic data supporting this map is also attached hereto as Exhibit “A”; and WHEREAS, in accordance with Elections Code Section 21607.1(a), the City Council held a fourth, duly noticed public hearing regarding the alternative Council District Maps on February 2, 2022, and after closing the public hearing, selected the map titled “Yellow Map,” depicted in Exhibit “A” as the Official Council District Map for the City of Moorpark and introduced this Ordinance for first reading. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The map entitled “Moorpark Redistricting 2022 Yellow Map” attached hereto as Exhibit “A” to this Ordinance and incorporated herein by this reference is hereby approved and adopted as the Official Council District Map for the City of Moorpark. SECTION 2. Section 2.08.030 of the Moorpark Municipal Code is hereby amended to replace the map denoted as “City of Moorpark 2019 Districting, Map 401b” with the map attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and denoted as “Moorpark Redistricting 2022 Yellow Map.” SECTION 3. Pursuant to Moorpark Municipal Code Section 2.08.050, the voters in Council Districts 1 and 3 shall elect City Councilmembers from each of those districts at the general municipal election in 2022 and thereafter for full four (4) year terms and the voters in Council Districts 2 and 4 shall elect City Councilmembers from each of those districts at the general municipal election in 2024 and thereafter for full four (4) year terms. The Mayor shall be elected at large for a two (2) year term at the general municipal election in 2022 and thereafter. SECTION 4. Adjusting the district boundaries from which voters elect their City Councilmembers is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines because it can be seen with certainty that the change will not have any potentially significant adverse impact on the environment. SECTION 5. This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its passage and adoption. SECTION 6. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, parts or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. 7 Ordinance No. ___ Page 3 SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance; shall enter the same in the book of original ordinances of said City; shall make a written record of the passage and adoption thereof in the minutes of the proceedings of the City Council at which the same is passed and adopted; and shall publish notice of adoption in the manner required by law. PASSED, AND ADOPTED this ___ day of February, 2022. Janice S. Parvin, Mayor ATTEST: ___________________________________ Ky Spangler, City Clerk Exhibit A – Moorpark Redistricting 2022 Yellow Map and demographic data 8 (OHFWLRQ6HTXHQFLQJ'LVWULFWVDQG'LVWULFWVDQG1EXHIBIT AOrdinance No. ___Page 49 District 1 2 3 4 Total 2020 2020 Census (Adjusted)9,139 8,911 9,064 9,212 36,326 Deviation from ideal 58 -171 -18 131 301 % Deviation 0.63% -1.88% -0.19% 1.44% 3.31% % Hisp 28% 18% 17% 68% 33% % NH White 55% 61% 67% 20% 51% % NH Black 2% 3% 1% 2% 2% % Asian-American 12% 14% 11% 7% 11% Total 6,939 6,677 7,265 4,902 25,784 % Hisp 24% 12% 14% 57% 24% % NH White 58% 70% 73% 34% 61% % NH Black 1% 3% 3% 2% 2% % Asian/Pac.Isl.14% 15% 9% 4% 11% Total 5,990 7,163 6,331 3,961 23,445 % Latino est.22% 13% 13% 59% 23% % Spanish-Surnamed 20% 12% 12% 54% 21% % Asian-Surnamed 4% 6% 5% 3% 5% % Filipino-Surnamed 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% % NH White est.72% 78% 79% 36% 70% % NH Black 2% 3% 3% 3% 3%0 0 0 0 0Total5,288 6,434 5,724 3,141 20,587 % Latino est.21% 13% 12% 56% 21% % Spanish-Surnamed 19% 12% 11% 52% 20% % Asian-Surnamed 4% 6% 5% 3% 5% % Filipino-Surnamed 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% % NH White est.73% 79% 80% 38% 71% % NH Black est.2% 3% 3% 3% 3% ACS Pop. Est.Total 10,141 8,762 9,498 8,386 36,787 age0-19 29% 23% 24% 29% 27% age20-60 53% 54% 52% 55% 54% age60plus 18% 23% 24% 16% 20% immigrants 17% 13% 11% 28% 17% naturalized 73% 67% 76% 44% 61% english 73% 81% 84% 50% 73% spanish 18% 8% 8% 42% 18% asian-lang 7% 5% 3% 4% 5% other lang 2% 6% 5% 4% 4% Language Fluency Speaks Eng. "Less than Very Well"11% 6% 4% 20% 10% hs-grad 41% 27% 32% 45% 36% bachelor 26% 36% 34% 15% 28% graduatedegree 14% 20% 18% 9% 15% Child in Household child-under18 41% 32% 36% 41% 37% Pct of Pop. Age 16+ employed 66% 70% 71% 69% 69% income 0-25k 5% 4% 5% 13% 6% income 25-50k 8% 9% 7% 21% 11% income 50-75k 18% 9% 8% 19% 13% income 75-200k 52% 48% 52% 38% 48% income 200k-plus 17% 29% 28% 8% 21% single family 98% 98% 100% 53% 88% multi-family 2% 2% 0% 47% 12% rented 16% 16% 11% 59% 24% owned 84% 84% 89% 41% 76% Total population data from the California adjustment to the 2020 Decennial Census. Surname-based Voter Registration and Turnout data from the California Statewide Database. Latino voter registration and turnout data are Spanish-surname counts adjusted using Census Population Department undercount estimates. NH White and NH Black registration and turnout counts estimated by NDC. Citizen Voting Age Pop., Age, Immigration, and other demographics from the 2015-2019 American Community Survey and Special Tabulation 5-year data. Housing Stats Household Income Education (among those age 25+) 2020 Total Pop City of Moorpark - Yellow Map - 2020 Census Adjusted Language spoken at home Immigration Citizen Voting Age Pop Age Voter Registration (Nov 2020) Voter Turnout (Nov 2020) Ordinance No. ___ Page 5 10