City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2022-0437

• File #: 2022-0437
• Version: 3
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 6/3/2022
• In control: Committee on Finance and Law
• On agenda: 7/13/2022
• Final action: 7/19/2022
• Enactment date: 7/19/2022
• Enactment #: 390
• Effective date: 7/21/2022
• Title: Resolution adopting the Reapportionment Plan for the City Council Districts in the City of Pittsburgh. (Public Hearing held 6/28/22)
• Sponsors: R. Daniel Lavelle
• Indexes: MISCELLANEOUS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/21/2022	3	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
7/19/2022	3	City Council	Passed Finally	Pass
7/13/2022	2	Standing Committee	Affirmatively Recommended	Pass
7/6/2022	2	Standing Committee	AMENDED	Pass
7/6/2022	2	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
6/28/2022	1	Committee on Hearings	Public Hearing Held
6/15/2022	1	Standing Committee	Held for Cablecast Public Hearing	Pass
6/7/2022	1	City Council	Read and referred

title
Resolution adopting the Reapportionment Plan for the City Council Districts in the City of Pittsburgh.
(Public Hearing held 6/28/22)

Body
WHEREAS, the constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania requires municipalities with a City Council elected by district to reapportion those districts in the year following the Federal decennial census; and

WHEREAS, on June 7, 2022, following a period of deliberation and public hearings, the Reapportionment 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. The Council also finds this reapportionment plan to be consistent with the requirements of the Federal Voting Rights Act.

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 [...