2021-10-14 Redistricting Commission minutes (5th Session)

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chosen by our community members to really sit in this seat. And I encourage you, what's being proposed here too, but also encourage you to connect and communicate with your neighbors and friends and your community members throughout whatever means or in your wheelhouse to share about the redistricting effort. That's in a general sense, right? In a very general sense speaking about this and I know a number of you have been out there in the community already doing that. I keep encouraging you to do so. Regarding Mr. Aki's proposal, is there action or motion that the Commission would like to take on addressing any of this issue here? LUL Vice Chair, I don't think there's any motion that's needed but, Mr. Aki, I will get in touch with you as well. AKI: Sounds good. Thank you. HUSTACE: Thank you, Mr. Aki. Thank you, Commissioner Lui. BATH: Bath. HUSTACE: Yes, Ms. Bath. BATH: Mr. Aki, I have some names that I'll be submitting to you as well of Native Hawaiians that might, may be interested or need resources. AKL Thank you. I will put my email address in the chat. HUSTACE: Thank you, Mr. Aki. I just want to make sure we're going down the right path here. That we're above board and we're able to do this. Individually reach out to Mr. Aki and Common Cause to share this information. Ms. Mellon-Lacey, is this an appropriate matter? MELLON-LACEY: The Commissioners certainly have the ability to outreach and work with resources in their districts or Island wide to promote knowledge about this process and encourage input. So as long as it's limited to that, I don't see a problem. If I'm understanding correctly, the purpose is to outreach and make individual people, specific populations, what have you, aware of this process and encourage them to participate by attending community meetings, by providing input to the Commission, by expressing their opinions about what they would like to see come out of this process, and all of that is very appropriate and within the scope of Commissioners duties. So, I agree with Ms. Lui, I don't think we need a specific agenda item for it if we're advocating some special position or something, but that's not what I'm hearing so I want to make sure I understand what is being proposed. HUSTACE: Thank you, Ms. Mellon-Lacey. I just wanted to be clear there on the privy and the responsibility for each of the Commissioners, and capabilities that each can do on their own, at their own authority to do so. And not that it needs an action from the entire board to pursue this agenda basically. 16