NCC Council 2021 Redistricting Commission VIRTUAL Meeting - 6PM Monday, July 12th

The first New Castle County Council redistricting VIRTUAL meeting is scheduled for this Monday at 6 pm . 

Civic League President, Chuck Stirk, is a member of this commission. He said this first meeting would be mostly about understanding and setting groundrules for the process.

NEW CASTLE COUNTY 

2021 Redistricting Commission Meeting 

Monday, July 12, 2021 – 6:00 p.m. 

VIRTUAL ZOOM WEBINAR MEETING

REVISED AGENDA 

I. Welcome and Introductions 

II. Election of Commission Chair 

III. Discussion re: Procedural Rules for Commission Business 

IV. Overview of Commission Charge & Redistricting Procedures 

V. Set Meeting Schedule 

VI. Public Comment 

VII. Adjournment \

The link to join the meeting via computer, smart device, or smart phone is: https://us02web.zoom.us/s/83547049656?pwd=Y3hTNCtDeCtVS0pDTm5NTTJ0QzV6UT09

 Passcode: 135935 You may also call into the meeting (audio) using the following call in numbers: +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 558 8656 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 669 900 9128, Webinar ID: 835 4704 9656. 

The Civic League for NCC supports the Fair Maps Delaware initiative. Click on the link and read more about standing up for fair mapping for our communities.

Redistricting: People-Powered Fair Maps Project, 11AM Thursday, April 29th ZOOM Program (RSVP)

LWVDE ~ 

Redistricting: People-Powered Fair Maps Project

11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Thursday, April 29th

ZOOM Program 

REGISTER HERE

Hear from Expert speakers on Redistricting. Topics to include communities of interest, transparency and prison based gerrymandering.

Please join us on April 29th at 11am for a day of action for REDISTRICTING. We will start the day with two amazing speakers. Alerks Kajstura is the legal director at the prison policy initiative and Yurij Rudensky, is the redistricting counsel at the Brennan Centers democracy program. Our speaker will be here to answer questions till 12:30pm.

Please Register Here https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArdu6prTgoHtS20BQTfm8Q_NEDHSQ67Hx0?

Also see ~

Census shows Delaware population up by 10 percent over past decade 

Delaware’s population falls about 10,000 short of 1 million residents 

2020 Census shows Delaware still not a millionaire 

Delaware's population growth ranks first among Northeast states  

2020 Census Apportionment Results Delivered to the President 

U.S. Population Over Last Decade Grew at Slowest Rate Since 1930s

Census releases House apportionment for next decade

CLNCC April ZOOM Meeting - REDISTRICTING For Communities Of Interest - 7PM Tuesday, April 20th

 

CLNCC Monthly Meeting

7 p.m. Tuesday, April 20th

ZOOM Program

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REDISTRICTING for COMMUNITIES of INTEREST

Show Us Your Maps! 

In addition to our regular agenda, LWVDE Sandy Spence has asked us to help identify and reach out to communities of interest. Learn more about the project below! Create citizen-drawn maps and share them with the LWVDE, members of the General Assembly, and New Castle County Council. 

Join CLNCC for our monthly meeting and work on fair mapping for Delaware. Where are the community interest groups located and who will benefit from getting a better shot at uniting their electoral voice?

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I have asked Jakim Mohammed to share some mapping experiments for the communities along Route 40 to show how political representation can better serve existing neighborhoods by political district maps that do not divide and dilute their voice in government. 

We can all experiment with this mapping project and you are encouraged to share this website with your civic associations and other community leadership. Please bring and share any ideas and maps you may have created! : https://representable.org/?fbclid=IwAR1hHB4OtC56j5nIiAw0yC_74J5COBedf3cubERv0rpYV9PipHF0uz-A1G8

 

For example, State Rep. Larry Lambert has relayed his concern with Claymont which is split into four state senate districts. He believes Claymont can be identified as a Community of Interest and should re-mapped for a stronger representative voice.

I listened to the NCC Council discussion on Redistricting  during their Executive Committee meeting last Tuesday. The federal governement has indicated that while the formal Census Data presentation will be on September 30th, the data will be provided to local governements in the 3rd week of August. The county council picks redistricting committee members and there are strict timelines for production of maps in the council rules. You can click right onto the Agenda Item #6 and listen to that portion of the meeting https://nccde.new.swagit.com/videos/118592

Creative mapping can also look at Communities of Interest that may overlap with Delaware's Cancer Cluster report or sea level and flooding maps reflecting the expectancy of climate change and storm intensification. 

These maps could inform how we plan for growth and could be provided as materials being considered for the 2022 Comprehensive Plan Update.

Nancy Willing, President, CLNCC

nancyvwilling@yahoo.com

(302) 294-1939 

CLNCC Monthly ZOOM Meeting - With Kathleen Davies On Benefit Of An Inspector General For DE, 7PM March 16th

CLNCC Monthly Meeting

7 p.m. Tuesday, March 16th

ZOOM Program

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Two great presentations are planned for our March meeting so please share the agenda and zoom link with your civic groups and friends.

Update: Sandy Spence is giving the LWVDE Power Point on Redistricting. League members will be attending to answer any questions we may have. 

Kathleen Davies is our Guest Speaker on Inspector Generals..Through sharing her past experience working with state and federat IGs,  she will discuss the potential benefit for Delaware in giving legislators a way to request validation of numbers they want to rely on, getting independent investigations, and having an office that can work with federal investigators for federal prosecution. She notes our state's lack of Attorney General independence and that our Auditor of Accounts is no longer focusing on prosecutorial work or financial audits where all of the standard reports are now contracted out.

Kathleen Davies worked under AOA Tom Wagner and ran in the 2018 primary as a Democratic candidate for that office. She earned a bachelor's degree in professional accountancy from Pennsylvania State University. Davies' career experience includes working as a CPA, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Information Systems Auditor, Certified Government Audit Professional, and Certified Government Financial Manager in the field of state government auditing. [https://ballotpedia.org/Kathleen_Davies]

Also: Updates on the General Assembly, Offshore Wind, and the New Jersey LNG facility.

And BIG NEWS: CIVIC UMBRELLA MEETINGS ARE BACK!

Although I got a flat NO from County Executive Meyer via Kenny Dunn email last week saying Meyer was not interested in resuming Civic Umbrella Meetings last held in 2019, Council President Karen Hartley-Nagle has agreed to begin holding these meetings through NCC Council ZOOM starting in late March. 

UPDATED: These meetings will continue to be held monthly (or as practicable) on Mondays at 5:30pm on off-council weeks. The council president will be issuing a meeting notice soon to all of the prior attendee organizations and individuals so look for the email invitation! 

If your organization has updated officers and contact information, please let me know and /or send the updates directly to: karen.hartley-nagle@newcastlede.gov

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CLNCC is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: CLNCC Zoom Meeting

Time: Mar 16, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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