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

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LOPEZ: Yes. My onlyI want to complement Commissioner Hustace on thinking blowing up the box actually, thinking beyond the box. But he did address the situation in District 6. And he mixed this up like it's going to completely redo our whole County Council structure. And I'm sure they're—if anybody of them's looking at this, it's going to be wild. Essentially, I just want to say thank you for introducing this because it is a subject of discussion. Whether we like it or not, I really appreciate your thinking way dramatically out of the box and giving us an extreme alternative. Thank you. KOSSOW: Mr. Yoshina. YOSHINA: Yeah, I just have a question. You have the Community Development Plans? They're based on geographic districts, right? So, is there a possibility of knowing where those lines are? (No response.) If no one has the answer, that's okay. Thank you, James, for your map. I like this map. LUL Meizhu. Can I, Commissioner Kossow? KOSSOW: Yeah, Ms. Lui. LUL Yeah. I mean I also like the idea of really changing a lot of things because things have happened over many, many years and may not be working all that well. But, I wanted to but I, you know, bow to certainly Ms. Bath's concerns about that particular district. But I am glad that she brought up the Community Development Plans as well as Commissioner Yoshina, because I think a lot of us are very committed to those plans which are in effect and have the effect of law and will be hopefully implemented over the next decade. So, I'm not exactly sure how that interacts with our redrawing these lines. So, I guess I'm echoing the concern of both Ms. Bath and Mr. Yoshina on that one. I'm not sure what to do with it because where I'm thinking, like Honoka`a is included in the Hamakua Development Plan in a big way. So, if it was taken out and put into a district with Waimea, which could make some sense, but I'm just not sure how it would affect the plans, the Development Plans. HUSTACE: Chair. KOSSOW: Mr. Hustace. HUSTACE: Please correct me if I'm wrong, but those Development Plans are more geographic based than political based. What we're drawing here are political lines or political boundaries. So, I mean, District 9 currently, we have two Community Development Plans. So, it's not—like those are geographic areas. They're not necessarily determined by political boundaries. I could be wrong, and we need someone from the Planning Department to clarify that. LUL Yeah, okay. Thanks. That helps. HUSTACE: Mr. Chair, one other thing. 20