Subject: 9640/District Reapportionment Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1991 10:00:00 -0500 ORDINANCE NO. 9640 AN ORDINANCE REAPPORTIONING THE NINE DISTRICTS FOR CITY COUNCIL AND SCHOOL BOARD POSITIONS AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO SUBMIT THIS REAPPORTIONMENT PLAN TO THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE, CHATTANOOGA DIVISION. __________________________ SECTION 1. WHEREAS, Section 19 of the Court Order in the case of Brown v. Board of Commissioners of the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee, No. Civ-1-87-388, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee requires that following the publication of each new official decennial federal census, the Council shall reorganize and adjust by ordinance the boundaries of the council districts; and WHEREAS, the same section requires that the adjusted districts shall be as equal in population as practicable; and WHEREAS, the City has now received the official results of the 1990 decennial federal census and is therefore required to redistrict; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That the nine districts for City Council and School Board positions be and are hereby reapportioned and redistricted so as to provide that the following districts are hereby established for the various council positions: CHATTANOOGA PRECINCT MAP DISTRICT 1: 1990 1990 % OF TOTAL BLACK POP. TOTAL Wauhatchie City 1,774 0 0.00% Valleyview East 3,106 2 0.06% Mountain Creek 6,590 475 7.21% Northwoods North 4,902 105 2.14% SUBTOTAL 16,372 582 3.55% DISTRICT 2: Northgate 3,918 93 2.37% Lupton City 2,509 23 0.92% Stuart Heights 2,515 81 3.22% Northwoods South 1,984 69 3.48% Riverview 2,537 105 4.14% North Chattanooga 2,854 188 6.59% SUBTOTAL 16,317 559 3.43% DISTRICT 3: Hixson 3,206 74 2.31% Hixson 2 4,485 33 0.74% Dupont 2,484 17 0.68% Murray Hills 2,829 566 20.01% Lake Hills 2,247 256 11.39% Kings Point 2,334 852 36.50% SUBTOTAL 17,585 1,798 10.22% DISTRICT 4: Tyner 6,090 464 7.62% Concord 6,235 621 9.96% East Brainerd 4,849 131 2.70% SUBTOTAL 17,174 1,216 7.08% DISTRICT 5: Bonny Oaks 3,721 2,028 54.50% Airport 2,969 1,998 67.30% Woodmore 3,467 2,256 65.07% Dalewood 2,819 2,572 91.24% Eastdale 4,299 3,746 87.14% SUBTOTAL 17,275 12,600 72.94% DISTRICT 6: Eastgate 3,749 586 15.63% Brainerd 2,988 612 20.48% Sunnyside 2,635 1,001 37.99% Miss. Ridge-South 1,318 41 3.11% Miss. Ridge-North 278 19 6.83% Ridgedale 1,323 652 49.28% Cedar Hill 1,768 49 2.77% Brainerd Hills 3,254 362 11.12% SUBTOTAL 17,313 3,322 19.19% DISTRICT 7: St. Elmo 2,872 1,191 41.47% Moccasin Bend 3,524 1,030 29.23% Alton Park 3,222 3,192 99.07% East Lake 4,403 530 12.04% Howard 1,456 1,370 94.09% Piney Woods 2,262 2,235 98.81% SUBTOTAL 17,739 9,548 53.82% DISTRICT 8: Downtown 3,023 1,826 60.40% Avondale 3,782 3,703 97.91% City Hall 2,520 1,919 76.15% Clifton Hills 2,607 1,356 52.01% Courthouse 2,599 1,141 43.90% Bushtown 1,564 1,432 91.56% SUBTOTAL 16,095 11,377 70.69% 0C DISTRICT 9: Highland Park 2,423 930 38.38% East Chattanooga 3,161 1,516 47.96% Glenwood 4,541 4,038 88.92% Amnicola 534 388 72.66% Eastside 4,372 1,828 41.81% Orchard Knob 1,565 1,533 97.96% SUBTOTAL 16,596 10,233 61.66% TOTAL 152,466 51,235 33.60% SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED That the City Attorney, as Chief Legal Officer of the City, be and is hereby authorized to submit this Ordinance to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Chattanooga Division, for the preclearance pursuant to the provisions of Section 20 of the above-referenced Court Order. SECTION 3. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED That this Ordinance shall take effect two weeks from and after its passage as required by law; however, it shall not be operative until such time as the District Plan is approved by Court Order of the said United States District Court. PASSED on Third and Final Reading Nov. 26, 1991. _/s/________________________________ CHAIRPERSON APPROVED:______ DISAPPROVED: _______ DATE:________________ _______, 1991. _/s/________________________________ MAYOR RLN:cmc