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Resolution amending Resolution No. 390 effective July 21, 2022 entitled: "Resolution adopting a Reapportionment Plan for the City Council Districts in the City of Pittsburgh, as set forth in the map approved by the July 13, 2022 Standing Committee and finally passed by City Council on July 21, 2022, by correcting a technical error in the legislative text of Resolution No. 390 of 2022.
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WHEREAS, as a result of the 2020 Decennial Census, City Council was required to reapportion its City Council Districts pursuant to the Pennsylvania Municipal Reapportionment Act to account for changes in the City's population over the last ten years; and,
WHEREAS, City Council finally passed the required Reapportionment Plan July 21, 2022.
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, 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, 2023:
District One
Ward 2 [District 1 and 2];
Ward 6 [PART, District 1 (only blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1045, 1124 of tract 020300)];
Ward 22 [Districts 1, 2, District 3 (PART, only blocks 1012, 1013, 1014, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 of tract 562700 and blocks 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1051, 1052, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1106 and 1107 of tract 565100 and block 1000 of tract 981200), and District 4];
Ward 23 [Districts 1, 2 and 3];
Ward 24 [Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6];
Ward 25 [District 1, 2, 3 and 7];
Ward 26 [Districts 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17];
Ward 27 [Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8].
District Two
Ward 18 [District 10];
Ward 19 [Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 28];
Ward 20 [Districts 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18];
Ward 27 [PART, District 12 (only blocks 2008, 2009 and 2010 of tract 270100 and blocks 1000, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1012, 1013, 1014 and 1018 of tract 980900), and PART, District 13 (only blocks 1005, 1006 and 1007 of tract 980600 and blocks 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1031 and 1032 of tract 980900)];
Ward 28 [Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11].
District Three
Ward 4 [Districts 2, 5, 8, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 19];
Ward 16 [Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11];
Ward 17 [Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8];
Ward 18 [PART, District 1 (only blocks 2027, 2028 and 2052 of tract 562400), Districts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11];
Ward 30 [Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5].
District Four
Ward 16 [District 9];
Ward 18 [PART, District 1 (only block 1016 of tract 290100 and blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019 and 1020 of tract 562400)];
Ward 19 [Districts 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 and 38];
Ward 20 [District 2];
Ward 29 [Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12];
Ward 32 [Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8].
District Five
Ward 14 [Districts 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 and 41];
Ward 15 [Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19];
Ward 31 [Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7].
District Six
Ward 1 [District 1 and 2];
Ward 3 [Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5];
Ward 4 [Districts 1, 3, 4 and 18];
Ward 5 [Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18];
Ward 21 [Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4];
Ward 22 [PART, District 03 (only blocks 1021, 1022 and 1023 of tract 562700 and blocks 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011 and 1012 of tract 981200)];
Ward 25 [Districts 4, 5 and 6];
Ward 26 [Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 10];
Ward 27 [Districts 9, 10, 11, PART, District 12 (only blocks 1016, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 of tract 270300, blocks 2000, 2001, 2004, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3008, 3009 and 3010 of tract 271600 and block 1017 of tract 980900), PART, District 13 (only blocks 1022, 1025 and 1028 of tract 980900 and block 3004 of tract 565200 and blocks 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4015, 4016, 4017 and 4018 of tract 271600)].
District Seven
Ward 6 [PART, District 01 (only block 1046 of tract 020300, blocks 1034, 1035, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2036, 2037, 2041, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048 of tract 060300 and blocks 1000 and 1001 of tract 060500), Districts, 2, 3, 4 AND 5];
Ward 8 [Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11];
Ward 9 [Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9];
Ward 10 [Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11];
Ward 11 [Districts 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13].
District Eight
Ward 4 [Districts 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13];
Ward 7 [Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14];
Ward 14 [Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 20, 21 and 22].
District Nine
Ward 8 [Districts 12 and 13];
Ward 10 [Districts 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19];
Ward 11 [Districts 2, 3, 4, 5, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18];
Ward 12 [Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16];
Ward 13 [Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19];
Ward 14 [Districts 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18].
Section 2. Any election conducted in 2023 whether a special election for an unexpired term or a primary or general election for seats to be filled in 2024 shall be based upon the configurations referred to in Section 1.
Finally, that any Ordinance or Resolution or part thereof conflicting with the provisions of this Resolution, is hereby repealed so far as the same affects this Resolution.