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

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District 1 to get it's numbers. I'm not sure what district they should really go in. I'm trying to figure that out myself. I'd be grateful to hear from testimony from people from this area that live in these communities. If I put all of those, you know,people have always said in the past they wanted White Road to be that dividing line or even further. That means District 1 going to have to take a lot more of Hilo. There's got to be about another 2,000 people that live in that stretch of land there. So, District 1 would be short that many more. LUL Right. Right now, the boundary isI'm sorry, Chairman Kossow. KOSSOW: Ms. Lui. LUL Yeah `cause right now the boundary is White Road, I believe. James, is that right? I was wondering about Pu`u Kapu. Some of it is Hawaiian Homeland. Is it Hawaiian Homelands across both, across that boundary line that Ms. Ford drew? HUSTACE: Let's see. So, most of the Pu`u Kapu,that Hawaiian Homes where the fire was earlier this year, most of that is in District 9, as shown on Ms. Ford's map. So, that's on the south side of the Belt Road. There are some that are in District 1 though. So, across Mealani Road. The current boundary, from my understanding, no, to my knowledge rather, is White Road on the south side of the Belt Road. But, on the north side, it actually is at(indiscernible) Drive. So, it actually, right now, it's a weird one. Where it currently is, it's splits a subdivision. That's not I don't think that's appropriate, where it splits a particular subdivision, right? So, what Ms. Ford has here is she's trying to either move the whole subdivision in one way, or the other. That's what we're talking about in the Kona areas too. Yeah so, I think what now it shows is like this kind of jog in the line at White Road to Mealani, I think. Currently, I can't remember off to show it but, yeah. Part of Pu`u Kapu, most of Pu`u Kapu Homelands are in District 9, right now according to Ms. Ford's map. LUL I see. Okay. Well, thank you for that clarification. I understand we may be getting a new Commissioner from District 3 that is Native Hawaiian. And, I will hope that she would comment on some of these Hawaiian Homeland issues. BATH: Commissioner Bath. KOSSOW: Ms. Bath. BATH: I have a general question. We're looking at changing, drawing some lines that are going to shift one district into another district. I wanted to use the Hamakua south boundary line at Waianuenue that's come up as a matter of discussion. What reason are the Commissioners opposed or the public opposed to changing lines and putting communities, for example, from Hilo into Hamakua by redefining the line at Waianuenue instead of the river? What is the reason, other than historically, that that is not doable? Because I can see that happening in a number of districts. Where we're going to need to 14