2021-10-28 Redistricting Commission minutes (6th Session)

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YADAO: I mean, what you're saying is, yeah, true but it's like, how would you adjust the numbers to move that? BATH: I was just giving out information, not talking about numbers right now. Just giving him the other thing was the HPP issue which is huge. Did you want to address that with him, or shall I continue? Yeah? Okay. So, the other thing is at the top left-hand side of Ms. Ford's map, there's a subdivision, Hawaiian Paradise Park, which I think has like 15,000 people in it. And their subdivision also extends over Highway 130 into the, on this map, it's on to the other side of Highway 130. But they do polarize towards they are a part of that community. So, that's what I have to say to kind of give you a perspective on District 4. With District 5, which is my district, the Highway 11 is the only road that we have going in and out of Puna and for people to get to Ka`u. There isn't really any road redundancy in that area. In the Puna Community Development Plan, they've remedied that but it's yet to be implemented. The implementation would involve connectivity locations from Orchidland, which is, if you go from Highway 130, from where Ms. Ford has District 4 going in to District 5, and you just draw a line up through the center of the subdivisions, that's where the connectivity locations are going to be in a staggered way. This will allow Police and emergency response vehicles to come through. This has all been adopted in the implementation plan for the Puna Community Development Plan. So, you go through Orchidland, headed towards the Ka`u district. You go from Orchidland to Hawaiian Acres to Fern Acres. You got Eden Rock. You have a number of subdivisions. What Ms. Ford has done, is she's taken Fern Forest and she's put that into the Ka`u district and all the way up towards the Park. I can see that as a concern in terms of the delivery of a level of service in that area. So, that has a concern in terms of connectivity. Other than that, is that Mauna Loa Estates is in District 2 now? Yeah, anyway, I don't want to make any comments on the plan itself. I just wanted to give you a little more of an insight. HUSTACE: Thank you, Commissioner Bath. Yeah, it had some challenges KOSSOW: Hold on, Mr. Hustace. Mr. Lopez still had the floor so I just want to go back to him and then I'll have you go. LOPEZ: Thank you, Ms. Bath for that very good discussion of things that obviously, I'm not aware of. Should you produce a map, I would be interested in seeing how you apply these concepts that you just mentioned to that map. One thing that stuck out to me, that you were talking about, you used the term Puna town. Can we bring up the map and somebody point to where that is here? Again, I apologize for my ignorance. BATH: I'm sorry. Did I say Puna town? I meant Pahoa town. LOPEZ: Pahoa town. You did say Pahoa town. I'm sorry. Show me where that is. Can somebody bring up a map? That could be the town that's being referred to in these public hearings. Well, the one in District 6 anyways. 10