Presenter
Presented by Mr. Udin
Title
Resolution amending Resolution No. 916 effective 12-31-02 entitled: "Resolution adopting a Reapportionment Plan for the City Council Districts in the City of Pittsburgh, as set forth in the Majority report of the Reapportionment Advisory Committee" by changing the language in Section 2 and making a technical correction.
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WHEREAS, as a result of the 2000 Federal Census, City Council is required to re-apportion its City Council Districts pursuant to the Pennsylvania Municipal Re-apportionment Act to account for changes in the City's population over the last ten years; and
WHEREAS, on October 22, 2002, the Re-apportionment Advisory Committee submitted their recommended plan to Council.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Council of the City of Pittsburgh enacts the following changes to the Council District boundaries noted below in order to comply with The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's statutory requirements contained in the Municipal Reapportionment Act at 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 901 et seq.
Districts shall be composed of compact and contiguous territory as nearly equal in population as practicable, as officially and finally reported in the most recent Federal census. 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 903(b)
The Council also finds this reapportionment plan to be consistent with the U.S. Voting Rights Act requirements.
Section 1. The Councilmanic Districts within the City of Pittsburgh shall be configured as follows, effective January 1, 2003 as follows:
District One
Ward 22 - Precinct 4
Ward 23 - All Precincts (1 through 3)
Ward 24 - All Precincts (1 through 6)
Ward 25 - Precinct 7
Ward 26 - Precincts 1, 4 through 6, 8 through 17
Ward 27 - All Precincts (1 though 13)
District Two
Ward 19 - Precincts 1 through 11, 13, 28
Ward 20 - Precincts 1, 3 through 18
Ward 28 - All Precincts (1 through 11)
District Three
Ward 04 - Precinct 8, 14, 15, 17
Ward 16 - All Precincts (1 through 11 13)
Ward 17 - All Precincts (1 through 8)
Ward 18 - Precincts 2 through 11
Ward 29 - Precincts 8, 11
Ward 30 - All Precincts (1 through 5)
District Four
Ward 18 - Precinct 1
Ward 19 - Precinct 12, 14 through 27, 29 through 38
Ward 20 - Precinct 2
Ward 29 - Precincts 1 through 7, 9, 10, 12
Ward 32 - All Precincts (1 through 8)
District Five
Ward 14 - Precincts 19 through 21, 23 through 41
Ward 15 - All Precincts (1 through 19)
Ward 31 - All Precincts (1 through 7)
District Six
Ward 01 - All Precincts (1 and 2)
Ward 02 - All Precincts (1 and 2)
Ward 03 - All Precincts (1 through 5)
Ward 04 - Precincts 1 through 5, 16, 18, 19
Ward 05 - Precincts 1 through 8, 10 through 18
Ward 21 - All Precincts (1 though 4)
Ward 22 - Precincts 1, 2, 3
Ward 25 - Precincts 1 through 6
Ward 26 - Precincts 2, 3, 7
District Seven
Ward 05 - Precinct 9
Ward 06 - All Precincts (1 through 5)
Ward 08 - Precincts 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10
Ward 09 - All Precincts (1 through 9)
Ward 10 - Precincts 1 through 15
Ward 11 - Precincts 1, 5 through 13, 17
District Eight
Ward 04 - Precincts 7, 6, 9 through 13
Ward 07 - All Precincts (1 through 14)
Ward 08 - Precincts 3, 4, 7, 9, 11
Ward 14 - Precincts 1 through 11, 16, 22
District Nine
Ward 08 - Precincts 12, 13
Ward 10 - Precinct 16 through 19
Ward 11 - Precincts 2, 3, 4, 14 through 16, 18
Ward 12 - All Precincts (1 through 16)
Ward 13 - All Precincts (1 through 19)
Ward 14 - Precincts 12 through 15, 17, 18
SECTION 2. This Reapportionment Plan shall become effective upon the swearing in of new City Council members in 2004. The 2003 primary and general elections for City Council members shall be based on the new Council Districts created by the Reapportionment Plan.
SECTION 2. Any election conducted in 2003 whether a special election for an unexpired term or a primary or general election for seats to be filled in 2004 shall be based upon the configurations referred to in section 1.