01 - Laserfiche WebLink

Mr. Wagaman stated the goal for the evening is to select a final plan. He added the Council can make minor changes to the proposed maps on the fly. He added the Council will also have to determine the sequencing for the four district elections, adding the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) will generally favor the district with the largest protected class to vote in the higher-turnout election, in this case meaning API population and 2024. He noted public feedback should also be considered for sequencing. He reviewed the State-mandated quick timeline for the process and the criteria to follow in ranked order of priority. He commended the public commenters for their knowledge of the criteria. Mr. Wagaman reported the City Council has already discussed six color-coded maps and eight publicly submitted maps, noting the Yamaoda Map was unintentionally not included at the last public hearing but has since been reviewed by the public and Council. He reported there are four new revised plans for this meeting based upon three fundamental sets of architecture. He stated the Lime Plan is a variation of the Green Map, the Currant and Cherry Plans are derivatives of the Combs and Red Maps, and the Tangerine Plan is a derivative of the Orange Map. Mr. Wagaman noted the two minor changes from the Green Map to the Lime Plan are to use Main Street to Bernal Avenue to border downtown based on Council direction, and to have District 4 follow Sycamore Road instead of Sunol Boulevard to help reduce a population deviation. He noted the four plans have an average deviation of 4%, down from 6.2% at the last meeting based upon Council direction to have more even maps. He reported the Lime Plan has the lowest deviation at 1.8% and commended the attention of public speakers for citing this figure. Mr. Wagaman reported the largest concern over the Combs Map was splitting the Del Prado neighborhood. He explained the Currant Plan adds the rest of Del Prado to District 3 but caused a ripple leading District 2 to assume the area north of Valley Avenue and District 4 to add the area between Bernal Avenue and Sycamore Road. He advised this makes Districts 3 and 4 identical to how they would stand in the Lime Plan. He noted he attempted to follow City Council direction relative to using Stoneridge Drive as the entire northern boundary of District 2 but it pushed the deviations too far, so the bump has to remain. He added he also tried to include the Somerset neighborhood into District 2 per Council direction but reported the census blocks in this corner of the city would not allow for it due to its overlaps with Pleasanton Meadows. Mr. Wagaman reported the Cherry Plan modifies the Red Map by shifting the western portion of downtown into District 3. He noted this caused a ripple effect moving the Muirwood neighborhood to District 1 and recreating the undesirable bump off of Stoneridge Drive including the Springhouse and Garden Homes neighborhoods. Mr. Wagaman stated the Tangerine Plan derived from the Orange Map with the changes of using Santa Rita Road as the dividing line between Districts 1 and 2 near the City's northern border, better following the Downtown Specific Plan area for the boundary between Districts 2 and 3 by following the Arroyo Valle, and a substantial swap where District 2 gains the Pleasant Valley neighborhood and District 4 adds the Rosewood and Ironwood neighborhoods. Mr. Wagaman stated these district lines will apply until the next census. He responded to Ms. Alpert's inquiry about the presumed annexation of the Merritt Property by stating the Council will have to assign annexed land to a district at the time of annexation. In response to Mayor Brown's inquiry, Mr. Wagaman confirmed the Willow West neighborhood does cross over Santa Rita Road but added the area east of Santa Rita Road is a business area and not residential. He confirmed the residential areas are all to the west of Santa Rita Road. Mayor Brown agreed and confirmed this would not be considered splitting a neighborhood. City Council Minutes Page 3 of 14 February 24, 2022