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Reso 2022-956RESOLUTION NO. 2022-956 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COSTA MESA SANITARY DISTRICT REVISING THE VOTING DIVISIONS OF THE DISTRICT AFTER THE DECENNIAL CENSUS OF 2020 WHEREAS, the District previously had an "at -large" voting system; and WHEREAS, the District was challenged in 2018 with a threatened lawsuit based on the Federal Voting Rights Act and the California Voting Rights Act which alleged that protected classes were caused "vote dilution" because those protected classes could not elect candidates of their choice or otherwise influence elections; and WHEREAS, in response, the Board of Directors determined to adopt a "by division" voting system; and WHEREAS, the Board caused a series of public hearings to be held before the Citizens Advisory Committee and the Board itself, and employed a professional demographer to prepare voting maps that established voting divisions that are roughly equal in population, with no more than a 10% variation; and WHEREAS those maps also considered permissible factors such as (1) topography, (2) geography, (3) cohesiveness contiguity, integrity and compactness of territory, and (4) communities of interest of the divisions; and WHEREAS, after considering several maps, the Board adopted a resolution which incorporated a map that took those factors into account: and WHEREAS, any map adopted pursuant to the above authority must be revised every ten years after the Federal Decennial Census is prepared; and WHEREAS the Federal Census was delayed due to COVID-19 and the California Legislature then provided that maps must be adopted by April 17, 2022; and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors again retained the services of demographer Deborah Diep through the Center for Demographic Research to analyze the census and its effect on the existing map; and WHEREAS, the demographer determined that two of the existing divisions might no longer be roughly proportional; and WHEREAS the demographer created a new map that made only slight adjustments to two existing divisions; and WHEREAS, the Board has now held two public hearings on the revised map and has determined to adopt the map attached to this resolution. NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District does hereby RESOLVE and DETERMINE as follows: Section 1. That Pursuant to Elections Code Section 22000, the Board has adjusted the voting divisions after the 2020 Federal Census in accordance with the criteria provided therein, and does hereby adopt the voting divisions and map attached hereto as Exhibit A. Section 2. The application and terms of office shall be that members of the Board of Directors of Divisions 2 and 4 were elected in 2020 and will be elected every four years thereafter, while Directors in Divisions 1, 3, and 5 will be elected in 2022 and every four years thereafter. Section 3. Should any part, clause or section of this Resolution be declared by any Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the remaining provisions of this Resolution shall nevertheless be and remain in full force and effect and the Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District of Orange County, California, hereby declares that each and every section, clause, provision or part of this Resolution would have been adopted and made a part of this Resolution without the adoption of any portion thereof and that the invalidity of any part or provision hereof shall not in any way affect the validity or enforcement of the remaining provisions of this Resolution that may stand on their own. Section 4. The District Clerk shall submit this resolution and map to the Orange County Registrar of Voters for the 2022 election. PASSED and ADOPTED this t Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: HARPER & BURNS LLP District Counsel sua �'C� day of , 2022. WHEREAS, the Board has now held two public hearings on the revised map and has determined to adopt the map attached to this resolution. NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District does hereby RESOLVE and DETERMINE as follows: Section 1. That Pursuant to Elections Code Section 22000, the Board has adjusted the voting divisions after the 2020 Federal Census in accordance with the criteria provided therein, and does hereby adopt the voting divisions and map attached hereto as Exhibit A. Section 2. The application and terms of office shall be that members of the Board of Directors of Divisions 2 and 4 were elected in 2020 and will be elected every four years thereafter, while Directors in Divisions 1, 3, and 5 will be elected in 2022 and every four years thereafter. Section 3. Should any part, clause or section of this Resolution be declared by any Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the remaining provisions of this Resolution shall nevertheless be and remain in full force and effect and the Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District of Orange County, California, hereby declares that each and every section, clause, provision or part of this Resolution would have been adopted and made a part of this Resolution without the adoption of any portion thereof and that the invalidity of any part or provision hereof shall not in any way affect the validity or enforcement of the remaining provisions of this Resolution that may stand on their own. Section 4. The District Clerk shall submit this resolution and map to the Orange County Registrar of Voters for the 2022 election. PASSED and ADOPTED this 1 day of IMW-k 2022. Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: HARPER & BURNS LLP 1 District Counsel STATE OF CALIFORNIA) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I, Noelani Middenway, District Clerk of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 2022-956, was duly and regularly passed and adopted by said Board of Directors at a regular meeting thereof held on the 14t" day of March 2022, by the following vote: AYES: Ooten, Scheafer, Schafer, Perry, Eckles NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District, this 14t" day of March 2022. 1 V)4 /ZA 4 2 lerk of sA Me Sanitary District L w t4eti.roaest ��� m Costa Mesa Sanitary District w �P Board of Directors Division Boundaries -Exhibit A 1; Ellis Ave Wimbledon Park Moon Park z Wakeham Park; Suburbia ` ` Park South Coast Plaza r �. Charles W. California Ril�'i =, .� Garfield Ave Tewinkle Middle Elementary to "! 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Share of Division Populations DIVISION 1 2 3 4 5 Total Population 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% Hispanic or Latino of any Race 34.1% 20.2% 47.2% 52.6% 24.4% Non -Hispanic White 46.7% 59.7% 38.6% 37.3% 63.9% Non -Hispanic Black or African -American 1.1% 1.4% 1.4% 1.0% 0.9% Non -Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% Non -Hispanic Asian 11.7% 12.0% 8.4% 4.9% 4.7% Non -Hispanic Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.7% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% Non -Hispanic Some Other Race 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% Non -Hispanic Two or More Races 4.9% 5.8% 3.3% 3.3% 5.2% Population 18 Years and Older 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% Hispanic or Latino of any Race 30.6% 18.7% 42.4% 47.7% 22.5% Non -Hispanic White 49.9% 61.4% 42.4% 41.8% 66.3% Non -Hispanic Black or African -American 1.2% 1.5% 1.5% 1.0% 1.0% Non -Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% Non -Hispanic Asian 12.8% 12.7% 9.4% 5.5% 5.2% Non -Hispanic Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.7% 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 0.2% Non -Hispanic Some Other Race 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 0.5% 0.5% Non -Hispanic Two or More Races 4.0% 4.7% 3.3% 2.9% 4.1% Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% Hispanic or Latino of any Race 21.2% 16.7% 28.4% 35.4% 15.1% Non -Hispanic White 58.9% 63.9% 59.8% 55.6% 76.5% Non -Hispanic Black or African -American 1.7% 4.6% 2.7% 1.2% 1.1% Non -Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native 0.4% 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% Non -Hispanic Asian 14.3% 12.2% 7.3% 5.8% 4.7% Non -Hispanic Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1.7% 0.4% 0.2% 0.0% 0.5% Non -Hispanic Two or More Races 1.8% 2.1% 1.6% 1.8% 2.0% Note: CVAP percentages are calculated from sum of individual categories, not Total Estimated CVAP. Sources: 2020 Decennial Census P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data Statewide Database Revised 9/27/2021 2015-2019 Citizen Voting Age Population Costa Mesa Sanitary District Redistricting 2022 Plan 1 Table 1. Population by Division and Race/Ethnicity DIVISION 1 2 3 4 5 Total Total Population 24,109 24,685 22,949 22,374 24,170 118,287 Hispanic or Latino of any Race 8,229 4,976 10,830 11,775 5,888 41,698 Non -Hispanic White 11,265 14,730 8,861 8,344 15,442 58,642 Non -Hispanic Black or African -American 273 334 324 213 222 1,366 Non -Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native 56 54 46 40 40 236 Non -Hispanic Asian 2,815 2,962 1,920 1,093 1,124 9,914 Non -Hispanic Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 164 83 58 60 58 423 Non -Hispanic Some Other Race 136 126 147 108 139 656 Non -Hispanic Two or More Races 1,171 1,420 763 741 1,257 5,352 Population 18 Years and Older 19,150 20,422 18,733 17,539 19,520 95,364 Hispanic or Latino of any Race 5,866 3,825 7,945 8,373 4,394 30,403 Non -Hispanic White 9561 12,534 7,942 7,326 12,942 50,305 Non -Hispanic Black or African -American 230 301 289 176 187 1,183 Non -Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native 44 51 37 39 33 204 Non -Hispanic Asian 2,456 2,590 1,752 965 1,007 8,770 Non -Hispanic Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 129 66 46 52 45 338 Non -Hispanic Some Other Race 106 101 112 94 105 518 Non -Hispanic Two or More Races 758 954 610 514 807 3,643 Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP) 16,434 18,925 14,279 12,676 17,604 79,918 Hispanic or Latino of any Race 3,492 3,171 4,021 4,449 2,658 17,791 Non -Hispanic White 9,689 12,100 8,475 6,995 13,432 50,691 Non -Hispanic Black or African -American 283 878 379 157 193 1,890 Non -Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native 63 21 14 30 4 132 Non -Hispanic Asian 2,348 2,304 1,037 724 827 7,240 Non -Hispanic Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 277 78 24 5 90 474 Non -Hispanic Two or More Races 296 392 231 222 344 1,485 Target Division Population 23,657 Division Difference from Target Population 452 1,028 -708 -1,283 513 Percent Difference from Target Population 1.91% 4.34% -2.99% -5.42% 2.17% Percentage Spread 9.77% Note: CVAP percentages are calculated from sum of individual categories, not Total Estimated CVAP. Sources: 2020 Decennial Census P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data Statewide Database Revised 9/27/2021 2015-2019 Citizen Voting Age Population