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BRONSTEN-GLENN KOSSOW <br />Chairperson <br />JAMES HUSTACE <br />Vice Chairperson <br />2021 <br />HAWAI`I COUNTY <br />REDISTRICTING COMMISSION <br />Stephanie Bath, Commissioner, District 5 <br />District 5 rationale for mapping <br />MEIZHU LUI <br />DWAYNE YOSHINA <br />LEHUANANI AH NEE <br />JENNIFER YADAO <br />STEPHANIE BATH <br />AINA AKAMU <br />STEPHEN LOPEZ <br />District 5 has included much of lower Puna. This area issues are more aligned with district 4. The <br />adjustment was made to put this area in dis 4 where it belongs. This allows district 5 to be focused more <br />in upper Puna where there are common issues. <br />Pahoa town now has 1 rep. It is not split. <br />Public input steered towards this. <br />Additionally the county council rep was required to travel to area of lower Puna to represent them <br />District 5 resources were used in the area which aligns more with dis 4 <br />Wai o kele o Puna was referred to as being owned by dis 5. <br />In fact it's steward is office of Hawaiian affair. <br />Moving it into dis 4 will not significantly effect district 5. It will not effect activities within Wai o kele o <br />Puna boundaries. <br />What it will do is cleanly include some of the splintered census blocks. <br />Which are located within it. <br />Highway 130 boundary remains the same <br />4 HPP census blocks were included in dis 4 so that HPP is split between 2 rather than 3 districts <br />Community input and the strength of our voice and representation would be maximized for district 5 if <br />all communities up to HVNP including volcano village were in dis 5 <br />Unfortunately deviations disallowed the district from reclaiming the communities as hoped for. <br />Oshiro road and aloha estates are splintered census blocks. The issues they deal with are aligned with <br />dis 5 <br />They have been included. <br />Stain back highway has been used as a boundary. This roadway has potential of serving as a redundant <br />roadway when 11 is blocked. <br />Keaau town is now in Dis 3 due to deviation adjustments. <br />District 5's populations are higher because the voice of the substandard subdivisions needed to remain <br />the together to incur voice. <br />Hawai `i County is an Equal Opportunitv Provider and Employer <br />