Yesterday, the DC Council Redistricting Subcommittee released final recommendations for drawing new ward boundaries. The Subcommittee’s final map proposal makes no changes that would affect the Riggs Park neighborhood.

A “discussion map” under consideration (“Discussion Map 3”) would have redistricted some Ward 5 Riggs Park residents into Ward 4, leaving just a tiny sliver of the neighborhood in Ward 5, as discussed in these posts. The Lamond-Riggs Citizens Association (LRCA) circulated a survey to impacted residents on the Ward 5 side of the neighborhood. According to LRCA president Barbara Rogers, a majority of residents who responded to the survey were not in favor of being redistricted to Ward 4. ANC Commissioner Damion McDuffie (5A01), who represents the area that would have been impacted by the changes proposed by Discussion Map 3, also submitted written testimony in opposition to the changes.

(I live in the area that would have been impacted by Map 3’s proposal. I also submitted written testimony against that proposal.)

Discussion of the Subcommittee’s final map proposal is available at https://www.elissasilverman.com/redistricting. The Subcommittee noted again in its draft report that current parking zones will not change for the time being. The Subcommittee is scheduled to formally vote on the final map proposal today at 3:00 pm. The full Council will hold a first vote on December 7, 2021, and a second vote on December 21, 2021.

The ANC redistricting process will start in December. Each Ward councilmember will establish a task force to provide recommendations for drawing ANC boundaries.

For information about the redistricting process, visit https://www.elissasilverman.com/redistricting.