2021-11-23 Redistricting Commission minutes (8th Session Part 1)

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HUSTACE: Thank you, Chair. Mr. Lopez, I think when we had testimony from Ms. Ford in the past, and I've been trying to find it on my maps in what she's talking about too, in a sense that, you have to travel through a different district to get to the district you're coming from. I just noticed one here up on Kohala Mountain Road, where you travel through District 1, to get back into District 1. You travel through District 9, basically. There's like a little cut out that goes above Kohala Mountain Road. Some of them are census block issues. So, on the map, it would be on the north side of the island there. I'm not familiar with this area, so maybe a census block issue that lapses over the road, but I can't say for certain. I don't remember here. I think she was speaking to a lot of our maps. I'm struggling to find all in all cases but, where you have to travel between different districts. I'll have to look at that language a little bit more. So, if you could zoom in, I'll just give the example here that I was talking about. If you could zoom in, up north Hawaii, right there between District 9 and 1. (Pause while Vice Chair Hustace gave further directors to staffprojecting the map onto the screen.) Yeah, so that little cut out there. Yeah, so it crosses Kohala Mountain Road. I think that was one of the things our testifiers talked about, Ms. Ford in particular, talked about. Just wanted to point that one out. I don't know, there may be other cases too. Like I said, some of our other maps are like that as well. Thank you. MELLON-LACEY: Chair, if I may. LOPEZ: May I askoh, sorry. KOSSOW: I'm going to let Mr. Lopez comment, and then, was that Ms. Bath? MELLON-LACEY: No, this is Corporation Counsel Deputy Diana Mellon-Lacey. I just wanted to point out the language that was raised here. It's in Section 36-4 of the Hawaii County Code, number: (11)All parts of each council district shall be contiguous to the council district and be reachable by roads internal to the council district. So, that's the language. KOSSOW: Thank you for that clarification. Mr. Lopez. LOPEZ: Yes, I'm just asking for Mr. Hustace to further explain because I don't understand what he's referring to when he deals with that notch. I mean you had a lot of words to say, but I'm trying to filter out how it effects this particular notch. HUSTACE: I'm sorry, you're looking for clarification on how to maybe alleviate that problem? Is that right? LOPEZ: No, I don't see the problem. 8