Exhibit 9 - New District Boundaries and Communities of Interest (individual commissioner statements)

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BRONSTEN-GLENN KOSSOW Chairperson JAMES HUSTACE Vice Chairperson 2021 HAWAI`I COUNTY REDISTRICTING COMMISSION Meizhu Lui, Commissioner, District 1 Rationale for D1 Boundaries Southern boundary changes: MEIZHU LUI DWAYNE YOSHINA LEHUANANI AH NEE JENNIFER YADAO STEPHANIE BATH AINA AKAMU STEPHEN LOPEZ * Both the D1 and D2 Commissioners would have liked to draw the boundary at Honoli'i stream and to put Wainaku and Kawili into the Hilo district (D2), but that wasn't possible due to the deviation requirements. As it is, D1 has the largest negative deviation (the fewest people) so we could not move a lot of people out of D1 into D2 without breaking the Redistricting law - or seriously dividing Waimea. * That said, we did move the boundary up from the Wailuku River to Amaulu Rd. Public testimony asked that we not use the Wailuku River as the boundary as it has been in the 2010 map, because that divides the Pi'ihonua community which has camps on both sides of the River. * Keeping the areas north of Amaulu and east of the highway from Amaulu at Wainaku Drive down to the Wailuku River was our most reasonable option for two reasons: 1) people there are already in D1, and 2) Wainaku and Kawili are already part of the Hamakua Community Development Plan (based on judicial districts) and so already share interests with D1. Northern boundary changes * Because D1 had to add population, we had to move the boundary between D1 and D9 farther into Waimea. Waimea residents did not want Waimea split, and both the D1 and D9 Commissioners tried to divide Waimea as little as possible. The old boundary was White Road; the new boundary moves D1 westward from White Road to to Pu'u Nohea Road, adding the streets on the north side of the beltway. By Hawai `i County is an Equal Opportunitv Provider and Employer